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William E. Bill Wolfgang
Service: June 4, 2014
Funeral services will be held on Wednesday June 4, 2014 at 11 am at St. Marks Lutheran Church in Watertown with Rev. Karl Walther officiating. Entombment will be at Glenview Memorial Gardens in Ixonia. Relatives and friends may call at the church on Wednesday from 10 am until the time of the service. In lieu of flowers memorials would be appreciated to St. Marks Lutheran Church. The Hafemeister Funeral Home and Cremation Service of Watertown are serving the family. Online condolences may be made at www.hafemeisterfh.com.
William Everett Wolfgang was born on May 4, 1951 in Milwaukee the son of Virgil and Edith (Kewin) Wolfgang. On December 30, 1994 he married Rosie M. Kuester. She preceded him in death on October 15, 2005. Bill had been employed at McKay Nursery in Waterloo for 32 years. He enjoyed hunting, fishing and gardening. Bill was great cook and avid Green Bay Packer fan. He was a member of St. Marks Lutheran Church in Watertown.
Bill is survived by his father Virgil Wolfgang of Cedarburg, two step children, Matthew Kuester of Chippewa Falls and Trisha (Tony) Schuett of Watertown, six step grandchildren, Dillon Kuester, Hannah Kuester, Chloe Kuester, Cameron Schuett, Bryce Schuett and Sadie Schuett, two sisters, Mary (Alan) Herauf of Jackson and Judy Thierfelder of Grafton, nieces, nephews other relatives and friends. Bill was further preceded in death by his mother Edith Wolfgang and a brother in law, Jim Thierfelder.
The family would like to thank the staff at Clearview for the wonderful care Bill received.


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Mother, mother… It's been a while since I posted, and I just wanted to catch up. The middle of this month, I finished my first unit of CPE at California Pacific Medical Center and, overlapping with the finishing, I began my new unit–new hospital site, new teachers, new cohort of students I study with. First unit I worked at Pacific… Read more →
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Weekly Reflection #3: Week of September 20, 2015
I feel like I'm learning to live on a very small boat, both because my life during this time has gotten simpler and more focused—I've had to cut extraneous activities since starting, and my family has stood as a crew with me to make this happen—and because I'm really feeling the balance that's necessary between the desire to help individuals… Read more →
Weekly Reflection #2: Week of September 13, 2015
Did my first shift of clinical hours in conjunction with my first on-call shift. In some ways I felt like my situation had more in common with most of the patients than with the staff. Most patients and I were in a stressful, unfamiliar environment where the stakes of something going wrong felt critical, surrounded by people (staff) who feel… Read more →
Beginning. It's My First Day of Chaplaincy Training.
It's time to wake up. Sitting in my dark office, cat and computer in my lap, dog asleep on the floor, partner and daughter asleep inside. But the roosters are crowing and the dogs are barking in my neighborhood, and I can feel the pregnant day, beginning. It's not really my first day training. I've been training my whole life… Read more →
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Chaplains, the Movie. DVD out now, on NPR in the fall.
Just saw this is coming out, obviously a topic of interest to me. Given that chaplaincy is a mystery to many of my friends, even this trailer may be enlightening. I'll definitely be watching the film.

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It was a cloudy, brisk winter day in the Appalachian mountains. My coffee was hot and I was ready to make progress on an article I was writing. After just a few minutes, my attention was suddenly drawn to a soft knock. I attempted to ignore it, but the sound roused my curiosity. It was recurring about every 10 seconds. I tiptoed as I investigated around the house. Eventually, through the living room window, I spotted him. A beautiful red bird was perched in a tree a few feet away and he was charging the living room window repeatedly; feet first, wings outstretched.
My stomach dropped as I was reminded of the yellow finch whose little body showed up on my porch mysteriously a couple years ago. At the time, after burying the little guy, I did some research and learned that certain territorial birds become obsessed with windows; attacking their own reflection as if it were an intruder. I intended to write about it at the time, but didn't. So here is another beautiful bird, knocking once again.
I tried my best to scare him away by yelling, clapping, moving the curtains, even taping a picture of the Donald in the spot he was aiming at. I tried to send him telepathic images–as I was taught in a basic animal communication class some years ago. I even resorted to trying an emotional release method; playing soothing music at the site of the glassy battlefield. Nothing was working so I decided to let go for the moment and look for the symbolism behind what was happening.
Now, some may scoff at this, but I have plenty of evidence that nature is available to teach me when I'm paying attention. Nature models harmony and unfoldment, cycles and seasons and this time the lesson came in the form of a metaphor for anger. Here are a few observations, as well as some thoughts from visionaries who had a lot of experience with the subject.
Reflections on anger
*It is a convincing illusion that anger will affect anyone more than the person who is angry. This illusion is rooted in the belief that we are separate and the denial of the idea that we are all in an interconnected web of energy and relationships.
"In a real sense all life is inter-related. All men are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly…This is the inter-related structure of reality." MLK Jr.
*There is a time to accept limitation. Instead of angrily slamming into the walls in front of us, we can learn to investigate and understand them. The Dalai Lama, Mahatma Gandhi, MLK Jr. and Nelson Mandela took their righteous anger and transmuted it. They found peace despite unbearable unfairness and charted poetic, productive courses; energized by injustices that could have easily eaten away at them. Peaceful persistence rather than angry reactivity will always prevail.
Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies. Nelson Mandela
*Determination driven by an egoic desire or reaction (i.e. needing to prove something or diminish someone else in order to achieve it) isn't likely to provide fulfillment.
Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up. Mahatma Gandhi
*We can become enflamed until death. Anger causes Inflammatory biological responses in the body. Think, 'heated battle'. While inflammation is helpful to fight infection, most of the inflammation we experience is induced by our emotions. When chronic, it can be damaging to our tissues. Some ways your body may be trying to communicate with you about unresolved anger issues: heart and liver issues. Anger hides out and imbalances the energies there. A tendency toward alcoholism, poor diet and road rage are also clues.
'You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger' Unknown
*Sometimes you won't be able to help another break through an anger trance. I tried to startle the bird away, communicate w him and use compassion. Nothing seemed to work. He was determined. It is painful to watch someone we love be consumed by anger. It's hard to observe loved ones hitting the wall or going back for another round of a painful lesson. After all, the outcome is predictable. It's sad to see talent and beauty be wasted. Being a loving observer is difficult and it's ok to have boundaries, step away and take a break when you need to. We must
remember, it is their lesson to learn, and our attachment to the timing of their learning often just adds to their resistance and becomes a distraction.
The true hero is one who conquers his own anger and hatred." HH Dalai Lama
I'm sure there are more interpretations of this metaphor. I'd love to hear yours in the comment section below.


