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Forty Years with Credit for Time Served
G-d told Moshe and Aharon that He would kill off everyone then over the age of 20 in the wilderness. This would take place over the next 40 years, one year for each day the spies were gone. (Actually, they died over the course of 38 years; they were in the desert two years already and they wandered for a total of 40 altogether.) G-d excluded Caleb and Joshua from the decree. (You'll notice that not even Moshe himself is excepted. Of course Moshe didn't heed the evil report of the ten spies! He died in the wilderness because of his own error as we shall see, but G-d with His foreknowledge no doubt knew this was coming.)
When Moshe communicated G-d's decree to the nation, they were understandably upset. Some overcompensated by trying to take the land right then. "Don't bother," Moshe told them. "You won't succeed because G-d's not with you." They tried anyway and were easily beaten down by Amalekite and Canaanite forces.
Changing subjects, G-d told Moshe that after the Jews entered Israel, all animal sacrifices were to be accompanied by flour offerings. There were specific quantities of wheat flour mixed with oil and of wine for each type of animal used as a sacrifice.


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I'm asking for a prayer request over a relationship that was sadly lost over a month ago, and maybe through God's power, hoping the relationship with this young lady might be rekindled again. She's a one of kind, sweet Christian woman that you don't meet often in this world and I miss hearing from her daily. I hope, in God's will, that we will talk again and that her struggles will fade away, breathing new life into an already beautiful woman.
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Don't expect a lot of shuffleboard games for the soon-to-be former Bishop of Rome, Successor of St. Peter, Head of the College of Bishops, Vicar of Christ, and Pastor of the Universal Church Pope Benedict XVI.
On Thursday, at 8 p.m. in Rome, Benedict will become the first retired pontiff in 600 years. And with no modern guides, everything he does will be pioneering for a 21st century papal retiree.
The leader of 1.2 billion Catholics around the globe will leave his seat at the ornate Apostolic Palace and retire to a former gardener's house at the Vatican to lead a life a prayer, likely removed entirely from public life.
The Vatican said Tuesday he will go by the title his holiness "Pontiff emeritus" or "Pope emeritus." He will forego his ornate papal wardrobe and elbow-length cape, called a mozzetta, for a simple white cassock. He also will retire his famous red Prada shoes in favor of a brown pair picked up on his trip to Mexico last year.
The 85-year-old will first leave Rome to go to the papal seaside retreat, Castle Gandolfo, until a successor is named. Then he will head to the Mater Ecclesiae (Mother of the Church) building, which formerly housed a cloistered convent in the Vatican gardens.
While "convent" or "monastery," as officials have been calling it, may be the right name for the former home of a group of cloistered nuns tasked with prayer for the pope, the space does not have the long stone-arched hallways and massive common areas evoked by such terms.
The pope's new home
"It used to be the gardener's house," Sister Ancilla Armijo said. "It's just a small house. What they added was just a library for the sisters and a new chapel."
Armijo is a nun in the Benedictine Order at the Abbey of St. Walburga in Colorado, just a few clicks from the Wyoming border. From Oct. 7, 2004, to Oct. 7, 2009, she and six other Benedictine sisters from around the world lived in Mater Ecclesiae praying for the pope, first for an ailing Pope John Paul II and then all the way through to the election and papacy of Pope Benedict XVI.
Armijo joined the order in 1972 at the age of 16. She said joining a cloistered group of international nuns on the Vatican grounds was unique.
While the house has a sense of being removed from the Vatican, she said it provides views of the papal apartment, the Sistine Chapel and St. Peter's Basilica.
"We felt connected to the Vatican itself," she said, although "it's not like there's any access to the Vatican itself, the main buildings or anything like that."
The Mater Ecclesiae is "very small" and "very hot," she said. "There's no trees shading it. I think it'll work for him if they have air conditioning for him. They'll have to remodel the kitchen and things like that because it was so simple."
While she lived there, bars adorned the windows and separated the nuns from their visitors in the meeting room, in keeping with a cloistered, set-apart lifestyle.
When Benedict arrives he can stroll the private courtyard and take in the perfumed aroma from the 15 or so John Paul II rose bushes, a white-petaled flower cultivated in honor of his predecessor. Armijo said a group donated the rose bushes to the Vatican in honor of the late pontiff. Benedict gave them to the sisters to grow. Every two weeks they sent a bouquet up to the papal residence.
In the gardens, Armijo said, Benedict can also find lemon and orange trees in addition to a small vegetable garden used by the house for meals.
The monastery, when Armijo lived there, had a few bedrooms, a kitchen, a living area, a library and a chapel. The walls were plain and whitewashed. It does not bear the artistic treasures other parts of the Vatican hold, like Michelangelo's masterworks the Pieta sculpture in St. Peter's, the Sistine Chapel ceiling, or the massive Last Judgment painting above the altar in the Sistine Chapel.
"The only real piece of art is in the chapel. It has a beautiful bronzed life-sized crucifix," Armijo said.
A life of prayer
In the chapel the pope might say Mass every day for his small household, said Monsignor Rick Hilgartner, executive director of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Secretariat of Divine Worship.


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1. In the Marriage Act 1949(1), after section 39 insert—
39A (1) This section applies if—
(a)a court—
(i)makes final a nullity order which annuls a civil partnership on the ground that an interim gender recognition certificate has been issued to one of the civil partners, or
(ii)(in Scotland) grants a decree of dissolution of a civil partnership on that ground,
and, on doing so, issues a full gender recognition certificate (under section 5A(1) of the Gender Recognition Act 2004(2)) to that civil partner, and
(b)the former civil partners wish to marry each other in England or Wales in accordance with this Part without being delayed by the waiting period.
(2) For the purposes of this section the relevant period is the period—
(a)beginning with the issue of the full gender recognition certificate, and
(b)ending at the end of 1 month from the day on which it is issued.
(3) If either of the former civil partners —
(a)gives notice of marriage in accordance with this Part during the relevant period, and
(b)on doing so, makes an election under this section,
this Act applies with the modifications set out in subsections (4) to (6).
(4) In section 31 (marriage under certificates)—
(a)omit subsections (1), (4), (4A) and (5A) to (5I), and
(b)in subsection (2), for "At the expiration of the said period of 15 days", substitute "As soon as notice of marriage has been given,".
(5) For section 33(3) (period of validity of certificate: applicable period) substitute —
"(3) The applicable period, in relation to a marriage, is the period of 1 month beginning with the day on which the notice of marriage was entered in the marriage notice book."
(6) In section 75 (offences relating to solemnization of marriages), omit subsections (2)(d), (2A) and (3)(a).
(7) Where one of the former civil partners is residing in Scotland—
(a)this section applies as if subsection (3) referred to the giving of notice and the making of an election by the former civil partner residing in England or Wales, and
(b)section 37(d) does not apply.
(8) In subsection (1)(b), "the waiting period" has the meaning given by section 31(4A)."
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You did not mention the level of the game and is this CivIII or PTW? For a non religous civ, I would prefer to go to Republic and never switch again. Now you can fight some fairly long wars, as long as you do not start them. If you start them, then you need to end them sooner.
One way to start a war is to planet a spy. Another would be to sent units into their land (if you do not have RoP). You could make demands or lopsided trades to get them mad.
I am not fond of making RoP or MPP. I will use alliances instead as they expire and do not force you to jump into other wars.


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My work allows the cadences, rhythms and syncopations of music and poetry to find themselves in visual expressions in paint, metal and space. I distill my emotional history with my daily perceptions to create two- and three-dimensional statements which speak of my walk through life.
