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History/Social Studies worksheets
Michael Phelps
Michael Phelps swam his way to success, as your young student will find out in this biography worksheet on one of the greatest swimmers in the world.
Famous Olympic Athletes: Mary Lou Retton
Mary Lou Retton tumbled into America's heart in the 1988 Olympics. Read about her Olympic victories in this worksheet, then complete a short reading exercise.
Jesse Owens
Jesse Owens' successes in the 1938 Olympics made history and paved the way for African-Americans in sports and other fields.
Jim Thorpe
Have your student read up on Jim Thorpe, an Olympian who is considered one of the greatest athletes of all time, and boost his reading skills at the same time.
Florence Griffith-Joyner
If your child has energy to spare, give her this inspirational worksheet about the famous "Flo-Jo" and develop her comprehension skills with an exercise.
Antarctica Coloring Page
Believe it or not, the frozen continent of Antarctica is home to rich and varied wildlife. How many arctic animals can you child name?
American Soldiers Coloring Page: World War I
World War I was an important turning point in world history. Pay tribute to American soldiers that fought in the war by decorating this soldier coloring page.
Asia Coloring Page
Introduce your kid to the largest continent with this Asia coloring page. You can also give a quick science quiz by asking him to name the featured animals.
Australia Coloring Page
Color this Australia coloring page! Australia is more than just a continent, it's also a country and home to a unique culture and a range of wildlife.
Africa Coloring Page
The continent of Africa is known for its amazing wildlife. Your budding explorer can bring the continent and the animals to life with this Africa coloring page.
Revolutionary War Coloring Page
If your child is reviewing America's history, start at the very beginning with this revolutionary war coloring page.
Europe Coloring Page
Help your child discover the continent of Europe with this coloring page. Discuss the history and wildlife of this important area with your them as you color!
South America Coloring Page
Get started on geography and have your child color this page and learn about this amazing continent and its animals.
North America Coloring Page
Get started on geography with this pretty coloring page that shows off native North American wildlife, too!
Women in History: Eleanor of Aquitaine
If your kid is crazy for castles and knights, have her read Eleanor's biography in this worksheet. Enhance her reading skills with a short comprehension quiz.
Women in History: Wu Zetian
Empress Wu Zetian ruled China when the western world was in the Dark Ages. This 2nd grade worksheet that balances history with reading comprehension skills.
Women in History: Marian Anderson
Marian Anderson was a singer whose talent and grace broke down many racial barriers in the mid-20th century. History students can read her biography.
Women in History: Sacagawea
Explore history with famous female navigator Sacagawea. Sacagawea was a Native American woman who helped Lewis and Clark find their way across the west.
Women in History: Eleanor Roosevelt
History students can learn all the first modern first lady in this biography worksheet, and can develop their reading comprehension skills as well.
Women in History: Marie Curie
Marie Curie was a great scientist, and the first woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize. Learn about this brilliant woman with this history worksheet.
Florence Nightingale Biography
Florence Nightingale revolutionized nursing. Your little historian can learn about Florence's life in this biography worksheet.
American Revolution: The Philadelphia Campaign
The Philadelphia Campaign was a year of battles with the Americans at Valley Forge. Students will hone reading skills and learn about the American Revolution.
The Battle of Fort Ticonderoga
Early in the American Revolution, the Patriots captured Fort Ticonderoga. Your young historian will learn the importance of this fort in this worksheet.
The Battle of Trenton
The Battle of Trenton was a turning point for the Americans in the Revolutionary War. Your young historian will learn the facts with this worksheet.
The Battle of Guilford Court House
While the Americans lost the Battle of Guilford Court House, the aftermath led to the American victory at Yorktown. Learn more with this history worksheet.
The Battle of Camden
The Battle of Camden was a low point for the American forces in the Revolutionary War. Discover the errors made at the battle in this worksheet.
Amelia Earhart Biography
Learn more about this fascinating woman in history who became the first female to fly solo across the Atlantic.
The Battle of San Jacinto
The Battle of San Jacinto was the decisive battle of the Texas Revolution. Your child will sharpen his reading skills and his knowledge of U.S. history!
Women in History: Queen Victoria
Queen Victoria ruled the British Empire for 63 important years. Students can read about Victoria's life in this history worksheet.
Elizabeth I of England
Queen Elizabeth I gave her name to an era. Your young student can read about Elizabeth's life in this biography worksheet.
Women in History: Dolley Madison
Learn about first Lady Dolley Madison with this history worksheet, complete with some reading comprehension exercises.
Women in History: Queen Isabella
Did you know that Queen Isabella of Spain paid for Columbus' expedition to the New World? Read more about this interesting woman in history.
Women in History: Pocahontas
Pocahontas was a heroine to the settlers of Jamestown, Virginia. Read more about her with this history worksheet.
Women in History: Cleopatra
Cleopatra ruled Egypt and conquered the hearts of Julius Caesar and Mark Antony. Read a mini-biography on this remarkable woman in history.
Women in History: Annie Oakley
Annie Oakley was the superstar of the wild west! Learn more about this Ohio sharpshooter with this worksheet on famous women in history.
Women in History: Mary, Queen of Scots
Mary, Queen of Scots, was a fascinating woman in history. Learn a bit more about her life with this history worksheet.
The Siege of the Alamo
The Siege of the Alamo was an important point in the Texas Revolution. Your youngster can learn the story of the siege in this worksheet.
Texas Declaration of Independence
Did you know that Texas was once an independent country? Travel back in time to learn about the signing of the Texas Declaration of Independence in 1836.
How to Read a Topographic Map
Your budding explorers will enjoy learning to read and understand the contours of a topographic map! They'll get to answer some questions and solve a maze.
Ancient Trade Routes: El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro
Learn some interesting history about some of the oldest, and longest, roads in the U.S.! Your child will learn about a famous trade route to Mexico.
Native American Tribes: Nez Perce
The Nez Perce is a Native American tribe in the Northwest U.S. This worksheet will hep your little learner to explore Native American history and culture.
Native American Tribes: Choctaw
Young readers can discover the history of the Choctaw Native American tribe with this history worksheet.
Native American Tribes: Lakota
Ride along with the Lakota tribe with this history worksheet. These Native Americans were part of the horse culture of the Dakotas.
Native American Tribes: Seminole
Discover the history of the Seminole tribe with this worksheet! This tribe, originally from Florida, has a rich culture.
Native American Tribes: Shoshone
The Shoshone were an important Native American tribe. Your little historian will learn about the culture and history of this tribe.
Native American Tribes: Comanche
Ride the range with the Comanche culture in this worksheet about the history of Native American tribes.
Native American Tribes: Cheyenne
Travel back in time to discover the Cheyenne tribe. Young readers will learn all about Native American history with this worksheet.
Native American Tribes: Apache
The Apache tribe of Native Americans helped shape the Southwest. Your young learner can read all about them in this history worksheet.
The Battle of Bunker Hill
The Battle of Bunker Hill was one of the early battles of the American Revolution. Discover the important features of the battle with this worksheet.
Native American Tribes: Navajo
Your budding historian can learn about the Navajo, the largest Native American tribe, with this worksheet.