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Bedtime Routine Tips For A Healthy Radiant Skin
Your skin goes through a lot during the day whether it is pollution, toxic air or harsh weather. After a long tiring day of work, all your skin needs is some rejuvenation during night time. It turns out your body can do serious work for you while you sleep. Establishing a night time skincare routine helps your skin breathe, improves skin tone & reduces blemishes. So, Ladies! Take out a few minutes every day & follow these simple night time tips to wake up to a healthy & radiant glow!
Remove All Makeup:
First & foremost, never sleep with your makeup on. Use a quality makeup remover & remove all of it before going to bed. Sleeping in makeup clogs pores & blocks the natural exfoliating process which can lead to dull skin, breakouts & ageing. In addition, use an oil-based makeup remover for your eyes to remove the waterproof liner & mascara.
Cleanse Your Face:
Wash your face and neck thoroughly with warm water and a cleanser. Using a good cleanser removes all the dirt & impurities from the skin. Warm water opens the pores & helps remove blackheads. Once you are done, gently pat dry with a towel.
Tie Back Your Hair:
Make sure to pin your hair back during night time. Either tie them into a ponytail or a braid so that they do not get on your face & cause breakouts.
Invest In A Night Cream:
Use a night cream which hydrates your skin well to keep it soft & supple. A good moisturizer soothes and rejuvenates your skin & provides nourishment. It also infuses your skin with vitamins and minerals & helps in the process of cell regeneration. In addition, you may also use a quality serum to reduce age spots & fine lines.
Put On A Sleep Mask:
To pamper your skin some more, you may also try out an overnight mask. It is a known fact that your skin repairs itself during night time. Simply cleanse & put on a sleep mask & doze off to sleep. These masks infuse your skin with antioxidants & other essential nutrients to provide additional hydration.
Under Eye Care:
The skin around your eyes is thinner & more sensitive than elsewhere on your body. Not taking proper care can lead to under-eye circles and hollows. Use an under-eye cream to replenish the skin and reduce puffiness and dark circles. In addition, you may also apply rose water or cucumber slices to relax your eyes.
Take Care Of Your Lips:
Gently wipe your lips with warm water on a soft cloth. You may also use a lip scrub at times to remove dry and dead skin. Apply a lip balm to soften and heal chapped lips.
Relax Your Feet:
We usually tend to ignore our feet whereas they are exposed to dust & dirt at all times. It is important to take care of them by applying a soothing foot cream before going to sleep. This will lock in the necessary moisture & keep them soft & smooth.
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Sleeping on a silk pillowcase can help your skin stay healthy and smooth and reduce the appearance of wrinkles as well. It also helps in keeping moisture close to your skin to keep it more hydrated than other fabrics. It is naturally hypoallergenic & provides resistance against bacteria.
Get Adequate Sleep: Last but definitely not the least, get a good eight hours of sleep.
This will help your reduce the dark circles & provide a radiant glow to your skin.
Do you religiously follow these bedtime routine tips?
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Sweet sounds from its Bang & Olufsen ICEpower speakers. Quad-core processor. Top-notch Nvidia gaming chip. Awesome screen resolution. Two USB 3.0 ports. Great typing experience.
Thick and chunky. Mouse buttons are stiff. Subwoofer is an external attachment.
Bottom Line
The Asus N55SF-A1 is one of the best-sounding desktop replacement laptops in the business, thanks to some fine audio tuning and speaker hardware from Bang & Olufsen ICEpower. Its internal parts even outperform most of its peers in speed and gaming tests.
When it comes to speaker sound quality, not all laptops are created equal. Because of their size, desktop replacement laptops tend to have better speaker systems than smaller laptops, sometimes accommodating up to four speakers and subwoofer. The Asus N55SF-A1 ($1,249.99 list), a desktop replacement, uses sound quality as its unique selling proposition, as the speakers are design by none other than world-renown Bang & Olufsen ICEpower. In addition to a pair of powerful built-in speakers, the N55SF-A1 also comes with an external subwoofer that amplifies the bass. And it's a powerful laptop too, equipped with a quad-core Intel processor and hardcore gaming graphics from Nvidia. It'll cost you a significant chunk of change, though.
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The finish on the plastic lid of the N55SF-A1 has the glossy look and feel of black grand piano, accentuated by a chrome trim. Although elegant, it still isn't as aesthetically pleasing as the metal-clad Dell XPS 15z (Microsoft) ($999.99 list, 4 stars) and Apple MacBook Pro 15-inch (Thunderbolt) ($2,199 direct, 4 stars) take laptops designs to a whole new leveland they're a lot thinner two (an inch thick). At 1.4-inch thick, the N55SF-A1 is over a third of an inch thicker than its metallic counterparts, and as thick as the Sony VAIO VPC-F226FM/B ($1,389.99 list, 4 stars), mainly because powerful parts warrant a thicker frame and some extra heft as well. Case in point: At 6.1 pounds, the N55SF-A1 is about a half a pound heavier than the Dell 15z and Apple 15-inch, both of which weigh 5.5 pounds.
The 15.6-inch widescreen is absolutely stunning. Like the Sony VPC-F226FM/B and dell, it sports an awe-inspiring 1,920-by-1,080 resolution, which is the highest available on a laptop. In contrast, other desktop replacements like the Lenovo IdeaPad Y570 ($849.99 Direct, 3.5 stars) and Acer Aspire TimelineX 5830TG-6402 ($800 list, 3.5 stars) have boilerplate 1,366-by-768 resolution screens. Asus chose a traditional keyboard instead of the ever-so-popular chiclet-style ones. The interconnected keys were responsive and will serve any typist ably, but it lacks the LED backlights seen on the keyboards of the Dell 15z and MacBook Pro 15-inch. It comes with a huge touchpad, though the mouse buttons could be softer and quieter.
The N55SF-A1 comes with a plate full of cutting-edge features that will keep it future-proofed for years to come. It's equipped with a Blu-ray drive, which splendidly complements the 1080p screen. Alternatively, you can stream your Blu-ray flicks to a bigger flat panel by using the HDMI port and compatible cable. It comes with four USB ports (two of which are USB 2.0, and two of which are USB 3.0), Ethernet, VGA, and a media card reader. The 750GB, 5,400rpm hard drive is larger in terms of capacity than the 500GB ones found in the Dell 15z and Lenovo Y570.
The laptop's standout feature is its audio system, developed through a partnership with Bang & Olufsen ICEpower. Two huge speakers are situated right above the keyboard, belting out crisp audio and boosting volume levels beyond those of the Dell 15z and Apple MacBook Pro 15-inch. It lacks a built-in subwoofer, though, which can usually be found in the bottom of the laptop. Instead, Asus threw in an external subwoofer, which looks like a humongous salt shaker and connects via a proprietary port found on the right side of the laptop. The bass drastically improves when it's connected, but it's an external attachment.
The N55SF-A1's premium features are accompanied by premium parts. Its 2GHz Intel Core i7-2630QM processor has a total of four physical cores, in a quad-core configuration, making it furiously fast. Combined with 8GB of DDR3 memory, the N55SF-A1 scored 4.35 points in Cinebench R11.5 and finished our Handbrake test in one minute 37 seconds .It easily outperformed the Dell 15z (2.53 in Cinebench R11.5, 2:02 in Handbrake) and Lenovo Y570 (2.54 in Cinebench R11.5, 1:59 in Handbrake). In PCMark 7, a gauge of day-to-day performance, the N55SF-A1 scored 2,482, just beating the similarly-equipped Sony F226FM/B's score of 2,236.
The N55SF-A1 is also a viable gaming laptop, thanks to the Nvidia GeForce GT 555M, which is the most powerful of the two graphics chips installed (the first one is Intel's integrated graphics). It grabbed top marks in all of our gaming tests, including 3DMark 06 (12,447), Crysis (77.2 frames per second) and Lost Planet 2 (55.3 fps) at medium settings. In other words, it'll rack up higher frame rates than the Dell 15z, Sony F226FM//B, and Lenovo Y570, which also use discrete Nvidia chips.
Most laptops that ship with Nvidia graphics chips are also equipped with Optimus, an automatic graphics switching technology that chooses the best graphics chip for any given task. For gaming, Optimus automatically defaults to the GeForce GT 555M, and defaults to integrated graphics on non-3D-intensive tasks, like Web surfing and when running on battery. This would explain why the N55SF-A1 performed well in battery tests, yielding a score of 4 hours 39 minutes. It outlasted the Sony F226FM/B (3:36) by over an hour, but trailed significantly behind the Dell 15z (7:13) and Lenovo Y570 (6:14) (their Core i5 processors aren't as demanding).
