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Student Medical Services provides high quality, confidential, holistic health care services to our diverse student population while minimizing costs. We are committed to maintaining the physical and mental well being of our students to enhance educational experience and overall academic success.
Meningitis Vaccine: (Offered at Student Medical Services during New Student Orientations and Transfer Student Orientations to new and returning students.)
Texas law requires all students entering an institution of higher education (public and private) to either receive a vaccination against bacterial meningitis or meet certain criteria for declining such a vaccination. This law also requires that the meningitis vaccination occurs within a five-year period before the student arrives at school.
This applies to all new incoming students, under the age of 22, regardless of living on or off campus or any student, that sits out a long semester.
For more information on the meningitis vaccine requirements and forms: www.wtamu.edu/meningitis
Appointment Hours
Fall and Spring
8:30 - 11:15 a.m. and 1:30 - 6:15 p.m.
8:30 - 11:15 a.m. and 1:30 - 4:15 p.m.
Summer I and II
8:30-11:15 a.m. and 1:30-4:15 p.m.
The center is open only when school is in session and is closed during Intercession, weekends and WTAMU holidays. The front desk will be open Monday - Friday 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. for administrative purposes.
Appointments Call 806-651-3287 or schedule an appointment online. Appointments are required and we make every effort to work around class and work schedules. Students must be currently enrolled and present their Buffalo Gold Card to enter the building.
No Shows The clinic will consider a no show appointment at any time a patient has not given advanced notice within 1 hour of the appointment. All no show appointments are charged a $20 non-cancellation fee per occurrence, $40 per occurrence charge for students that have over 3 no shows and $40.00 for specialist appointments per occurrence.
Emergencies Call 911. Emergency and after hour care is available through local physicians, clinics and hospitals. Students with severe injuries or life threatening situations should go directly to the hospital or an emergency center for treatment. We are not an emergency center and do not provide assessments for worker's compensation cases.
Payment The $70.00 Student Health Fee, paid upon enrollment, covers the cost of most office visits, however, there may be charges for diagnostic tests, injections and some procedures. This fee also covers Counseling Services - up to ten sessions per fiscal year at no additional cost. Patients are encouraged to pay any additional medical fees at the time of service. Patients who do not pay within 14 days will incur a $2 processing fee and a hold on academic records. Medical Services accepts cash, check, the Buffalo Gold Card and credit cards (credit cards in person). All payments with major credit cards (Visa, Master Card, American Express or Discover) must be made in person in the Student Medical Services office to be processed. The student health fee does not cover referrals or emergency care at any other facility. Any unpaid balance not paid within a 90 day period or by the close of the semester is subject to collection fees assessed by an outside agency.
Student Medical Services utilizes a third party billing company. The student health fee, which is paid by the student with each semester's academic charges, covers the co-payment. Students may opt to have their primary insurance company billed for services (lab tests, x-rays, medical procedures, medications, etc.) or they may choose to self-pay. Students may bring in their insurance card (front and back of the card) to be scanned, e-mail a copy of health insurance cards to firstname.lastname@example.com or fax 806-651-3289. Please be sure that the front and back of the insurance card is legible and includes the name of the student and the student's Buffalo Gold Card number.
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To enroll in this option plan or for more information about the student health insurance plans please go to the following Academic Blue: https://wtamu.myahpcare.com/
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There are patient assistance programs that can provide financial assistance for routine/maintenance prescription medications (this does not include contraceptives) to patients that are uninsured and qualify as low income. Please schedule an appointment with the Patient Advocate - Hayley Robinson, RN. (previous tax returns and proof of income are required)Sick Notes
The medical staff will write an excuse note for class or work if the student was ill or injured and only if our providers were involved in the medical care of the student. Please note: Our medical providers cannot write excuse notes for illnesses or problems for which we never provided care. A diagnosis is not disclosed unless requested and approved by the patient.
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Journey to the US on the USS Henry Gibbons
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Ben Alalouf describes arriving with his family in Naples in 1944 having been on the run for three years from the Nazis. There he was lucky enough to get a place on the USS Henry Gibbons, an American troop carrier that had been sent to rescue nearly a thousand refugees.
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HarperCollins Children's Books has secured the rights to The Collective's Annoying Orange property for a series of joke and storybooks, beginning with Annoying Orange: How to Be Annoying this fall. The animation property got its start on YouTube, where it has more than 2.7 million subscribers and has been seen more than one billion times. It also has been airing on Cartoon Network since June 2012.
"What appealed to us about it mostly was its phenomenal popularity," says David Linker, executive editor. "It's a juggernaut, and on its own merits, with very little marketing behind it. It's also a great, creative property that appeals to our age group."
Plans for fall 2013 through spring 2015 include two joke books for ages six to10, beginning with How To Be Annoying, and four holiday-themed storybooks for ages four to eight. "We wanted to do original stories with the brand and take the characters to places they haven't been before," Linker explains, noting that the property has a parody element that lends itself well to the familiar storylines of holidays like Halloween, Christmas, Valentine's Day, and Easter.
The animation production team is creating original illustrations for the books, in the 3D-animated style familiar from the YouTube and TV incarnations. "It will look of a piece with the rest of the property," Linker says.
The Joester-Loria Group is the licensing agent for Annoying Orange.


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In the article, Modern Forth, I focused on the impact of modern Forth compiler design on current register-oriented CPUs. In this article, I examine the relationship between software and silicon, and discuss a search for simplicity to improve performance and reduce chip size and power consumption.
For those of you whose software life is based around C and other "Pasgol" languages, shift your perspective of Forth and start thinking of it as a two-stack silicon machine. Forth compilers for conventional CPUs just map this model onto a register-oriented model. We will also see how to map the C virtual machine (VM) onto a two-stack VM.
Chips designed to run Forth well have been produced for more than 20 years, including the Novix NC4000, the Harris/Intersil RTX2000, and Silicon Composers SC32. There has been a flurry of cores for implementation in FPGAs, including MicroCore. Today, the state of the art is the 40-core SEAforth processor from IntellaSys. (Later in this article, I look at the C18 core and interconnects used in the SEAforth chips.) But first, I examine changes to the canonical Forth VM to achieve the goals of performance and code size.