My larger-scale works often embody their musical and poetic roots in an overtly gestural sense. Through them, I hope to convey layers of emotion reflecting sensations I have experienced through a specific poem or piece of music along parallels of these sensations from my life.
My painted steel wall-sculptures are inner-looking meditations on places I have traveled to or in which I have lived. They are somewhere between painting and sculpture. Time plays an essential part in these works, as they are not so much about the details of the past, as they are about the essence of the more broadly defined persisting memories. Their relatively small sizes reflect a less public, more intimate notion of communication than my larger pieces of sculpture.
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Texas rocks! A great example for all states to emulate.
I live in md. one of the highest tax rates in the country. I´m 88 yrs old, sombody help me move to Texas.
Someone should ask Perry why it is ok to keep increasing property taxes by 9.99% (under 10%) every year so that the school districts can get more of our tax dollars? The public schools in Texas suck to say the least
Being the leftist Hearst rag that it is, the article only listed goals of the minority democrats. Here are the goals as given in Perry´s speech to the legislature:´The governor outlined priorities for the session, which include ensuring Texas´ infrastructure continues to support our growing population and economic demands, an accountable education system that produces a skilled workforce and conservative budget priorities outlined in the Texas Budget Compact:•Practice Truth in Budgeting•Support a Constitutional limit of spending to the growth of population and inflation•Oppose any new taxes or tax increases, and make the small business tax exemption permanent•Preserve a strong Rainy Day Fund•Cut unnecessary and duplicative government programs and agencies´
The first in line asking for more money are schools. Stupid to think you can throw money at something and make it better. I just spoke to an elementary school counselor in the Houston area. She reported that she now has several months of testing. Eliminating testing programs will free up millions. Our daughter and granddaughter have never attended a public school, receive a standardized test once a year, and are thriving individuals with excellent logic abilities and problem solving skills -- something sorely lacking from the majority attending public schools.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla.-- It's been a month since the state stripped Orange Park Medical Center of its level II Trauma Center License and now the hospital is fighting back.
On Wednesday night, the hospital filed a 12-page appeal citing why they should be able to open their doors to trauma patients again.
In the petition, the medical center claims it "substantially complied" with the standards of a Level II trauma center, according to the survey team who rated them.
"There's discrepancies between the site survey report and the action that the department took," said Dr. Kerry Rifkin, president of the Clay County Medical Society.
Rifkin says that the site survey proves none of the hospital's trauma elements were considered unacceptable.
"For the most part, as I understood it, Orange Park was given exceptional ratings in most of the areas of concern," said Rifkin.
Rifkin says he and other doctors throughout Clay County are hoping the petition sends a clear message to the state, that they want and need their trauma center back.
"I think the people of the area need to be considered," he said.
Action News reached out to the Department of Health to find out what the next step is in the appeal process, but has yet to get a response.
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The rapid advance of social media and mobile technology over the last several years has pushed the bullying and cyber-bullying problem to epidemic proportions. Compounding this real world problem that negatively affects the lives of students, parents, and teachers alike is the pressure faced by administrators to meet and exceed mandates required by both state and federal legislation. Join long-time K12 technology expert Paul Myer of PublicEngines for a presentation and interactive discussion about bullying and the new tools available to help you combat the epidemic.
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Your Baby:What's Happening in the Postpartum Period
The first few minutes following birth can be a busy time. Your health care provider will quickly assess your baby. This measurement of the baby's overall health is called the Apgar Score, which is done at one minute and again at five minutes after birth. Your health care provider or nurse will score circulation, breathing, muscle tone, reflexes, and color to see if your baby needs extra help making the transition to the outside world. Apgar Score Chart
There are several other steps that are performed during the first few minutes after birth. Some of these are routine, regardless of the type of birth and birth location you've chosen. Others you may want to consider carefully with your partner and health care provider. Cutting the umbilical cord. Once the umbilical cord stops throbbing, the cord is cut using surgical scissors. Cutting does not cause any pain to your baby because there are no nerves in the cord. After about 10 to 14 days, the cord stump becomes blackish and falls off by itself. Vitamin K injection. Because new babies do not have certain bacteria in their intestines until a few days after birth, they are unable to make their own vitamin K. Vitamin K is important for blood clotting. Some health care providers will recommend that your baby receive an injection of vitamin K shortly after birth as a safeguard against any problems. You and your partner have the right to refuse a vitamin K injection, but speak to your health care provider beforehand to learn the benefits and risks. Eye ointment. Many states require that babies receive special antibiotic eye ointment, prescribed by your health care provider, immediately after birth; this helps prevent blindness if gonorrhea or other sexually transmitted infections are present in the birth canal. Eye ointment can blur a baby's vision for a short period of time. It can be applied after you have spent some time bonding with your infant. If you have any concerns, discuss them with your health care provider. Blood sample. Your health care provider will prick the baby's heel to obtain a sample of her blood. Many routine tests, such as those to determine blood type and Rh factor, are done right at birth. Ask your health care provider about any newborn tests required by the state you live in, and learn what you may need to know about them. Other routine measures include:
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Several people in my church asked me to read this column by Mr. Fred Thompson in our local paper's community section.
Spartanburg Herald Stoller Column
After reading the column it seemed good to respond to this column with a few thoughts about Mr. Thompson's observations, and also offer an overall though about the task of faithful gospel churches. We should all take note of some of Mr. Thompson's observations.
- No doubt, the methods of the modern "anything goes" church have not produced the revival that anyone hoped. This should convict us that church growth is not the same as being a faithful disciple-making church.
- The fact that churches no longer guide or influence our nation should put on display the utter ineptitude of the church to guide other institutions. This should convince us that God called the church to disciple and discipline individuals not institutions.
- The past thirty to forty years has seen the church youth group our children into spiritual death. Separating youth and children from the rest of the church does not make disciples! Without youth, adults lose vital energy. Without adults, youth lose vital truth.
As a pastor, nothing grieves my heart more than the thought that I might sidetrack or shortchange "the pattern of sound words" that I received. 2 Timothy 1:13-14 tells me that my greatest duty is to repeat, not alter or make more attractive the words I receive, guarding this good deposit entrusted by the Holy Spirit to me. Read the rest of this entry »


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Dick and Nicole Diver live pleasant, idyllic lives on the French Riviera as American expatriates. Rosemary Hoyt, a young rising actress joins them for the summer, falling "in love" with the Divers and their way of life. Piningly attached to Dick, Rosemary coaxes Dick into a casual affair, then seperates from the couple as she witnesses Nicole in a state of mental illness. The next part dives back into time, explaining the Divers' history; Dick was a p... The Great Gatsby Nick Carraway, a bond man of average income, narrates this story of his brief time living next door to the wealthy Jay Gatsby in the early 1920's. Gatsby's wild and lavish parties, complete with glittering lights, orchestras, champagne and enormous buffets, never fail to draw socialites to his mansion and garden in droves. But it is not for the crowds that he throws these parties: It is to impress the one woman he has loved and obsessed upon for y... This Side of Paradise I think of this book as the precursor to Catcher in the Rye. It's not an oustanding, extraordinary book (unless you're a huge Fitzgerald fan, like me), but is still a great meditation. Amory Blaine is the central character in this book, and his life is closely based on Fitzgerald, right down to his almost alma mater, Princeton. Fitzgerald wrote this book rather quickly, basing some of his styles on what he had heard about James Joyce's Ulysses (not ye...
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Getting a mortgage is about to get tougher
New rules from the FSA will make it harder for all of us to get our hands on a mortgage - do they go too far?
Fresh from being granted a reprieve by the Coalition Government – the Tories had wanted to completely do away with the FSA – the UK's financial regulator is starting to flex its muscles over the mortgage market.