The Asus N55SF-A1 is one of the best sounding desktop replacements in the business, thanks to some fine audio tuning and speaker hardware from Bang & Olufsen ICEpower. As a laptop, it's ferociously fast and can ably take down your gaming opponents without losing a single frame. Like any premium quality laptop, the N55SF-A1 is pricey, which is why I would look into the Editors' Choice Dell XPS 15z (Microsoft) before making a buying decision.
Check out the test scores for the Asus N55SF-A1
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Did you know that the Mayan Riviera has long been a celebrities' secret hideaway?
How exactly they discovered this Mayan Eden is unclear, but they keep coming back year after year, and Casa del Sol located in the beautiful Yal Ku Lagoon is proof of this fact. This artistic property is well-known by locals as the "Casa of the Grateful Dead." It is said that this accommodation was owned by one of Grateful Dead's band members.
Indeed, Casa del Sol does combine the romantic vibe of the Yal Ku Lagoon and the hippy aura of a rock-star owned villa. There is no denying that Casa del Sol exudes a funky and eclectic atmosphere with its unique decorations that blend perfectly with the colorful Mayan culture and tropical location.
Let me take you on a VIP tour of the house…
The ground level of Casa del Sol consists of a private casita with a king-size bed, an en-suite bathroom, and a mini-kitchen.
The second level hosts two stylish bedrooms. The first room has two twin beds and a double bed, which makes it a perfect alternative for kids or a group of friends. The second bedroom is just as light and airy as the first one, offering its guests a comfortable double and a single bed.
The third level of the villa is where the grand master bedroom, with an en-suite bathroom and a private palapa patio, is located. This is the room you could rightly claim for yourself.
And if you have more friends joining you, you can always accommodate them in the tower bedroom. Besides offering head-spinning views of Yal Ku Lagoon, it comes with a double bed and a futon.
It is also worth mentioning that each of the villa's 5 bedrooms features unique designs with their Caribbean-inspired murals, richly-colored silk fabrics and high-quality hardwood furnishings.
Casa del Sol spoils its guests with ultimate relaxation and awes them with unexpected discoveries.
Here an ordinary swim in the pool may turn into a session of hydrotherapy massage, as the cascading waters of the newly built waterfall work wonder in washing all tension and stress away.
Similar, the concept of a traditional Mexican siesta will be taken to a whole new level. Just grab a good book, pick one of the hammocks under the beach palapa and let the light ocean breeze and the views of the Yal Ku lagoon transport you to another world.
Moreover, even the sunsets when observed from the Casa del Sol's roof deck turn into a must-see show. As the ephemeral rays of the setting sun bathe the horizon, nature comes to life with beautiful tropical birds floating in the air.
It is in moments like this that we feel overwhelming joy, real bonding and unconditional love for the whole Universe. And this feeling is more precious than any luxury money can buy.
Those who have experienced it, keep coming back to Casa del Sol year after year, some booking their stay 6-8 months in advance.
So if you want to secure your slice of Mayan Eden, you'd better hurry! Inquire about Casa del Sol and start creating your Rock Star vacation.
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The Heritage Fairs program is a bilingual educational initiative that encourage students to explore Canadian history and heritage in a dynamic and captivating learning environment.
Students will build inquiry, communication and research skills while using creative, including digital, ways of presenting their knowledge.
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(Tweeting as @TSupercargo)
Dilettante: A person who loves the arts; someone who is interested in something (especially the arts), but who does not know much about it; a person with an amateur rather than professional interest in a subject. As adjective: of or characteristic of a dilettante.
Now that artwiculate dilettante @TheSupercargo has passed the ball once again to a real pro, the RT round-up can begin!
This was a word that attracted a considerable number of definitions, not all of them entirely serious. (I hope!)
Of course, the word is somewhat ambiguous. On the one hand it means a person who loves the arts, without qualification; on the other it's, well, let's just say there were a lot of references today to someone called Jack.
RT @goldenskye Dilettante: (n) jack of all trades, master of none; a polymath.
@goldenskye's tweet nicely picked up both senses … unless she meant to denigrate polymaths as well.
According to my research (ahem, Wikipedia), the positive sense of dilettante arrived in English only slightly ahead of the negative.
Both senses were illustrated by enthusiastic and erudite artwiculati.
RT @squawkingalah As a dilettante, I needed to find a profession where broad but shallow engagement would work. I found journalism.
RT @Awdures The cure for boredom is curiosity; is it better to be dilettante than troglodyte or polymath? I think I prefer curious
RT @K_Geddings I'm but a dilettante in the art of profanity. But my Mom, a true master of the medium, never saw the irony in calling me a son of a bitch.
RT @LBY3 @artwiculate You say "dilettante," I say "well-rounded."
RT @MaltaGoddess Cobblestones and high heels are a match for the pros. The dilettante in my street is about to learn the hard way.
RT @mazpowles Dilettante is a pejorative term coined by a man who could only handle doing one thing at a time.
RT @minibtweet An intellectual butterfly, cultivating ideas, flitting around, without conviction or commitment free as a dilettante
RT @SJHatzi No either/or – the best of both worlds: a dilettante's joy in all one does for work; dabble away ably w/ the ethos of a pro.
RT @baccatum She played around making layered desserts, but she wasn't a dilettante baker. She was more of a trifler
RT @kado56 Well versed in the ways of serendipity, untiringly devoted to artistic promiscuity, singularly eclectic- behold the dilettante!
RT @TiddK Your dilettante ways with me / So skin deep, so frustrating / The art of love needs time & care / It's not a childrens plaything
That rat-tat-tat of tweets was supposed to give you definitions and illustrations of the word alternating between its two senses.
I choose not to come down on one side or the other in the question of which definition is the right one. It all depends what you mean.
For example, if "dilettante" is the opposite of "professional", it does not necessarily follow that the former is negative.
RT @Gardencomet The Titanic was built by professionals. Noah was a dilettante
And consider the economic argument:
RT @InVinceWil Art thrives on the dilettante. Artists don't support art.
Anyway …
RT @californiakara I'd rather be a poor, happy dilettante than a rich, miserable SOB.
There were a lot of people who made the connection dilettante/debutante. I confess to being thrown by this one until I realised that American English allows the WOTD to have only 3 syllables. (That's why there's not a single Haiku today, btw).
Anyway, here's the tweet that help the penny to drop for me:
RT @StarofSavannah The debutante pulled out a paint-by-numbers kit. She proudly announced that she was also a dilettante.
Thank you, @StarofSavannah!
Let me wind things up with a few tweets that didn't seem so take by the definition dispute:
RT @antonioortegajr I never had enough ambition to be Dilettante.
RT @lexiconehead What can be said about the dilettante fontographer? Que serif, serif.
RT @fiberqat No gallery showing was too obtuse or recherche for Duchess di Dilettante.
RT @navinsasikumar RIP: My Lord Dilettante – He dabbled in crocodile infested waters
RT @Bkeller49 Eclectic cover band Dabbler and the Dilettante s.
RT @languageNhumor My French aunt, Tante Claudette, is a dabbler, a dilettante. But my uncle is no diletoncle. #artwiculate #frenchwordplay
RT @eilonwya10 Love of spice was Aunt Marie's kitchen vice; her brief passion for Anethum graveolens proved her a dilettante. #artwiculate
(That one had me looking through my dictionaries and when I found Anethum graveolens, I was impressed. In this household, is also a Dill-e-Tante! [She'll kill me!])
RT @JonPowles The name is Tante. Dilettante. Agent 003.5. Licensed to get quite cross.
And so to my finale. Etymologically. I'd have liked to quote an Italian tweet, in lieu of that, here's @tinanguyen's French:
RT @tinanguyen Oui, ma tante, un poète dilettante #sixwords #artwiculate
And that's that. Rounded-up and posted off. Handing back to @TheSupercargo now.
Artwiculate is a game played on Twitter. Visit http://artwiculate.com for more information. The winning tweet and the most popular runners up for today's word are listed at http://www.artwiculate.com/words/dilettante (And, for addicts, don't forget Salon ArtWois at http://www.salonartwois.com/ )