Ancient Chinese Dynasties: Ming
Your young student will step back in time with this worksheet on the Ming Dynasty. He'll build comprehension skills as he learns some ancient history.
Native American Tribes: Iroquois
Your young historian will learn about the Iroquois League with this worksheet. He'll learn some important U.S. history as he practices his reading.
Native American Tribes: Mohawk
Your young historian can explore the Mohawk tribe. This Native American group played an important role in American history.
Local Government
Your young learner will discover the basics of local government with this worksheet all about municipalities.
Buffalo Soldiers
Your budding historian can learn about the Buffalo Soldiers, the first African American military troops to serve in peacetime.
The Siege of Yorktown
Your young historian can step back in time and read about an important battle that helped to end the American Revolution.
Tuskegee Airmen
Your little learner can learn about the heroic Tuskegee Airmen as he hones his reading comprehension skills with this history worksheet.
Underground Railroad Songs
For kids studying the Underground Railroad, here's a worksheet to help them discover some of the songs that gave hope to enslaved Americans.
The Emancipation Proclamation
Your future historian will learn about the Emancipation Proclamation as he hones his reading comprehension skills with this worksheet.
Leaders of the Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad aided thousands of enslaved Americans on the road to freedom. Students will learn about the leaders of this movement.
African American Inventors
Your young historian will learn about the some of the most notable African American inventors with this worksheet.
The Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad helped thousands of enslaved Americans find freedom. In this worksheet, your student will learn about this historic network.
Native American Tribes: Cherokee
Discover the history of the Cherokee tribe with this worksheet all about Native American culture.
Jamestown Colony
Sail back in time to Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in North America, with this fun, fact-filled worksheet.
Industrial Revolution
How did our society become so advanced? Introduce your student to the Industrial Revolution with this reading sheet.
Checks and Balances System
Help your student learn the government principle of checks and balances with this worksheet. He'll learn key terms with a word search puzzle and a quick quiz.


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The comprehensive grade-by-grade science vocabulary lists below are based on state and national science standards. They cover the key science content areas for each grade from kindergarten through high school. The lists can be used with all twenty of VocabularySpellingCity's learning activities.
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Son Follows Father as Afghan Peace Talks Chief
|Institute for War and Peace Reporting
|Khan Mohammad Danishju
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|26 April 2012
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|ARR Issue 430
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|Institute for War and Peace Reporting, Son Follows Father as Afghan Peace Talks Chief, 26 April 2012, ARR Issue 430, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/4f9a69522.html [accessed 29 May 2016]
|This is not a UNHCR publication. UNHCR is not responsible for, nor does it necessarily endorse, its content. Any views expressed are solely those of the author or publisher and do not necessarily reflect those of UNHCR, the United Nations or its Member States.
Commentators in Afghanistan have questioned a decision to replace the late Burhanuddin Rabbani with his son as head of peace negotiations with the Taleban, saying the appointment looks like a move to consolidate President Hamid Karzai's power.
On April 14, Salahuddin Rabbani, previously ambassador to Turkey, was selected head of the High Peace Council, which is tasked with reaching out to the Taleban and other insurgent groups.
His father, a former Afghan president and leader of one of the mujahedin factions, was assassinated on September 20, 2011, when a visitor arrived at his home claiming to be a Taleban peace envoy and detonated explosives concealed beneath his turban. (See Rabbani Killing Casts Doubt on Afghan Peace Efforts.)
The murder left a seven-month gap at the top of the 68-member body, which was set up in October 2010 and includes figures with backgrounds in various armed factions, including the Taleban.
Ataullah Ludin, who sits on the High Peace Council, told IWPR its members agreed on Salahuddin Rabbani unanimously.
The council's selection was approved on April 14 by Karzai and a group of politicans that included Vice-President Mohammad Qasim Fahim, Balkh provincial governor Atta Mohammad Nur, and parliamentarian Abdul Rab Rasul Sayyaf.
Karzai's spokesman Aimal Faizai Faizai said Karzai settled on the younger Rabbani only after protracted negotiations with politicians and other leaders.
Waqif Hakimi from the Jamiat-e Islami party, formerly led by Burhanuddin Rabbani, says the family connection will strengthen Salahuddin's position, and that he is a well-educated, high-profile figure who is well-placed to lead the peace effort.
Faizai told IWPR there were three reasons for the choice – "first to maintain national unity, second to pay homage and respect to his martyred father for all his services to the country, and [third] the fact that he is a well-educated, young man with proven experience of diplomatic work for the government".
Others, however, whether the 40-year-old has enough gravitas to be taken seriously by the insurgents.
Hamidullah Faruqi, spokesman for the Truth and Justice Party, described the High Peace Council as inherently flawed, and said neither father nor son had been the right appointment.
"Its structure and leadership have severe shortcomings, and appointing Burhanuddin was not the right move," he said. "Although his son is well-educated and young, his influence in politics and among the population doesn't amount to anything. There are people who are better educated and have more popular support."
Burhanuddin Rabbani was a complex figure whose life was closely entwined with Afghanistan's recent history. During the 1980s, he led Jamiat-e Islami, a powerful mujahedin faction which fought against the Soviet-backed government.
When the mujahedin entered Kabul in 1992, Rabbani was made president, a period in which there was virtually no government as the various armed factions fought for control of Kabul, reducing parts of the city to rubble in the process.
Fleeing to his stronghold in the mainly Tajik northeast of Afghanistan when the Taleban captured Kabul in 1996, Rabbani became nominal head of the Northern Alliance, a coalition of armed factions that joined with the United States in 2001 to force the Taleban from power.
Whilst undoubtedly a heavyweight, Rabbani attracted controversy as the High Peace Council's first leader. Some critics argue that having fought the Taleban for so long, he was not in an ideal position to negotiate with them.
In 2005, the New York-based advocacy group Human Rights Watch called for an investigation to determine whether Rabbani could be held culpable for abuses relating to the early phase of the civil war in 1992-93.
To some commentators, the decision to pass the position from father to son looks like cronyism.
Political analyst Fazel Rahman Oria believes Karzai chose Rabbani's son in an attempt to woo politicians from Jamiat-e Islami.
"The president wanted to maintain Jamiat under his control rather than see it join his political opponents," Oria said.
Wahid Mozhda, another political analyst, suggested that the president picked Rabbani because he was expected to take over the leadership of Jamiat-e Islami, "thus paving the way for Karzai to exert influence over Jamiat... and bolster his own position."
Mohammad Fahim and Atta Mohammad Nur, who took part in the final approval, were formerly senior commanders in the Jamiat militia.
Others commentators argue that Salahuddin Rabbani is a more impartial figure than his father, but lacks the political clout needed to forge peace.
"The peace question is not some minor thing that can be resolved by appointing one individual, or by setting up a council," Mozhda said.
Salahuddin Rabbani was not the only candidate for the post of High Peace Council chairman.
Sibghatullah Mojaddedi, a former mujahedin leader now in his eighties, also put his name forward. Mojaddedi has been leading the Afghanistan Peace and Reconciliation Commission, a separate body from the High Peace Council, since its inception in 2005. When the post went to Rabbani, he resigned in protest.
"His resignation letter has reached the president, but has not been accepted," Faizai said.
Among Kabul residents, opinion was divided about the appointment.
