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Published on January 21, 2016
ABERDEEN — Today, Avera Cancer Institute Aberdeen celebrated the grand opening of its new home in the newly constructed Don and Carmen Meyer Center of Excellence.
"Avera St. Luke's Hospital has provided high-quality cancer care to this region for over 25 years. With our new home, Avera Cancer Institute Aberdeen is meeting our community's growing need for cancer treatment and desire to receive that treatment close to home," said Todd Forkel, Regional President and CEO of Avera St. Luke's Hospital.
Avera also announced the donation of a $3.4 million grant from The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust to equip the new cancer center with a fully digital Elekta Infinity™ linear accelerator. This state-of-the-art cancer treatment tool offers enhanced imaging and the capability for a full range of state-of-the-art radiation treatments.
"We are extremely grateful for the Helmsley gift. The Trust has been an important partner in bringing the latest in cancer diagnostic and treatment technology to serve our area's largely rural population. This equipment helps ensure that the majority of our patients can get the care they need, close to home," Forkel added.
The $14.5 million project is more than double the space for the original Avera Cancer Institute Aberdeen, with 27,500 square feet. It features chemotherapy, radiation therapy, outpatient infusion services and the practices of Richard Conklin, MD, Medical Oncologist, and Troy Adolfson, MD, Radiation Oncologist.
The expanded infusion area includes 24 stations, providing patients with choice between private, semi-private and group settings. Specially designed chairs offer recline, heat and massage. The center offers 3-D mammography, providing greater detail and diagnosis capabilities by capturing more images from more angles.
In addition to the latest in cancer treatment technology, the center offers a wide variety of service enhancements including an in-house pharmacy and dedicated pharmacists, public education and screening programs, increased research and clinical trials, genetic counseling via telemedicine, nutritional counseling, financial counseling, a social work program, chaplain services, patient navigation, alternative medicine options and subspecialty clinics such as endocrinology, medical oncology, pediatric oncology support, radiation oncology and rheumatology.
"Our goal is to bring hope to the fight by providing excellent, comprehensive cancer care – for the mind, body and spirit – all in one place," said Scott Lunzman, Director of Avera Medical Group Clinic Division in Aberdeen. "This new center, along with our providers and staff, will give our community a new comfort and confidence level that they can receive world-class cancer treatment right at home."
The building is named in honor of Don and Carmen Meyer, and their commitment to quality cancer care in Aberdeen. The late Coach Meyer and his wife Carmen spoke extensively about the expert cancer care and access to advanced technology and state-of-the-art treatment that he received at Avera.
"Don chose Avera St. Luke's for his cancer treatment because it allowed us to stay close to home and still receive great care," said Carmen. "Don and I loved, respected, and appreciated his doctors and nurses. When discussions began about the new cancer institute, Don was so excited that the staff would have a larger and more efficient facility to provide their excellent care."
About Avera Health and Avera Cancer Institute
The Avera Health system has over 16,000 employees and physicians, serving more than 330 locations and 100 communities in a five-state region. Our ministry, our people and our superior value distinguish Avera. We carry on the health care legacy of the Benedictine and Presentation Sisters, delivering care in an environment guided by our values of compassion, hospitality and stewardship. Avera Cancer Institute serves the oncology needs of the system through six major regional locations and 40 outreach sites. For more information about Avera, see our website at Avera.org.
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Hedwig Adele van Ameringen, a philanthropist who was a major supporter of the New York Philharmonic, died on April 27 at her home in Manhattan. She was 95.
Mrs. van Ameringen, born Hedwig Pfaltz in Newark, first heard the Philharmonic as a child at Carnegie Hall and became the orchestra's friend for life. She had been a member of the board since 1980.
She gave $5 million in 1991 to establish the Hedwig van Ameringen Guest Artist Endowment Fund, which helped engage scores of the world's leading soloists to play with the Philharmonic.
Mrs. van Ameringen was also a supporter of Lincoln Center, the Philharmonic's home since it left Carnegie Hall. Another of her principal beneficiaries was Fountain House, which helps people with mental illness find housing, schooling and the way back to productive lives.
In 1919, she married Arnold Louis van Ameringen, a founder and later chairman of what has grown into a billion-dollar company, International Flavors and Fragrances, based in Manhattan. Her husband, who died in 1966, formed the van Ameringen Foundation in 1950 to support programs in mental health. At her death, Mrs. van Ameringen was the foundation's honorary chairwoman.
She is survived by two daughters, Lily Auchincloss of Manhattan and Patricia Kind of Huntingdon Valley, Pa.; a son, Henry P., of Manhattan; 6 grandchildren, and 15 great-grandchildren.

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Microsoft has long been criticized for using an "embrace, extend—and extinguish" strategy across its business. You know, embrace a standard, extend it by adding new proprietary standards, and then extinguish the competition that can't use the proprietary standards.
Well, we're truly through the looking glass with Microsoft's new Universal Mobile Keyboard, folks. This mobile Bluetooth keyboard is what you'd expect: rechargeable through micro-USB with a decent action but a little too compressed. There's also a very clever cover that does double duty as a stand for your tablet, with two different viewing angles supported. The keyboard has the typical volume controls, multimedia buttons, and a compressed cursor layout as other mobile keyboards do. So far it's a snore, right? What's so unusual? Well, it's clear that someone at Microsoft wearing an evil Mr. Spock goatee had a say in the design.


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Everyone learns how to change a tire on a car in driver's education. For the most part, people know you have to jack up a car, switch the tire, and tighten it. The process isn't much different when you get a flat tire on a recreational vehicle. If you can't call on roadside assistance, changing a tire is easy to do by yourself. Just relax, keep calm and remember where the spare is kept in the unit.
Step 1
Place a jack behind the back wheel and in front of the front wheel on the side with the flat tire. Be sure the jacks are pushing at the frame of the RV.
Step 2
Remove the hubcap from the bad tire. Loosen the lug nuts with the wrench.
Step 3
Push up the jack in the back until it connects with the frame of the RV. Jack up the front jack until it contacts the frame. Pump it up four more pumps to make sure the unit is high enough off the ground. Return to the back wheel and pump the jack up three more times in the back as well.
Step 4
Remove the lug nuts from both tires. using a lug wrench, and set them aside. Remove the bad tire by hand.
Step 5
Mount the spare tire and put the lug nuts on the spare tire. Tighten with the lug wrench. Lower the jacks and retighten the lug nuts after the tire is completely on the ground.
- "Trailer Life's RV Repair and Maintenance Manual." Trailer Life. 2002


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It was going to be an epic day. Lauren and Tom had been planning for nearly 3 years and nothing was going to stop them having the time of their lives. And on one of the most perfect days of the late summer, nothing did stop them.
As I've said before, most wedding stories start with a dress. After all, without a dress you just have a girl in rollers waiting for her big day, under a suitably epic sky.
Bridesmaid too look a little, well under dressed without their dresses.
But put them together, and you get this….
…not to mention this….
In fact, with a few last minute tweaks to the buttons…and the l-o-n-g walk down the stairs I like to call "the deep breath before the leap"…
…here's the result.
That's the moment when Keith, Lauren's father, couldn't bear to look at his daughter. And couldn't bear not to. Lauren all grown up and ready to get married.
Few last minute preps in the garden (did I mention it was a gorgeous day?)
..and then her chariot awaited.
Meanwhile, over at Cooling Castle Barn, Tom was all ready for us.
The groomsmen were ready too – and even labelled for me.
Moments later, Lauren Lindenberg arrived…
Before the second walk down the stairs of the day. This time with rather more people watching.