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LAIE, Hawaii – BYU-Hawaii women's volleyball dropped a close 25-21, 25-23, 25-19 match to Concordia Saturday night at the Cannon Activities Center.
Leilani Adolpho contributed a double-double of 15 kills and 14 digs. Sinamoni Tonga led BYU-Hawaii (4-15, 2-9 PacWest) with 17 kills at a .282 hitting percentage and Sydney Bunker had 21 assists.
Rachel Flynn led Concordia (18-2, 8-2 PacWest) to victory with 15 kills. Morgan Lunley ended with 23 assists and Taylor Dennison had 22 digs.
The Seasiders recorded 44 kills while the Eagles had 45, but BYU-Hawaii ended with 20 attack errors to Concordia's 12. Concordia also recorded six blocks while BYU-Hawaii had five.
The Seasiders and the Eagles went back and forth to start the first set and tied it up at 15-15. Two attack errors from BYU-Hawaii allowed Concordia to take a 17-15 lead. Brittany Waite had a kill and a service error from the Eagles tied the game again at 18-18. Three costly attack errors from BYU-Hawaii allowed Concordia to build a lead and secure a 25-21 first set victory.
Tonga pushed the Seasiders out to a quick 7-4 lead at the start of the second set, but three attack errors from BYU-Hawaii allowed Concordia to fight back and tie the score up 10-10. Rachel Flynn had two kills to push Concordia out to a 16-13 lead. Following a BYU-Hawaii timeout, Tonga had three kills to help the Seasiders fight back and tie the game 18-18. Two errors from Concordia and two more kills from BYU-Hawaii allowed them to jump ahead to a 23-19 lead. The Eagles responded under the pressure with a set-ending 6-0 run to earn the 25-23 victory.
Concordia built an 8-5 lead to start the third set. BYU-Hawaii struggled to hang with the Eagles as they fell behind 14-9 following multiple kills by Rachel Flynn. A service ace by Risha Alaisa and an impressive kill by Leilani Adolpho cut the lead to 14-12, but Concordia pulled away on several Seasider errors to take a 25-19 set victory.
The Seasiders return to action Friday Azusa Fresno Pacific at 7:30 p.m. HST. Live stats and video will be available online.