For Guldin, a 40-year-old from Logar province now living in the capital, it said a lot about how Afghanistan was governed.
"Positions and seats are all inherited and outsiders... are not allowed to occupy those posts," he said. "The government of Afghanistan is not committed either to achieving peace or to building institutions."
Although the Taleban have not said whether they were behind the elder Rabbani's murder, Yaqub Kohan, a 47-year-old journalist, said it would be difficult for Salahuddin to negotiate with them.
"How can he work wholeheartedly with the Taleban, or harbour warm and genuine feelings towards htem?" he asked.
Others like Mirza Mohammad, a 27-year-old Kabul resident, were more optimistic about what Rabbani's appointment could mean.
"Jamiat is a powerful political party in Afghanistan, and if it is prepared to work with the government now that Salahuddin has been appointed, isn't that a good thing?" he asked.


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After collecting a number of reviews from our team of highly esteemed and respected critics here in Park City, there are three clear favorites in the fest's U.S. Dramatic Competition. Today's SUNDANCEdaily culls the Internet to find out what the critics are saying about these three films: Debra Granik's "Winter's Bone," Derek Cianfrance's "Blue Valentine," and Drake Doremus's "Douchebag." For a complete list of criticWIRE ratings at Sundance, visit iW's Sundance Critic's Poll.
On HitFix, Daniel Fienberg discusses the ways in which the film reminded him why he comes to the fest, "Even if I spent the day trudging around in wet, slushy shoes and even if I didn't have a single real meal, experiences like catching "Winter's Bone" on Saturday (Jan. 23) evening are the reason you go to festivals like Sundance..."Winter's Bone" is the story of 17-year-old Rhee Jessup (Jennifer Lawrence), who lives in a remote corner of the Ozarks raising her brother and sister and caring for her troubled mother. When her father, a crystal meth dealer and general ne'er do well, skips bail and vanishes, Rhee faces the possibility that her family might lose their home and land. Only able to rely upon herself, Rhee attempts to track down her father. Soon, though, she's asking the sorts of questions that threaten the hierarchy of her mountain clan, where everybody's related by blood and everybody's got secrets to hide."
Tim Swanson, in the L.A. Times, notes the film's ability to transport the audience, "There are plenty of movies at this year's Sundance film festival that take audiences into new and unexpected places...but no Park City offering transports viewers to as distinctive and haunting a place as director Debra Granik's 'Winter's Bone,' which some Sundance patrons have called the best movie in the festival so far...The naturalistic thriller is saturated with small, telling details that collectively create an undeniable authenticity and regional authority; one set of neighbors is dressing a recently slaughtered deer, and more than one rusted-out car litters the otherwise bucolic landscape. "
Add the A.V. Club's Noel Murray to the list of people who endorse the film: "Half mountain noir, half mythological odyssey, Winter's Bone is my favorite kind of detective story: the kind with no detective, per se...'Winter's Bone' never missteps as a crime movie or as a regional film; it has the feel of one of those small genre films of the '70s and '80s that came and went without much fuss, only to rediscovered by movie buffs decades later. My advice? Discover this one now."
Debra Granik's interview with indieWIRE can be found here. To hear from the source novel's author, Daniel Woodrell, listen to this 2006 NPR interview.
Owen Gleiberman says exactly what about the film he found so effective, "A lushly touching, wrenching, and beautifully told story, directed by Derek Cianfrance with a mood of entwined romantic dreams and romantic loss, ['Blue Valentine'] stars Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams as Dean and Cindy, a young, semi-working-class couple who meet, fall in love, get married, raise a little daughter, and lose their spark, though not necessarily in that order. Among other things, the movie fractures time with elegant originality."
In the L.A. Times, Steven Zietchik is relieved that he has finally seen a drama that works, saying,"The coup here doesn't come in the way of dialogue or story -- though both are strong. (Filmmaker Derek Cianfrance will enjoy a fruitful career after leaving the land of Joe Smith and John Stockton -- he cited both "The Godfather II" and D.W. Griffith in discussing his influences at a post-screening Q&A.) No, the real coup is Ryan Gosling, one of the best actors of his generation and consistently part of the most interesting story lines to emerge from Park City."
We do have a dissenter in S.T. Vanairsdale at Movieline, who complains, "'Valentine' never does get rolling. To the contrary, it squeals and belches and stalls time and again, scene after scene, held hostage by Cianfrance's lack of discipline and Gosling's surfeit of self-satisfaction. Poor Williams occupies the base of this top-heavy creative triangle, once again playing the topless victim and struggling to anchor the boys' brooding as it stagnates and rots into the present day. Indeed, her Cindy represents the lone ambition in the story itself."
"Such a blank slate creates an actor's playground. Gosling and Williams put on some of the best performances of their careers, conveying a series of complex sentiments with subtle movements and gestures. These are raw performances," notes indieWIRE's Eric Kohn in an unenthusiastic review. Anne Thompson has an interview with Gosling and Cianfrance on Thompson on Hollywood. Read the iW interview with Cianfrance here.
Erik Davis at Cinematical sees big things in the small-scale film. "Two estranged brothers reunite right before one of them is to be married, only to wind up embarking on a bizarre road trip that will once and for all determine whether or not these two will remain a part of each other's lives. Directed by rising star Drake Doremus, 'Douchebag' is great in its delivery of awkward, relatable humor – the kind that only presents itself when two somewhat shlubby, disheveled brothers are forced to spend some quality time together even though they hate each other's guts. Its low-budget, shot-on-the-fly vibe may not make it appealing to the big studios, but 'Douchebag' could easy find its audience once out there thanks to a catchy title and accessible situational comedy."
Reuters' John DeFore is likewise impressed by the film, "Along the way, the screenwriting team rations out little ways for Andrew Dicker to expose Sam's selfishness and unreliability. Dickler fills the role with insight, aiming for believability instead of the broadness of the film's title -- as a result, we don't flinch when the brothers seem to be enjoying each other's company and don't find it impossible to believe when the script grants Sam some abrupt insights. In the end, the douchebag isn't the star of the show, but he's an essential part of making it work."
"'Douchebag,' thank God, isn't ersatz-mumblecore, like last year's middling twentysomething Sundance attention-getter, Humpday," says a suprised Owen Gleiberman. "As directed by the gifted Drake Doremus, whose first film was last year's Spooner, this is more like talky-core...'Douchebag' is a touching love story. It's just not the love story you expect."
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First Bite: Burger Bar Comes From LV to SF
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The first thing that you might notice about SF chef Hubert Keller's new Burger Bar, situated directly below the Cheesecake Factory in Macy's, is the merchandise. There, behind the bar, a headless, legless, busty mannequin sports a tank top and bikini underwear, both emblazoned with a sparkly martini glass and the Burger Bar logo. Upon seeing that, I remembered that the first—the original—Burger Bar is located at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas (there's a second in St. Louis).


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I am currently focusing the bulk of my energy on my pursuits in graphic and web design. I do however love to photograph places, events and people for the fun of it. In the past I have been hired to photograph weddings, portraits, products and places.
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Photography is just one of my many hobbies, but my most favorite of the bunch. Primarily I work in the graphic and web design field. You can see my work at www.rhodescreative.com.