And then, as I've said before about so many wonderful couples on so many beautiful days, Lauren Lindenberg married Tom Jarrett.
Cooling Castle Barn is a lovely venue. But since everything is in one place, you don't get too many chances to use the amazing car you hired. So we went for a drive..
Tom looked pretty good.
And so did Lauren.
But they look even better together…
…and then back to Cooling Castle Barn.
And of course time for dinner and speeches.
After dinner there was time for just a couple more pictures in the evening light.
Before a concerted effort to drive a knife through what must have been 20 kilos of choccywoccydoodah chocolate cake.
And of course the first dance.
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Here is a news round up describing how the federal shutdown is effecting the nonprofit sector, six days since it began (the federal shutdown began Tuesday, October 1, 2013):
Updated: Government Shutdown: What It Means for Nonprofits (from The Chronicle of Philanthropy)
Charities Brace for Government Shutdown
Nonprofits Begin Coping With Government Shutdown
Government Shutdown Will Impact Millions of Service Volunteers
Shutdown Brings Combined Federal Campaign to a standstill
What the Shutdown Means for Nonprofits (from the Smart Giving Matters blog)
Do Congressional Salary Givebacks Add Insult to Injury?
Oklahoma nonprofits brace for ripple effects of federal shutdown
As the nation and the world are doing, the U.S. nonprofit sector also watches eagerly as the October 17 deadline for increasing the U.S. debt limit looms; especially amid Congress's continued apparent indifference to their own inability to work together or compromise. Since they are not working together, the possibility of a federal debt default is slowly steadily increasing daily, and threatening the U.S. and global financial markets.
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Full of beans I decided to pop down to the gym and join in with Colin's morning class.
Strength was back squats……2×5 and 1×5+ I used my handy dandy ball beneath me to help remind me to reach back each time.
My weight hasn't really gone up I keep teetering up and down as I have days when I feel tough and weak days. I am not pressurizing myself to keep hitting higher lifts!
The met con looked daunting! It had been a while since I had hit thrusters hard and the thought turned my tummy!
I was determined to try it at the rx'd weight of 30Kg.
I sub-ed the box jumps as usual with step ups.
So here is how it went….
Thruster 10 – 9 – 8 – 7 – 6 – 5 – 4 – 3 – 2 – 1
Step ups/Boxes 1 – 2 – 3 – 4 – 5 – 6 – 7 – 8 – 9 – 10
This was rx'd for women at 30 and men 40Kg.
This was a toughie but I actually enjoyed myself and felt really cuffed to get through the WOD.
It took me 7 minutes and after 55 thrusters I am looking forward to when Fran comes up next!!!!
Never thought I would say that!
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MyOnlineProfile.net has launched - as a Google AppEngine application.
MyOnlineProfile lets you catalog your public online profiles in one place - leaving you with just one link to give your friends and one link in your email signature.
I first wrote MyOnlineProfile as a Grails application - its a small application at the moment, so it didn't take long. However I did over-engineer it. I made the classic mistake of trying to solve the wrong problems and over-optimising. Luckily with being a small application and written with such a productive framework, I'm only talking about wasting hours rather than months.
I deployed it to my Linux VPS, but unfortunately, Java based applications take up quite a bit of resources just starting up and memory on a VPS costs money (recurring money). So there just wasn't room for it.
Hence re-writing it in Python for AppEngine. Being exposed to Python has been good for me - and relatively easy since Groovy opened my mind significantly and I was ready for the experience.
In addition to the language, the AppEngine environment is very much like Grails in that infrastructure is taken care of for you - just like database access is so transparent in Grails, it is in AppEngine.
These things make writing the application about the application rather than the technology or infrastructure - just the way I like it.


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Good news, Mike Chappell is reporting the Colts won't have to give up their 6th round pick (Vontae Davis trade) or 7th round pick (Moise Fokou trade) next year after all.
Along with recouping the conditional '13 sixth-round pick, Grigson said the Colts also regain the conditional seventh-rounder they sent to Philadelphia for linebackers Moise Fokou and Greg Lloyd. Lloyd didn't make the roster while Fokou, like Davis, won't meet the play-time benchmark.


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Why am I here?
What's my purpose?
If there is a God, what is her plan for my life?"
I used to ask myself these 'big questions' on a regular basis. In so doing, I was searching for existential answers to questions that mankind has asked since we developed the ability to question.
I never arrived at any answers that satisfied me. Instead, I banged my head against the existential wall and lived in a perpetual state of uncertainty.
Religion, philosophy, culture – all attempted to answer the big questions, but none succeeded. They never will. That's because the questions are flawed.
They seemed like legitimate, well-intentioned questions that deserved to be answered. Yet as hard as I tried and as often as I pondered these questions, the truth about my existence eluded me.
Then one day I woke up
I don't recall when it occurred or where I was, but I did awaken from the dream we call life. I forever left the world of conditioned thinking and religion-influenced dogma. I awakened to the reality that existential questions have nothing to do with the present moment.
Asking questions about my existence is like questioning the cup of steaming coffee on my desk.
The whole point is to drink it, experience it, live it.
- enjoy its strength
- enjoy its flavor
- enjoy its warmth
- enjoy its consumption
Asking questions about my life's purpose will never yield satisfactory answers because they can change tomorrow. So I've forgotten about asking the big questions.
- I drink my coffee
- I live my life
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Before Thursday night's game at Fifth Third Field, Bowling Green pitching coach Bill Moloney (a long ago pitching coach for the Dragons) was talking about the success his Tampa Bay organization had developing pitchers.
On the other side of the field, it seems as though the Cincinnati Reds have produced many more top position players than pitchers.
As if to prove Moloney's point, Bowling Green rode the strong right arm of Mikey York to a 6-0 victory over the Dayton Dragons in a Midwest League game that saw the Dragons collect three hits and York — recently promoted from Hudson Valley — strike out eight in six innings and allow two of the hits.
York was helped most by a three-hit, three-run fifth inning that was conclusive enough to break a 10-game losing streak for the Hot Rods, who cooled off the Dragons, losers of two of their last 12.
"He pitched really well," Dayton manager Luis Bolivar said. "It was just one of those days. The guy did a pretty good job."
With a weekend's worth of regular-season games to go, the Hot Rods remain in a battle for the last Eastern Division playoff spot with South Bend. Dayton qualified by finishing second to West Michigan in the season's first half, and opens the first round of the playoffs with West Michigan at home Wednesday.
That series will be a best-of-three.
York, a fifth-round draft pick last summer by the Rays, was 4-1 with an 0.82 ERA at Hudson Valley when he was summoned to Bowling Green on Aug. 17. This was his third start and first victory as he shrunk his ERA from 1.64 to 1.06.
Dayton, which beat the Hot Rods 9-8 on Wednesday, managed a harmless two-out triple to Michael Beltre in the third against York and a one-out single to Randy Ventura in the sixth.
York walked one.
The game was the exact opposite of Wednesday's series opener when the Dragons scored their last run in the ninth on the way to 11 hits. Thursaday's shutout was the first for Dayton since June 29, when the Dragons lost 3-0 at West Michigan. It was also Dayton's first shutout loss at home this season.
Moloney, who has been in the Rays' organization for 11 seasons, the last four with Bowling Green, was Dayton's pitching coach in 2001, the second season of the organization.
Prior to the recent losing streak, the Hot Rods seemed certain of a place in the playoffs, especially after winning seven straight and 13 of 16 games.
Now comes the tiebreaker to this series Friday night.
