text:
HERSHEY, Pa. -- A Penn State College of Medicine researcher has received a three-year, $1.7 million grant to help determine if the number of unintended pregnancies can be reduced through reproductive life planning.
The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute awarded the grant -- the first Penn State has received from PCORI -- to Cynthia Chuang, who will conduct a study looking at the effectiveness of a web-based intervention, aimed at helping women plan for whether, when and how they will be pregnant in the future.
"Most U.S. families want two children, therefore the average U.S. woman spends up to three decades of her reproductive life trying to avoid pregnancy," said Chuang, associate professor of medicine and public health sciences. "In spite of her efforts, some women end up having at least one unintended pregnancy, pregnancies that are at increased risk for adverse maternal and child health outcomes."
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recommended an exercise called "My Reproductive Life Plan." The exercise includes questions mainly about life goals and whether children are desired and how children would fit into that life or not.
"The web-based tool then helps a woman think about what birth control method(s) may be best suited for her, based upon when she wants to get pregnant in the future, what side effects she wants to avoid, how effective the method needs to be, whether she is concerned about STDs, (and so forth)," said Chuang.
Although recommended by the CDC, the "reproductive life planning" tool has never been studied to determine its effectiveness. With the PCORI grant, Chuang will be systematically evaluating the impact of the exercise.
"As the pool of Americans who have public and private health insurance grows, our intervention -- if found to be effective -- can be used widely to help women with reproductive and contraceptive planning," said Chuang.
PCORI was founded by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in 2010 to fund patient-centered research that will provide evidence-based information needed to make better-informed health care decisions.


text:
With your consent our website uses own cookies and third-party cookies to identify you and to send advertising messages in line with your online navigation preferences. Without your consent we will only use anonymized cookies, e.g session cookies. If you want to know more or refuse consent to some cookies, click here.
Products and Industries
Service and Support
News and Events
About SICK

subset: commoncrawl


text:
The dunk itself is pretty good, but Stacey King's reaction is even better. This is sort of a thing, I've learned, that King does so maybe you Chicagoans are yawning, but the rest of us can still enjoy his enthusiasm.
The game itself was a total blowout—Chicago won 97-58—with the Bulls collecting more rebounds than the Hawks scored points, but King provided the entertainment.
Go ahead, just say it: "W-W-W My Face dot com." It's fun.


text: Young guy is spying his younger sister at the lake. Beauty girlie is standing on the rock and sexily sliding down her tight swimming suit; her juicy round buttocks and pretty slender body shape hotly excites the brother and he gets his cock out of panties and smoothly wanks it off. When sister suspects him she does not look surprised, she calls him to join her and pleases with blowjob in the water


text:
Third one OH YEA :D I cant remember the name of the user who requested this but you know who your are :D
DragoArt members upload artwork and drawing tutorials! They are also allowed to leave comments on tutorials, profiles, etc. Many more features, as well; it's way better than just being a boring guest! Register Now!


text:
Caravan Specifications:
Ref Number: 36891
Year: 2010
Berths: 4
Warranty: 6 Months
Internal Length: 5.50 m
External Length:
Unladen Weight: 1368 kg
Width: 2.29m
MTPLM: 1580 kg
Caravan Features:
Additional Information
2010 Swift Challenger 530 now on display at Davan Caravans and Motorhomes.
We will part exchange any caravan, motorhome or car against this pre-owned Swift Challenger 530 (subject to condition). Davan will also consider any near offers with no part exchange. Our business can offer a full range of services, including finance repayment options (quotations on request) and service plans. If you require any further information please contact us direct on 01934 524242.
Please note whilst every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of this pre-owned Swift Challenger 530 information and images, some errors may occur. It is important that you do not rely solely on this information or images, but check with Davan any items that may affect your decision to purchase.
Davan Caravans and Motorhomes are open 7 days a week for caravan and motorhome viewing. We also have on site a large indoor awning showroom and supermarket size accessory store.
We look forward to seeing you!


text:
When you're starting up a book club, or joining one, it's easy to assume that everyone in the group is on the same page as you with regard to what you want from the group but that's very unlikely to be the case - so it's important to make sure you discuss things up front.
For example: Can a member come to a meeting if they haven't read the book? What's the policy on skipping meetings?
What sort of guidelines/expectations does your group have, and would you recommend them to other groups?