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Freelance salary rates
Graphic designer hourly rate
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25.May.2018, 01:15 PM
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I wonder about the hourly salary rate for Graphic/ UI Designer in Stockholm
28.May.2018, 07:36 PM
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Look up the salary range for employees in that business & role. Convert to an hourly rate by monthly salary / 168 (=std number of hours in a month for these purposes).
Here, for example : http://www.lonestatistik.se/loner.asp/yrke...formgivare-1130
Multiply by about 1.6 to account for employers tax and occupational pension, which as a contractor you would pay directly out of your hourly rate, but which for salaried employees is paid for them by the employer.
That should be your starting point - the point which is cost-neutral to the employer. Then aim higher. The employer will likely be happy to pay a premium, as a) a good consultant is more productive per hour [no vacations, time off for sickness, children, in house training etc] and is a more flexible option as has no statuary employment rights (only contractual ones).


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Back to the gym today as we prep for the UBRR with a Chest and Triceps workout. Then a 4-mile ruck march with 45-pounds minimum. Remember to stretch well before and after and to stay hydrated. Mark your progress down in your workout log book.
More Preparation for the UBRR:
3 x 12 Bench Press
3 x 10 Dumbbell Flies
3 x 10 Dumbbell Incline press
3 x 20 Pushups (alternate sets with wide, narrow and shoulder width)
3 x 10 Kip Ups
3 x 20 Sit-ups
3 x 20 Cable Push Downs (rope)
3 x 20 Dips or until muscle failure
4-mile rucksack march (45-pound minimum) over varied terrain, note your time
Stretch well after completion
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September 18 - November 10, 2015
Microcosm is an exhibition of six artists whose artworks explore the intersections between art and science offering thought-provoking perspectives of objects and organisms at the atomic and cellular level that are invisible to the naked eye. Curated by Edie Carpenter, the exhibition opens September 18 and runs through November 10, 2015, featuring the work of artists Daniel Kariko, Mark Koven, Amanda Small, Mike Sonnichsen, Georgia Titcomb, and Jeff Whetstone. At the opening on September 18, GreenHill invites viewers to explore how microscopic worlds take on a new perspective. Michael Boykin, of Marine Reef, Inc. will invite attendees to operate a Hitachi tabletop SEM by zooming in and around samples.
Scientific imagery has become increasingly accessible with the advent of digital media. Google Earth views of underwater coral reefs, webcams of endangered species, and International Space Station shots of named storms all have entered the public image bank. Images produced with scientific equipment such as the Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) regularly pepper mass media. A SEM uses electrons instead of light to form an image allowing for much higher resolution and greater depth of field and magnification than a conventional microscope.
Images seen on a small scale can change our understanding of the world. Microcosm challenges the viewer to question whether biological images, most commonly associated with disease or decay, are aesthetically beautiful. The artists' works investigate scientific objectivity evoking private worlds and internal narratives. Included in the exhibition are works by Daniel Kariko, from ongoing investigations on altered environments for which he utilized a SEM to meet the insect community living around his suburban home. The result is a series of composite insect "portraits" through which unknown housemates become individuals humanized to raise awareness about habitat loss.
First Friday at GreenHill - Live Music by Magpie Thief
September 4 | 6 – 9 PM
Join us this First Friday at ArtQuest for Adults with Gracelee Lawrence, GreenHill's Pop-Up artist for an art activity uniquely designed for adults. Enjoy live music by Magpie Thief from 6:30 - 7:30 PM. Playing together for years, Emily Stewart and Matty Sheets strip down their songs for a road worthy acoustic duo. Folk music with heart and street smarts. Free and open to the public. Cash Bar.
Artist Talk | Amanda Small at Gatewood Studio Arts Building, UNC-G
September 17 | 6 – 7 PM
Amanda Small will discuss how through her art she "visualizes aspects of the natural world, taking micro and macro views of the earth, cells, satellite mapping, topographies and systematic patterning" during a slide presentation hosted by the UNC-G Department of Art. Free and open to the public.
Exhibition Opening | Microcosm
September 18 | 5:30 - 8:30 PM
GreenHill presents works that offer perspectives on the very small, the unseen, and the atomic, cellular level of natural and artificial forms. Mediums on display include photography, video, sculpture, and installation. Michael Boykin, of Marine Reef, Inc. will invite attendees to operate a Hitachi tabletop SEM by zooming in and around samples. Members and sponsors preview from 5:30 to 6:30 PM. The exhibition opens to the public at 6:30 PM. Light refreshments and cash bar.
Adult Workshop | Art + Science Inspired Watercolor Paintings
Tuesday, September 22, 2015 | 1 - 4 PM and 6 - 9 PM
Create your own watercolor inspired by the intersections of science and art as examined in GreenHill's exhibition Microcosm. In this workshop you will visit the exhibition and learn about the many ways NC artists use microscopes as inspirations for their art. Look through microscopes to discover dramatic colors, patterns and textures and return to the ArtQuest Studios where Laura Maruzzella will guide you through watercolor techniques. Each participant will create a 10" x 10" watercolor paintings mimicking the layered patterning found in microscopic imagery, with the option to mount one for display on 12" x 12" white matte board to take home. Bring your own drinks and food. Cost is $35. Space is limited. To reserve your space go to: www.greenhillnc.org/adult-workshops.
First Friday at GreenHill – Live Music by the Raving Knaves
Friday, October 2, 2015 | 6 – 9 PM
Join us for First Friday and live music by the Raving Knaves from 6:30 to 7:30 PM. The Raving Knaves are an original rock-n-roll band based in Greensboro, North Carolina. The idea behind Raving Knaves is lean, three-chord rock with an R&B basis. Chuck Berry-style songwriting brings a lot of detail and references. But ultimately the idea is to create a physical experience for the audience. Free and open to the public. Cash Bar.
Art Under the Microscope | A Dialogue with Dr. Kathryn Shields and Daniel Kariko
Wednesday, October 14 from 5:30 - 7:30 PM
Join in the conversation with Guilford College art historian Dr. Kathryn Shields and Microcosm artist Daniel Kariko. Shields will speak about the imaginative potential for collaborations between art and science using historical examples. Kariko will discuss how he combines effects from Stereo and Scanning Electron Microscopes to create portraits of insects or what he calls "overlooked houseguests" humanizing them in efforts to raise awareness about habitat loss. The dialogue session will offer time throughout for audience questions. Free and open to the public.
New Technologies for Exploring Hidden Worlds | A Roundtable with Dr. Carrie Donley, Dr. Michael R. Falvo and Dr. Dennis LaJeunesse
Wednesday, October 28 from 5:30 - 7:30 PM
Microcosm, an exhibition at GreenHill, explores the intersections between art and science, illuminating the possibilities and potentials for the ways that microscopic imagery and technological advancements can change our worldview in science, technology, and the arts. Using easily understood terminology, three N.C. based experts will discuss advances opened up by new types of microscopes and offer implications for art, science, and technologies. Free and open to the public.
First Friday at GreenHill – Live Music by Chris Tuttle
Friday, November 6, 2015 | 6 – 9 PM
Join us for First Friday and live music by Chris Tuttle from 6:30 to 7:30 PM. Chris Tuttle, a Nashville veteran songwriter and photographer, has toured with acts such as Emmylou Harris, Jewel, Rodney Crowell, and Raul Malo. Born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina to a musical family Chris has an infused Americana and Folk songwriting style. Free and open to the public. Cash Bar.
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In May 2011, Barack Obama made a trip to Poland. Following tradition, Polish Prime Minister, Donald Tusk, had some gifts prepared for the president. Among them was a copy of The Witcher 2, the pride of Poland. This esteemed rank, though slightly made up, is well earned by the game. Developed by CD Projekt RED, it is the second installment in the Witcher series based on the novels of Andrzej Sapkowski. You play as Geralt of Rivia, a witcher who is serving as a temporary bodyguard and good luck charm to King Foltest. As soon as the game starts, it throws you smack dab in the middle of a plot of regicide, politics, sorcery and revenge.
ALERT: Spoilers for the first game are below.
CD Projekt RED: Making The Best Even Better
Recently, CD Projekt RED has released The Witcher 2 version 2.0 update which, along with several performance and gameplay tweaks, brings along a few new features. One is an arena game mode where you duel several different enemies for gold. It features a scoreboard so you can compete with players around the world. There is also a new dark difficulty, which in addition to being insanely hard, gives the player opportunities for several unique 'dark' items. Finally, the last feature that was added that players have asked for since its release: a tutorial. Having never played the game before the tutorial, I can safely say that I would have been lost without it. It teaches you all the intricacies of the combat system and a bit about alchemy and side quests, all the while telling a cool story to introduce the new arena mode. To see how difficult it was without the tutorial, you can just go straight into the game; there is little to no explanation and you get no time to practice before being pushed into the fray. The fact that CD Projekt RED has offered significant updates for both Witcher titles free of charge is amazing. In this day and age where most developers and publishers try to find new ways of milking customers for every dime, CD Projekt RED shows they are the standard by which all other companies should follow.
Who Are The "Assassins of Kings"?
At the start of the game, you are being interrogated about the murder of King Foltest. Geralt tells the story of the king's siege on Baroness La Valette's castle to reclaim his bastard children as you relive it. After the assault on the castle, the king finally gets to his children just before being killed by a witcher disguised as a blind monk. Soldiers immediately flood into the room and spot Geralt standing over the dead king's body. Vernon Roche, Geralt's captor, believes the story and leaves him a key to unlock his manicles and tells him to meet by the docks. And thus, they embark on an adventure to clear Geralt's name and reveal a conspiracy that affects all of the kingdom.
By far, the coolest part of The Witcher is the non-linear narrative. The branching story is so extensive that, having played through the game, I can look at a summary of the plot and have a completely different story from the game I played. There are several key characters I didn't even get to meet in one playthrough. Even if you exclude the main plot of the game, there are several small points that change based on your actions. For example, a fight breaks out between a group of elves and soldiers of a local town. You have the choice of helping one of the sides only to, then, get distracted by a lead on the kingslayer. When you return to town after pursuing your lead, the townspeople will either be throwing a feast to celebrate their victory over the elves or rioting against all the non-humans in the town. It's small things like this that make you feel like you are having an impact on the world.
There are three chapters with a prologue and an epilogue. The first two are epic in scope, offering a wide range of side quests, items, characters and cool things to easily miss the first time through. The third chapter was disappointing in comparison. While the epic story does not waver, there are no side quests, no NPCs chock-full of witty dialogue, nothing to do besides progress the plot. It does nothing but wrap up the story, but it does so in the epic fashion you grow accustomed to while playing through the game.
Prepare For Frustration
The Witcher 2 features an intricate combat system which can be extremely difficult to master. You have two swords, one steel and one silver. The steel is for human and elf opponents while the silver is to slay monsters. Both swords handle the same: you use the left and right mouse buttons to hit with either a fast or powerful swing which both have unique uses and can be strung together to create long and complex combos. In addition to swordplay, Geralt also uses signs, which act as spells for witchers. You have five signs at your disposal which cover the magical bases: a shield sign, a mind control sign, a force push sign, a fireball sign, and a freezing sign. Then you have your items such as bombs, traps, and throwing weapons. Traps can be set down during or before combat, though setting a trap during combat sort of defeats the purpose. Over the course of the game, you will have to use swordplay, magic, and items in combination to defeat some of the tougher enemies in the game.
Fist fights, along with some cinematic fights, use a different system: quick time events. In fist fights, it works. You are given a lesson early on and know what to expect. Each letter corresponds to a swing, a dodge, or a counter and the enemy's health gradually depletes. In the cinematic fights, it has the same annoying problem as most quick time events. You kill the boss, see your HUD disappear and lean back to enjoy the cut scene. You see a small circle appear for a second, then wait – what? You died? Well, it turns out you are not finished the fight yet and the tiny circle is a key you have to press. It can be a bit frustrating to have to replay an entire boss fight just because you miss a single button.
As you grow in level, you earn skill points that you can put into three different trees. They are swordsmanship, magic, and alchemy. All three are full of cool stuff to make your arsenal even more powerful but the alchemy tree feels a bit underwhelming. It focuses more on the preparation for battle than the action itself, which is of course useful, but not as much fun. As you open up more skills, mutagen slots will open up. Mutagens are items with stat bonuses that you can latch onto skills with open slots. They serve as another means to customize Geralt and to let you play the way you want to play.
Crafting and item management are present yet insignificant. The first upgrade I made to my armor was in the first chapter, and it was such a big upgrade that I never had to touch it again. With items like gloves and boots I maybe made two or three small upgrades. My two swords were only upgraded once each as well. There are a few crafting NPCs in each city which all specialize in a different material: tailors, blacksmiths, etc. But they were all able to craft the exact same items as long as I had the diagram for it. Geralt is also able to create potions, bombs, and some other items using alchemy. You gather ingredients for alchemy out in the wild by pressing the loot button roughly every five steps.
Considering the openness of the story, the linear environments were a disappointing surprise. The inability to jump is common in RPGs, but there were a lot of areas I would have liked to explore that were blocked off by foliage and ankle high logs. Sometimes you are forced to run all the way around a large area just so you can take the path the game wants you to because otherwise you would have to climb up a two foot cliff. It restricts your movement and binds you to the path you are supposed to take.
Fresh Popped Textures
As anyone can tell from looking at screenshots or gameplay of The Witcher 2, it is a gorgeous game. You can see an entire castle, town and its people as you fight along its walls, or you can turn around and look at the shimmering lake spanning several miles across. Whenever Geralt recovers a memory, the scene changes to a beautiful comic book style. These scenes are amazingly done and could make up an entire graphic novel themselves. The characters are all extremely detailed and have unique personalities that show on their faces. Aside from one scene in a burning tower, the game ran from 40-50fps on my rig at all times on max settings. The only problem was…the textures don't always load when they should. The game, especially the cut scenes, are full of texture popping. It mostly happens when trying to load a new area, but sometimes it occurs when turning the camera around. If you open your inventory or otherwise pause, when you resume, usually the textures will have to reload. Aside from that, there were a couple graphical anomalies; there were times where an enemy would swing and I would appear to successfully dodge it, but it would still take off a big chunk of health. One small annoyance is that to change the graphical settings, you have to open the options menu from the game's launcher. It makes it a bit irritating to try and get the game to run optimally on your computer. This also goes for the key bindings; you will have to restart the game every time you want to change them.
The music is beautifully orchestrated and has a great deal of variety. The game comes with a full downloadable soundtrack which is awesome, especially considering it's one of the game soundtracks I would actually purchase as a full price album. The sound direction is very well done; it's nice to hear the clash of swords from twenty different fights and the distant smash of a battering ram as you mow your way to your objective. The voice acting is great, down to smalltalk with the townspeople which is an alien idea to someone who spent as much time as I did in Oblivion. Not once did I hear a single mention of mudcrabs!
Is It Worth Your Money?
The Witcher 2 is the best RPG I've played in a long time. It has the most extensive non-linear story I have ever seen in a game and one of the most complex and fun combat systems. It is an experience that all gamers should have, there is so much to do, so much to see, so much fun to be had. The game recently dropped in price to $40 from $50 so you really have no excuse not to. The game took about 36 hours to complete and that was a run in which I tried to avoid my instinct to take every single side quest I could. Doing the side quests would easily double that time, and the game receives regular updates which in addition to fixes, add new content to the game.
The Witcher 2 Technical Summary:
- Time Played – 36 hours
- System Specs – Radeon 6850, Intel i5 2400, 4GB RAM, Win7x64
- Widescreen Support – Yes (Detailed Report via WSGF)
- 5.1 Audio – Yes
- Bugs – Texture popping and a few other graphical anomalies
- DRM – None if bought via GOG
- Control Scheme – Customizable mouse and keyboard
- Game Acquisition Method – Review Copy
- Availability – GOG, Steam, Local Retail
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Latch Based Design RobustnessMay 19, 2008
Latch based design is usually not given enough attention by digital designers. There are many reasons for that, some are very well based, other reasons are just because latch based design is just unknown and looked at as a strange beast.
I intend to have a serious of posts concerning latch based design issues. I have to admit that most of my design experience was gained doing flip flop based designs, but the latch based designs I did were always interesting and challenging. If any of you readers have some interesting latch based design examples please send them over to my email and I will include them in later posts.
Just to start the ball rolling, here is a very interesting paper on the robustness of latch based design with comparison to flip flop based design. If you don't have the time to go through the entire paper just look at figure 1 and its description.
I also added this paper to the list of recommended reading list.