I love to photograph roller derby, animals, places and weddings. I am focusing much of my attention on roller derby photography these days, as it is what I am most involved in. I feel like I have a lot of room to grow in this area, it is insanely hard to capture beautiful action shots in low light!
I also love to create digital illustrations, sew, knit, write, read, volunteer and garden. I am the married mother of three kids aged 10 and up, so I should probably list my official job title as "taxi driver".
Once upon a time I worked as a photographer, shooting mainly portraits, and perhaps one day I will do so again. For right now, I'm really enjoying web design- something that leaves me breathless in the work of it. I get so excited!
In the past several years I have taken time off to meet the needs of my family, and that's been great, sometimes exhausting, occasionally boring, but very very rewarding too. I'd like to spend the next several years being creative for the sake of creating again. You can see my favorite photographs showcased here.
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AGENCY 2003: Creative Agency of the Year - Bartle Bogle Hegarty
Whether working for FMCG, retail or banking brands, BBH has proven that artistic flair can drive sales.
There are many measures of success in adland: new business performance, client loyalty, creative awards, sex appeal. Bartle Bogle Hegarty scores highly on all counts. But the main reason BBH is Marketing's Creative Agency of the Year for 2003 is because it has turned out consistently excellent advertising. Not only were its ads clever, entertaining and salient, they really helped its clients sell stuff.
The agency's TV commercial for Lynx Pulse, featuring a geeky but cool dancer in a bar, was a prime example. The soundtrack topped the charts for four weeks, and the ad was one of the most written about, and talked about, of the year.
Crucially, it scored phenomenal recall among Lynx's target audience of 16- to 24-year-olds. The truly integrated campaign also proved BBH could successfully collaborate with new media and PR agencies on behalf of its client.
Lever Faberge says Pulse is now the leading variant in the market; sales of the little cans are 82% higher than 2002's new variant at the same point in the year; and Lynx has its highest share of the European deodorant market since 1991.
Unlike Lynx, KFC was a struggling brand in a declining market. But BBH's 'Soul Food' campaign, featuring beautifully shot commercials with distinctive soundtracks, reversed that. Brand recognition shot up in the aftermath and KFC grew sales by 2%, with a 0.5% increase in market share since the campaign began.
Indeed, the KFC creative - along with early work for pounds 25m win Woolworths - demonstrated that BBH, long renowned for its FMCG brand-building, is more than capable of repeating such outstanding results for retail clients.
In yet another sector, BBH's 'Fluent in finance' campaign for Barclays, featuring Samuel L Jackson, helped the bank take the lead in share of new customers in the 12 months to July 2003, gaining 1.1% of new accounts.
It also topped the table in new savings accounts, with a 5% volume share over the same period.
Elsewhere, Diageo continues to love the cinematic Johnny Walker 'Keep Walking' campaign and is now running it in 120 markets; Audi reports double-digit sales increase of the A4 model since BBH's haunting 'fish' ads; and the typically surreal Levi's campaign ('a bold new breed') helped the featured Type 1 jeans range grab a 15% slice of the denim company's sales.
Watch BBH's reel, and its astute use of sound becomes immediately apparent.
For years, the agency's Levi's ads have created number one hits, but now the agency is taking this skill further. …


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Conditions InDepth: Pneumonia
Pneumonia is a serious infection of the lungs that causes the air sacs in the lungs to fill with pus and other liquid. The infection may be caused by any of the following causative agents: bacteria, virus, fungi, and mycoplasma. In general, pneumonia is divided into two types: community acquired or hospital or nursing home acquired.
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You may get pneumonia simply because you encounter an organism that you breathe into your lungs. Whether or not you get sick depends on the contagiousness of the organism, the number of organisms you inhaled, and the ability of your immune system to fight infections.
In the United States, pneumonia is a very common illness, especially among people who are elderly.
Explore pneumonia. National Heart Lung Blood Institute (NHLBI) website. Available at:http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/health-topics/topics/pnu. Updated March 1, 2011. Accessed April 3, 2013.
Mandell LA, Wunderink RG, Anzueto A, et al. Infectious Diseases Society of America/American Thoracic Society consensus guidelines on the management of community-acquired pneumonia in adults.Clin Infect Dis. 2007;44 Suppl 2:S27-S72.
Koulenti D, Rello J. Hospital-acquired pneumonia in the 21st century: a review of existing treatment options and their impact on patient care.Expert Opin Pharmacother. 2006;7:1555-1569.
Pneumonia symptoms diagnosis and treatment. American Lung Association website. Available at:http://www.lung.org/lung-disease/pneumonia/symptoms-diagnosis-and.html. Accessed April 3, 2013.
Pneumonia in adults. EBSCO DynaMed website. Available at:https://dynamed.ebscohost.com/about/about-us. Updated March 25, 2013. Accessed April 3, 2013.
Pneumonia in children. EBSCO DynaMed website. Available at:https://dynamed.ebscohost.com/about/about-us. Updated March 18, 2013. Accessed April 3, 2013.
Niederman MS. Community-acquired pneumonia: management controversies, part 1; practical recommendations from the latest guidelines.J Respir Dis. 2002;23:10-17.
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A suite of free educational games for children aged 2 to 10. computer discovery, algebra games, science, reading and more. For Windows or Linux.
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Learn multiplication tables while playing a cool computer game.
Learn world geography - countries, cities and states.
A free coloring book program.
Teaches very young children to use the mouse.
A suite of educational games for young children
A free phonics website (english)
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Sheppard Software online games - geography and more.
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Literacy Center - online literacy games.
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is the world's largest technical society dedicated to the global aerospace profession.
A fixed-wing aircraft is an aircraft capable of flight using wings that generate lift caused by the vehicle's forward airspeed and the shape of the wings. Fixed-wing aircraft are distinct from rotary-wing aircraft in which the wings form a rotor mounted on a spinning shaft and ornithopters in which the wings flap in similar manner to a bird. The wings of a fixed-wing aircraft are not necessarily rigid; kites, hang-gliders and aeroplanes using wing-warping or variable geometry are all regarded as fixed-wing aircraft.A powered fixed-wing aircraft that gains forward thrust from an engine is typically called an aeroplane, airplane, or simply a plane. Aeroplanes include powered paragliders, powered hang gliders and some ground effect vehicles.Unpowered fixed-wing aircraft, including free-flying gliders of various kinds and tethered kites, can use moving air to gain height.Most fixed-wing aircraft are flown by a pilot on board the aircraft, but some are designed to be remotely or computer-controlled.
Grades 2-4: Aeronautics An Educator Guide with activities in Science-Mathematics-and-Technology EducationGrades K-5: Aviation Science Activities for Elementary GradesGrades 9-12: Aviation Space Education-Secondary Education Grades K-3: Discover Aeronautics and Space A Coloring Book for Elementary StudentsGrades K-3: DiscoveryGrades K-3: Dot-to-Dot Aerospace BookletGrades 6-9: Learning to Fly The Wright Brother's AdventureGrades K-6: Sky SchoolGrades K-5: The Min Page Parts of an AirplaneGrades 6-9: Which way does the wind blow?


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I iz happy... cuz ice creams iz happy
He started it, i finish it.
y u goggiez faitin?