Revisiting the Forth Virtual Machine
We will look again at the Forth and C VMs, see where the Forth VM is weak, and discover how to adjust it to improve execution of both languages. This leads to some understanding of why the IntellaSys C18 core is as it is.
The canonical Forth virtual machine is weak in several areas:
- It does not execute C well, which is important for commercial exploitation of general-purpose silicon stack machines. C requires a frame pointer for access to local variables and buffers in main memory. The two stacks are not in addressable memory.
- It is weak for DSP operations, which restricts performance in embedded applications without changes to the VM or increased compiler complexity.
- Without index operations, dealing with complex data structures is cumbersome, especially when a base address is passed as an argument to a word/function.
DSP operations often require three or four parameters to be manipulated. For example:
- source address, destination address and length,
- first source address, second source address, destination address and length.
Canonical Forth requires ugly source code to deal with these situations. Several silicon implementations provide index and scratch registers, and others have provided more access to the top of the return stack. Using the top of the return stack as a loop counter has been common for a long time; for example, the FOR ... NEXT loop structure.
The Forth community has long talked about TOS (top of data stack), NOS (next/second on data stack) and TOR (top or return stack). These are not quite enough for DSP operations. Chuck Moore's current silicon includes A and B registers which are used both as index registers and for scratch storage. Efficient execution of C requires a frame pointer, and a spare index register is always useful. We end up with the model in Figure 2.
The A and B registers are used as scratch locations and for stepping through memory using auto-increment and auto-decrement addressing modes. The X and Y index registers have base+index addressing and can be used as frame and thread-local storage pointers. The X and Y registers are important for general-purpose CPUs, and are not implemented in the IntellaSys C18 core.
The impact of the A and B registers can be seen in this biquad filter implementation by Gary Bergstrom for a 16-bit embedded system. Gary commented on the previous article about Forth's return stack not getting in the way of parameters:
This has to be one of the most underrated points in Forth. Factoring words in Forth is natural and the lack of return addresses interspersed with the data allows this to be very efficient. In most languages you can't factor to the degree that you can in Forth without having severe run-time speed consequences. You can't keep passing data to lower and lower layers without building new stack frames, with the same data repeated in them, again and again.
$4000 constant +1. \ -- n \ Integer +1 in 2.14 fractional arithmetic format. : *. \ fr1 fr2 -- fr3 \ Fractional multiply. +1. */ ; : 1STEP+ \ sum -- sum' \ Perform a multiply/accumulate step, incrementing both \ pointers. [email protected]+ [email protected]+ *. + ; : 1STEP- \ sum -- sum' \ Perform a multiply/accumulate step, incrementing the \ coefficient pointer and decrementing the data pointer. [email protected]+ [email protected] *. + ; : SHIFT2 \ fr -- \ The last step of the filter. The current data item \ is shifted into the next data slot and replaced by fr. [email protected] SWAP A!+ A!+ ; : (BIQUAD) \ frx -- fry \ The core of the biquad filter operation. DUP >R [email protected]+ *. \ initial sum = B0*input 1STEP+ 1STEP- R> SHIFT2 1STEP+ 1STEP- ; : BIQUAD \ fx addr-filt addr-coef -- fry \ A single order biquad filter. >B >A (BIQUAD) DUP SHIFT2 ; : 2xBIQUAD \ fx addr-filt addr-coef -- fry \ A second order biquad filter. >B >A (BIQUAD) (BIQUAD) DUP SHIFT2 ;
In this example, the A and B registers are set up by the words A and B in BIQUAD. These registers are now parameters to the lower layers with no parameter passing overhead. Use of these registers has removed the need for local variables while permitting additional factorisation. They have also considerably reduced stack manipulation in both the source code and the compiled code. Because parameter passing is efficient, what would be inline code in other languages is encapsulated as factors, which in turn reduces code size. The importance of code density will become apparent in the next section.
The X and Y registers above show their worth in larger systems for indexed addressing into structures in memory. They will be used in a conventional Forth system to access local variables and buffers, and to provide a pointer to thread-local storage. One of them will be used as a frame pointer by a C compiler.
These changes to the Forth VM improve code density and performance in Forth. They also permit two-stack machines to run C efficiently. A more in-depth look at this VM will appear in the EuroForth 2008 conference proceedings and on the EuroForth conference website in October 2008.


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For decades, Americans have had to shell out hundreds of billions of dollars each year to foreign oil and natural-gas suppliers, all the while enduring price swings, sudden supply shocks, increased trade deficits, and geopolitical entanglements over control of energy sources.
But consumers and businesses across the nation and Massachusetts are in the early stages of witnessing what the International Energy Agency calls a "dramatic reversal" of America's energy fortunes: The United States is expected to become the world's largest producer of natural gas by 2015, the world's leading producer of oil by 2017, and nearly energy independent by 2035, according to recent IEA projections, thanks largely to the unlocking of huge domestic reserves of oil and gas found in shale rock.
Consumers are benefiting from increased natural gas production. Over the past five years, retail home-heating prices or those using natural gas have fallen 21 percent in the Northeast, according to the US Energy Department. Retail electricity prices across the Northeast have declined by about 2 percent over the past five years because of lower costs for natural gas, which is used to generate electricity.
The economic benefits of increased domestic oil production, however, haven't yet been seen at gas pumps or on home-heating oil bills, largely because oil is a high-demand global product and its prices are set by world markets. As a result, most economists and energy specialists don't expect dramatic declines in oil and gasoline products any time soon, if ever.
But increased domestic oil production, expected to rise by nearly 30 percent to 7.5 million barrels per day by 2019, could lead to more stable prices and fewer supply disruptions for American consumers and businesses, economists said.
Above all, increased US oil production will almost inevitably lead to a reduction in the more than $400 billion the country now spends each year to import foreign oil, cutting the nation's annual trade deficit, which stood at more than $500 billion last year, and keeping more money flowing through the domestic economy, analysts said.
"This is one of the five best story lines of the 21st century for America," US Representative Edward Markey of Malden, the ranking Democrat on the House Natural Resources Committee and a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, said of America's newfound energy prowess.
For example, US manufacturers using a lot of electricity may see production costs stabilize or decline in coming years, making their products more competitive on global markets. That's especially significant for Massachusetts companies, which have long struggled with high electricity and heating costs that have put them at a disadvantage.