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SADAF is an Iranian born, New York City-based producer, violinist, vocalist and multi-media artist. SADAF's visuals, sonics, and confrontational performative tactics confound and upend the inward-looking affect inherent to contemporary performance art. Her work simultaneously draws from and subverts the language of advertising, celebrity, and the gaze.
SADAF's production wavers between abstraction and lyricism, contemplating the disparate emotional affects inherent in noise, speech and silence. Drawing on global influences such as traditional middle eastern instrumentation, free jazz noise violin, deconstructed Dembow and Reggaeton, and digital hardcore tendencies, she creates an unconventional palette for the post-dj era.
SADAF's 'Let It Burn' EP is coming soon on Outside Insight. You can watch her 'Drown It' visual mixtape below;
SADAF – DROWN IT from Sadaf H. Nava on Vimeo.


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The Real Meaning of Holiday Songs
Bryan Cordova, Metro and Spanish Editor
December 23, 2014
Confession time, I don't like holiday music. I know it's a scrooge moment but a long time ago I listened to the songs, like really listened, and it ruined me. Figuring out what these lyrics meant was worse than finding out that (Spoiler Alert) Santa isn't real. But you're clearly using the internet...


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When is the Federal Crop premium due for corn and soybeans?
Federal Crop premium statements will be mailed out in September each year and are due at the end of the month. If they are not paid by the end of the month interest will be charged each month at 1.25% until they are paid.


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I always felt confident that Meegan had my best interest in mind, and would do anything in her power to make sure I was taken care of. She is also extremely personable which makes the whole process that much easier.
Meegan has been my savior during a very difficult custody case. She is highly regarded and respected by her peers, which is evident the minute she walks in a room. Her warm calming personality makes you feel at ease from the first phone call. Then her intelligence and expertise in the courtroom surpasses any attorney I have met.
Divorce is a difficult and traumatic ordeal. As my attorney, Meegan Reis made my experience as painless as possible. Meegan and her staff were always well prepared, highly focused and committed to my case. I got excellent support and reassurance when I was dealing with the complex issues of a family breakup. We worked collaboratively to establish a strong strategy that fit my personal challenges. In the end, were able to achieve a very equitable settlement. No divorce is without difficulties but I imagine it could have been much worse without such excellent representation. I highly recommend Meegan Reis.
A divorce process, for most, is not a pleasant transition in life. As my attorney, Meegan listened to my challenges and stresses and assisted me in developing a plan that was unique to my needs and wishes. Her legal guidance was a very helpful resource in mitigating the emotional chaos and ultimately achieving a resolution to this challenging process. I am very appreciative of her legal knowledge and ability to "seek to understand".


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Category: American History Tours
Mountains of Faith
See faith in action in the Mountain State. Day One Arrive in Morgantown, WV, to meet your guide who will regale you with stories about a local boy who had a dream on your Don Knotts Hometown tour. Everyone remembers
Harvest Moon Arts & Crafts Festival – A Taste of Parkersburg
Sept. 14-16, 2012 Day One Arrive in Parkersburg, WV and check into Blennerhassett Hotel or other hotel. Dinner is on your own at A Taste of Parkersburg Festival, next to the Blennerhassett Hotel or at a local restaurant. Savor the
Where Buckwheat is King
Friday-Sunday, Sept. 28-30, 2012 Day One 2:30 p.m. Arrive at Lakeview Resort, Alpine Lake Resort, or Wisp Resort and check-in. After a brief rest, depart for Kingwood to visit the arts and crafts and for a special county music concert.
Farms, Fun and Fantastic Finds
Day One Arrive in early afternoon in Martinsburg, WV, and meet your friendly guide. Our first stop is at the B & O Round House and Train Depot. Hear the call to all able-bodied men to run and protect the
Small Town USA Music Capital
Bobby Vinton~Perry Como~Four Coins Hometown Canonsburg, PA Day One Tour Canonsburg, the hometown of Perry Como, Bobby Vinton, and The Four Coins, learning about the famous sons of the musical birthplace of more than 190 worldwide Top 10 recordings and
Love You, Mom and Dad
Visit the site where Mother's Day was first observed in the United States. Anna Jarvis, who grew up in Grafton, WV, founded this holiday in her hometown. See the International Mother's Day Shrine, the church where the first Mother's Day service was
Appalachian Vittles
Dine-Around On this eat-your-way-through-the-day tour, you'll travel along the Cheat River Scenic Byway watching for rafters and fishermen on the beautiful river valley. Chow down at a WWII museum, in historic homes and buildings, and the first New Deal Homestead,


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The second recipe from our corporate meeting. This one was our gluten free option!
Triple Berry White Chocolate Mousse Trifle
- 18 oz BAKER'S White Chocolate
- 4 1/2 cups whipping cream, divided
- 4-8 oz Blackberries
- 4-8oz Rasberries
- 4-8oz Blueberries
Microwave chocolate and 3/4 cup cream, stirring after each minute until melted. Cool until room temperature (about 20 minutes), stirring occasionally.
Beat remaining cream until soft peaks form. Add half of the whipped cream to the chocolate and stir with a whisk until well blended. Stir in remaining whipped cream.
Layer trifle bowl beginning with white chocolate mousse and then adding a layer of berries. Alternate layers and end with berries at the top.