Bolivar said he would probably rest a player or two to help get ready for the playoffs. He held left fielder Taylor Trammell out Thursday, giving one of his best hitters the day off.
At first, even though York wasn't giving Dayton any chances, Alex Webb was nearly matching him. Webb allowed two singles in the first three innings and his lone run allowed through four came on a leadoff triple by Garrett Whitley followed by a sacrifice fly by Josh Lowe.
Both Whitley and Lowe were first-round draft choices by the Rays in 2015 and 2016.
Then came the fifth, and Webb was gone. The Dragons would not recover.
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St Mary's College, LondonderryView Success Stories
The objective of the project was to develop a continuous quest for Excellence, resulting in:
• 134% improvement in GCSE results over an 11 year period.
• 5 Charter Mark Awards and 6 times recognised as Investor in People
• 1st Educational establishment to win the Northern Ireland, the UK and the European Quality Awards.
• Social-related awards such as: Fair Trade School, Inclusion Quality, Deaf Awareness Recognition, etc.
About St Mary's College
St Mary's College is an all girls' Catholic all-ability school that opened its doors in 1959, on its original site in the Creggan area of Derry. It served the parish, parents and pupils from a wide catchment area of Derry from this site for fifty years. The challenges faced by St Mary's ranged from socio-economic issues to outdated and obsolete facilities.
In 2010 the school celebrated its Golden Anniversary and it moved to its new hi-tech campus on the Northland Road, where pupils can have access to state of the art facilities and vibrant learning spaces.
Our Excellence Journey
St Mary's has been striving to exceed world-class standards since 1991, when it put in place management structures based on Total Quality Management principles. After that further initiatives were established, namely: team based improvement programmes, the HELP and Step Up Programmes and the use of the Balanced Scorecard; that translated into St. Mary's going beyond compliance and becoming a "Centre of Excellence". The organisation saw the important link between its commitment to the quality journey it has embarked upon and its commitment to educate and fully develop its learners.
The success of St Mary's depends on their customers; primarily their pupils and parents, and indirectly the community and society. The organisation realized that pupils are the best promoters of their standard of service and that is why they are involved directly in their own learning in every class. Any change or improvement that could lead to better pupil results will mean that it is worth the expense. The school commitment to customer service has been externally validated through a detailed process of self evaluation, Ethical Trading Initiative audit reports and attainment of Invest in People.
The Culture of the organisation is a "can do" attitude. The Staff is clear on their roles and responsibilities; and their contribution to achievement of objectives within the overall planning process. Everyone has a sense of pride in the work of the school.
- 134% improvement in GCSE results over 11 year period.
- 5 Charter Mark Awards demonstrating that they are customer-oriented.
- EFQM Hall of Fame Award.
- 6 times recognised as Investor in People.
- Implementation of Co-Operative Learning, an initiative that encourages pupils to take ownership of their own learning.
- Implementation of Star, a unique initiative to raise standards of achievement based on partnerships with further education, parents and the community.
- 1st Educational establishment to win the Northern Ireland, Ireland Excellence Award, the UK and the European Excellence Awards.
- Social related awards such as: Fair Trade School, Inclusion Quality, Deaf Awareness Recognition, etc.
Mrs Marie Lindsay, Principal, St Mary's College
"St Mary's College has been a Specialist School for Science since 2006. We are happy to be doing Derry proud and breaking traditional norms as regards careers in the city."


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BOX OF TREASURES – Haida artist Holly Churchill, of Ketchikan, shows Sitka High School senior Myles Magie a weaving technique on a cedar bark basket Wednesday in the Sitka High art room. Churchill finished a three-week residency today sponsored by the Sitka School District and Sealaska Heritage Institute's Sharing Our Box of Treasures" program. Her residency included work in the high school's new dual-credit program with UAS, the Northwest Coast Arts class, and sessions with Blatchley Middle School and the Sitka Native Education Program Culture Class. (Sentinel Photo by James Poulson)
September 10, 2015 Community Happenings
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'Explain Pain'
Workshop Set
The public is invited to attend a free "Explain Pain" class noon-1 p.m. Wednesdays, Sept. 16 and 23, at Sitka Community Hospital in the classroom.
Bridget Hitchcock, physical therapist, will teach the physiology of chronic pain and how to manage it. For more information, call 747-1771.
Naturalist Hudson
Set to Lead Hike
John Hudson, aquatic entomologist and author of ''Dragonflies of Alaska,'' will lead a naturalist hike 10 a.m.-noon Saturday, Sept. 19. It will begin and end at the parking lot just off Indian River Road where the trail begins along Indian River.
Hikers should meet in the parking lot, dressed for the weather, at 10 a.m. Hudson comes to Sitka with the support of the Sitka Sound Science Center's Scientists in the Schools program and will work with all fourth-grade students at Keet Gooshi Heen Elementary School on a watersheds unit.
The hike is co-hosted with Sitka Trail Works and is open to the public. Contact Janet Clarke at the Sitka Sound Science Center 747-8878, extension 22 for more information.
Babies and Books
Story Time Slated
Sitka Babies and Books will ''Celebrate Autumn'' with a story time program at Kettleson Memorial Library 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 26.
Readings, songs and an easy craft project for toddlers are included. Babies and preschoolers are also welcome, and no registration is required.
For more information call the library at 747-8708.
Story Time Set
''Room for Bear'' by Ciara Gavin will be one of the readings during the next preschool story time activities 10:30 a.m. Sept. 17 at Kettleson Library.
The program includes readings, rhymes, songs and a craft project. All are welcome.
For more information call the library at 747-8708.
Training at SAFV
Sitkans Against Family Violence's free community training on all aspects of interpersonal violence continues 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Sept. 12 at the Unitarian Fellowship Hall, 408 Marine Street, with sessions on women's advocacy and the impact of domestic violence on children.
On Sept. 14, sessions are offered on legal advocacy and mandatory reporting. The detailed schedule is available at safv.org or call 747-3370 for more information.
Unit 4 Fall Bear
Season to Open
The brown bear hunting season in Game Management Unit 4 opens Sept. 15 and runs through Dec. 31.
Alaska Department of Fish and Game said that before hunting, hunters must obtain a locking big game tag, hunting license and registration permit. The registration permit is valid for taking one brown bear in GMU 4 which includes Admiralty, Baranof, and Chichagof Islands.
Hunters are reminded prior to registering for the hunt they must watch the brown bear identification video "Take a Closer Look." It may be viewed online at ADF&G's web page by typing "Take a Closer Look" in the search box. It is also available for loan at Fish and Game offices, and may be purchased online on the Alaska Outdoors Supersite.
ADF&G said that bear hunting during the fall season often means hunting in declining light and under inclement weather conditions.
''These factors, in addition to more sows without cubs in the fall, can lead to hunters mistakenly targeting female bears as males,'' Fish and Game said. ''Only careful observation and preparation will prepare hunters to differentiate males from females under these conditions.''
Nonresident and alien hunters must be accompanied by a guide. Successful hunters must report their kill to the Fish and Game office in Sitka or Douglas within 10 days of the kill date. The entire hide (claws attached) and skull must be salvaged. Evidence of sex (penis sheath or vaginal opening) must remain naturally attached to the hide until it is sealed. The unfrozen hide and skull must be sealed within 30 days of the kill date.
All permitted hunters, regardless if they hunted or not, must return hunt reports to the department by close of business Jan. 15, 2016. Hunters who fail to report by the required date may not be eligible to receive permits the next regulatory year. Additionally, the hunter's name may be released to the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for possible enforcement action. Contact the Sitka area office at 747-5449 for additional information.