"Lower or more stable [energy] prices are very good thing for our manufacturers," said Andre Mayer, research director at the Associated Industries of Massachusetts.
But Jonathan Haughton, an economics professor at Suffolk University, cautioned that any significant drop in the nation's trade deficit — caused by decreased imports of fuels and increased exports of US products — could strengthen the US dollar on currency markets. An appreciating dollar would make American and Massachusetts products, from sophisticated medical instruments to pharmaceuticals, more expensive in foreign markets and eventually hurt manufacturing exports, he said.
Such a phenomenon is called "Dutch disease," a reference to the discovery of large reserves of underground gas in the Netherlands in the late 1950s. That gas find was an energy boon, but it also drove up the value of the country's currency, making its products more expensive to export and leading to a decline in manufacturing, said Haughton.
There are also pluses and minuses for the environment. Although a fossil fuel producing carbon dioxide that contributes to global climate change, natural gas still emits less carbon dioxide than oil and coal, which were once the main fuel sources for US electric power plants. The increased use of natural gas by power plants partially explains the 10 percent decline in carbon emissions in the United States in recent years, according to Energy Department data cited by Markey.
But the lower cost of natural gas will make it harder for emerging renewable sources, such as wind and solar, to compete. In addition, as natural gas replaces coal, it could lead to the loss of thousands of jobs in the coal industry, economists said. "It will cause disruptions and some redistribution of resources," said Haughton of the rising use of natural gas.
As for the recent low prices of natural gas, Markey said he's worried that attempts to export domestic supplies could lead to higher prices for American consumers. Markey is pressing the Energy Department to more closely review the impact of increased natural-gas exports on domestic gas prices.
But Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's Analytics, a forecasting firm in West Chester, Pa., said he doesn't see how the government could significantly limit exports of natural gas in an increasingly global economy. But even with exports of domestic oil and natural gas, Zandi said, the nation stands to be a big net winner as a result of its increasing energy production.
"It means more income stays here or flows back to here," said Zandi. "It's nothing but a big plus. It's just a question of how big of a plus it's going to be."


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Sue Ryder Neurological Care Centre The Chantry hosts its first conference for health and social care professionals
Sue Ryder The Chantry will be hosting its first conference for health and social care professionals on April 30th at Trinity Park in Ipswich. 'Establishing Effective Neurorehabilitation Services' will bring together a number of experts in the field of Neurorehabilitation to speak on relevant topics.
Sue Ryder Neurological Care Centre Dee View Court receives generous donation just in time for Christmas
Christmas has come early to Sue Ryder Neurological Care Centre Dee View Court in Aberdeen, who have received a substantial sum to help fund their latest facilities and capacity expansion, thanks to local businessman, Ian Suttie and his wife, Dorothy.
Man Utd star Phil Jones leads the famous faces donating to Sue Ryder auction in aid of new Neurological Care Centre in Lancashire
An array of Lancashire's famous faces from TV, sport and music have got behind Sue Ryder's latest fundraising appeal to raise funds for the new Neurological Care Centre in Lancashire.
It's time to change the vision
Nicola Murray, Head of Business & Governance at the Sue Ryder Neurological Care Centre Lancashire, discusses the new specialist centre and the move to rehabilitation care which encourages people to remain more independent.
Local MP visits Ipswich neurological care centre The Chantry
Sue Ryder's Specialist Neurological Care Centre, The Chantry, had a recent visit from MP for Ipswich, Sandy Martin, who discussed the centre's crucial role providing care in the local area and the upcoming expansion of this key service.
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Terry Mears, Centre Director at Sue Ryder Neurological Care Centre Lancashire shares a blog discussing how the impact of living with a life-limiting condition affects hobbies, interests and circles of support.
New state of the art care centre in Lancashire needs to raise £1 million
Sue Ryder is calling on the residents and local or national businesses in Lancashire to support its fundraising appeal to raise a further £1 million to provide vital equipment for residents, soft furnishings and facilities for social activities.
Commissioner engagement event marks move to new Sue Ryder Neurological Care Centre Lancashire
Sue Ryder Cuerden Hall held its second Commissioner Engagement event at Leyland Golf Club on Wednesday 16th October. The event took place with key external stakeholders ahead of the decommissioning of Cuerden Hall and the move to the Sue Ryder Neurological Care Centre Lancashire.
"One family told us we 'bring the outside world in – love, laughter and life'"
Meet Sonia Maisey, a Senior Staff Nurse at our Sue Ryder Leckhampton Court Hospice. Sonia takes us through a day in her life as a member of the Hospice at Home team, which cares for people in their own homes.
Ed Sheeran donates signed tour merchandise for auction in aid of Sue Ryder The Chantry Neurological Care Centre
Internationally acclaimed singer Ed Sheeran has donated signed tour merchandise to be auctioned off in aid of Sue Ryder The Chantry, a neurological centre based in Ipswich.
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Sue Ryder position statement: Holme Hall
Sue Ryder Holme Hall neurological care centre in Yorkshire will close by the end of March 2018.
Sue Ryder responds to the new research report from The Neurological Alliance on the state of neurological services in England
Pamela MacKenzie, Director of Neurological Services at Sue Ryder, said: "The findings of the new patient survey released today (Tuesday, 14 March) present a damning picture on of the state of neurological services in England. It shows that services are deteriorating and greater investment in neurological services is needed so people can get the help and support they need and deserve."
People in Scotland with neurological conditions failed by authorities new report finds
People in Scotland with neurological conditions are being denied the treatment and support they need, with younger adults ending up in care homes designed for older people according to a report by charity, Sue Ryder.
Sue Ryder Dee View Court awarded funding from The Big Lottery
Sue Ryder Dee View Court is delighted to have received a grant from Awards for All Scotland as National Lottery Funding of £9,980 to further improve the facilities for neurological rehabilitation at its purpose-built specialist centre in Aberdeen. This invaluable funding will be used to install a new purpose built rehabilitation kitchen at Dee View Court which will enhance and improve the independence and quality of life for service users.


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Full-service Conference Center in Starved Rock State Park. Dining room, bar, veranda, outdoor dining, indoor pool (for Lodge guests). Retreats, meetings, banquets, reunions and all-inclusive dream weddings. The Lodge has 69 rooms and 21 cabin rooms in a rustic, wooded setting.