Last week, it unveiled new proposals to clean up the mortgage arena, by clamping down on irresponsible lending and ensuring borrowers only take on mortgages they can afford.
All sounds very sensible, but the proposals have led to warnings that mortgages will become far more expensive, and inaccessible to many.
The new proposals
So what have the FSA actually proposed?
First up is requiring the verification of income on all mortgage applications, bringing to an end self-certification mortgages (though in fairness there haven't been any self-cert mortgages available for some time).
It will no doubt come as a surprise to many of you that some lenders didn't check the stated income was correct for all borrowers, but according to the FSA at the end of 2008 a staggering 52% of mortgages went through without the income of the borrower being fully checked. Even today, 43% of mortgages are processed in this fast-track fashion.
The FSA has also suggested there should be extra affordability tests for all mortgages to ensure a borrower is only taking on what they can afford, as well as making the lender ultimately responsible for assessing a borrower's ability to pay.
So why have such seemingly obvious changes got so many people within the mortgage market so upset?
More expensive mortgages
John Fitzsimons explains why the best mortgages offer you a bit of flexibility
Lenders and brokers have been falling over themselves to warn that these new rules will make mortgages far more expensive.
Because the new affordability checks are pretty stringent – independent proof of income will be necessary, through company records and tax returns – the lenders will need to spend longer on going through that documentation to check its veracity. And of course, for the lenders to perform these extra checks will cost money.
The critics reckon that those additional costs will be passed onto borrowers in the form of higher interest rates on mortgages.
In other words, we'll be paying for the lenders to be doing what they should have been doing in the first place.
Mortgages out of reach
What's more, the new affordability tests may go too far, preventing borrowers from being able to access finance.
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The FSA wants lenders to assume borrowers will be taking out their mortgage on a capital repayment basis over a term of 25 years. However, plenty of first-time buyers will actually go for a longer term on their first mortgage, to ensure it is affordable – I know I did. To try to apply a one-size fits all approach to something as individual as whether you can afford that specific mortgage is asking for trouble, in my view.
The Council of Mortgage Lenders, the lender trade body, argues that the FSA's "proposed conservative approach" may trap struggling households in their existing mortgage, eliminating the possibility of remortgaging to a cheaper deal. That option may be the difference between clawing their way out of their money troubles and retaining ownership of the home, or falling deeper and deeper into arrears until the home is repossessed.
Brokers have also argued that lenders have already ramped up their affordability tests since the onset of the credit crunch, making these changes unnecessary.
Vested interests
Undoubtedly there will be comments from readers on this arguing that of course the lenders and brokers don't like these changes, as they will make their lives harder. And there is certainly an element of that.
The FSA also does at least seem to have its priorities right in wanting to ensure that lenders act more responsibly, and that borrowers who are tempted to take on more than they can handle, or commit fraud – and there have been plenty who have done just that – are prevented from doing so.
However, I do worry that the critics may have a point.
The number of mortgages being approved through 2010 has been pretty modest as it is, and these new rules will only further dent approval levels. And that is not exactly a good thing – the harder it is to get a mortgage, the more bumps in the road there will be when you're involved with a chain and trying to move up or down the housing ladder. The whole thing could grind to a halt.
That could put downward pressure on house prices. But then again, you may think that's a good thing - and long overdue.
The importance of advice
Related blog post
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Should you use a mortgage broker?
When you are hunting for a new mortgage, should you use a broker or go direct to the lender?
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Whether you think the FSA is right or wrong, for me, these changes only serve to reinforce why it is so important to take advantage of the services on offer from mortgage brokers.
By using a mortgage broker, you'll not only get independent advice on which type of mortgage is best for you, but also on how different lenders are likely to look at your application, as you can guarantee there will still be some variances in how strict the criteria is applied from lender to lender.
A broker will also ensure you get all the correct information together ready in time for approval.?
At lovemoney.com we have our own fee-free mortgage service, with brokers here to talk you through any issues you may have, large or small, via email, telephone and even instant messenger. They're good guys, and you can trust them to get you the best deal possible.
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Horsham: No Future Use Of Naval Air Station Runway
Horsham Township Council has approved a resolution opposing any future use of the runway at the Willow Grove Naval Air Station, where the last military flights took off last week, never to return. Council members are urging residents to turn out at the April 20 Horsham Land Reuse Authority meeting to show that they support council's position. The Montgomery County Commissioners have applied to acquire the runway and mothball it for possible future use, and the Bucks County Airport Authority has applied to keep it open for small corporate aircraft.


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It would be very helpfull if someone from TBS could explain in a few words the difference between the 6922, 6921 and 6920.
I hope of course for an answer that explains the reason for example to choose a different chip here or change a layout there... cause it is not very helpfull to only know that the 6920 has NXP chips and the 6922 from Phillips. Maybe also an explaination of the advanages or disadvantages...
I understood that the linux drivers for the 6922 and 6921 are closed source, so will this be forever the case? Is there no chip on the market with open sources drivers (maybe only some firmware files to copy into linux os) which is worth to be part of a DVB-S2 PCIE card? I am asking this cause due to many new kernel releases, one would always need to recompile the drivers for the new kernel. I would of course love to have them already in the kernel as open source. Or at least a DKMS.
BTW, is it really necessary to compile all the media/dvb drivers and firmwares to only get ONE card like the 6922 running?
Thanks in advance for your answers.


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Hello, I am new to this site and have found some relatives. I posted flowers on some then received messages that the site was transferred to me. Now what do I do, what is expected?
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Thank you for making the corrections and adding her mother. It is appreciated.
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BOTH Harry Raymond Hontz (1888-1968) and his wife Emma Ada (Frantz) Hontz (1890-1971) are buried at Gnaden Huetten Cemetery, Not Lehighton Cemetery.
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BOTH Harry Raymond Hontz (1888-1968) and his wife Emma Ada (Frantz) Hontz (1890-1971) are buried at Gnaden Huetten Cemetery, Not Lehighton Cemetery.
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Thank you for the link to his father. MHN
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Hello there! I must confess you caught me a little off-guard when you reported having different information. I wanted to check with my Mom and a family "Historian" before responding to you in an effort to insure MY data was good... and it seems to be. I am a bit confused however, how may I help?
Using FindAGrave, I followed my Grandfather's links (Marion E. Flippo, Marion C. is his son who was called Marion Cecil, always using both names) Anyway, it is confirmed to me by both my Mom and Aunt (both daughters of Marion E.) the information as listed on George J. Flippo accurately lists Mary E. under Spouse. I just thought it would be proper to have the references listed in a like manner with both George J and Mary E (which is to list George on Mary's profile as well under Spouse).
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Hello Patsy, I thought you might like to add the headstone to this memorial 118141712 since she died in 2010 and you placed the headstone on her husband John Walter Westbrooks Sr 15536016 but if you could would you check the cemetery to see if her date of death has been put on the headstone please. Hopefully you still live close. Please let me know when you do this.
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Introduction and arrival welcome drink followed by 2 hours of technical instruction with hand-outs
on how to use Digital SLRS to shoot portraits, landscapes and sporting activities
The five hour session starts with composition where the instructor will show you how to capture high impact shots using advanced framing and focusing techniques which will transform your photography. An explanation of exposure and priority modes including PROGRAM, APERTURE, SPEED and MANUAL , use of various types of lenses, why ISO is the new killer feature on the latest generation of DSLRS, and how to capture the highest quality image by shooting in the RAW format. Understanding light using both natural light and on camera flash techniques for lighting subjects
After a one-hour bistro lunch break, (budget £10 plus drinks) participants will then take to the great outdoors for a two-hour live photo-shoot with a model, where they can put their new-found skills into practice. Constructive feedback will then be given to individuals by our qualified professional photographer.