text:
Anyone who spends a large percentage of every Friday afternoon staring out the window will be heartened by research showing that a wandering mind may indicate intelligence. But can daydreaming actually make us smarter?
Jonah Lehrer points out on The Frontal Cortex that woolgathering has long been discouraged for kids and adults alike. He writes,
Children in school are encouraged to stop daydreaming and "focus," and wandering minds are often cited as a leading cause of traffic accidents. In a culture obsessed with efficiency, daydreaming is derided as a lazy habit or a lack of discipline, the kind of thinking we rely on when we don't really want to think.
But really, who wants to focus on the task at hand when there are so many puns to make out of the word "pudding?" Given a choice between work and play, is it any wonder the brain often chooses the latter? In fact, people whose brains make that choice may even be smarter ... sort of. Lehrer links to a Scientific American article in which Susan Whitfield-Gabrieli and John Gabrieli write that "the mind never rests" and that what the brain does when not encased in a specific task may shed light on intelligence and even mental illness. According to the article,
[F]unctional measures of the resting brain are providing new insights into network properties of the brain that are associated with IQ scores. In essence, they suggest that in smart people, distant areas of the brain communicate with each other more robustly than in less smart people.
Of course, what the study they reference actually found was that "the strength of connectivity among distant brain regions was greater in people with superior than average IQ scores," and IQ is a notoriously limited measure of intelligence. In fact, Whitfield-Gabrieli and Gabrieli sum up the limits of any measure of intelligence with this sentence: "Psychometricians have developed paper-and-pencil tests of general intelligence that tend to predict performance on a wide range of other tests and a number of life outcomes, like salary." Still, connections between different brain areas may help people with certain skills — though too many may actually be harmful. Whitfield-Gabrieli and Gabrieli write,
People with autism exhibit reduced connectivity in the brain network most associated with introspection. That lower connectivity may reflect their reduced ability to focus on their own thoughts and feelings, and reduced appreciation of the inner mental worlds of others. In contrast, people with schizophrenia have exaggerated connectivity in this network. This could reflect problems of self-reference and paranoia in schizophrenia, with an overactive network encouraging patients to interpret events in their environment as having special relevance to themselves.
What the writers don't really examine is whether connectivity between different brain regions is something that can be developed over time, whether daydreaming can actually make us more empathetic or even smarter (whatever that means). I certainly feel that my brain's primary "resting" activity — worrying — makes me better able to sympathize with others' problems, because it's all too easy for me to imagine those problems befalling me. I also think the hours I spent wandering around the backyard making up stories made me a better writer — my penchant for imagining families of quintuplets so that I could name all of them has even had a practical application. But the childhood brain is notoriously plastic, and it's hard to say whether daydreaming continues to confer benefits in adulthood. One thing is clear, though — the brain is at work all the time, which is a decent excuse the next time your boss catches you staring into space.
Intelligence And The Idle Mind [The Frontal Cortex]
Idle Minds And What They May Say About Intelligence [Scientific American]


text:
I couldn't stop making tutorials on sports logos because there is so many out there to make. This tutorial will show you "how to draw the Houston Texans", step by step. The Houston Texas was accepted in the NFL in 2002 to replace the Houston Oilers. Their team colors are red, white and blue and the mascot is the head of a steer or bull. This is probably going to be one of the easiest football logos to recreate which means I'm confident that you will enjoy drawing the Houston Texans. I shall return in a bit so stay tuned in. Peace out amigos.
DragoArt members upload artwork and drawing tutorials! They are also allowed to leave comments on tutorials, profiles, etc. Many more features, as well; it's way better than just being a boring guest! Register Now!


text:
SKF MetroCon
When escalators or elevators stop, so does flow of people
And no flow of people means Lost Customer Hours fines, in addition to repair and maintenance costs. Developed for heavy-duty people-moving assets, SKF MetroCon can help subway operators minimize these costs and move from reactive maintenance practices to more predictive methods.
Drive uptime and improve flow of people with SKF MetroCon
SKF MetroCon can help operators optimize auxiliary equipment maintenance, predict and prevent failures, and calculate the most cost-effective times to replace or refurbish equipment. Implementing or expanding a condition monitoring program can also reduce Lost Customer Hours and extend equipment service life, further reducing operating costs.
An underground success
SKF MetroCon is helping operators achieve such benefits for the London Underground, as well as significant energy and maintenance-hour savings. In three steps, SKF MetroCon enables operators to implement or improve condition-based maintenance and total asset management approaches. Key benefits include:
- Reduced lost customer hours
- Reduced unplanned downtime
- Improved reliability
- Improved maintenance planning
- Increased safety
- Extended equipment life cycles


text:
Delivery time: 10-25 days
The Talon Knife - Blue Steel is a 22 cm long decorative knife known from Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CSGO).
It's blade is made of high-quality stainless steel, with mirrored titanium finish, as well as the handle is made of fiberglass.
- ★ Covert Knife | Factory New
- Handle made of ABS fibreglass
- high-quality 9 cm long stainless steel blade
- exclusive design, known from CS:GO
Note: This product is only designed for decorative usage.