The Shawnee Hills Wine Trail features 12 award-winning wineries located along a 25-mile scenic drive along highway 127 and highway 51 in the Shawnee National Forest. Along the way have a picnic, go on a hike, visit a shop, and stay in a cozy B&B or cabin. Many of the wineries host special events throughout the summer and fall.
The new Fashion Outlets of Chicago is an unparalleled shopping environment, where fashion meets art and fine dining! Shop over 130 designer outlets, including Tory Burch, Coach, Prada, Bloomingdales The Outlet Store and Last Call by Neiman Marcus. Located just minutes from O'Hare International Airport.
On the Shawnee Hills Wine Trail, Rustle Hill winery features an amphitheater bandstand for live music, great wines and beers, restaurant and cabins for rent.
You'll find art galleries, music venues, specialty shops, and great restaurants all located along Peoria's beautiful RiverFront. Whether it's a quick bite at a casual café or a relaxing dinner, we have something for everyone. You can enjoy live music and entertainment every weekend, shop the largest Antique Center in Central Illinois or find the perfect gift or home accent at one of our fun and inviting RiverFront shops. Throughout the summer, we offer an endless assortment of outdoor concerts and events. And don't miss the RiverFront Market featuring local produce, art, and musicians, Saturday mornings, June – September. Peoria's RiverFront… Where fun, food and friends meet!
Ski along scenic slopes at Galena's Chestnut Mountain Resort, perched high above the Mississippi River. Rated by Ski Magazine as one of the top ski resorts in the Midwest, Chestnut Mountain goes all out with a snowboarding park and night skiing. Stay at the rustic 120-room lodge, which has three restaurants, including the fine-dining Sunset Grille. There are fun non-skiing activities in the summer as well, including boat cruises on the Mississippi Explorer and the exhilarating Alpine Slide, which speeds 2,000 feet down a hillside. Or try the new Segway Mountain Adventure Tours, a three-mile guided ride through rolling terrain.
Cozy Dog Drive-In is home of the one and only Cozy Dog. Similar to a corn dog-on-a-stick, the Cozy Dog is made from a Waldmire family recipe at Springfield's Route 66 landmark. Inside the diner, which has been located on Old Route 66 since 1949, visitors will find a whimsical selection of Route 66 memorabilia and souvenirs.
The Chicago Riverwalk trail in downtown Chicago is an easy way to experience the vibrant city while exploring some of its more nature-oriented offerings. This trail is rated as easy, and will take you only 2.5 hours or 4.2 miles round-trip to complete.
Located on historic Route 66, this was originally a pharmacy built in the 1880's. The soda fountain was added to the business in the 1950's. Stop in for an old-fashioned treat or ice-cream. Doc's is also open for lunch and dinner.
A cruise aboard Odyssey lets you see Chicago from a whole new perspective. You'll enjoy a three-course, locally-sourced menu, upscale DJ entertainment, a sophisticated ambiance and breathtaking skyline views. Cruise with Odyssey for a brunch, lunch, dinner or specialty cruise, or consider Odyssey for your next group event.
Experience Illinois wine at Galena Cellars and celebrate a 30 year tradition of family winemaking. Located just a short drive from downtown Galena, Galena Cellars Vineyard--A Lawlor Family Winery--provides an escape to the country and a breathtaking view. Enjoy wine tasting, from your choice of 40 different varietals, while relaxing on the comfortable wrap-around deck of the charming farmhouse turned Tasting Room, and learn how the twenty-two varieties of grapes grown in the rich soil and unique terroir found there go from vine to award-winning wine. Meet winemaker Christine Lawlor and chat with the knowledgeable and friendly tour guides as you tour the state-of-the-art facility and partake in a sensory program designed to help you fully experience wine tasting with all of your senses. In love with the vineyard? Stay a little longer at the Vineyard Suite or Country Farmhouse. Or imagine celebrating your special day in this scenic setting. Special arrangements are gladly catered to for engagements, showers, weddings, family reunions, meetings and group tours. The vineyard is open daily May through October and weekends or Saturdays only November through March. Special events at the vineyard include Wine Lovers' Weekend in March, Fall Harvest and Art Festival in September, and Nouveau Wine Weekend in November. Honored with more than 1,000 awards from competitions throughout the world, the Lawlor Family looks forward to raising a glass with you and sharing their passion for Illinois wine.
Owned by legendary blues guitarist Buddy Guy, Legends exemplifies and electrifies the best of Chicago blues, seven nights a week. Here you'll find an amazing collection of blues memorabilia, a great Cajun menu and maybe even Buddy himself on stage.
Located in downtown Champaign, Blind Pig brews its own craft beers. With its beautiful wood interior, casks full of local brews and friendly locals, this bar is a must-see. When the weather is nice, venture outside and enjoy the large outdoor beer garden.
The Polk-a-Dot Drive In was founded over 50 years ago has become one of the most memorable attractions along Illinois Route 66. Stop in and see the collection of memorabilia and enjoy a great meal.
Anchoring the eastern end of the Shawnee Hills Wine Trail, our winery offers you "The Romance of Italy in the Hills of Southern Illinois". We are open year-round, 7 days a week, to provide great Illinois wine. Please join us for wine tasting, a variety of hearty sandwiches, soups, pizzas, and snacks, as well as wine-alternatives such as beer and non-alcoholic beverages. Come enjoy our large indoor seating area and two beautiful outdoor terraces that overlook our vineyard and the rolling countryside.
Magnificent full-service inn celebrating more than 30 years of hospitality. Featuring elite amenities, dining and spa services in a romantic setting overlooking the Mississippi River.
The Second City - Chicago Mainstage
The Second City opened its doors on a snowy Chicago night in December of 1959, and has since grown to become the world's premier comedy club, theatre and school of improvisation. The Second City has launched the careers of John Belushi, Mike Myers, Tina Fey, Bill Murray, Stephen Colbert, Steve Carell and many others.
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A new sculpture featuring two giant clouds has been installed at London's St Pancras station
The Cloud: Meteoros installation by the Lucy + Jorge Orta is the first of three public art installations which will hang above the Grand Terrace, replacing the Olympic rings which were suspended from the roof during the 2012 London Games.