Karate Classes
Being Offered
Kenwa Kai Karate of Sitka's next monthly session begins Sept. 16. All karate classes are moving to the New Archangel Dancers studio.
Those ages 6 and older may choose to attend on Mondays 6-6:45 p.m., Wednesdays 6-6:45 p.m., and/or Saturdays 9-9:45 a.m.
Adults will meet Wednesdays 7-7:45 p.m., and Little Dragons (ages 4-5) on Saturdays, 10-10:30 a.m.
For more information or to register visit www.sitkakarate.org or call Sensei Laurinda Marcello at 738-2887.
Booth Space
Availability Given
The Greater Sitka Arts Council is alerting vendors that the Sitka Artisans Market has only a few booth spaces left.
The Market will be held Friday, Dec. 11, through Sunday, Dec. 13 at Allen Hall.
A complete application with answers to questions is available at www.ThinkArtThinkSitka.com or call Sarah at 747-2787.
Story Lab Set
The first session of Story Lab, which offers free after-school creative writing classes, will be Tuesday, Sept. 15, at 304 Baranof Street.
Second- through fifth-graders will meet 3-4:30 p.m. every other Tuesday;
sixth- through eighth-graders, 3:30-5 p.m. ever Wednesday; and ninth- through 12th-graders, 4:15-5:30 p.m. every Thursday.
Bus service from Keet Gooshi Heen and Blatchley is available.
Students this fall will contribute to Story Lab's first anthology of student work. Students will edit for publication and learn to use the Island Institute's bookmaking equipment.
Harp Sing Sunday
The second Sunday Sitka Sacred Harp Sing is scheduled 3:30-5 p.m. Sept. 13 at the Pioneers Home Chapel. No experience is necessary. Beginners and listeners are welcome. Call 738-2089 with questions.
Cohos to Meet
The Coho Clan will meet 1 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 13, at the main Coho Clan house.
The clan is preparing for its next potlatch and will practice songs. All members are reminded to attend.
Boy, Girl Scouts
Set Registration
Boy Scout and Girl Scout registrations will be 6:30-8:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 24, at Blatchley Middle School.
Girl Scouts is open to girls in kindergarten through 12th grades. The fee is $20.
Boys in first through 12th grades can register for Boy Scouts. The fee is approximately $12.
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Here I am! Things here in the Rals have been absolutely crazy. My social calendar has been packed to the brim, boys knocking at my door/texting me constantly, girls want to be me. JUST KIDDING. This is real life, not a reality show. And real life means: I've been at work. No time for social anything or boys knocking anywhere. Maybe some girls want to be me in the office because I have the cutest shoes by far on the 4th floor (I mean, just saying), but I can't speak for everyone. Anywho. Work consumes my every moment. When I am not there, I'm on the way there, getting donuts for my team, sleeping, eating, or weighing myself wondering how fat I will get before I have time to go to the gym. Not only do I have to be at work all the time, but I am busy at work on the reg. Which unfortunately means zero/minimal time to holler on the interwebs whilst at work about my sassiness and other trifeness in my life. But not to worry, I am remedying the situation. Points to me for using "whilst" in a sentence.
So work. My new assignment for my job is actually pretty great so far. I like going there, I like my cubicle (I know it's weird but seriously – good location, window, and it's not gray), I like my boss and my team, and the building is less than a mile from my house! Multiple perks. I haven't met too many young people just yet so for now I'm chillin with the 40+ crowd. Yes, it's super fun, especially when I don't buy any of my own drinks ever because they all make "16 times" what I'm making. That's a direct quote. Works for me. However I am in search of people my age so we don't have to talk about wives, kids, or knee surgery – three things I know nothing about.
Next up, living situation. As I mentioned previously, my craigslist roomie is super nice. We have now been coexisting in her home for 4 weeks now, and it's going very well so far. The main perk is that we watch all the same tv shows so there's no issue with competing for dvr recording time. Very important. Also apparently there are some dude neighbors on our circle who we have yet to meet, but according to Roomz they are young and attractive. I haven't had any legit sightings yet (shocking) however I did have this gem: last week I came home from work, put on my leggings, oversized sweatshirt, fuzzy socks and slippers (Roomz keeps it sort of cold in the house so I bundle up). I then decided to get the mail, which is located at the center of the circle in one of those bulk mailboxes. So get the picture: leggings, huge sweatshirt, super fuzzy pink socks and my slippers, hair up, glasses. Very glam. Of course one of these supposedly good looking dudes chooses this moment to walk out his front door. He waved and said hi. I gave him the best southwest VA "hay" and the least self-conscious and ironic smile I could muster. It was a classic moment, and after he drove away I laughed out loud. Anywhoooz, happy to be here is the bottom line on this jank.
Gym. Tuesday I went to the nearest awesomest Gold's Gym in Raleigh. I heard through the grapevine that it is the newest and the nicest gym in the area, and as a major perk, has the highest number of young people in attendance. And let me tell ya'll. It is SO true. I walked in there today to have my appointment with Rick (this picture is almost a true likeness) and was immediately flabbergasted by the wide array of attractiveness within. I mean it was shocking and I had to actively close my mouth more than a couple times. Remember when I waxed poetic about all the yummy goodness that was at the Richmond gym? Well this is like times 10. Luckily I am not on the prowl OR boy crazy, so it's really all the same to me. But back to Rick. We met and discussed my body fat percent, body mass index, my fitness goals, and made a fitness plan for me. Tonight I have my first of possibly weekly appointments with a personal trainer who is going to whip my tush into shape. I am super stoked because my place of employment actually reimburses me partially not only for my gym membership but also for personal training sessions provided by my gym. Awesome perks, people. I'm pretty excited to actually have a plan when I go to the gym, instead of just hanging out on the treadmill hoping to burn a couple hundred calories. It's going to be super sassy when I'm jacked and can kick some ass. Watch out!


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Reverend Dr. Mitri Raheb
Zeina Azzam:
Thank you, Reverend Raheb, for bringing us these two really stunning documentaries by very promising Palestinian filmmakers. Again what we've seen is Praise of the Wounds and The Life of Pigeons. The Praise of the Wounds is by Muhammad Abu Sneinah and The Life of Pigeons is directed by Baha' Abu Shanab. And now I'll invite Reverend Raheb to talk about the films and the situation of youth in the Occupied Territories. Thank you.
Reverend Dr. Mitri Raheb:
You know, it's not easy, really, to say anything after these two films. I think one feels they have to go now and do a prayer or something, because they are very strong. But as you saw, these are actually two out of ten films that were produced by our students this last October. And they don't talk specifically about the situation of youth, but they are produced by young people. And I think Muhammad took us into his family's home, so I think through that film we were able to get a film for the social context of Muhammad, and through this film we could get also a sense of Baha''s father and background, even though it was not about youth. But let me just share with you just [a] few issues that are connected to the situation of youth in Palestine today.
The first thing… there are ten points I would like to mention quickly. Ten points in ten minutes, okay? It's easy to remember. Palestine is really a young society: 55 percent of our population are under the age of 18. Compared with the [United] States, there is a big difference there. In fact, elderly people, they make only 3.5 percent of the population. Again, a big difference to this country. And if we look at the age of Muhammad and Baha', which means the age—say between fifteen to 24—they make 20 percent of the population. If we were to make a chart of that, you will see the chart looks really totally different—the age chart—than this country. And you will see that this age group, this is the potential for Palestine, but this also is the challenge for Palestine. Because if these young people will get a good education and will be able to find work, Palestine could have a much better future than we have now, but if we miss that opportunity, it's going to be really tough for Palestine. So, you know, that's the first point.