text:
LKDN Outdoor Digital Billboard Program
If you are in need of a kidney transplant and want to learn more about the new LKDN Billboard Initiative, click here
(Para leer esta página en español, haga clic aquí.)
If You Have an Incompatible Donor You Need to Know About: The Paired Exchange Conundrum
LKDN develops the first national campaign to educate the public about the need for Living Kidney Donors
Unlike the successful governmental programs that have educated the public about the need to register to be an organ and tissue donor, the public is unaware of the need for living kidney donors.
To learn more about the LKDN Fraternal Education Initiative click here.
If you are looking for a living kidney donor click here to watch a recent webinar titled: Having Your Donor Find YOU!!
Developing Your Kidney Kampaign. Click HERE
The Living Kidney Donors Network is a not-for-profit organization whose primary Mission is to educate people who need a kidney transplant about the living donation process and to prepare them to effectively communicate their need to family members and friends.
In the past 10 years the kidney transplant waiting list has doubled to over 90,000 people and many wait more than 5 years for a kidney transplant. There have been fewer deceased donations in 3 of last 4 years…and number of living donors was lower in 5 of last 6 years, both are troubling statistics.
The LKDN also trains dialysis and transplant social workers on how they can help their patients pursue living donation.
The LKDN Community Outreach Initiative educates the public about the overwhelming need for kidney transplants and the positive impact that living kidney donation is having. This program is facilitated by volunteers, recipients and donors who want to help the LKDN achieve their goals.
Watch The Search and the Gift
John Tait, a documentary film student at Columbia College in Chicago was interested in making the public aware of the challenge people face who are in need of a kidney transplant and the generosity shown by a kidney donor. After retiring from the Chicago Bears in 2009 after a 10 year NFL career, John enrolled in film school to follow his other love, documentaries.
This link will take you to John's documentary titled "The Search and the Gift."
I know you'll enjoy this film, it is by far the best one that I've seen.
LKDN "Starfish" Donor Appreciation Award
To honor donors, we have created the LKDN "Starfish" Donor Appreciation Award. The award is a hand blown glass Starfish, approximately 5 inches long.
The Starfish is a symbol from a story, (which is included with the gift) where a young man takes starfish that have been stranded on the beach after low tide and throws them back into the ocean before they die. When the young man tells a stranger what he's doing, the stranger points out that there are miles of beach and thousands of starfish, how can you possibly make a difference. The young man picks up a starfish, runs into the shallow waters and throws it beyond the breaking waves….then comments to the stranger "made a difference to that starfish…."
To read the whole story and to learn more about the LKDN "Starfish" Donor Appreciation Award Click Here