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Composition | lenses - standard, wide and zoom | Focussing techniques | Exposure | Aperture and depth of field | Shutter speed | Metering modes | ISO techniques | Histogram | White balance | Picture styles | Using flash | Using natural light | RAW or JPEG |
'The Queen's' as it is affectionately known by the locals, was taken over by long time local couple John & Eileen in August 2012, and has always been the community pub where you will still find colourful local characters. It boasts four open fires two of which are in the main bar area making it a wonderful place to relax and stay warm even on the coldest of nights.
Home made fresh and seasonal food is served everyday from 12 noon until 9pm. (Hours may vary in winter, please call to check). A good selection of our menu is gluten free, without compromise on quality or flavour, we also cater for dairy free and vegetarians. We have four letting rooms at the Queens which are all en suite and have free view television.
'The Lowther Suite' which consists of 2 double beds in 2 rooms, one of the doubles having a single bed above, this can sleep 2 adults and 3 children up to the age of 16yrs. The 3 remaining rooms are doubles, two of which can be converted to twins. Well behaved dogs on a lead are allowed in the bar area and also any of our four letting rooms. We are ideally located for exploring our stunning countryside and there are many walks either starting from the pub or from nearby and is fantastic dog walking/riding country.
Also available are some of the finest game fishing rivers in the country, one being situated at the bottom of the village, for which we can arrange an excellent local guide/tutor. There are also some superb shoots available locally, be it for birds in flight or stalking we can point you in the right direction. Golf is also available.
The surrounding area has much to offer visitors, and just to the rear of the pub is a lovely public open air swimming pool(summer time only), and adjacent to the pub can be found Stuart Broadhurst's excellent pottery studio, also opposite the pub is the well stocked village shop. It is also only a half hour walk to the very popular Kendal Calling music festival which is held on Lowther estate. Winners of the Tripadvisor Certificate of Excellence 2013, check us out on their website.


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The cake was never delivered as Kim found out and had it canceled beforehand. Later Kim explained on her blog "Making a million dollar birthday cake is just ridiculous! I'd rather they give me a cupcake and donate the rest of the money to the homeless!" She also wrote "I would never allow anyone to spend that much money on a cake."


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Wonderful title work from Rich Nosworthy for this year's Pause Fest in Melbourne. Extra bonus is the Breakdown video showing a lot of the rigging and scene files in Cinema 4D.
Wonderful title work from Rich Nosworthy for this year's Pause Fest in Melbourne. Extra bonus is the Breakdown video showing a lot of the rigging and scene files in Cinema 4D.
In this two part tutorial series, Chris and Nick show you how to build, light and animate this tasty scene from scratch. First, by modeling and texturing a Cheez-It, then by lighting and animating the scene. Follow along with us to create this Cinema 4D animation. This tutorial is based on Cheez-It's awesome Twitter background image.
In this first tutorial Chris Schmidt will teach you how to put together a simple Cheez-It model and texture it procedurally, eventually making several variations to add to the realism.
In this second tutorial, Nick Campbell will show you how to animate, light and render Cheez-It's falling from the sky. First we will use a particle emitter to create the animated Cheez-It's. Then, we will use Light Kit Pro to light the scene. Finally, we will use the physical camera, the new GI in R15 and Physical renderer to add Depth Of Field and finish the scene.
3D Artist, Mike Winkelmann (AKA Beeple) has been having an incredibly prolific and artistic year. He continues to post to his Everyday Project for 2387 consecutive days and counting. He shares a ton of detailed Creative Commons C4D scene files and renders he has been making in his VJ Clips series. But today, we sit down with him to talk about his latest film, Transparent Machines.
This started off as a totally different piece that was not going to be glass at all but was going to be more about how technology is advancing faster and faster. So I started building this giant cylinder machine thing that was building itself. After working on it off and on for many months, one day I tried applying a glass texture to the whole thing and I thought it looked pretty sweet. So then around that time all of the stuff with Snowden and the NSA was going down and everybody was constantly talking about transparency. So one day the idea to use that concept of 'transparency' in the piece just sort of popped into my head. I would honestly attribute the concept more to almost blind luck than to too much premeditation on my part.
Yeah I definitely think that animation can be a very powerful platform to explain issues, especially complicated ones. I think with animation you inherently have the advantage of being able to explain something through not only speaking but also images that can change over time. This can really help to illustrate some complex concepts. I think making something that is entertaining as well can only help to spread your message too.
No, when I work on a short film it really sort of evolves over time. I usually don't have a super clear idea what it's going to end up like when I start and certainly that was the case here. From my early renders you can see that the piece initially had a very different look and obviously would have necessarily had a very different message…
I was actually just talking about this to my friend Kyle (Standingwave) who did the sound design for the piece. He has just started doing his own audio everydays (https://soundcloud.com/standingwave) and was wondering about the same thing. I think if there is a "trick", it's to do your everydays last. Everydays for me will take up just about as much time as I have for them. If I have 4 hours to devote to them one day, then I'll spend four hours and spend more time experimenting and screwing around. But if I only have an hour, then they'll get done in an hour. So I would say try to work on any bigger projects first and leave the everydays to the end of the day so they don't take up too much of your time and you can get other stuff done too.
If I have 4 hours to devote to them one day, then I'll spend four hours and spend more time experimenting and screwing around. But if I only have an hour, then they'll get done in an hour.
I really wish I kept better track of stuff like that. I started this project in May of last year but then there were months at a time where I didn't work on it at all. Looking back through all of my Cinema4D files (I save a new one each day so I roll things back easily if I change direction). I would say that I worked on this roughly 150 days (1-2 hours most days) .
The render times on this were not as bad as you'd think because the setup was pretty much as simple as it could possibly be. There are no lights at all in the scene, no GI, no AO, no DOF. It is literally just the geometry with a glass material applied. The only thing that made the render times a bit higher is that some of the shots were rendered at around 4K so that I could pan around the shot in post to sync really tight with the music. But the render times were at worst like 10 minutes per frame even on those super high res shots.
This is my attempt to give back to the awesome community who made this possible in the first place. Throughout this project I watched tons of tutorials and read tons of articles on VRay, modeling, etc. I honestly don't feel qualified to do tutorials but if people can learn from these or remix them into something cool, that would be awesome. I love seeing stuff I did live on in other people's work…
The music for me is the main driver of the pacing and feel of a film. The music here was pretty fast and aggressive so the animation was actually sped up almost four times faster than I actually did it to match the feel. The music also lead me to make a ton of very tiny cuts that were less than one second long. Above everything I almost always try to make the visuals match the music as close as possible.
No, I don't do everything in Vray but for this, all of the shots were done in VRay mostly because I really loved that glass material. This was a free material that I downloaded from their site but it's got a really great feel to it and renders pretty quick. I also feel like I've been drawn to Vray lately just because it has a bit of a different feel. Things don't always look necessarily better per se, but sometimes it's just nice to have a different look.
This was the first time I attempted a 32-bit linear workflow. I'm sure I made some mistakes along the way, but I will say it definitely afforded me a lot more control over the look in post. Besides the sort of video and text overlays though, there wasn't a ton of comping in post. What I exported was only the one main pass and that really just had some color correction on it.
Yeah this was the main bulk of the work for the project. Unfortunately to give things a bit of an 'organic' feel while it was building itself, everything needed to be done by hand. This allowed me to look at each individual shape to see how it would look best "appearing" in relation to the machine . So if it was a sweep nurbs tube shape, then I would animate the start and end parameter to have it grow along the spline. If it was a nut or bolt, then it would usually sort of pop out of the structure animating the scale. If it was a clamp or more complex shape, a lot of times I used Booleans to make these appear. So all of this had to be done by hand to make sure these things were happening at the right time as well.