The second point, we did this study two years ago about cultural practices of young people in Palestine. We asked young people in Palestine what they do in terms of cultural practices, again, this generation. Guess what? Somebody in the age of Baha' or Muhammad, they spent an average three hours daily on Facebook. So this is the generation of social media. And in addition to two hours on [the] TV. So five hours—imagine! When we asked them, "So do you go to see a theater play?" "No." "Why not?" "No time." Which, really, it was interesting, we had to think of the whole concept of time. If you spend five hours on social media and TV and then you don't have time, so what's your concept of time? And I think what is a bit frightening is that these three hours on social media our young people are only consuming, not producing. In these two films, it's different, because here we saw two young Palestinians producing something, and now showing it and hopefully later—I mean, the teasers are already on Facebook and on the social media so people can get a sense of what the films are about. But this is really the challenge we face in Palestine. How can we transform our young people from being consumers to becoming producers in the age of social media? And this is actually one of the goals of our University College Dar al-Kalima, to do exactly that transformation to help our young people become productive, not in terms of getting children but productive in terms of producing stuff like this.
And that study, which again also the Bureau of Statistics in Palestine got the same numbers more or less: in this age bracket, if you look at college and university graduates in Palestine—Palestine has a very high number of university and college students, some people don't know that, but actually the percentage of people going to university and college in Palestine is higher than Hong Kong. Just think [about] this. I don't have the figure, I can get it to you, but it's… Maybe I can get it in a few minutes in the Q&A, I have it somewhere here. But unfortunately—so that's the potential again—the challenge is that, in this study, and the Bureau of Statistics showed the same thing, 45 percent of university graduates are unemployed. The highest number of unemployment in Palestine is not under [or] unskilled labor. If you're unskilled labor, you will find a job. The problem is, if you are a university graduate, how to find a job, because often education is not connected to the job market. [At] our university, we said we want to focus on things that no one else in Palestine is offering, because we believe we can create new job opportunities in this area.
When we started, there was only one television station in Palestine, a big one, now there are several. Most of our students are working there, but also Palestine, Jerusalem, has the second highest number of journalists after Washington, D.C., believe it or not. I mean, think [about] it, how often do you hear in the news about our part of the world compared with Ghana? Or with Zimbabwe? I mean, so we're always in the news, not for good reasons, unfortunately. We would love to be less in the news and have more peace than be all the time in the news and have no peace. So the idea was to tap into this potential and to try to create also job opportunities in new areas and fields that were not there, and film is just one of them.
So, the fourth point I would like to make is that in that study we did, it was very interesting, when we asked the young people if they are politically involved with the party, with the political party, guess what? Eighty-five percent are not involved, and most probably don't want to be involved, which means, somehow, they are fed up with politics. Now, this wasn't always the case. If we would have done this study 15 years ago, the percentage of young people really actively involved in political parties would have been much, much higher. Another interesting thing was when we asked them about religion, that was the only question where, somehow, the data and the outcome… We thought maybe there was something with the data entry, because what we saw there is that, if you look at the young people of Palestine today, it's a very polarized situation. You have some people who are very religious – to my taste, maybe too religious. I say this as a pastor, remember, too religious. Even for me it's just too much, and for God I think it's too much, so he keeps saying, "Give me [a] break, I can't handle that much religion." Or on the other hand, they really didn't want to hear anything about religion. They are fed up with religion. In fact, I was talking to some professors in Egypt, [and] they think now one of the biggest struggles in Egypt is that many of the young people are agnostic. And again, it's a polarized situation. I think what we are trying to do in our University College is [ask], how can we, in this context, how can we engage young people to be active in the civic field, in the civil society? I think this is where really most of the energy should go. So can we achieve that? I think this is the challenge ahead of us. How can we get young people to be civically involved and engaged more?
The fifth point is, if I compare the young people today with the time [when] I was young, I mean, [there is] no comparison. For me, it was, I was born in Bethlehem, grew up in Bethlehem. I was going on [a] daily business almost to Jerusalem as a young person. My friends were from Jerusalem, from Ramallah, so we would meet in Jerusalem, and we would sit on the Jerusalem, on the wall of the Old City of Jerusalem and talk and talk and talk. My daughters, who are 21 and 25, maybe they have been only eight times in Jerusalem, because they have to have permits. It's not easy to get a permit. It's only over Christmas or Easter that they get permits. It's a totally different situation. We think in the world today, the world is very mobile, mobility is a very important thing, but when it comes to Palestinian youth, they are totally NOT mobile. But, you know, they can be mobile virtually but not actually, and this is really a challenge for our young people.
Often, when I talk to young people, I feel that many of our young people have no problem to believe that there is life after death. This is like almost Christians, Muslims, somehow the majority, they believe [that] there is life after death. Many of them cannot think of life before death that is worth living, and I think this is really again the challenge. And I think Mahmoud Darwish saw that challenge when he wrote his poem that talks about, there is something on this land that talks about Palestine that is worth living for. Now we cannot preach to young people. Yes there is life after death, [but] we have to create for them the space, to give them, to empower them, to give them the instruments that they can really reach their potential during their lifetime. This is really the challenge we face in Palestine and at our college.
The sixth point I would like to highlight, when we talk to young people, [is] often we feel that they feel very helpless and, to some extent, hopeless. They think nothing is going to change and we cannot do anything. And in fact, in that study that we did, we found out that most of the young people in Palestine are looking for a savior. Now, maybe as a pastor, I should be happy about that because I can tell them we have a savior, but it's very dangerous because they're waiting for a savior. Maybe Obama or whatever or people on the Hill here, they're the savior, to fix the problem. And I think this is really the danger. So the question is, how can we help our young people to know that they have a role to play, that actually nothing will change until they will change it? So they are not objects, [but rather] they are subjects and they can do something about it. And through these films… I mean, talking to Baha', the director of the second film, talking to him now, he saw that through this film, he became like almost an ambassador for Palestine, [which is] much more powerful than our ambassador in x city. Because, suddenly they know, "actually we can do something, we are subjects. We can do something about it. And we can express ourselves." And if we give them just the tool to know how to communicate their story in a very creative, in a very qualitative way, I think this is the potential that you saw tonight. So that's another issue.
The seventh point I would like to make is that the issue of resistance is a very important issue in Palestine. In fact, yesterday I was giving here an interview and I said "as long as there is occupation there will be always resistance." It was for a Jewish news agency and I said that even if you look at the Jewish history, this is what you know. Whenever there is occupation, there was always resistance. So the question is not 'if' to resist. That is not the question. It is 'how' to resist that becomes even more important. You can go and take a knife and try to stab someone, which yesterday I told that this is actually something from the Jewish history. In the second century B.C. this is what the Maccabean's were doing, just to see how sarcastic sometimes history can be. But can we train our young people to see actually films as resistance? And actually something that is much more powerful maybe, if we can reach and tell the story. So that whole issue of art and resistance is a very important issue I think, for the young people of Palestine and this is why at our University College we try to focus on art and culture as important means also for resistance.
Because, and this is the eight point, art is important, like film but also other art forms, as means for self-expression. I often feel that language-wise we don't have anything new to say. It is not just our land that is occupied, actually the language is also occupied. Through these new forms of expression, young people can express their story in a very new and creative way. Again, it is not by chance that Muhammad took his mother and brother as the main figure, and Baha' took his father, because actually it is like exploring their own story. I mean Baha', who did the second film, with a checkpoint, he never ever [before] went with his father that early to the checkpoint. It is only when he made the film that he went with him for one month – so these pictures were taken over one month. Through that exercise actually, Baha' was able to get a totally different idea of his father's work that otherwise he would not have gotten. So, self-exploration, self-expression, that is something that we would like young people to get more involved in.