On top of the large clouds are figures - a reference to the passengers who await their trains below.
Artist Lucy Orta said: 'I hope our sculpture, suspended in the midst of this incredible architecture, will be one more way for the millions of visitors to admire the beauty of the space and to take their minds off the mundane.'
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I don't know if you guys remember, but back in July of this year I submitted two tutorials on the main characters from a movie being released in 2013 called Epic. It's actually a film that I can't wait to see because it takes us on a magical journey to a place that some of us only dream of. Here is "how to draw Mub", step by step. Now unfortunately there is absolutely no bio on Mud as of yet. But I can tell you that he may be the comic relief in the movie because in the trailer he is seen cracking jokes. Mud is a large slug that is good friends with Nod. I'm not quite sure what his actual role is in the movie besides being a comedian, but I'm sure there is one. He will be voiced by Aziz Ansari who is also known for his roles in Funny People, I Love You Man, Observes and Report, and finally, 30 Minutes or Less. I think you will enjoy this lesson especially if you are familiar with Epic. I will be back so stay tuned in. Peace out folks.
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"It was as a fairground attraction that gramophones first excited wide-eyed amazement at fairs and sideshows more than a century ago. Raucous slogans proclaimed the virtues of the new recording technology: "Most powerful sound, loudest sound, most natural sound." The new-fangled talking machines, with their primitive cylinders and discs, were initially sold only in toy shops and bicycle shops. The inventor of the gramophone and disc, Emile Berliner, was quick to recognize the potential of "automatic music" and set about using the new technology to bring art and artists directly into the homes of people who other wise had no access to music of this kind, His vision of the gramophone, both as a means of disseminating culture and as a form of entertainment, is uniquely reflected in the more than hundred-year history of Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft. ... "
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Decumano Inferiore - Spaccanapoli
Is the zone between San Domenico Maggiore and the church of Santa Chiara in Gesù Nuovo square , which during the Greek age was an "extracity" zone, outside of the town-walls building. During "Angioina" the walls were moved, so it re-entered in the city zone, its conformation dates from late XIV the century. The masterpieces of architecture, inside of "Decumano inferiore" are many: the church of the "Gesù Nuovo", the complex of "Santa Chiara", the church of "San Francesco delle monache", the one of "Santa Marta" , the church of "San Domenico Maggiore", but We don't have to forget the historical palaces ,such as "Palazzo Filomarino","Palazzo Venezia","Palazzo Corigliano" and many others, walking and admiring masterpieces of other kind like the "Cappella di San Severo" and the "Cristo Velato" (Veiled Christ, work of Giuseppe Sanmartino) exposed inside. This is not a zone poor of "high level tourist attractions"... but not only: Spaccanapoli, and all that is built around it, is for sure a peculiarity not lacking in attraction; characteristic and characterizing the famous "vicoli e vicarielli" of the city of Naples, rich of "Napoletanità": pasta stores, stores against the "bad fate", little shops of craftsmen and every things make this city what it is. Point of departure of the "Decumano inferiore" is the square of the Gesù Nuovo, considered like point of hinge between greek-roman Naples and the widenings had in the Middle Age.
Here some of the admirable wonders of this "DECUMANO":
Founded in 1590 and widened in 1608 in order to receive the rests of several members of the family, the chapel was totally restructured in the second half of XVIII century for willing of Raimondo di Sangro Principe di San Severo. Inside, with only one nave, there are some monumental works, and even wonderful sculptures among which the allegorical figures of the "Pudicizia" by Corradini and the "Disinganno" by Queirolo. On the vault, the huge fresco by F.M. Russo rapresenting the "Gloria del Paradiso". On the greater altar the work by F. Celebrano the "Deposizione". In the centre of the nave "Il Cristo Velato", wonderful masterpiece of the sculpture of the XVIII century, made by G. Sanmartino.
Of the first half of the XVI century, with later widenings. The portal of the half of the XVII century was planned by Picchiatti, the bas-reliefs of stucco of G. Sanmartino is of the XVII century, age in which Raimondo di Sangro lived in it.
It is in "piazzetta Nilo", the name derives from the name of the ancient quarter of the greeck-roman city, tied to the cult of the God Nilo. Constructed for wanting of cardinal Rinaldo Brancaccio as tribute to San Michele in 1385, it was renewed by the Guglielmelli in the XVIII century. Commonly the church is called Brancaccio chapel because it was the private chapel of this family. Inside there is only one nave, on the apse there is the tomb of Rinaldo Brancaccio, carved in 1427-28 in Pisa by Donatello and Michelozzo and sent to Naples. The burial monument, has fundamental importance for the Neapolitan art of the Renaissance. On the greater altar the table of Marco Pino with San Michele Arcangelo of 1573. From the sagrestia you can arrive to Palazzo Brancaccio (XV century), where in 1690 the first Neapolitan public library was opened.
Founded by the "Corporation of the Silk" at the end of the X century, with the annexed conservatory. Restructured in 1758 with stucco works, marbles and decorations. On the facade there are two great statues of San Filippo and San Giacomo made by Sanmartino. The inside with only one nave and with four lateral aisles, is rich of marbles of baroque taste. The ceiling of the nave was frescoed by J. Cestaro in 1759. The cooked pavement and maiolica with geometric design introduces to the centre the coat of arms of the corporation. On the greater altar of precious marbles, the table by Ippolito Borghese with the Vergine and Saints.
Originally dedicated to San Severo, being been transported the rests of the saint in the IX century, the church assumed its name only after years of its construction. A fire in 1640 destroyed it completely and the reconstruction was given to Cosimo Fanzago. The original plan, that previewed the creation of two churches, was not realizable for the elapsed difficulties because of the revolution and of the plague. The architect Guglielmelli Arcangelo took part after the earthquake of 1694, the opening of via Duomo in 1880 made to pull down the discouragement of the span of right, the facade and the bell tower. The rests of the absíde are of the ancient "paleocristiana basilica" , the income of the new church, with "corinzie" columns coming from roman buildings. Inside, painted by Francesco Peresi (1713).