A lot of people have commented on how the scene file runs ridiculously slow on their computer and that was the case for me as well. When working on something I had to solo just that piece using a plugin called Magic Solo. If I wanted to see a preview of the animation I rendered out a hardware preview as it was completely unviewable in the viewport.
In this month's Five Second Project, we want to see what you can get cooking. Use the theme "Pots 'n Pans" to create a five second animation and submit it on the project page. Boil on high until tender, but no longer than November 24th, 2013.
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David Luong is currently a Senior Cinematic Artist II at Blizzard Entertainment, He's been working in the visual effects industry for nearly 8 years. He currently does lighting, compositing, and matte painting for Blizzard's cinematics on games such as Diablo 3, Starcraft 2, and World of Warcraft. He previously worked on films such as Night at the Museum, Superman Returns, and Underworld Evolution at Rhythm & Hues, Luma Pictures, and Disney Toon Studios. David Luong is one of three artists featured in the newest d'artiste book from Ballistic Publishing. He also teaches CGSociety.org's online Photo-Real Matte Painting workshop.
A lot of people asked me if formal education is important to getting a job in the VFX industry. What's good about formal education is that it's structured, and it gives you time to develop your own style due to the long period of being in school (2-4 years). The teachers are hit and miss, but the ones that are really good tend to push you harder, and make your life a little harder. Sometimes you might hate them, but in the end, you'll understand why they were so hard, and the higher level difficulty is a good introduction of how it might be on your real job. Good teachers also impart their knowledge to you well, and want to see you succeed. They encourage team work and getting you to understand what works, and what doesn't on the job.
Teachers in school are also a great source of networking too, as they are usually working professionals. They can refer you to another studio or recommend you to someone, growing who you know in the industry. Being a small industry, this is very invaluable. So I think formal education is valuable, although it tends to cost too much for the education, especially in private school. I would recommend taking as much as you can in community or junior colleges before going to an art school if you're going the formal route. Paying maybe $100 an English class at a community college instead of paying about $2,000 at a private art school with equal or even better education in a community college is a no brainer. Coming back to the education I got, it was great because it did allow me to gestate my own style, and meet lots of friends and industry professionals. My senior portfolio got me lots of recognition and thankfully, I got a job shortly after graduating.
Compared to learning on my own when I first started, the formal education gave me the direction and focused structure I needed. It also gave me a direct pathway to doing what I loved to do, while also not just thinking of it as a hobby. I also invested a ton of money for student loans, so it made me not want to fail even more to. When I was learning Photoshop on my own, there wasn't really anyone else to give me feedback or learn a little bit extra from. It was all myself, and what was available through books or the limited Internet at the time.
So for me, it was important to have the formal education in the end. I just wish it didn't cost so much money.
I had first heard about it from other digital matte painting artists on how easy it is to use for 3D projections and integrating some 3D movements in your shots. It wasn't until last year actually, that I started using C4D more regularly. When using Maya, I found the process convoluted and way more complicated than it should be to setup a projection. I taught Maya in my CGWorkshop, and I could see my students struggle getting the shader setup, and the extra little technical difficulties that came with Maya for a projection setup. I also didn't like it, and so it was time to experiment with C4D.
I used some C4D at work a couple of years ago, and the UI interface as well as the camera and projection setups seemed pretty easy to follow. I really love how artist friendly Cinema4D was compared to bigger packages such as Maya or 3DStudio Max. I started with R13 last year, and then soon after, R14 was released, and now R15. We still use more Maya at work, but for my personal projects and for teaching the CGWorkshops, I'll be using only C4D, Nuke, some After Effects, and Photoshop. The default rendering engine is pretty high quality, and if I had to up it up, I would use the Physical Renderer. There is a huge community who create plugins and makes life easier for you by creating better workflow and efficiencies using Cinema4D, such as the great people at Greyscalegorilla.
I started learning how to use CityKit, Light Kit Pro, and the HDRI Studio Pack. Light Kit Pro I use the most, as it's so simple to bring in light rigs from the tool and quickly light the objects in your scene with easy sliders and parameters you can adjust. I love the soft boxes in the kit, and the sun light rig which includes an environment light to shade your shadows with. These are easy, one click imports to your scene. If I wanted to get some reflections going in certain objects of my scene, the HDRI pack is just as easy to implement in my shots. Usually bringing in an HDRI will automatically set a decent optimized render preset to use, giving you nice Ambient Occlusion, Global Illumination, or good shadow and ray trace samples.
The other major tool I use from Greyscalegorilla, especially in one of my matte painting tutorials for the d'Artiste: Matte Painting 3 book, was CityKit. The team at GSG really made an amazing, fast generating city tool, which also gives a great amount of customization such as adding in your own textures, your own hero models and many other things so your city can stand out. For my book, I created a few simple shapes, which I moved around to create a good composition, duplicated a few blocks, and added a couple of custom hero twin buildings. I also created a circular city in the sky that was a tweaked version of one of the presets you can do in the CityKit. Just playing with some customizations, and I got something that looks unique. After I lighting the city using the Light Kit Pro, then rendering that out in C4D, I brought it back into Photoshop for further tweaking and texturing to give it a more photo real look.
Without these tools, I think C4D would be still great for the artist, but I'd definitely be slower. They're well worth buying and using for your own personal or professional projects.
When I first started using C4D on my personal work, there was no greater resource out there to learn it than from the Greyscalegorilla website. Their videos are excellent, and very well narrated by Nick Campbell as well as Chris Schmidt. They would give examples that the community would ask for, and just by watching them do it, and following the steps, you can really take that knowledge and apply it to other things you want to do. Also each of their tools you buy, comes with instructional videos by the team which covers a great deal on how to use it and the why's and how's of it. Going through the GSG tools was just what I needed to learning how to use C4D on my own projects. It was pretty much exclusively GSG tools that got me up and running last year. I had almost no other prior training before I used GSG, and now each of the matte paintings in the d'Artiste: Matte Painting 3 book used their tools in one form or another.
I'd say my first foot in the door would be working as a rotoscoping/digital paint artist at Luma Pictures. It was in 2005 for Underworld: Evolution. They had liked my creativity in my demo reel and my persistence to wanting to work there. It's a bit of a story, but I was so eager to work at my first big job for the visual effects industry that I essentially went to work on my first day before I was actually hired. There was some confusion as why I was there my first day, but eventually, I was hired that day thankfully since they did need more workers and they liked my reel previously. Now looking back, I shouldn't have done that probably, but it seemed to have worked out! I wouldn't recommend doing what I did though to get your foot in the door.
I'd say just keep being persistent which was key, emailing, following up, calling if they allow that (but most studios don't) or having inside friends that can refer you in. Always be respectful and have a personality that can work well in a team. Without that, you'll just be someone who is good that can work only well by yourself. That's not what a studio would like. Keep your ego down, and if you think you're good, let that shine through your work and by elevating the work of others. If you don't get hired somewhere you want, such as your dream job, keep working at it through other studio work or getting the experience necessary to finally apply and work at the place you want. If you aren't working at all, keep brushing up on your knowledge, keeping up your contacts and knowing what the industry is doing nowadays, and learn from free communities such as Greyscalegorilla!