The ninth point I would like to mention is that, we are, at our University College in Dar al-Kalima, we want to focus on the positive energy that is there with young people because often this is not what the media focuses on. So last year we launched the Ismail Shammout Award, Ismail Shammout was one of the most important, well-known Palestinian artists. Actually [he was] a refugee from '48 who was kicked out of his home in Jaffa and then ended up in Germany and died like six years ago or so. So we launched last year the Ismail Shammout Award, in his name, to look for young Palestinian artists. This year it was just last month that we chose the best three young artists, again, to encourage young people to get involved positively and to focus on this. In November we will give the Karimeh Abboud Award. Karimeh Abboud was the first female photographer in the Middle East, actually one of the top photographers worldwide. In her memory we are launching this award for young talented photographers. In fact, this morning I was finishing the third award, the papers for the third award, for civic engagement. We would like to look in Palestine for young people who are doing something for one of the problems. It could be environment, it could be gender, it could be whatever, it could be Christian-Muslim… so we would like to look for young people and encourage them, again, to get civically more engaged. So that is where we want to focus actually and to invest. And that is open, by the way, the Karimeh Abboud and Ismail Shammout, for Palestinians anywhere. So even if you know of young Palestinians in this country please encourage them to apply for all of these awards because we want to have it as pan-Palestinian. We refuse to be, 'this is the Jerusalem item, this is the West Bank and that's Gaza and that is the inside and that's the diaspora." We want to keep the people as a whole.
The last point is, actually with all of this, I think, what we are trying to do is to create what one professor called 'creative class.' So, a whole segment of the Palestinian society, we have so many young people who are creative. I think if we compare it with other Arab countries, I think I read a study just this past week, [where] Lebanon and Palestine are on the top when it comes to the Arab world. But we need to invest more in creating this creative class; a whole segment of people that really are engaged in this kind of creativity because, as you saw, the situation is awful. Without creativity, I am afraid that we are going to perish. For me, culture and art are so important, especially for young people, because when you feel that everything is falling apart around you, culture becomes the art to breath. [This is] because, you know, many people thought that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is like a sprint. In a sprint you have to run very fast, to put all of your energy and power to get there in thirty seconds. I was not of this opinion to start with. I always had the feeling that, unfortunately, our conflict is a marathon. In fact, after tomorrow, on Friday, there is the Right to Movement Marathon in Bethlehem. So there will be about 4,000 young people participating in this marathon. It is a long marathon, and in a long marathon, if you do not learn how to breathe, you either kill yourself or you give up. This is why many people, in the course of history, gave up on Palestine. Even now, unfortunately, your politicians here have given up on Israel-Palestine. If you hear what President Obama said just last week, or Kerry, "We cannot do anything," [this is] because they were thinking that it is a sprint. But really, unfortunately, it is not a sprint. So we need to train our young people, not only to survive in this marathon, but how to be able to thrive, not because, but in spite of all the challenges that try to crush them and to crush their spirit. So, I hope that this at least, gave you an idea about the situation of young people in Palestine today. Thank you.


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|When Bone Armor expires, nearby enemy Heroes take damage equal to 12% of their maximum Health.
|While Bone Armor is active, nearby enemies are Slowed by 35% for 1 second. Basic Attacks against Heroes that are Stunned, Rooted, or Slowed reduce the cooldown of Bone Armor by 2 seconds.
|While Bone Armor is active, Xul evades all Basic Attacks, but increases the cooldown of Bone Armor by 20 seconds.
|Reaper's Toll
|Quest: Hit 16 Heroes with Spectral Scythe. Reward: Reduce the cooldown of Spectral Scythe by 3 seconds and its Mana cost by 20.
|Grim Scythe
|Each enemy hit by Cursed Strikes reduces its cooldown by 1 second, up to 12 seconds.
|Bone Prison spawns 2 Skeletal Warriors. These do not count towards Xul's Raise Skeleton maximum. Quest: Spawn 80 Skeletal Warriors. Reward: While fixating on an enemy, Skeletal Warriors gain 40% Movement and Attack Speed.
|Harvest Vitality
|Cursed Strikes heals for 70% of the damage dealt to Heroes.
|Increase the Attack Speed reduction of Cursed Strikes by 35% and the duration by 1 second.
|Trag'Oul's Essence
|Every time a Skeletal Warrior attacks an enemy, restore 0.5% of Xul's maximum Health and 0.2% of his maximum Mana.
|Poison Nova
|After 0.5 seconds, release poisonous missiles that deal 570 (+4% per level) damage to all enemies hit over 10 seconds.
|Skeletal Mages
|Vector Targeting Summon 4 Frost Mages in a line that attack nearby enemies for 47 (+4% per level) damage a second and Slow them by 30% for 2 seconds. Last up to 15 seconds.
|Echoes of Death
|Spectral Scythe spawns 2 additional scythes next to the first after 1.5 seconds, dealing 60% damage.
|Rapid Harvest
|Gain 5% Attack Speed for 3 seconds each time Cursed Strikes hits an enemy, up to 75%.
|Attacking a Hero that is slowed, rooted, or stunned increases your Basic Attack damage by 30% for 3 seconds.
|Amplify Damage
|Enemies Rooted by Bone Prison lose 25 Armor for 1.75 seconds.
|Corpse Explosion
|When Skeletal Warriors die they explode for 55 (+4% per level) damage in a small area. Deals 100% increased damage to non-Heroic enemies.
|Bone Spear
|Deal 230 (+4% per level) damage to enemies in a line.
|Andariel's Visage
|Poison Nova heals for 50% of the damage dealt. Passive: Skeletal Warriors deal 50% increased damage.
|Cold Hand of Death
|Increase the Slow of Frost Mages by 20%. Passive: Skeletal Warrior attacks Slow enemies by 30% for 2 seconds.
|Mortal Wound
|Enemy Heroes hit by Spectral Scythe receive 75% less healing for 4 seconds.
|Kalan's Edict
|Skeletal Warrior attacks reduce the cooldown of Xul's Heroic Ability by 1%.
|Ability Name
|Mana Cost
|Spectral Scythe
|Summon a scythe that travels to Xul after 1 second, dealing 240 (+4% per level) damage to enemies.
|Cursed Strikes
|Xul's Basic Attacks deal damage in a wide area and reduce the Attack Speed of Heroes and Summons by 40% for 2 seconds. Lasts 4 seconds once triggered.
|Bone Prison
|After a 2 second delay, deal 80 (+4% per level) damage and Root the target enemy Hero for 1.75 seconds. All nearby Skeletal Warriors will fixate on the target for their duration.
|Skeletal Mages
|Vector Targeting Summon 4 Frost Mages in a line that attack nearby enemies for 47 (+4% per level) damage a second and Slow them by 30% for 2 seconds. Last up to 15 seconds.
|Poison Nova
|After 0.5 seconds, release poisonous missiles that deal 570 (+4% per level) damage to all enemies hit over 10 seconds.
|Raise Skeleton
|When a nearby enemy Minion dies, it becomes a Skeletal Warrior with 225 (+4% per level) Health that attacks for 21 (+4% per level) damage and last up to 15 seconds. Up to 4 Skeletal Warriors can be active at once.
|Bone Armor
|Activate to gain a Shield equal to 25% of Xul's maximum Health for 3 seconds.