This week we found a fun puzzle game that will challenge your dog's mind! When your dog drops the appropriate block into the hole on top of the Dog Box, treats will fall out of the bottom rewarding his/her cleverness. It even comes with varying levels of difficulty, in order to be continually engaging and never boring.
The puzzle is made out of durable wood from the forests of Sweden, and if you love it you can find out more about it here!


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Kennedy knocks off South Side
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South Side began its next possession at the Kennedy 42 following a long punt return by senior Michael Nunziato, but a fumble on a fourth-and-3 attempt to start the second quarter was recovered by Cougars junior Jesse LoPalo.
The only offensive scoring drive of the night occurred in the second half. Behind Emory and the blocking of linemen Aydin Kessler, Dominic Albi and Andrew Rodriguez, the Cougars marched 83 yards on nine plays and reached the end zone with 48 seconds left in the third quarter. Emory scored from two yards out, and senior quarterback Michael Kaplan found senior Tom Ferner for the 2-point conversion to make it 14-0.
A 27-yard field goal from senior Connor Longo with 2:36 to go sealed the outcome.
"Bad things are going to happen sometimes," Dolan said. "Tonight we cleaned up some of our mistakes and played pretty good football."
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Original Build Thread
It's been just over a year since I first built up the Barracuda Mk.I, and I recently did an update post to the original thread. But these updates to the bike deserved a new thread.
Six weeks ago I decided to move the Cinelli XA stem and Model 66 bar from the Barracuda over to the Gazelle, and the Selle Italia Flite saddle moved over as well. And the search for new parts for the Barracuda begun.
I wanted a slightly wider bar than the 40cm Cinelli as well, and finding any silver 42cm bar with the cable grooves for the aero Tektro R200A levers is difficult, let alone a good condition one with a traditional bend. But at last, here on BikeForums, I found what I was looking for. Dial_Tone who usually hangs out on the Roadie forum had a 3TTT that fit the bill.
Next I picked up a stem, a decently nice forged alloy job that ended up taking a month to get to me after the shop shipped me the wrong style stem the first time. But finally the correct one arrived late last week and the 3TTT bar installed easily.
And that left a new saddle. 55/Rad thankfully had the answer for that. He sent me a beautiful, barely used, San Marco Rolls that he had taken off one of the many italian frames he's recently had pass through his hands.
Today I finally got everything put back together. Finished off with a new roll of my favorite (if not all that vintage) bar tape. I also took a moment of time to polish off the Nashbar "N" off the brake calipers. Hopefully the weather will agree with me enough this week so I can get out for a short ride and test out the Rolls saddle.


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Lichen simplex chronicus. Hyperpigmented, lichenified plaque with accentuated skin lined caused by repeated rubbing of the area. Lichen simplex chronicus (LSC) is a localized, well-circumscribed area of thickened skin (lichenification) resulting from repeated rubbing, itching, and scratching of the skin. It can occur on normal skin of individuals with atopic, seborrheic, contact dermatitis, or psoriasis.
Color Atlas & Synopsis of Pediatric Dermatology
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01/06/2010, Just off Whisper Cove!
We've been hiking and exploring since we began this adventure at the end of February, 2008. My man is amazing in hiking and exploring each island southward since we left, but he's been wondering what's missing! His gym at home for one!
He decided he wanted to kick it up a notch and keep up with me on the hikes and improve his stamina all around! He got some weights and now is working out every day! I'm so impressed! I've always been astonished with his attitude, abilities and energy...but now he's showing me up! What a man!
How did I ever get so lucky? I can only hope to have half his energy when I get this age!
01/03/2010, Hog Island to Clark's Court Bay or Woburn Bay on Older charts
It was hard to leave the Hog anchorage, and a bit hairy too with lots of reefs protecting just about every anchorage. We were ready to explore yet another bay that we've heard so much about! We also heard that we could get wifi from the boat if we anchored just off Whisper Cove Marina. Cool name eh? Well, this place is really special too!
We are so grateful for modern technology. The chartplotter is our best friend these days, showing the skinny path to deeper waters. The photo ops are endless! Could we be any more blessed?
Dudley and Becca
01/02/2010, Hog Island, South Coast of Grenada
We couldn't wait to get off the boat after so long at the dock, get in the dink and explore. Now this may not seem like a lot to most of you, but it's huge to us. We've been at the marina and the boat yard long enough! It's time to be cruising again.
We are eager to show off this beautiful place. We boogied or motored into the gentle breeze the day after Christmas. What a paradise. After Prickly Bay, where we were rolling like it was a fair ride, we are now gently swaying in the cooling wind off this beautiful island called Hog! We can see the survey marks where the Four Seasons are planning to develop the island. They've built a bridge dividing the Hog Island Anchorage and Woburn Bay! Hopefully it will be a long time coming! Roger and Mary hope so too, since they have a sweet beach bar...for now!
This south coast is everything we've been dreaming of! Can't wait to wander!
Dudley and Bec
01/01/2010, From Hog Island, South Coast Grenada!
We are really behind in wishing everybody a Happy Birthday, Anniversary bows and hats off this month. It's January already, 2010 and I'm still in shock at how time flies!#%&*%$#^&()&%$
From Hog Island, south coast of Grenada's premiere anchorage, we wish David Hahn a Happy Birthday; Giovanni Haines, Happy Happy B'Day; Marcella Hickock, Happy 8th Birthday; Happy Anniversary to Caroleena and Will; Happy Birhday you Wonderful woman, Elaine Long; to my Honey when I moved in closer, way back when, January 16, '02; Olga First, where are you?, Happy Birthday dear friend; In Memory of Ed Ogle who passed away January 23, '06, may we celebrate your life always; to my Bestest Friend ever Tom Zoroya, May this be a Fantastic year for you, Happy Birthday, January 24 (won't tell the year); my long lost brother, Ricky Stamper, Happy Birthday also the 24th and last but not least....Have a great Birthday, as I know you know how, Karen Menges Peterson, on the 27th!
We miss you so very much, ALL! May this 2010 be a great one for you all, Birthdays, Anniversaries and just darn glad to be alive folks!
12/31/2009, Clark's Court Bay Marina
We were a little concerned about our New Year celebration and our 10th Anniversary!
Our outboard decided to quit after being 'pickled' during our marina stay from July 8th to the 16th of December! It's in the shop and the nice guy in his taxi boat that towed us yesterday, said he would take us to the party tonight if we needed it! We hadn't heard so I got on the radio! "If anyone is going to Clark's Court Bay for the New Year's Eve Party could we have a ride?" We waited for what seemed a very long time when Len and Yanna, S/V Present offered to pick us up and take us! Whew!
The rest is history! We had a wonderful time, with Miss Kitty, Jenny, Bob (the owner) all making the arrangements for a really fun night! They gave everyone a heads up, hehe, and said there was going to be a hat contest!
I won! (the calabash was planned to be a lampshade for our davis cockpit light when I got the dremmel out) but this is the first debut for the calabash which will be locked into Altair's history!
12/25/2009, S/V Moondancer
We are really blessed! We are enjoying Prickly Bay, this beautiful anchorage near the southwest corner of the island and Christmas in the Islands!
We just love Grenada and we love our friends Nellie and Phil!