Photoshop is the key tool I use for matte painting. The second, is probably my own camera. I shoots the majority of my own textures and reference footage to be used later in matte paintings. This is usually from vacations and going out to places. I'm usually the weird one who stops and shoots multiple angles or shots of a building or a certain tree, a texture on the ground, while everyone else is walking up ahead in a group. Other tools I use is Maya, although it's mostly Cinema4D now for the 3D side, as that's strong enough for matte paintings for me. For 3D projections, Nuke seems to take the lead now if I don't need to do a full environment, which is 90% of the time for matte painting. The speed and ease of setting up projections in Nuke, as well as compositing in there is just the best in the industry right now. I even matchmove in it, which was what I did for the Monolith City matte painting in the book. After Effects if I need to do some more linear layered based compositing. Those tools are all sort of standard I'd say. Can't think of anything that isn't off the shelf that I use really.
I started teaching for CGSociety.org in January 2008. They asked me to teach after loving what they saw in my submissions for the d'Artiste: Matte Painting 2 book that came out in 2007, which had 6 of my pieces published in them. I was very honored for them ask me out of all of the artists out there. But I gladly accepted, which was also something I had never done before: teaching. It was another great challenge for me, could I teach what I knew and guide the next generation of artists to do work with the high quality of standards in the industry? I hoped so, and luckily, many of them are now working in the industry and are doing just fine!
The format of the CGWorkshop I teach is all online. It's an 8 week course, and when I initially taught it more than 5 years ago, everything from 2D Photoshop work, to After Effects, Nuke and then to Maya all rolled into one. Now, it's broken up into two workshops as of last year when I revamped the course. The first one is strictly dealing with foundations, concepts, composition, value, and what makes an image striking according to the student's own styles through my guidance. There was no 3D in it at all, but if the student knows some 3D, I wouldn't bar them from using it as long as most of their image is in the 2D realm. The second course, which will deal with 3D projections, and some matchmoving/modeling/lighting/rendering/compositing to get the matte paintings moving in a shot. That I haven't taught yet, which will begin in March 2014.
For me, this format is ideal due to the fact that I can post my prerecorded videos, then the students can view them, and work on them any time they want to. It's not bound by any time frame (except for when it's due at the end of the week for assignments, and the major projects at the end of the workshop in 8 weeks). So there are a big number of international students who take my course. All they have to know is enough English to understand my instructions and critiques. Otherwise, the image is really universal, and by me giving visual feedback through paintovers, students really get the idea of what works and what doesn't for their matte pantings.
The flexibility of not having to be in any country or any timezone is the most appealing for the workshops. It also can't really be "pirated", as the single most useful part of the workshop is the teacher giving direct and fast feedback to the student work in high attention and priority. There may be videos and lectures in the course that you can download or distribute, but the biggest help is the feedback as well as the practice through the material. That also brings up another point, students that take my class get the most benefit if they engage themselves in participation instead of just lurking in the shadows.
At the end of my workshop, I choose the top 6 matte paintings, and promote them heavily on my website, my social network, and so does CGSociety on their websites. It gives the students an extra incentive, and some friendly competition to get their work done on time, and to do it the best as possible. I know not all students can complete the work I give in the workshop, due to them being busy at work or school, so I also offer any students who didn't get to finish their work to continue working and email me their progress. To which, I will fully and actively support just like I did in the 8 weeks of the workshop, and for life. I also offer an alumni lounge where all past students get automatically enrolled in free, to continue their education in a safe, private forum that I also help moderate.
I've met so many great students around the world while teaching these past 5 years. It's so wonderful to see that I've impacted the community and given back what I know from my experiences at work and referring them to other people who need good artists as well. I'm sure the GSG guys feel the same way in giving back to the community. I"m thankful to use their teachings to apply in my new book as well!
Dylan Cole is a huge inspiration for me while I was in school, as I saw his matte paintings in the first d'Artiste: Matte Painting 1 book back in 2004. I've got to meet him in person a couple of times, and I even got to feature one of his personal works for my section of the Matte Painting 3 book, which was a real treat. He started out as an intern at ILM, and then worked as a senior matte painter for Weta Digital on Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. So many beautiful shots he created while he was there that I've long admired. He is now the newly announced Co-Production Designer for Avatar 2, along with Ben Proctor, which is the highest title an artist can get for a movie in the art department. He's an awesome artist that totally deserved that!
The other artist that has inspired me was the team at Blizzard Cinematics while I was in school as well (and well before that playing Diablo, Starcraft and Warcraft 2 in highschool). There wasn't' a particular artist there as it was a team that worked on the cinematics. Each time I saw a cinematic while playing a Blizzard game, I told myself "I want to work there some day and need to keep working on my skills until I get to work there." The music, the voice acting, the cinematography, and the visual effects just made me fall in love with 3D animation.
The favorite project I worked on is probably at Blizzard, on the World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King cinematic back in 2008. It was directed by Jeff Chamberlain, and I was working early on with a skeleton crew. Sheng Jin was my lead on the show, who is a fantastic lighter/compositor as well as well skilled in other disciplines of the CG pipeline. The team was small back then, so I was able to come on as an artist who got to push more of the creative side. I got to do some concepts to explore Arthas' look through lighting and painting, as well as shot setups and lighting scenarios with Sheng. I did some matte paintings as well, and finished shots through lighting/compositing. Afterward, I had some down time, so I got a chance to work on some of the poster work that marketing used for various prints and posters for the game. The creative freedom while being able to work in a team and ping our ideas back and forth with Jeff, our director so fluidly, is what makes me come back to this cinematic as my most fond memory professionally.
The Ballistic Media guys asked me late December 2012 about the possibility of working on the next beloved d'Artiste: Matte Painting book in the series. The last one was in 2007, so they thought it was time to bring it back. I thought about how much work it would do to work on the book after hours, while still balancing life load, a full time job at Blizzard, and teaching online for CGWorkshop at the same time. It was another huge honor to partake in such a project, but I had to be realistic in what I could do. After much thought, I figured I could balanced it and accepted wholeheartedly into what will become a huge under taking. It's a big stressful situation to get your work translated into a book that will be on print forever, so you really want to get it perfect. All of my tutorials had to make sense, and have the concepts in there work for most beginners and intermediate users who wanted to get more out of their work.
They also wanted us to get our professional work in there for the personal gallery. To get the licensing for book published (and them knowing that I would get profit from this) was the biggest factor in taking 4-5 months to get approval on my Blizzard matte painting work. There were definitely some bureaucratic hoops I had to jump through, and I had to be very proactive in getting the paper work done or else it would be too late for the book publishing. In the end, it was well worth it. As the book by all three of us artists should sit well with the other two books in the series. I'm proud to be a part of such history and pedigree of previous artists. I'm also happy to see Blizzard Cinematics standing right a long side other previously featured film art such as those from The Lord of the Rings or Star Wars.
The tutorials themselves, took about 2 months to complete each, with Skyward Life being the easiest, and Monolith City being the hardest. I wanted Skyward Life to be more of a beginner piece, followed by Ivory Castle which got a little harder, and then with Monolith City, which is a fully animated matte painting tutorial. Then another 2 months for editing, and proof reading/layout to get it looking the best possible with the publisher. And now, it's just marketing and getting the word out there.
Also 50% of my proceeds from d'Artiste: Matte Painting 3 will go towards Friends of Orange County's Homeless Pets charity.
My favorite matte painting I've created is probably Monolith City, which is one of the tutorials featured in the book. I wanted to have my dog, Xena in it, and have her looking out into no where, which would later be replaced with a matte painting, and an alien city in the back.
The matte painting base plate was shot using my iPhone camera in a field. I then matchmoved it in Nuke, brought it into Cinema4D for 3D city building. Then back to Photoshop to work on the ground matte painting and further texturing of 3D elements.