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Nothin' to Lose: The Making of KISS (1972-1975) chronicles, for the first time, the crucial formative years of the legendary rock band KISS, culminating with the groundbreaking success of their classic 1975 album Alive! and the smash single "Rock and Roll All Nite," a song that nearly four decades later remains one of rock's most enduring anthems. Drawing on more than two hundred interviews, the book offers a captivating and intimate fly-on-the-wall account of their launch, charting the struggles and ultimate victories that led them to the threshold of superstardom.
Constructed as an oral history, the book includes original interviews with Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Ace Frehley, and Peter Criss, as well as with producers; engineers; management; record company personnel; roadies; club owners; booking agents; concert promoters; costume, stage, and art designers; rock photographers; publicists; and key music journalists.
Many of KISS's musical contemporaries from the time, most of whom shared concert bills with the band on their early tours, also lend their perspective via new interviews; these include Bob Seger, Alice Cooper, and Ted Nugent, as well as members of Aerosmith, Black Sabbath, Rush, Slade, Blue Öyster Cult, Mott the Hoople, Journey, REO Speedwagon, Styx, Raspberries, The James Gang, The New York Dolls, Iggy & the Stooges, The Ramones, Suzi Quatro, Argent, and Uriah Heep, among others.
The result is an indelible and irresistible portrait of a band on the rise and of the music scene they changed forever.
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"Nothin' to Lose brought back great memories of our days touring with KISS in the '70s. The book is an incredible ride through KISS's early days and a must read for any KISS fan!" - Don Powell, Slade
"Like taking a time machine back to the '70s, Nothin' to Lose is a wild and no holds barred look at the rise of KISS." - Eric Carmen, Raspberries
"In Nothin' to Lose you witness first-hand the extraordinary transformation of four struggling musicians from New York City overcoming almost insurmountable odds to become worldwide superstars. This is the definitive account of KISS's early years." - Kevin Cann, author of David Bowie: Any Day Now
"The KISS boys will go down in history for their indefatigable work ethic, spirit, and insatiable appetite for all things honest-to-God outrageous rock 'n' roll. KISS is the real deal and this book is the real story of the American rock 'n' roll dream." - Ted Nugent
"Nothin' to Lose is an electrifying look at a band that changed the course of rock and roll history by sticking to their guns and blazing their own trail of heavy metal thunder. I couldn't put it down. Two thumbs up!" - Joe Perry, Aerosmith
"Rises above the standard cookie-cutter anecdotes... [for] a unique look at the origins of one of the greatest rock bands of all time. Anyone who wants to know what it was like to make it in rock 'n' roll in the seventies will need to pick this up." - Dale Sherman, author of Black Diamond: The Unauthorized Biography of KISS
"Told with complete accuracy and attention to detail... Mandatory reading for every new artist. This is a masterpiece!" - Kenny Kerner, Co-producer of KISS and Hotter Than Hell
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"A fascinating read about one of rock's most outrageous bands." - Simon Kirke, Bad Company/Free
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"A fascinating chronicle of the construction of a multimedia phenomenon." - Publishers Weekly
A rollicking oral history. - Kirkus Reviews
Does the world really need another KISS book? Perhaps not, but the world really needs Sharp's . . . KISS book. . . Full of extraordinary primary-source material that will keep KISS fans up at night, Sharp's excellent work should serve as a blueprint for future rock oral histories." - Library Journal (starred review)


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Victor Lieberman, University of Michigan
Lecture Abstract: During roughly a thousand years, from circa 800 to 1830, in each of mainland Southest Asia's three principal corridors, political and cultural isolates cohered to form larger, more stable systems. In basic form, chronology, and dynamics, this process of cyclic, yet accelerating integration resembled that in other parts of Eurasia's "protected rimlands," including northern and western Europe and Japan. But despite certain pan-Eurasian features, in scale, agency, and vertical cultural expression, long-term integration in the rimlands remained distinct from that in South Asia and China, both part of the "exposed zone" of Eurasia.
Both a specialist in precolonial Burma and a comparativist interested in global patterns, Victor Lieberman graduated first in his class from Yale University and obtained his doctorate from the School of Oriental and African Studies of the University of London. His publications include Burmese Administrative Cycles: Anarchy and Conquest, c. 1580-1760, which won the Harry J. Benda Prize from the Association for Asian Studies; Strange Parallels: Southeast Asia in Global Context, c. 800-1830. Volume 1: Integration on the Mainland, which won the World History Association Book Prize; and Strange Parallels. Volume 2: Mainland Mirrors: Europe, Japan, China, South Asia, and the Islands, which was described in the American Historical Review as "the most important work of history produced so far this century" and which was the subject of a special edition of the Journal of Asian Studies. Lieberman is the Marvin B. Becker Collegiate Professor of History and Professor of Southeast Asian History at the University of Michigan.


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Mr. Speaker, in my riding and across Canada, Canadians are concerned about the application of the official languages regulations on communicating with and providing services to the public and the loss of services provided in their language. These services are very important for the development of francophone and anglophone minorities across Canada. These groups are the cultural and economic pillars of their communities.
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In an important technical breakthrough, researchers at Case Western Reserve University have created a prototype artificial lung that functions with air — just like human lungs.
Current artificial lungs require bulky compressed oxygen tanks. The CWRU invention creates the potential, several years down the road, for a portable or implantable artificial lung.
"Based on current device performance, we estimate that a unit that could be used in humans would be about six inches by six inches by four inches tall, or about the volume of the human lung. In addition, the device could be driven by the heart and would not require a mechanical pump," says Joseph Potkay, an electrical engineering and computer science professor at CWRU. The lung development was described in a paper in the research journal Lab on a Chip.
The prototype weighs about 20 grams (0.71 ounces). The scientists used breathable silicone rubber versions of blood vessels that branch down to a diameter less than one fourth that of human hair to build the prototype lung with a design that mimics the natural lung's tiny internal dimensions.
Researchers first built a mold with miniature features. Then they layered on a liquid silicone rubber that solidified into artificial capillaries and alveoli, and they separated the air and blood channels with a gas diffusion membrane. Potkay told Design News in an interview that his team built the mold with a pattern manufactured in a stereolithography machine using photo-sensitive polymers.