They invited us to a wonderful "English" dinner along with 5 others on board Moondancer! We enjoyed a delicious rack of lamb, prepared by Chef Nellie and everyone brought along a dish to accompany their generosity.
The evening progressed with several bottles of wine, then on to cognac laced "English Pudding" for dessert! Fabulous
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June 1, 2016
A Kemper County man is behind bars Wednesday night after being shot by his step-father in Preston.
Sheriff James Moore says John Pitts is in jail on charges of simple assault and disturbance of a family.
Sheriff Moore says Pitts was attempting to break in his step-father's house through a window this morning, when the step-father shot him. Pitts was treated and released for the gunshot wound to his arm, then taken to jail. The sheriff says the homeowner was not charged in the incident because he was protecting his family and property. The shooting occurred around 7 a.m. Wednesday morning.
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Having a positive twitter image
Twitter has grown by leaps and bounds .This seemingly simple micro blogging platform has now become a tool that serves many purposes that were not even thought of when it was conceived.People use twitter to find,validate and sometimes verify a lot of things.Firms use a person's tweets as an important tool to judge his/her abilities and personality.The number and frequency of tweets has also become a talking point that carries a lot of weight in assessing a person's credibility.So,it is imperative that we have positive twitter images in the massively connected world that we live in.Let us try and study this in detail.
What is a twitter image ?A twitter image,very much like your image in the real world,is how other people on twitter perceive you.Put very shortly,it is the public definition of you on twitter.There are many things that go into the making of one's twitter image
The first and clearly most important factor that you need to consider is your twitter profile.Your profile needs to make people believe that you are a genuine person with no malafide intentions for being on twitter.So,remember to write a very crisp and unambiguous bio.The bio is your first marketing and impression building tool.Take time and put in enough cycles to write it.Avoid saying things like follow me or implying some monetary gains to your followers.Talk about yourself and be done with it.Do not make it terse and cliched.
The next factor is that try and avoid hiding behind anonymity as much as possible.Put your own picture on your profile and be ready to be credited for and accountable for whatever you say.That adds a lot of value to your image.If you are hiding behind anonymity and saying whatever pleases you,your profile may garner attention,but not credibility.Credibility is what counts ultimately.Think about your reaction to a voice that you can hear in a corner of a road,but cannot see who it is,would you lend an ear for long to the voice? That is the point that I am trying to convey here.
Another important thing is for you to decide your stand on important issues and state them upfront.Once that is done,stick to your stand and hold to your guns.People who keep taking stance leaps are not considered very trustworthy.While on this topic,also remember that radical stances and statements are at best kept to yourself and avoided on platforms like twitter.A wingnut is the last thing that you want to be seen as.
If you have a bio that says you are an expert at something,you better be.People will come to you for help and expect that you can point them to the right direction.If it becomes apparent that you are not what you claim to be,the results can then be unpredictable and almost always undesirable.
It is always a good idea to abstain from opinions or thoughts that are personal in nature.Most people get carried away and tend to forget that twitter is NOT and IM platform.Ultimately,everyone can see whatever you say to anyone.It is worthwhile to always hold this thought at the back of your mind.
Expletives and innuendo are both very big no-no items.Both or any of these can get the wrong message about you out to the world and that message stays on in the cache of many a search engine.When you are emotional or angry,try and abstain from posting anything.That always helps.
Build a good and credible network of friends and always strive to be seen as part of that circle.You are known by the company you keep and that is true even for twitter.When you are hanging around and socializing with controversial folks,you are also thought of as one.
The list above is just a set of thoughts on building a positive twitter image and are in no way exhaustive or definitve.I would love to hear from you about what you think and possibly add to this list that I have compiled for you.
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With magazine covers, public appearances and a sure-to-be-huge summer blockbuster on the horizon, Chris Pratt has a hard time believing he's not living in a dream these days.
Following up his "Today" show interview on Monday morning (June 1), Tracy Morgan sat down with Matt Lauer for an extended chat that aired last night.
It's been a long and grueling year of recovery for Tracy Morgan and on Monday (June 1) he dropped by the "Today" show for his first interview since the tragic crash that killed his friend James McNair last June.
While chatting with Matt Lauer, the "30 Rock" actor shared, "The case is settled but the pain is always going to be there for Jimmy Mac. Bones heal but the loss of my friend will never heal."
She just celebrated her third year of sobriety and Demi Lovato had plenty to share when she showed up at the "Today" show on Thursday morning (May 28).
Her step-dad Bruce Jenner told the world he's becoming a woman this past Friday (April 24) during his interview with Diane Sawyer and Kim Kardashian couldn't be more proud.
He knows the ins and outs of Tinseltown like the back of his hand, but that doesn't mean Ryan Reynolds wants a similar fate for his daughter James.
He's won seven Grammys over the years, but at times John Mayer has overshadowed his craft with high-profile relationships and controversial comments.
She's been busy promoting her new movie "Song One," and Anne Hathaway dropped by the "Today" show on Tuesday (January 20) for a heartwarming interview. The "Dark Knight Rises" dame explained that she and her husband Adam Shulman co-produced the indie flick, also noting that their marriage has completely changed her entire life for the better.


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Haven't updated in a long time
As you can tell, I haven't updated this site in a long time. I don't know know what I'll use it for at the moment, so you can safely disregard it until further notice.
As you can tell, I haven't updated this site in a long time. I don't know know what I'll use it for at the moment, so you can safely disregard it until further notice.
As we are once again out of country for Thanksgiving, I thought it would be fun to share the day with those of you who can't join us. Click here to view the webcam.
Nick, if you're watching, Daniel is of the Buzatu clan that brought us placinta!
This tiny island just next to the Marianas Trench has had trouble with snakes for a long time. When I was a Boy Scout there, my dad fitted a machette to my camping pack, half for clearing the jungle, half for tackling these little buggers.
Always look before you sit (particularly on toilets) and always zip up your tent.
Well, it looks like the latest effort to rid the island of this invasive species is to bomb the forests with frozen dead mice laced with acetaminophen, also known as Tylenol… are we trying to kill the snakes, or just help them get over their headache from the last power outage they instigated?
As for how they will actually "bomb" with mice, here's this little jem from the article:
Initially mice were tested with a variety of 'delivery systems' until researchers with the National Wildlife Researcher Center in Fort Collins, Colorado settled on a streamer attached to cardboard on which the mouse is affixed via glue. This contraption is meant to catch in the tree tops: perfectly positioning itself for hungry brown tree snakes. Researchers want to make certain the mice don't make it all the way to the ground where they could threaten local wildlife such as crabs and lizards [PDF].
Ah, the comic life of grad students. I'd say it's no longer true, but somehow the three-letter difference between "post-doc" and "pre-doc" isn't as big as it was made out to be. Wait, who made it out to be big? Perhaps that was only, "in my mind."*
And if you are a grad students and haven't discovered PhD Comics yet, you are definitely missing out on the humour that comes from realising you are are in a weird situation. . . just like every other grad student.
* This is a reference to an Eddie Izzard sketch that I have failed to find on YouTube…
I wish I was in the UK right now so that I could watch this BBC2 programme on Climbing Great Buildings.
Alas, I'll have to settle for the view behind the barrier, my memories, and comments from those of you on the inside about how the show is!