Back to Nuke for projetion, then back to C4D for additional animated ships to add some life to it. Then back to Nuke for final compositing. It was real fun to do all of that, and to document how to do it for the book tutorial.
Great question! Terran has a tendency to build "Helm's Deep" for their bases. To break their defense in those turtling situations, go the Baneling Bust route, and build up Baneling that would wreak havoc on their front defenses, as well as building Zerglings to get right in their directly to their mineral patch to destroy their economy, while at the same time, having Hydralisks. Don't forget to bring a detector in case they have banshees!


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Is there anything I can do to address the easy bruising and bleeding that I've developed with age?
Bruising typically occurs when the tiny capillaries near the surface of the skin break after blunt trauma. As we age, our skin gets thinner and these blood vessels become more fragile, which can result in bruising from the slightest bumps and scrapes.
Aging aside, easy bruising can be due to a number of factors.
A common cause is drugs, especially blood-thinning medications (Coumadin/warfarin), anti-clotting drugs (Plavix), corticosteroids, and aspirin. Bleeding disorders and other diseases may also be an issue, so you should discuss these things with your doctor. (Do not stop taking any drugs unless advised to do so by your physician.)
Severe vitamin C deficiency (scurvy) is also marked by pervasive bruising as collagen breaks down. So if you're not getting at least 1,000 mg of vitamin C daily, that may be the cause of your bruising.
Deficiency in vitamin K, which is involved in blood clotting, is another potential but rare cause of bruising. The best way to make sure you're getting enough vitamin K is to eat more broccoli, Brussels sprouts, kale, spinach, and other leafy greens. Bioflavonoids such as rutin, hesperidin, and quercetin are also helpful because they decrease capillary fragility. Look for combination products in your health food store and take as directed, along with vitamin C. (Do not take vitamin K if you are taking Coumadin or another blood thinner.)
To speed healing and minimize the appearance of existing bruises, I suggest you try topical vitamin K cream.
In a recent study, patients who had received laser treatment had significant reductions in bruising after applying vitamin K to the affected areas. Arnica montana is another tried-and-true remedy for healing bumps and bruises; we use Heel's Traumeel cream at the clinic, and this homeopathic remedy is also available as sublingual tablets. And don't overlook bromelain, a pineapple enzyme that has been shown to reduce trauma-related inflammation and swelling. All of these are available in health food stores or through online retailers.
The best solution, albeit a pricey one (about $80 a week), is human growth hormone (HGH).
Like other hormones, HGH production declines with age. Raising your levels to those of a young adult with supplemental HGH confers multiple health benefits. It boosts bone and muscle mass growth, reduces body fat, and increases skin thickness—in one study by an average of 7.1 percent! Thicker skin means less bruising. To find a physician in your area who prescribes this therapy, visit the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine (A4M) at worldhealth.net, or the American College for Advancement in Medicine (ACAM) at acam.org.
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A 51-year-old man presented to the emergency department with chest pain radiating to the right shoulder. The pain had been present for several months but had become refractory to analgesics. Past medical history was remarkable for recently diagnosed diabetes mellitus with negative cardiac and gastrointestinal workups. Physical examination revealed the patient had a low-grade fever and pain localized over the midthoracic spine. A radiograph of the thoracic spine (Figure 1) prompted subsequent computed tomography (CT; Figure 2) and magnetic resonance (MR; Figure 3) examinations.
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Radiography of the thoracic spine demonstrated compression fracture of T6 (Figure 1). CT demonstrated a paravertebral soft-tissue mass with destruction of T6 vertebral bodies, posterior elements, and posterior left rib (Figure 2). MR imaging revealed abnormal enhancement within the T6 vertebral body with sparing of the adjacent intervertebral discs (Figure 3).
Cryptococcus neoformans is a ubiquitous yeast (Figure 4) that grows abundantly in soil containing bird (especially pigeon) droppings. Disseminated infection of man and animals occurs mainly in the immunocompromised, with the lungs and central nervous system most commonly affected. Approximately 50% of patients with cryptococcal meningitis, however, show no evidence of immunosuppression. Osteomyelitis occurs in 5% to 10% of disseminated cases, but isolated bone involvement is rare. Crypto-coccal meningitis is common in HIV-infected patients; however, no case of cryptococcal osteomyelitis has been reported in this population.
A recent review of 40 reported cases found most cases involved one site. The most common site was the spine, followed by the femur, tibia, humerus, and ribs. The most common comorbidity was sarcoidosis, followed by tuberculosis, steroid therapy, and, as in this case, diabetes mellitus.
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Superior plays Appleton North at 2 p.m. Saturday at D.C. Everest in Schofield.By: Ken Olson, Superior Telegram
The Superior High School football team was invited to the WIAA playoffs after its 28-8 win over the Chippewa Falls Cardinals Friday night at Ole Haugsrud Field.
With the win the Spartans were left with records of 4-4 overall and 3-4 in the Big Rivers Conference.
Because having a winning conference record is the first criteria for making the playoffs, the Spartan players and coaches thought they were leaving the field for the final time this season.
That all changed at 1:13 a.m. Saturday when the official playoff field was released and Superior was among the 224 teams to make the tournament.
The Spartans were given the No. 8 seed in Group A and will play No. 1 seed Appleton North (8-0) at 2 p.m. Saturday at D.C. Everest in Schofield. The Lightning are currently ranked No.3 in the state.
"This is great," SHS coach Bob DeMeyer said. "These kids have worked hard all season and deserve it. We know we're going to have a long trip ahead of us, but we're ready to go anywhere and line up against anybody."
The other Group A games include: No. 5 Green Bay Preble at No. 4 Stevens Point; No. 6 D.C. Everest at No 3 Bay Port and No. 7 Eau Claire Memorial at No. 2 Hudson. Those three games are at 7 p.m. Friday.
"It's definitely been an emotion rollercoaster, but when we go to the playoffs it's a new season and anything can happen," SHS senior Ben Erickson said. "Friday night we had a lot of momentum and thought we grew as a team. We were aggressive, excited and hungry to be out there. That helped a lot of these guys know that we can play with anyone. We just need to play together, play smart and execute."
The Spartans will be in the playoffs for the first time since 2008 when they lost to D.C. Everest 24-21 thanks to seven lost fumbles and an interception returned for a touchdown.
Superior ended a 16-year playoff absence when it made the playoffs in 2007. That season also ended with a loss to D.C. Everest, 50-20.
The Spartans stayed alive Friday night by getting touchdown runs from Anthony Valentine, Willie Wells, Jake Libal and Spencer Urban.
"I'm very proud of the guys," DeMeyer said. "We talked about what we had to do to win and the team went out and did them. The biggest thing was that we took care of the football."
The Cardinals (1-7, 1-6) avoided being shut out on Dalton West's 23-yard touchdown run and Tony Blair's two-point conversion pass to Chase Antolak with 1:34 remaining.
Superior's Jaylon Brown led all players with 121 yards rushing on 20 carries. Urban completed 7-of-19 passes for 118 yards. His main target was Kyle Turkowski, who caught five passes for 86 yards. The two also connected on a two-point conversion after Urban's 27-yard touchdown run in the third quarter.
On defense, Erickson kept pace among the states leading tacklers with 16 tackles, seven solo and nine assists.
For Chippewa Falls, quarterback Tony Blair completed 4-of-16 passes for 16 yards and Kyle Webb rushed for 51 yards on seven carries.
Valentine gave Superior a 7-0 lead with a 4-yard touchdown untouched around the left end with 8:09 left in the first quarter.
"I had great blocking, my blockers did it all," Valentine said. "I just ran behind them, it was a clear path."