text:
Hi aneem. Thanks for your comment! Just wondering, do you mean TAKE AFTER (look like somebody / be similar to sb) or TAKE CARE (care for sb / look after sb)?
Jonathan (LearnEnglish Teens Team)
Jump to navigation
Watch the video. It's full of phrasal verbs, which are red in the comic. Then do the exercise to check you understand and can use the phrasal verbs.
Do you take after your mum or your dad? Do you have to look after a younger brother or sister? Do you get on well with your family? Tell us about them!
Hi aneem. Thanks for your comment! Just wondering, do you mean TAKE AFTER (look like somebody / be similar to sb) or TAKE CARE (care for sb / look after sb)?
Jonathan (LearnEnglish Teens Team)
My family members 7.My parents,1 big sister,1 big brother ,me then to small brothers.
I love my family.
My family 5 members: mother, father, sister, brother and I'm. I am the first child of the family. I have a little sister and brother from myself. i love them very much :)
My family 3 members: Mother,Father and I'm... I don't have sister and brother.. I love father and mother :)
My family have 5 members:parents,my brother and my sister.i love my family.
My family have 7 members ;parents,2 sisters,2 brother and I.
Everyone tells me that I take after my mum. And I think the same as them.
Yeah, and that's the biggest problem in the world. Every day I have to look after my young brother. He always wears me out. >.< But I love him so much. :)
Yes, I go for with my family. We're all loving each other. And I love them so so so much. :)
I have got one brother.My family have 4 members.I, my brother, my mother and my father I sometimes look after my brother... I love my family..
My family have 4 members-my parents, sister and I. We're on the good terms the majority of time, but my parents're very annoying sometimes and they're acting overprotective. They think I'm too young for some things, and my father still sees me like a baby, and we've been arguing recently. I'm the youngest, and that's the reason, but I want them to accept i'm growing up and there's no reason to protect me so much. Since I'm the youngest in the family, I don't have to look after brother/sister-luckily:). I don't take after my parents at all: we're so different, in both appearance and character.
in fact i take more after my uncle but i love my parents and my sisters too...
I take after my dad. Also I have a little step-bro I always look after him. I'm happy with that but sometimes he can be so annoying, anyway I really love him:)
I love my family.Family-is a small society.Of course, we take care of parents stay.I have got a one brother.
I have a with my brother to the good relation.
Who do you take after most? Your mum or your dad? Why?-Both of them.
Because,every parent should take care of their children.
İt is not true?
Thanks for all your answers. Actually, "take after someone" and "look after someone" have very different meanings:
take after someone = be like or look like someone in your family Both my children take after their father - they have dark hair and a short temper. I take after my mother's side of the family - we are always looking for adventure.
look after someone = take care of someone, be responsible for someone I had to look after my mum while she was ill. I'm looking after my little sister tonight when my parents go out.
You can also use look after for animals and things. I'm looking after my neighbour's cat while she's away. Can you look after my bag for a moment while I go to to the toilet?
I hope that helps! Try the practice exercises on this page to help you remember. Then try this question:
Who do you take after most? Your mum or your dad? Why?
Joanna (LearnEnglish Teens team)
We use take after when you look like someone in your family and look after when you take care of someone, right?
yes really i take after my parents both..because i love them..and i have a younger brother and a sister too.. they both take after me..i love theme all!
I think that take after is to help him in difficult situations and look after is to see if he make any mistake.... this is my opinion please tell me if i am right or wrong......
Right, everyone, I have a vocabulary question for you! What's the difference in meaning between:
a. I take after my dad.
b. I look after my dad. ???
Joanna (LearnEnglish Teens team)
hello Jo_ coordinator...well "take after some body" mean is to be similar to an older member of your family in appearance or character...& look after s.body or s.thing mean is to take care of or be in charge of someone or some thing!!!!!
am I right?
Well done marila2013 - that's exactly right!
Who do you take after?
Joanna (LearnEnglish Teens Team)
in a few words i love my family....
yes i take after my parents
Yes, I take after my parents. sometimes I must look after my little sister. I realy love my Family! :)
Yes of course that i take after my family they are everythink in my life........ I LOVE MY FAMILY.....
Yes,I look after my Dad, my Mom and my little sister.
Wow, I'm surprised how many people are happy to say that they take after their parents! In what ways are you like them? I definitely take after my dad - we have the same sense of humour.
Joanna (LearnEnglish Teens Team
of course i take after my parents and love very much. when entire house after office mother came to me, how are you? i have two sister and one brother. all family member met long time when goverment declare public holiday.
i take after my mum..... i loooove my family.....
I take after my parents.Ihave a big brother.I love my family
I love my family.
© British Council The United Kingdom's international organisation for cultural relations and educational opportunities. A registered charity: 209131 (England and Wales) SC037733 (Scotland).


text:
All transactions within Govern relate to parcels and names. Govern Central is where all people, properties and transactions come together in a centralized data access point.
Property Central combines all transactions and details related to a parcel. Through this module, users with appropriate access rights can create, add, maintain or track unlimited addresses as well as property-related variable, split/merge parcels, capture legal description, structure information, and many more elements. This module offers a single source with no data duplication, hence providing an easier way to manage addresses, parcels, building, etc.
Name Central is a central repository of names (individuals and companies). Those names are unique within this repository that could be associated with a parcel, permit, license, etc. as owner, agent, applicant, occupant, contractor, etc. A name in Govern could act as the applicant on one permit and the owner of a business that carries a Business Tax Account within your jurisdiction.
Names can be shared among departments or maintained privately within a department. Once defined, you can select a name and see all the related information (parcels, receivables, violations, active and historical permits, licenses, outstanding complaints, appeals, etc.). Duplicate names can be merged and business processes linked to those names are easily maintained.
With such centralized ability, it eliminates any potential data duplication where a change of address is done once and in one place only and adding a mailing index is entered once.
"MS Govern provides tremendous software with amazing potential and power...the people you have are good people that care about the software and your business."
-- Peter House; Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK
See What Other Customers Are Saying
Got a Bright Idea? Share it with us.