I'm not sure why I am getting so worked up about this issue. Maybe it's because of the supposed separation of church and state in America. Actually, though, I think it's because of politician's desire to feed intolerance in order to garner more votes. The New York Times is running an article today about how some Republican Congressional candidates (and some Democrats) are positioning themselves in opposition to the Islamic center (called Park 51) being proposed in downtown New York.
This seems to be the same old tactic of playing fear politics. The politician's role, apparently, is not to play to people's better natures, leading the way in demonstrating how to live by the principles on which the country was founded. Instead, his or her role is to fester divide in an already divided country, to play to the basest of human needs (security) and argue that those needs are being undermined by propagating a common misconception about a part of the population they don't feel they need votes from.
Why is this considered good politics? Why fester dissent and ignorance? I understand that the easiest way to power is to construct an all-powerful and fearful "other" that you can rile the populace into a frenzy over, then convince them that you have the answer on how to defeat them. But that's the easiest way. It doesn't lead to an enlightened public, to a public that can engage in the process of government. It leads to a military state, and has more in common with a dictatorship than a democracy. Why would current-day politicians in what should be a leading (not fear-mongering) democracy want to walk down this line? I welcome your thoughts.
I have been watching Fareed Zakaria for the last few weeks in my endless pursuit for news worth watching. I have been generally impressed with his analysis (shocking! Actual analysis!) and the eloquent expression of his opinions. His interviews with high-level personalities are thoroughly based in a deep understanding of global issues. While the program can be a little dry, its such a refreshing change from most of cable news' 24-hour mumbo-jumbo-in-your-face-constant-non-news-worthy-coverage. Below is a recent clip about the proposed Muslim center in New York City.
What other shows have you found that provide useful insight into global affairs?
I am often bemused by people's desire to believe that there is always a more sensational world out there than the one we live in. Today's xkcd strip is a good tribute to that. I'd also point out the preponderance of statements like "this is the hotest day since. . ." or "this is the lowest the market has been since. . .", even if the sentence is finished with "yesterday." That doesn't give any context, nor does it provide any analysis. But then, perhaps I ask too much of 21st Century media. . .
After a conference in Pheonix, Naomi and I headed south near the Mexican border for a few days to relax at Crooktail Ranch, home of my mom's best friend.
It was a wonderful time, mucking out stalls, being amused by the goats (Bert & Ernie), hiking in canyons, lounging the the pool, and even playing a little Wii.
I look forward to getting back there soon! Thanks Aunt Anne and Uncle Jim for a great few days.
Here's my new blog! It's going to take me a while to get things working, so it will be a bit minimalistic for the moment.
I am testing out facebook for hosting some photos. There is limited resolution and it's a bit harder to download them. Let me know in the comments here if that will be a problem for you.
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MUMBAI: Nokia India announced partnerships with Bharti Airtel and Vodafone to offer solutions from Nokia Store to customers of these two telecom operators.
"This will enable purchase of Nokia Store applications through an operator billing process. This would also offer significant monetisation opportunities to developers and galvanise local content development," Vodafone India's chief commercial officer Sanjoy Mukerji said.


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While most of you don't get to see the TV feed on French TV, you are watching their feed. They do an unbelievable job. One instance came to light on Velo Club, their post-stage show, today.
Remember Pereiro leaving the course when descending with Botero the other day? He had just put a snack - still wrapped - in his mouth. That was what, four or five days ago? Today they showed a series of stills taken from a different 2/3 camera that was slightly ahead of the live shot. He was going very slow, fortunately, and did a small somersault off of his bike in basically a country meadow of grass and scruff. They had four shots - just off the road, the fall, his return to pick up the bike, and his reentry to the course. The wrapped snack never left his mouth! He restarted with it still in there. One assumes that after what he paid for it, he ended up eating it.
Incredible photography. But typical of what they do all day, every day, during the Tour.


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I (Colin) currently live just south of Cambridge
in Sawston.
A page showing Information about my ATS3B and the modifications I've made to it is here.
Some information about my CTCSS tone encoder design is here.
Information about the Intermediate VFO project is here.
For more information on my family history research see the Tuckley Family Tree.


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At Pritchett Eye Care Associates our vision is to bring out the best in all people; including ourselves, our staff and our patients.
With seven convenient locations and 13 doctors (all Board Certified in the Treatment and Management of Ocular Disease) in Nevada: Reno (NW, West, South & Now Open in the North Valley), Sparks, Carson City, and Minden, we can conveniently meet your vision needs.
Pritchett Eye Care Associates is fully committed to your eye care needs. By using the most advanced equipment, including many computerized instruments, we can accurately analyze and assess your visual status and ocular health. In addition, we offer the latest frame styles, as well as ALL types of soft and hard contact lenses. We look forward to providing all of your eye care needs.
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Pritchett Eyecare Doctors, Staff, and Management share the common vision of creating an environment for worthy people who aspire to the common goal of improving their lives through the improvement of our patient's lives. We dedicate ourselves each day to providing a remarkable variety of services using education, communication, experience, and commitment as a path to outstanding patient satisfaction. We strive to have mutual respect for each other and encourage personal growth and community pride. We are truly a TEAM.
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Pritchett Eye Care Associates is a Sparks, Nevada-based corporation founded in July 1998 when Dr. Pritchett bought his first practice from Dr. Galen Gilbert, in Sparks Nevada. Dr. Pritchett purchased Design Optics in Carson City in October of 2001. Dr. Benitz joined the practice shortly after acquiring the Carson office. In October of 2002, the present Sparks office was built and the Prater Way office was moved to Los Altos Parkway. In January of 2003, Dr. Pritchett and Dr. Benitz formed Pritchett Eye Care, Inc. Our Reno office was purchased from Dr. David Hubbard in May of 2003 and moved to its current location on RR Boulevard in March of 2004. Dr. Hubbard remained on with the practice. The Minden practice was acquired in January 2006 from Dr. William Stone. In October of 2006, Pritchett Eye Care, Inc. purchased Dr. Gerald Lents' practice on Keystone Avenue in North West Reno.


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Vaughn's mechatronics curriculum proved to be challenging from the start. But through determination and ambition, and a little help from Vaughn's faculty, Valencia excelled in the traditionally male-dominated major. According to Valencia: "The guys were the ones always answering the questions. But one day, I understood perfectly what the professor was asking. For once, I was the first to answer a question correctly. And it kept getting better from there."
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She received two internship offers after participating in a conference hosted by the Society of Women Engineers (SWE). She also accepted a summer 2012 internship with Cummins Inc. in Columbus, Ind. in mechatronics engineering.


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In order to show just how religiously uncertain the world was, our Lord brought his Apostles to Caesarea Philippi. This city was named after a Caesar Augustus and King Herod. Its population was predominantly non-Jewish, that is, Gentile and pagan. One of its main attractions was a cave embedded in a huge rock formation; or as the first century Jewish historian, Josephus, said, "a great cavity in the earth." This was a place where many gods were worshiped. A pool of water existed in this cave, the depths of which were unknown. For the pagans, this measureless depth symbolized the bottomless pit of Hades. Their rituals would consist of throwing their sacrificed animals into this pool in hopes that their gods would be appeased. Later, after the Roman Empire annexed this land, Roman temples were to be built in front of this cave to honor their gods; which included a cult dedicated to Caesar Augustus. In the Roman Empire during the first century, emperors were given divine status.