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|Serial arterial embolization for large sacral giant-cell tumors: mid- to long-term results.
MedLine Citation:
|PMID: 17471094 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE
|STUDY DESIGN: Level III retrospective case series with historical controls. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the mid- to long-term outcomes of serial arterial embolization as a primary treatment modality for large sacral giant-cell tumors (SGCT). SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA: Giant-cell tumors are potentially aggressive benign tumors that can cause significant morbidity and may occasionally prove lethal. Large GCTs in the sacrum present a significant challenge, and treatment methods, including surgical resection and radiation, are associated with morbid complications and high recurrence rates. This report presents the mid- to long-term follow-up results of our cases of SGCT treated with serial arterial embolization. METHODS: Nine consecutive patients with biopsy-proven SGCTs received initial primary treatment with serial arterial embolization between 1984 and 2006. All patients underwent angiography and selective arterial embolization at the time of diagnosis, followed by repeat embolization every 6 weeks until no new vessels were noted, and then at 6 and 18 months following stabilization of the lesion. Patients were closely monitored with MRI and/or CT every 6 months for 5 years and annually thereafter. Functional outcomes were measured using the 1993 Musculoskeletal Tumor Society Rating Scale (MSTS93). RESULTS: The mean duration of follow-up in this series was 8.96 years (median, 7.8 years; range, 3.8-21.2 years). No progression was noted in 7 of the 9 cases. Two cases experienced tumor progression of less than 1 cm early in the treatment course and continued to remain asymptomatic. Adjuvant radiation therapy provided local control in 1 of these cases, while radiation and chemotherapy failed in the other case with ultimate mortality. All patients demonstrated substantial pain relief. Cross-sectional MSTS93 scores were obtained in the 8 surviving patients at their most recent follow-up visit with a mean score of 29/30. CONCLUSIONS: Serial arterial embolization is a useful primary treatment modality for large SGCTs given the favorable long-term results and potential morbidity of alternative treatments.
|Harish S Hosalkar; Kristofer J Jones; Joseph J King; Richard D Lackman
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Publication Detail:
|Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Journal Detail:
|Title: Spine Volume: 32 ISSN: 1528-1159 ISO Abbreviation: Spine Publication Date: 2007 May
Date Detail:
|Created Date: 2007-05-01 Completed Date: 2007-05-23 Revised Date: 2009-07-09
Medline Journal Info:
|Nlm Unique ID: 7610646 Medline TA: Spine (Phila Pa 1976) Country: United States
Other Details:
|Languages: eng Pagination: 1107-15 Citation Subset: IM
|Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19106, USA.
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|MeSH Terms
Embolization, Therapeutic*
Femoral Artery
Giant Cell Tumors / blood supply, radiography, therapy*
Middle Aged
Retrospective Studies
Sacrum / radiography
Spinal Neoplasms / blood supply, radiography, therapy*
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As a sidebar to the documentary film, we are featuring web profiles of federal employees who also do something creative on the side. Meet Gretchen Shoemaker, a Preservation Specialist for the National Archives at St. Louis. Gretchen finds her creative outlet through baking and cake decorating. Here she tells her story.
I learned baking and cake decorating from my mom. When I started college I found that cakes make cheap birthday gifts for friends, and most of the time they were experiencing their first birthdays away from home and missed that bit of tradition. It gave me a boost knowing I had a talent that could make people happy.
I really got into cakes as art about the time I started working for the National Archives. I started by experimenting with recipes, but moved into cake sculpting and working with fondant and gum paste figures to design cakes that are very personal to the person they are for. It's fun to see what I can get away with, but I also love trying to bring a little joy into the lives of my co-workers.
I'm not, by any means, a professional. Some cakes turn out well, others looked a whole lot better on paper. My talent will probably never match my imagination, but I love what I do and it makes people happy. I consider myself a cake folk artist.
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Scarborough Maritime Heritage Centre has a collection of about three hundred donated charts and maps. One of the maps is a rare 1907 edition of the Ordnance Survey map of Scarborough and District, on a scale of one inch to one mile (1:63,360). With railway revisions to 1914, it covers the area from Heathard Point to Flamborough Head along the coast, and the North York Moors to the west.
Measuring just 18 x 9.5cm, it is cloth-backed, which makes it more robust than later paper editions. This third edition is also the first colour version, showing what was to become the standard Ordnance Survey design, with green denoting woodland areas, blue for the oceans, red for upland contours and sienna for trunk roads. These maps were produced in both 'outline' and 'hill' versions, with the latter having brown shading (known as hachuring) for the hills. The one inch maps were essentially leisure maps for tourists, walkers and cyclists – available these days as the 1: 50,000 metric version (in pink).
The Ordnance Survey was set up in 1791 to survey south-east England, later expanding to cover the whole of Britain and Ireland. It was set up partly in response to crises such as the Jacobite rebellions and the Napoleonic Wars, since it was realised that accurate mapping was essential for military purposes. Surveys were carried out using theodolites and a system of triangulation, with the first one inch to one mile map (of Kent) being published in 1801. By the late nineteenth century most areas had been mapped, both to a one inch and six inches to one mile scale. The Scarborough area was first mapped in 1856 -7 to a one-inch scale (the Maritime Heritage Centre has a facsimile copy), and a second edition was produced in 1896. More detailed large-scale plans as well as geological maps were also produced. Even the Ordnance Survey does not have a complete collection of maps, having lost many from bomb damage to its Southampton premises in the 1940 blitz.
The early maps were in black and white, with plain covers. Later editions were in colour, with more appealing cover designs. From 1919, under the directorship of Charles Close, the Ordnance Survey employed artist Ellis Martin who produced beautiful illustrated covers; this helped to capture the consumer market for tourist maps, and to compete with commercial map makers such as Bartholomew.
From the late nineteenth century most map making came to be based on the Ordnance Survey standard. However this meant that the very artistic and detailed maps of Scarborough produced by cartographers in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries – men such as John Cossins, John Wood, Thomas Hinderwell and William Smith – became less common. Local street maps were produced by commercial publishers such as Phillips and local artists sometimes produced colourful poster maps. Local authorities continue to produce detailed town plans based on their own surveys.
Scarborough Maritime Heritage Centre is run entirely by volunteers and public donations and situated at 45 Eastborough, entrance is free and the centre is open Wednesday to Sunday, 11am to 4pm.


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In February 2015 the City of Los Angeles and the Getty Conservation Institute launched HistoricPlacesLA.org, the first online information and management system specifically created to inventory, map, and describe Los Angeles significant historic resources. The system enables robust searches of the rich information on the city's historic resources.
Although data entry into HistoricPlacesLA is in progress, the goal is to include all of the city's Historic-Cultural Monuments and Historic Preservation Overlay Zones (HPOZs), properties listed in the National and California registers, and information gathered through SurveyLA, the citywide survey of historic resources. SurveyLA represents the most ambitious historic resources survey in the United States and is a multi-year public/private partnership between the City and the Getty, including both the Getty Conservation Institute and the Getty Foundation.
To view a map showing which Community Plan Areas of the city already have SurveyLA data available through HistoricPlacesLA, please click here.
The Office of Historic Resources was honored to be joined by Mayor Eric Garcetti for the launch of the new system, at a February 24m 2015 press event at L.A. City Hall. Mayor Garcetti noted, "Let's end the notion that L.A. is a city that doesn't value its history. Let's just put that to rest here, today." Mayor Garcetti posted on-line a visually compelling video based on his remarks at the event.
From left, Tim Whalen, Director, Getty Conservation Institute; Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti; Ken Bernstein, Manager, Office of Historic Resources; Linda Dishman, Executive Director, Los Angeles Conservancy
Tim Whalen, Director of the Getty Conservation Institute, provided a demonstration of the new system at the event. Linda Dishman, Executive Director of the Los Angeles Conservancy, and real estate developer Wayne Ratkovich of the Ratkovich Company also spoke at the launch event, emphasizing the tremendous value of the new system for the preservation community as well as property owners and developers.
HistoricPlacesLA gives City government the tool we've long needed to use fuller knowledge of our built heritage to plan more effectively for our future. HistoricPlacesLA uses the Arches system—an open-source information platform built to inventory and ultimately protect cultural heritage places internationally, developed by the Getty and World Monuments Fund, and customized for Los Angeles. HistoricPlacesLA unites the Arches framework with the rich data collected for SurveyLA, along with information on thousands of designated historic resources in Los Angeles.
The launch of HistoricPlacesLA.org is the culmination of a multi-year partnership between the City and the Getty, including both the Getty Conservation Institute and Getty Foundation, to complete SurveyLA, the largest, most ambitious historic resources survey project in the nation. A project of this scope and ambition simply could not have occurred without the leadership of the Getty, which has given a tremendously enduring gift to its home city.
For more information on HistoricPlacesLA, see an article on the Getty Iris Blog.
The February 24 press announcement of HistoricPlacesLA in the Tom Bradley Room at L.A. City Hall