Hero Updates
- Cursed Strikes (W)
- Mana cost reduced from 60 to 50
- Level 4
- Reaper's Toll (Q)
- Quest requirement reduced from 20 to 16
- Additional Functionality: When completed, now also reduces the Mana cost of Spectral Scythe by 20
- Reaper's Toll (Q)
Developer Comment: In addition to reducing Cursed Strikes Mana cost to more normalize Xul's Mana usage compared to other Heroes, we are also buffing Reaper's Toll, which has been underperforming compared to other talents on its tier.
Developer Comment: As we promised in the past, we took a look at the overall Mana tension of all the Heroes in the game. We also have some philosophies about Mana that we want to keep going forward. They are:
- Mana should be a meaningful part of the game, particularly in the early stages when wave clear is at a higher premium. We believe that as the game progresses, Mana tension should become less important as Heroes gain more base Mana and the game's focus shifts to team fighting.
- Mana tension doesn't have to be the same for every Hero, but every Hero should feel it to some degree, otherwise it serves no purpose.
- We like that some talents heavily mitigate Mana tension.
When we took a look at Mana tension in the game, we saw that, overall, things are in a fairly healthy spot, but could be fine-tuned and improved upon. We like the tension that the heroes who are closer to the middle of the spectrum have, with some examples being Malfurion, Tychus, and E.T.C. Our goal with these changes is to bring the outliers closer to the center. We are open to your feedback going forward if you think that the game needs to be stricter or more lenient in this area, or if you believe there are any outliers that we missed.
Hero Updates
- Health increased from 1900 to 2000
- Health Regeneration increased 3.957 to 4.168
- Basic Attack damage increased from 104 to 110
- Raise Skeleton (Trait)
- Skeletal Warrior Health reduced from 240 to 225
- Skeletal Warrior damage reduced from 23 to 21
- Bone Prison (E)
- Cooldown reduced from 12 to 10 seconds
- Mana cost reduced from 80 to 70
- Level 7
- Trag'Oul's Essence (Trait)
- Mana restoration per Skeletal Warrior attack reduced from 0.5% to 0.2% of Xul's maximum Mana
- Trag'Oul's Essence (Trait)
Developer Comment: We like that Xul is a strong pushing Hero who has an identity as a great duo-lane soaker, but believe that his identity has been pushed too far into this role, and we would like to see him have more presence in team fights. We're making adjustments to push him in this direction by buffing his base stats and toning down his split-push potential.
Bug Fixes
- Genji: Fixed an issue preventing certain cleave attacks, such as Malthael's Basic Attacks and Xul's Cursed Strikes, from removing stacks of Genji's Dodge.
Hero Updates
- Level 4
- Grim Scythe (Q)
- Cooldown reduction per enemy hit increased from .75 to 1 second
- Jailors (E)
- Bonus Attack and Movement Speed reduced from 50 to 40%
- Grim Scythe (Q)
- Level 7
- Harvest Vitality (W)
- Heal increased from 60 to 70%
- Harvest Vitality (W)
Hero Updates
- Raise Skeleton (Trait)
- Skeleton health reduced from 270 to 240
- Skeletal Mages (R)
- Cooldown increased from 70 to 90 seconds
- Level 7
- Trag'Oul's Essence (Trait)
- Healing reduced from 1% to .5% per Skeleton Basic Attack
- Mana return increased from .4% to .5% per Skeleton Basic Attack
- Trag'Oul's Essence (Trait)
- Level 13
- Echoes of Death (Q)
- Damage reduced from 70 to 60% of Spectral Scythe's damage
- Echoes of Death (Q)
Bug Fixes
- Tassadar: Fixed an issue causing some Attack Speed modifier effects, such as Xul's Cursed Strikes, to persist indefinitely if the effect expired during Dimensional Shift.
- Xul: Waiting 4 or more seconds to attack after activating Cursed Strikes will no longer cause the Ability's visual effects to out of sync with Xul's attack animations
Hero Updates
- Raise Skeleton (Trait)
- Health reduced from 300 to 270
- Cursed Strikes (W)
- Cooldown increased from 15 to 16 seconds
- Level 1
- Backlash (Trait)
- Damage reduced from 15 to 12% of enemy Heroes' maximum Health
- Backlash (Trait)
- Level 4
- Grim Scythe (W)
- Cooldown reduction per attack increased from .5 to .75 seconds
- Maximum cooldown reduction increased from 10 to 12 seconds
- Grim Scythe (W)
Hero Updates
- Spectral Scythe (Q)
- Mana cost reduced from 65 to 55
- Cursed Strikes (W)
- Mana cost reduced from 65 to 60
- Bone Prison (E)
- Now causes all active Skeletons to fixate on the target.
- Level 1
- Shackler (Active)
- Added functionality:
- Basic Attacking a Hero that is slowed, rooted, or stunned reduces the cooldown of Bone Armor by 2 seconds.
- Added functionality:
- Shackler (Active)
- Level 4
- Reaper's Toll (Q)
- New functionality:
- !Quest: Hit enemy Heroes with Spectral Scythe.
- !Reward: After hitting 20 Heroes, reduce the cooldown by 3 seconds.
- New functionality:
- Jailors (Trait)
- New functionality:
- Cause 2 Skeletons to spawn when you cast Bone Prison. These do not count toward the maximum limit of Skeletons you can own.
- !Quest: Spawn Skeletal Warriors.
- !Reward: After spawning 80 Skeletons, when Skeletal Warriors fixate on an enemy from Bone Prison they gain 50% Movement and Attack Speed.
- New functionality:
- (New) Grim Scythe (W)
- Every time Cursed Strikes damages enemies, reduce its cooldown by .5 seconds, up to 10 seconds.
- Reaper's Toll (Q)
- Level 7
- Trag'Oul's Essence (Trait)
- Moved from level 4 to level 7
- Redesigned:
- Skeleton Basic Attacks restore 1% Health and .4% Mana.
- Harvest Vitality (W)
- Redesigned:
- Cursed Strikes heals Xul for 60% of the damage it deals to Heroes.
- Weaken (W)
- Now also increases the duration of Cursed Strikes Attack Speed slow from 2 to 3 seconds.
- Rathma's Blessing (Trait)
- Removed
- Trag'Oul's Essence (Trait)
- Level 13
- Decrepify (Q)
- Removed
- Giant's Curse (W)
- Removed
- (New) Echoes of Death (Q)
- After an additional 1.5 seconds, 2 more Spectral Scythes appear next to the first and travel back to Xul dealing 75% damage.
- (New) Rapid Harvest (W)
- When Xul damages an enemy with Cursed Strikes, he gains 5% Attack Speed for 3 seconds, up to 75%.
- Executioner (Passive)
- Moved from 16 to 13.
- Decrepify (Q)
- Level 16
- Skeleton Mastery (Trait)
- Removed
- Corpse Exposion (Trait)
- Moved from level 13 to level 16
- Bone Spear (Active)
- Moved from level 20 to level 16
- Cooldown increased from 10 to 12 seconds.
- Skeleton Mastery (Trait)
- Level 20
- Call of the Grave (R)
- Removed
- (New) Andariel's Visage (R)
- Xul is healed for 50% of the damage done by Poison Nova. Skeleton Warriors become Poison Skeletons, dealing 50% increased damage.
- Raised Mage (R)
- Renamed to Cold Hand of Death
- New functionality:
- No longer causes Skeletal Mages to spawn from dead Heroes.