They were able to create a very large surface-area-to-volume ratio and shrink the distances for gas diffusion compared to the current state of the art by making the parts on the same scale as the natural lung. Tests using pig blood show that oxygen exchange efficiency is three to five times better than existing artificial lungs. This lets the researchers use plain air instead of pure oxygen as the ventilating gas.
Microfluidic channels created with a stereolithography pattern are the key to a prototype artificial lung.
Source: Joseph Potkay
Potkay, who specializes in micro- and nanotechnology, worked with Brian Cmolik, MD, an assistant clinical professor at the CWRU School of Medicine and a researcher at the Advanced Platform Technology (APT) Center and the cardiothoracic surgery department at the Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center. Michael Magnetta and Abigail Vinson, biomedical engineers and third-year students at the CWRU School of Medicine, joined the team and helped develop the prototype during the past two years.
Potkay's team is collaborating with researchers from Case Western Reserve's departments of biomedical engineering and chemical engineering to develop a coating to prevent clogging in the narrow artificial capillaries. They are also working on construction techniques to build a durable artificial lung large enough to test in rodent models of lung disease.
"We are starting to look at various ways to manufacture a larger-scale [closer to production] model," says Potkay. "Most of them are centered around additive manufacturing. We envision that silicone rubber will be utilized in future versions. We are, however, looking at various surface modifications of the silicone rubber in order to improve its biocompatibility and lifetime."
One issue going forward is the useful life of the artificial lung. Potkay told Design News that the first practical systems will have short lifetimes (less than a day) and will be used in acute applications, such as portable heart-lung machines. "As we make advancements in biocompatibility, we hope to have a device with a lifetime measured in months. Such a device would be suitable as a portable bridge to transplant for patients with severe lung disease."
Within a decade, the group expects to have human-scale artificial lungs in use in clinical trials. They envision that patients would tap into the devices while they allow their own diseased lungs to heal, or while they are waiting for a lung transplant — a wait that lasts, on average, more than a year.
Potkay's work is being done in collaboration with the APT Center at the Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, where he is an investigator. This work is currently funded by the US Department of Veterans Affairs.
Researchers at the Charles Stark Draper Laboratory in Cambridge, Mass., are also developing a silicone-based microfluidic artificial lung. They are targeting safer, more efficacious oxygenators by leveraging advanced microfabrication techniques capable of constructing biomimetic vascular networks with smooth blood flow paths that resemble the geometry of the human circulation.
"We have a laboratory prototype that we are testing with blood, and we are demonstrating oxygen transfer rates that, when the device is scaled up, will be clinically useful," Jeffrey T. Borenstein told Design News. He is Draper's principal investigator for projects involving the application of microsystems technology toward engineered tissue constructs for organ-assist devices.
The Draper project is funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.


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For nearly two decades now, Sports Illustrated has stirred the tea leaves to discern a weekly Sign of the Apocalypse. Deadspin salutes the magazine's ongoing effort to head off the end of times, but declines to quietly cede to SI the scoop on the biggest event in world history.
Here's SI's Sign of the Apocalypse this week:
The Bakersfield (Calif.) Condors minor league hockey team originally billed its Dec. 27 game against the Stockton Thunder as Our City Isn't Bankrupt Night - a reference to Stockton's filing for Chapter 9 protection in June - then, after complaints of insensitivity, changed the name to Bakersfield Boom Night.
Minor league hockey team theme-night revisions might indeed be the Fifth Horseman. Likewise, Deadspin noted all manner of apocalyptic happenings during the week. The Dayton Daily News' deep document dive that showed Ohio State president Gordon Gee has expensed $64,000 in bow-tie related piffle in five years. The revelation that the scab ref who gifted the Seahawks a win on Monday night might already be expecting payment for interviews. ESPN didn't notice that Falcons safety Thomas DeCoud meow-gamed his way through an on-air interview.
All apocalyptic in their own way. But we're going with this news nugget as our SotA:
Nineteen people died in Nepal when the plane they were taking from Kathmandu to an Everest staging village struck a black eagle upon takeoff and crashed two minutes later, killing everyone aboard.
19 dead in crash of plane carrying tourists to Everest staging post [CNN]


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HTML::AsSubs - functions that construct a HTML syntax tree
use HTML::AsSubs;
$h = body(
h1("This is the heading"),
p("This is the first paragraph which contains a ",
a({href=>'link.html'}, "link"),
" and an ",
img({src=>'img.gif', alt=>'image'}),
print $h->as_HTML;
This module exports functions that can be used to construct various HTML elements. The functions are named after the tags of the correponding HTML element and are all written in lower case. If the first argument is a hash reference then it will be used to initialize the attributes of this element. The remaining arguments are regarded as content.
This module was inspired by the following message:
Date: Tue, 4 Oct 1994 16:11:30 +0100
Subject: Wow! I have a large lightbulb above my head!
Take a moment to consider these lines:
%OVERLOAD=( '""' => sub { join("", @{$_[0]}) } );
sub html { my($type)=shift; bless ["<$type>", @_, "</$type>"]; }
:-) I *love* Perl 5! Thankyou Larry and Ilya.
Tim Bunce.
p.s. If you didn't get it, think about recursive data types: html(html())
p.p.s. I'll turn this into a much more practical example in a day or two.
p.p.p.s. It's a pity that overloads are not inherited. Is this a bug?
The exported link() function overrides the builtin link() function. The exported tr() function must be called using &tr(...) syntax because it clashes with the builtin tr/../../ operator.


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Thursday, January 17, 2013
The FLYING DUTCHMAN - ONE-MAN BAND SHOW
How's THAT for an album cover?
I think you can see why I picked up this private-press piece of vintage vinyl recently - it truly is a slice of authentic Americana, a peek into un-hip rural backroads (in this case, Pennsylvania Dutch country) where Ma & Pa go out on a Saturday night to the local tavern and dance to the kind of music left out of the history books, played by the sort of performer usually considered to be not worthy of critical consideration.
Recorded live, Mr. Dutchman is clearly having a good ol' time, chatting with the crowd, letting loose with whoops and yee-haws! on occasion. Everything that doesn't sound like a polka (even the Elvis cover) is delivered in a wave-your-mug drinking song waltz-time. And might I direct your attention to the song that features our man playing the accordion and tap-dancing (!) at the same time. They don't make 'em like this any more. (Or do they? I suspect that this fellow might be the same guy.)