In Caesarea Philippi, where religious uncertainty was ostentatious, Jesus Christ posed a question to his Apostles; this, to demonstrate how religious certitude can be had. He asked: "Who do people say that the Son of Man is?" The Gospel of Matthew continues: "They replied, 'Some say John the Baptist, others Elijah, still others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.' He said to them, 'But who do you say that I am?' Simon Peter said in reply, 'You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.' Jesus said to him in reply, 'Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah. For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my heavenly Father. And so I say to you, you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against it. I will give you the keys to the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.'" (Matthew 16:13-19)
Our Lord, by renaming Simon, son of Jonah, "Rock," was drawing upon a long standing Old Testament tradition. In the eighth century B.C., the Jews, descendants of Abraham, had fallen away from the worship of Yahweh, the one true God, and turned to other gods. From amidst this religious confusion, the prophet Isaiah raised his voice and told them to return to the rock from which they were hewn; the rock being father Abraham. It was on this rock where God's lighthouse shined the light of truth in the Old Testament era. This is where the standard of truth was to be found.
Hence, in order to express the permanence and reliability of God's instrument of communicating truth, Jesus used the biblical image of a rock to name Peter. In fact, the name "Peter" itself means Rock in Aramaic. In the Old Testament, the term "rock" was originally applied to God. But as we mentioned, it also was used by the prophet Isaiah in reference to Abraham: "Listen to me, you who pursue justice, who seek the LORD; Look to the rock from which you were hewn, to the pit from which you were quarried; Look to Abraham, your father, and to Sarah, who gave you birth..." (51:1-2) Hence, in the Old Testament, the name, "Rock" was not exclusively applied to God; it was also bequeathed to Abraham as well. It had a two-fold connotation of fatherhood and security from evil and error.
Like the patriarch, St. Peter was to inherit this name, "Rock," near the huge rock in Caesarea Philippi. Again, within this rock was a hollowed cave where the multitudes from many nations worshipped false gods. But upon a new Rock, a Rock that would be made into a mountain, our Lord would build his Church. This Rock or Stone would strike down the Roman Empire with a spiritual sword as the prophet Daniel prophesied: "But the stone that struck the statue [the iron statue represented the last of the great pagan empires...the Roman Empire] became a great mountain and filled the whole earth." (2:35) About this mountain Isaiah said, "The LORD'S house shall be established as the highest mountain and raised above the hills. All nations shall stream toward it..." (Isaiah 2:2-3)
In the centuries to come, nations would stream toward this mountain to receive the knowledge of God. Indeed, the ministry of St. Peter continues to this day through Pope Francis. From him comes the religious and moral certainty amid a confused world. It is the same Rock that Abraham represented; it is the same Rock upon which Christ built his Church; and this Rock is none other than God himself. As our Lord promised, the gates of hell would not prevail against it. If hell cannot prevail against it, neither can the culture of death and all that it represents.
Western Civilization, if it is to retain the blessings of God, must return to the Rock from which it was hewn. From the ministry of St. Peter, better known as the Chair of St. Peter, the truth about God, life, love, sex, marriage, contraception, abortion and euthanasia can be known with certainty. From the Church, as St. Irenaeus once said, comes "the breath of immortality and the enkindling of life anew."
But the further we drift from this rock…from this mountain…from this chair, the further we drift from all that sanctified and civilized the West. As Cardinal Gibbons said, the alternative to the supremacy of God is the supremacy of the State. The life of grace and the moral law that comes from Jesus Christ was the nemesis of religious uncertainty. Inseparable from religious uncertainty is the prevalence of human cruelty and incivility.
There are many opinions about Christ today and what he actually taught. Nevertheless, the truth of faith and morals, so necessary for our stability and happiness, is to be found coming from the Rock upon which Christ built his Church.
Joe Tremblay writes for Sky View, a current event and topic-driven Catholic blog. He was a contributor to The Edmund Burke Institute, and a frequent guest on Relevant Radio's, The Drew Mariani Show. Joe is also married with five children. The views and opinions expressed in his column are his own and not necessarily reflective of any organizations he works for.


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What drugs interact with nitrates?
Nitrates can slow down metabolism of cabergoline and ergonovine, resulting in an increase in systolic blood pressure and an increased likelihood of angina symptoms.
Sildenafil (Viagra), tadalafil (Cialis) and vardenafil (Levitra) increase the blood pressure lowering effects of nitrates and may cause excessive blood pressure reduction. Patients taking nitrates should not receive sildenafil (Viagra), tadalafil (Cialis), or vardenafil (Levitra).
What formulations of nitrates are available?
Nitrates are available in various formulations. Nitroglycerin is available in:
Only sublingual tablets, intravenous, or immediate release tablets are used for immediate treatment of angina because the onset of action of the other formulations is not fast enough.
What about taking nitrates during pregnancy or while breastfeeding?
The FDA classifies nitrates as pregnancy category C, which means that safe and effective use of nitrates in pregnant women has not been established. Nitrates should be given to pregnant women only if clearly needed.
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Facebook gets is revenue from advertising just like Google does, but at a much smaller scale. For 2010 it's estimated that Facebook earned just under $2B in ad revenue, but Google earns that much every month. Both sites are extremely popular in terms of visits and usage, and since each offers different capabilities, people will probably continue to use both. So how will Facebook ever exceed Google's ad revenue?The key to target-advertising is to match the right ads to the right people. Google uses the data they collect from searches and users traversing sites to increase the likelihood of a good match, which is confirmed by a click-through. Said another way, Google has figured out how to show people the ads that interest them most. Much of this success was led by Sheryl Sandberg, the former VP of Global Online Sales and Operations at Google.
In 2008 Sheryl Sandberg moved to Facebook to work for Mark Zuckerberg as COO with the same goal in mind. However, this time there's much more information to leverage to match ads to people. Using people's social graph, or the connections like-minded people keep, there's a huge opportunity to better focus ads and increase click-through rates. But how?
Two other cash-generating juggernauts of the decade both have their roots in social media. Groupon enables group buying at a discount. After a predetermined number of people agree to the terms of a coupon, the coupon is activated. Deals are shared among friends to ensure activation. Zynga produces popular Facebook games like Farmville and Mafia Wars, where people rely on friends to help them achieve in-game goals.
If we take some of the concepts from Groupon and Zynga and use them for advertising on Facebook, there might just be a killer-app. Facebook's forthcoming "buy with friends" program seems to be on the right track. According to Forbes, users can unlock deals then share their purchase with friends via their newsfeed. Then friends can also take advantage and push the offer along their social graph.
I can envision deals that require X number of Likes (e.g. Walmart's Crowd Savers), or are available only to the first 100 people (e.g. The Gap's free jeans). Perhaps a coupon's value increases 1% for every unique 1000 wall postings, encouraging people to share. These goals can add excitement to the shopping experience and garner greater attention from shoppers.
In the battle between Google and Facebook both will be winners, but because Facebook has access to more information about individuals, it will eventually take the lead in the online advertising space. Buy with Friends is one more step in the right direction.