- Now causes Skeletal Warriors to become Frost Skeletons, causing their Basic Attacks to slow enemies by 30%.
- (New) Kalan's Edict (Trait)
- Every time a Skeleton deals Basic Attack damage, reduce Xul's Heroic cooldown by 1%.
- Call of the Grave (R)
|Xul Talents
|1 (1)
|Backlash (1)
|Shackler (1)
|Shade (1)
|4 (2)
|(!) Reaper's Toll (Q)
|Grim Scythe (W)
|(!) Jailors (D)
|7 (3)
|Harvest Vitality (W)
|Weaken (W)
|Trag'Oul's Essence (Trait)
|10 (4)
|Poison Nova
|Skeletal Mages
|13 (5)
|Echoes of Death (Q)
|Rapid Harvest (W)
|Executioner (Passive)
|16 (6)
|Amplify Damage (E)
|Corpse Explosion (Trait)
|Bone Spear (Active)
|20 (7)
|Andariel's Visage (R)
|Cold Hand of Death (R)
|Mortal Wound (Q)
|Kalan's Edict (Trait)
- (!) indicates a Questing Talent.
- Italic text indicates a NEW Talent.
- Bold text indicates a MOVED Talent.
Bug Fixes
- DoT Effects: Illidan's Evasion, Chen's Elusive Brew, and Xul's Shade Armor will no longer prevent Damage over Time effects from displaying properly in their Health bars.
Bug Fixes
- Corrected the scaling damage caps for several Talents that deal damage based on a percentage of the target's maximum Health, including:
- Gall: Giant Scorcher
- Rehgar: Hunger of the Wolf
- Ragnaros: Giant Scorcher
- Tracer: Quantum Spike
- Xul: Backlash, Giant's Curse
Hero Updates
- Skeletal Mages (R)
- Is now cast using vector targeting (Click+Drag)
Bug Fixes
- Medivh: The damage over time effect from Xul's Poison Nova will no longer be visually removed from Medivh's Health bar after traveling through a Portal with the Mage Armor Talent.
Bug Fixes
- Xul: Skeletal Warriors will no longer attack Murky's Pufferfish if it is in their path.
Hero Updates
- Raise Skeleton (Trait)
- Skeleton damage reduced from 30 to 23
- Level 1
- Shade (Active)
- Shade version of Bone Armor's cooldown increased from 40 to 50 seconds
- Shackler (Active)
- Slow amount increased from 30 to 35%
- Shade (Active)
- Level 7
- Rathma's Blessing (Trait)
- Healing reduced from 66 to 55
- Rathma's Blessing (Trait)
- Level 16
- Flowing Wounds (Q)
- Cooldown reduction increased from 4 to 5 seconds
- Flowing Wounds (Q)
- Level 20
- Bone Spear (Active)
- Damage reduced from 260 to 230
- Bone Spear (Active)
Developer Comments: Xul has been a strong pick for a while now, and gotten better with the increased power of Minions. We think that someone with the consistent effectiveness he has should also be a little bit weaker overall, since you don't need to worry about what the team compositions look like. We're aiming to nerf a few of his stronger Talents, and reduce his pushing potential by weakening Skeletons.
- The Executioner Talent effect will now only trigger after attacking disabled Heroes. The bonus damage gained through this talent will still apply to anything attacked after the effect is triggered.
Hero Updates
- Level 20
- Mortal Wound (Active)
- This Talent's effect will now only reduce Healing received by the target while the Mortal Wound effect is active. Healing effects that continue after the Mortal Wounds effect ends will no longer be reduced
- Will no longer reduce Healing received by Healing Wells or reduce the duration of Heal over Time effects
- Mortal Wound (Active)
Bug Fixes
- Sylvanas and Xul: Fixed an issue that made Xul uncontrollable if Sylvanas and Xul cast Mind Control and Bone Prison on each other.
- This Talent has been reworked.
- Increases Basic Attack damage by 30% for 3 seconds after hitting a Stunned, Slowed, or Rooted target with a Basic Attack. Using Basic Attacks against a Slowed, Rooted, or Stunned target during this time will refresh the buff duration.
Developer Comments: We like the punishing nature of Executioner, but have found over time that its benefit to the player is too narrowly scoped. We're changing the Talent to be more consistently useful by giving the player a temporary Attack Damage buff that procs when they first hit a crowd controlled target.
Hero Updates
- Bone Prison (E)
- Root duration reduced from 2 to 1.75 seconds.
- Amplify Damage (Talent)
- Vulnerability duration reduced from 2 to 1.75 seconds.
Developer Comments: We've received a lot of feedback from players regarding the popular strategy of chaining movement impairing effects, like Stuns and Roots, on an enemy Hero. While we want this to be a viable way to play, we feel it's currently too prominent and powerful at higher levels of play. As a result, we are reducing the duration of many of these effects in the game. In scenarios where this change nerfs a character we don't otherwise want to nerf, we're coupling it with a buff to help offset the difference. While this change hasn't reduced all effects that might make you lose control of your Hero, we feel these are some of the more egregious ones. As always, we will make further changes if necessary.
Hero Updates
- Cursed Strikes (W)
- Attack Speed slow now only affects Heroes and Summons
Bug Fixes
- Xul's Skeletal Mages now properly prioritize Heroes, Dragon Knights, and Garden Terrors over enemy Minions.
Hero Updates
- Basic Attack damage reduced from 115 (+4% per level) to 104 (+4% per level)
- Raise Skeleton (Trait)
- Skeleton Mastery (Talent)
- Damage bonus reduced from 100% to 50%
- Corpse Explosion (Talent)
- Damage reduced from 65 (+4% per level) to 55 (+4% per level)
- Skeleton Mastery (Talent)
- Spectral Scythe (Q)
- Damage reduced from 300 (+4% per level) to 240 (+4% per level).
- Mana cost increased from 45 to 60
- Cursed Strikes (W)
- Attack Speed slow amount reduced from 50% to 40%
Developer Comments: Xul deals way too much damage for the amount of utility he has in his kit, and his pushing Talents are vastly outperforming their competitors. He also has the highest win-rate currently and it's still climbing, so we needed to be pretty heavy-handed with these nerfs.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed a rare issue that could cause Xul's Skeletal Mages to persist longer than the Ability's intended duration.
- Xul's Spectral Scythe will no longer disappear prematurely if Bone Armor expires while the Scythe is airborne.
New Hero
Xul, Cryptic Necromancer, has been added to Heroes of the Storm and is now available for play! Read on for a brief overview of his Abilities.
- Raise Skeleton
- When a nearby enemy Minion dies, it becomes a Skeletal Warrior for 15 seconds. Up to 4 Skeletal Warriors can be active at once.
Basic Abilities
- Bone Armor (1)
- Activate to gain a Shield equal to 25% of your maximum Health for 3 seconds.
- Spectral Scythe (Q)
- Summon a scythe at target location that travels toward you after a 1 second delay, damaging enemies in its path.
- Cursed Strikes (W)
- Once activated, your Basic Attacks over the next 4 seconds deal damage in a wide arc and reduce the Attack Speed of enemies hit by 50% for 2 seconds.
- Bone Prison (E)
- After a 2 second delay, root target enemy in place for 2 seconds.
Heroic Abilities
- Poison Nova (R)
- After a short delay, release poisonous missiles that deal massive poison damage over 10 seconds to all enemies hit.
- Skeletal Mages (R)
- Summon 4 Skeletal Mages in a line that attack nearby enemies and slow them by 30% for 2 seconds. Lasts up to 15 seconds.


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