The Spartans took a 14-0 lead when Wells, a defensive lineman, plowed into the end zone from 2 yards out with 9:09 left in the first half. McKenzie Schwarz's extra-point kick put the finishing touches on a 14-play, 82-yard drive.
"The last time I touched the football I was hauled off on a stretcher when I was a sophomore," Wells said. "I was a running back then and have been on defense ever since."
Wells suffered a neck stinger and was taken from the field on a stretcher.
"I was just a precautionary thing, but I never did run the ball again until Friday."
The play, called "Freight Train," was put in last week especially for Wells.
"Coach D (DeMeyer) knew I wanted to touch the ball since I was a running back and when he put the biggest guys, Andrew Roske and Clayton Chruscielski, in to block for me, I knew I was going to get it. We practiced it all week and I told coach it was my shot at glory."
The score went to 20-0 when Libal took a pitch from Urban and ran around the right end for a 1-yard touchdown. Willie Stream set up the score when he recovered a fumble at the Cardinals' 22-yard line.
Superior's final score came with 7:25 left in the third quarter when Urban faked a handoff and ran untouched for 27 yards around the left end. Urban also threw a pass to Turkowski for the two-point conversion.
Superior was able to thwart any chance of a Chippewa Falls rally down the stretch by forcing a pair of fumbles.
Wells knocked the ball loose and Lukas Gall recovered a fumble with 4:45 left in the third quarter and Ross Kennelly forced a fumble which was grabbed by Alex Dzikonski with less than five minutes remaining.
"I didn't know I knocked it loose at first, but then saw three guys fighting for it and Lukas came out with it," Wells said.
SPARTAN SPIN: Friday was senior night. Honored prior to the game were: Trent Olson, Brown, Raheem Vann, Josh Brand, Urban, Erickson, Chruscielski, Gall, Tony Schroeder, Valentine, Spencer Severson, Wells, Jack Kline, Nik Mattson, Turkowski, Brandon Gustafson and Dylan Garrow. … Saturday's game will be carried live online at ifan.tv. … Hudson (8-0, 7-0) clinched the BRC championship with a 34-7 over Menomonie (7-1, 6-1).
Tiebreaker system
For the first time since the WIAA playoffs began in the late 1970s, four teams with losing conference records will be playing in the postseason. Those teams are Superior, Lake Mills, Pacelli and Edgerton.
The following statement was listed online at www.wissports.net:
"In looking at which teams under .500 to make the playoffs, the first tiebreaker is overall record. Lake Mills makes it based on their 5-3 overall mark. A total of 17 teams tied with 4-4 overall records, with just three spots available. The next tiebreaker is combined conference-only winning percentage of defeated conference opponents. Basically it rewards teams that got a win over one of the better teams in the conference. Edgerton had a combined winning percentage of .5238 and is in. Pacelli and Superior were next at .2380 and fill the last two spots."
With that said, the Spartans' win over Rice Lake (5-3, 4-3) played a key role in them making the playoffs. Superior defeated Rice Lake 17-14 and Rice Lake defeated River Falls (4-3, 3-4) 46-35.
Chippewa Falls 0 0 0 8 — 8
Superior 7 13 8 0 — 28
First Quarter
SHS—Anthony Valentine 4-yard run (McKenzie Schwarz kick), 8:09.
Second Quarter
SHS—Willie Wells 2-yard run (Schwarz kick), 9:09.
SHS—Jake Libal 2-yard run (kick blocked), 3:24.
Third Quarter
SHS—Spencer Urban 27-yard run (Urban pass to Kyle Turkowski), 7:25.
Fourth Quarter
CF—Dalton West 23-yard run (Tony Blair pass to Chase Antolak), 1:34.
Team Stats
Passing 4-17-16 7-20-118
Rushing 41-190 49-238
Penalties 3-12 7-65
First Downs 11 14
Fumbles/lost 3-3 0-0
Interceptions 0 1
Individual Stats
Passing—CF, Tony Blair 4-16-16. SHS—Spencer Urban 7-19-118.
Rushing—CF, Kyle Webb 7-51; Dalton West 9-42; Jacob Rubenzer 11-41; Nathan Sylte 8-26; Drew Steinmetz 4-12; Alex Ignarski 1-5. SHS—Jaylon Brown 20-121; Urban 8-46; Anthony Valentine 4-23; Ben Erickson 4-19; Jake Libal 5-12; Willie Wells 2-6; Ross Kennelly, 2-6; Raheem Vaan 3-5; Nick Mehlum, 1-0.
Receiving—CF, Nate Kalien 1-5; Kyle Webb 1-(-8); Dalton West 1-10. SHS—Kyle Turkowski 5-86; Vann 1-12; Erickson 1-20.
Tackles—CF, Nathan Sylte 12; Amos Mayberry 10; Jacob Rubenzer 7; Dakota Schofield 6; Doug Schneider 6; Alex Ignarski 5. SHS, Erickson 16 (7-9); Valentine 12 (7-5); Lukas Gall 8 (6-2); Morgan Johnson 7; Chase Micahud 5; Andrew Roske 5; Wells 5; Nik Mattson 4; Kyle Turkowski 3; Kennelly 2; Taavi Mattson 2; Clayton Chruscielski 2; Alex Dzikonski 2; Jaylon Brown 1; Nate Sanders 1; Libal 1; Kyler Krob 1; Jeff Troyer 1.
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You sit down at the lunch table and the lady next to you asks, "What is your book about?"
You stutter and ramble, string together an incoherent paragraph together that basically sums up any number of similar books. You know, you've heard them before, maybe even come up with a few.
- A girl starts a new life and it's her first day of high school.
- A boy just got fired from his job and his life is terrible.
- A woman spends her last hours at the bedside of her dying husband.
On and on they go. But there's something missing and you can't quite put your finger on it. Most of the time, when people tell me about their books, they tell me all about what their character is like or the really cool story world they've created. But they leave out the part that makes their book a story.
What is it the character wants? And what stands in their way?
When you're telling people about your book, wouldn't it be awesome to have a short sentence that cuts right to the heart of the matter and sets your story apart? In the movie world, that sentence is called a logline. In literary world, we often refer to it as the elevator pitch.
In the future, a teenage girl volunteers to fight to the death in gladiator-style games to save her sister.
Recognize it? Does it make you want to read the book or see the movie? It worked for millions of Hunger Games fans.
So how do you write one that really catches a reader's attention? Or even a super agent's?
5 Tips for Writing Killer Loglines:
- Practice: Write loglines to movies you've seen. Try coming up with a catchy logline for both blockbusters and flops. Practice on your novel or short story, too. Come up with as many variations as you can think of until you find the right one.
- Write it First: I know Seat-of-the-Panters won't like this, but the more you have a vision about your story and can identify why you're writing early on, the clearer your writing will be. Having a logline from the beginning will help you stay on the novel path and avoid the hundreds of bunny trails along the way. And it will help you finish your first draft sooner. Remember, the logline is not written in stone. As you discover more about your story world, you can always tweak it or change it entirely.
- Word Count Matters: Twenty-five words or less – no more! Your goal here is to sum up your story in one sentence (two at the most if you have a really complex plot).
- Identify the Elements: Make sure you know your character. Who are they at the beginning? What do they want? What stands in their way? You don't have to be wordy or elaborate. In a logline, less is better.
- Formula: I've found this template to be a lifesaver, but feel free to adjust it to what works for you.
World Set-up (if using an unusual setting) + Character + Goal + Obstacle = Logline
Next time you sit down at the table and someone asks what your novel is about, you'll have the perfect words. What if it's an editor or agent at a writing conference? Who knows? Maybe your killer logline will grab their attention.
How about you? What logline tips have worked for you?


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