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Since we had no updates last week as NBNco raced towards the June 30 targets, we are definitely due for map updates today. The new Minister for Broadband and the Digital Economy, Anthony Albanese MP, has called a press conference for today to release the rollout metrics for June 30 which is eagerly awaited.
As I have access to NBN figures through a couple of sources, it appears that NBNco has indeed reached it's revised rollout targets for both the brownfield and greenfield (new estates) rollouts. The Greenfield numbers were especially strong, achieving 44,000 premises and only being 1,000 premises short of the upper target of the target range of 45,000 premises.
Brownfield rollout figured for 'premises passed' appears to have just scraped in with 163,600 addresses on their fibre footprint list. The disappointing part of this is around 56,000 premises are not able to connect immediately as they are in Multi-Dwelling Units (MDUs) such as apartment blocks or units which need Owners Corporation permission to make modifications to common property. Buildings where premission is not granted repeatedly may be declared 'frustrated' by NBNco and could be subject to a Telstra 'stop sales' clause where 20 days after a premises is declared frustrated, Telstra will not be able to connect anyone in that building to a copper service. Ry Crozier wrote a great article on this over at ITnews.
We have details from our sources of activated areas – these are all pending an NBNco update of the maps, but it was sourced and cross-checked from two RSPs from NBNco data. These are not official areas
Areas that are now FULLY ACTIVE:
- 4TOB-03 – Toowoomba QLD
- 2HOM-01 – Strathfield NSW
- 8DRW-04 – Darwin NT
- 3BRU-03 – Brunswick VIC
- 2PTH-01 – Penrith NSW
- 2CFS-05 – Coffs Harbour NSW
- 2BLK-03 – Blacktown NSW
- 2KIA-03 – Kiama NSW
- 4TOB-02 – Toowoomba QLD
- 7LAU-03 – Launceston TAS
Areas that are now partially active:
- 2GOS-03 – Gosford NSW
- 2HOM-02 -Strathfield NSW
- 2KIA-02 – Kiama NSW
- 2RCH-04 – Richmond NSW
- 3TMN-03 – Tullamarine VIC
- 4CAI-01 – Cairns QLD
- 4GDN-03 – Goodna QLD
- 4GUL-02 – Gulliver, Townsville QLD
- 6VIC-02 – Victoria Park WA (more premises added)
- 8DRW-02 – Darwin NT
Areas that are still partially active but not yet fully active (some have more coverage):
- 2RCH-02 – Richmond NSW
- 4GND-02 – Goodna QLD
- 4TNS-02 – Townsville QLD
- 7KIN-03 – Kingston TAS
- 4TNS-03 – Townsville QLD
- 2PTH-02 – Penrith NSW
- 2SAW-01 – Sawtell NSW
- 2SAW-02 – Sawtell NSW
- 4TNS-01 – Townsville QLD
- 3BAC-03 – Bacchus Marsh VIC
- 4GDN-01 – Goodna QLD
- 6SPT-02 – South Perth WA
- 7HOB-05 – Hobart TAS
Really looking forward to the new areas becoming official.


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The Chicago Blackhawks still claim rights to the Stanley Cup, but on Sunday they received another gift to make the 2015 championship live on forever.
In a private ceremony in Chicago, players and staff received their 2015 Stanley Cup championship rings made by custom jewelry designer Jostens. The flashy rings boast 355 round, pear, marquise and custom princess-cut diamonds set in a 14-karat white gold ring.
The top of the ring shows the Blackhawks trademark logo made out of diamonds with the words "Stanley Cup Champions" surrounding it. The left side features all six Stanley Cup trophies the team has won, and the right side displays the team's secondary logo as well as each player's name and number. The team's motto — "One Goal" — is written inside the ring. The Hawks' 2015 postseason opponents and series scores are also included.
For fans who want a piece of the action, Jostens and the Blackhawks created a custom selection of personalized jewelry and collectibles that can be purchased at www.jostens.com/blackhawksfan. Fans may not be able to purchase the exact championship ring of their favorite player, but less expensive variations are available online.


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The dual nature of dew: Study measures the effect of dew on desert plants
When the scientific and spiritual worlds collide, they do so in the most surprising ways. Classical meteorological and plant science has, in the last century, insisted that dew negatively affects plant life, leading to rot and fungus. But in the Judeo-Christian tradition, dew is most welcomed as an important source of vegetative and plant life, celebrated in poetry and prayer.
Now Prof. Pinhas Alpert of Tel Aviv University's Department of Geophysics and Planetary Sciences has developed an explanation for the perplexing paradox with his colleagues. According to scientific literature, he says, dew that accumulates through the night has a negative effect on vegetation and fruits because it creates a "spongy" effect. But in a recent issue of the Water Resources Journal, Prof. Alpert demonstrates that dew is an important water source for plant life in climates such as those in the Eastern Mediterranean, where the Judeo-Christian tradition originated, and parts of the U.S. Great Basin Desert.
"Semi-arid zones are dry for over half the year," he explains. "Dew is therefore an important source of moisture in the air. It surrounds the plant leaves nearly every morning for approximately two to three hours past sunrise." This finding, he says, explains why dew is such an important part of Judaeo-Christian traditions. In Judaism, blessings are offered to rain and dew in daily prayer, and there are many references to dew throughout the Bible, including the Old Testament books of Genesis and Isaiah.
Creating the ideal conditions for growth
A plant's growth is based on photosynthesis, employing stomata, the small openings in vegetation and fruit leaves that absorb carbon dioxide. The combination of water, carbon dioxide in the air and sunlight help a plant to produce sugars which allow it to grow. In temperate zones, most of a plant's growth occurs in the middle of the day, when the most sunlight is available.
But there are climatic influences as well. According to Prof. Alpert, plants in a semi-arid zone close these stomatic openings in the midday as a defence mechanism, to avoid losing moisture, or in other words water, when the weather is at its driest. When this happens, photosynthesis and plant growth cannot take place.
For these reasons, the early-morning hours -- and not those of midday -- are the period of maximum growth for plants in the Eastern Mediterranean region, Prof. Alpert says. And it's all due to the dew. "In the early morning, dew surrounds the leaves of a plant with moisture, and the plant does not close its stomata. Therefore, it can grow."
Biblical dew
In order to research the effect of dew on plant life, Prof. Alpert and his fellow scientists studied the interaction between the leaves of a plant and the air. They measured how much moisture departs from the leaves and how much carbon dioxide enters them at various times of the day.
These findings explain a very old paradox, says Prof. Alpert. Despite its negative reputation in other climates, dew is idealized in the Bible for its ability to help fruits and vegetables grow in a dry and inhospitable region -- like the Eastern Mediterranean, where the books of the Bible were first collected.
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