The FLYING DUTCHMAN - ONE-MAN BAND
7 comments:
- Bob said...
Yes, same guy.
see http://oldwax.blogspot.fr/2010/05/flying-dutchman-at-work.html
And FYI, quote :
Mr. Batz has no intentions to stop making music. Looking to the future, he intends to record a gospel music DVD.
- 12:39 AM, January 18, 2013
- Mr Fab said...
Thanks, Bob, that's amazing - another Flying Dutchman album's out there. Guess this guy was pretty popular in certain entertainment-starved parts of the country.
- 10:25 AM, January 18, 2013
- OutaSpaceMan said...
I've always wanted to work with a tap-dancer providing the percussion.
(in fishnets natch)
- 11:26 AM, January 18, 2013
- Mr Fab said...
What's stopping YOU from putting on some tap shoes OSM, eh, eh?!
Do like when we were kids - put thumb-tacks on the bottom of your shoes.
- 12:01 PM, January 18, 2013
- Unknown said...
this guy in italy is pretty awesome on the one man band front. I have a whole cd of his that my brother got from him when he was performing on the streets there. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0TZDkRI0sM
- 4:58 AM, January 19, 2013
let me call you sweathart.
- 9:52 PM, April 07, 2013
- Dirk Bill said...
Can't wait to hear "Let Me Call You Sweathart"!
- 8:39 AM, April 29, 2013


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Another day, another object that shoots rainbows. The things that's beaming a rainbow out into darkness is a Rochon prism. Unlike a regular prism, which just splits light into rainbows, a Rochon prism can actually separate out beams of light.
A Rochon prism is two hunks of clear stuff fastened together. In this case the clear stuff is calcite or quartz, they're fastened together on a diagonal. The calcite is made up of a crystal structure with a certain axis of symmetry — essentially, you could fold the crystal along this axis and the structure of the crystals on either side of the fold matches up. The first hunk of quartz has its axis of symmetry arranged one way. The second one has its axis flipped.
Light moves through the crystal without a problem, but it moves through a little differently depending on whether it's polarized parallel to, or perpendicular to, the axis of symmetry. The light goes through the first side of the calcite crystal, but when it hits the split in the middle and moves into the new crystal, the light that's polarized one way continues straight, while the light that's polarized the other way splits off. This split-off ray is called the "extraordinary ray," and it shoots out from the crystal at an angle. The extraordinary ray is the rainbow we see in the picture above.
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What would happen if the readers took over Kotaku? We decided to find out. At our panel at the Penny Arcade Expo in Boston, we allowed anyone and everyone to "Take Over Kotaku" by pitching us stories on anything they wanted. This is one of the stories we accepted, in which Alex Rubens suggests feline characteristics are a common game developer feature.
Developers are considered heroes in the videogame industry, they're the coolest nerds in a room full of them. They're able to nerd out as much as they like and everyone will love it. They're awesome.
Let's be real though; they can look kind of silly sometimes; so can cats. There's a really strong correlation between the two. It's hilariously unsettling. These developers stuck out to us as so extremely purrr-fect (I know, I'm sorry) for this post.


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Character creation: Flaws make the character
"My character is ready. What? Oh, I need to get some flaws to pay off all the extra stuff I've already picked. But my character is perfect... Now, what flaws would have least effect on my character?"
Sounds familiar? All too familiar to me. Most of my players want to think of all those munchkiny statistics and features first, and then, if the system has a mechanism for negative features (flaws, hindrances, disadvantages, whatever they are called), they try to find something that doesn't hinder their character. I confess, I'm guilty of that too.


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Stefanie Gulden Jackson, beloved sister, mother, grandmother and friend, passed away on Friday, August 8, 2014, in Corte Madera, California, after a courageous two-and-a-half year battle with cancer. She was 75.
Jackson was born in New York on December 18, 1938, to Ruth and Immo Gulden. She had a happy childhood in Rumson, New Jersey, with her brother, Paul. She attended Rumson Country Day School, Miss Hall's School in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, then Wellesley College and the Sorbonne.
In her early 20s, she lived in London and New York, working in public relations for the fashion industry. She moved to Kennett Square in 1969, where she lived for over 40 years. There, she raised her two children while graduating from the University of Delaware, becoming a CFA Charterholder and joining Wilmington Trust as a fixed income analyst.
Jackson had many interests and was an active volunteer in the community, including Upland Country Day School while her children were there. She served on the Special Events Committee and Board of Trustees of the Bayard Taylor Memorial Library in Kennett Square and was instrumental in running fundraising programs, recruiting volunteers and pulling together every detail of the annual Home & Garden Day. For many years, she also put her financial acumen to work as the Library Board's treasurer. Jackson was also an excellent gardener and an active member of the Spade & Trowel Club of Kennett Square, where she helped with the club's display at the Philadelphia Flower Show.
Jackson shared her delight for books with her grandchildren and as a volunteer reading teacher. She also enjoyed tennis, biking, bridge, horses, point-to-point races and was a German Shepard lover, which was her faithful companions over the years. She was a constant, loving support to her children and their many activities and interests.
There was a special place in her heart for Chautauqua, New York, the lakeside community of her summer home. She spent most summers there starting in the 1940s and enjoyed the wide and varied intellectual stimulation that Chautauqua provides.
In 2012, Jackson moved to Corte Madera in Marin County, California, to be closer to her ever-growing family. She is survived by her brother Paul and wife Joyce Gulden, son Christopher and wife Kathleen Jackson, daughter Daphne and husband Mike Dickson, and her grandchildren, Cristina, Eleanor, Samantha, Flint and Amanda.
Jackson's friends, whether recent or those of more than 60 years, have commented on how important she was to them and their lives. Her dear friends Susan and Botho remind us that "Stefi touched so many people with her kindness, thoughtfulness and her generosity of mind and spirit."
Her wisdom, compassion, patience, strength of will, humor and love for those in her life will be deeply missed.
A memorial service will be held this autumn in Kennett to celebrate her life. She will be buried at the Chautauqua Cemetery in New York. Memorial contributions can be made in her honor to her favorite charity, the Bayard Taylor Memorial Library.