text:
The auction is here: http://www.ebay.com/itm/TEAM-ROBESPIERR ... SwBLdZr8-7
Stream/download: https://chromepeelerrecords.bandcamp.co ... r-split-10
This auction is for a SEALED copy of TEAM ROBESPIERRE / BREVATOR split 10". Has been stored in a SMOKE FREE environment.
Chrome Peeler has had a knack for bringing together seemingly disparate bands for some pretty cool releases, like with their You've Got Your Orders series of CD compilations that featured a diverse assortment of underground bands and artists writing original songs based on abstract song titles that the label invented and gave to each participant. This new 10" record is more of a New York scene report, featuring a side each from Brooklyn's Team Robespierre and Albany's Brevator, both bands offering their own weird versions of heaviness. Team Robespierre come out with nine songs of high energy electro-thrash, with two keyboardists, spastic drum sequencing, harsh shrieking vocals, the drumming going all over the place from herky-jerky no wave rhythms to blazing blastbeats...like the electro punk of the Screamers being played by a rabid digital grindcore band, brutal, manic, but infectiously catchy.
But where Team Robespierre are all about speed and mayhem and frantic keyboard chaos, when you flip the record over to Brevator's side, suddenly all of the oxygen is sucked out of the room and a heavy wave of slow feedback crashes over you as the Albany doom cult appears in a thick cloud of psychedelic sludgecore. They serve up a single untitled track that begins in a haze of heavy droning feedback and free saxophone blowing, cymbals starting to crash in as the drums creep into view, a crushing funeral doom riff eventually crashing down from above as the singer starts to sing in a deep, chanting voice,all while the buzz and crackle of malfunctioning instrument cables and short circuiting amplifiers fill the room. Where in the hell did these guys come from? This track is an amazing slab of psychedelic avant-doom, with a ritualistic graveyard atmosphere that reminds me of an even more fucked up Bloody Panda jamming with the Butthole Surfers.
Proceeds of this auction go towards funding future releases on Chrome Peeler Records.


text:
The Brave One
In the Biblical epoch, there was little other than vigilante justice. Murders were not resolved by impersonal criminal investigations by professional police, and tried by professional judges or impartial juries of the accused's peers. In the Biblical era, and in particular that of the Hebrew Bible, justice was in the hands of the local community, and of the family. If a member of your family was murdered, you were responsible to exact justice and carry out vengeance. The statement that vengeance is the LORD's was a reassurance that, even when there was no human being to carry out justice, God would not leave the guilty unpunished. But such cases were hoped to be the exception.
This puts the modern reader of the Bible, viewing The Brave One, in something of a predicament. Is the Bible's vision of how justice is to be carried out better, simply because it is in the Bible? Or is it appropriate to acknowledge that this was simply the way things were done then, and our way is legitimately different? Can we go even further, perhaps, and suggest that our society has improved upon the Bible?
How do we decide which is "better"? Do we even have a clear concept of what "justice" is and why it is important, and what it is supposed to accomplish?
Check this one out. Any thoughts?
Edit: Fixed the link so that it'll take you to the article.


text:
TechVenue.com: Your Business Technology Events Calendar - Events, News and Networking Since 1998
TechVenue.com Event Details: |
Plan On Attending? Click Here
Tuesday, February 25 2020
7:00pm - 9:30pm
Weekly Hack Night
If this is your first time get started here on our website!
Watch the video to get a sense of what we're like:
TransportationThe Red Line stop for CIC is Kendall. For those who drive, there is a pay parking lot underneath the building and limited meter parking in the area. Please make sure to check in with security when you arrive. FoodPizza is provided based on the number of RSVPs to the Meetup. Schedule7:00 p.m. - Opening remarks, project updates, announcements7:20 p.m. - New member orientation8:00 p.m. - Hacking! To ensure that Code for Boston is a welcoming space for all, staff and participants are held to our Code of Conduct (
All Code for Boston events are on the record by default. Participants should be made aware that they may be quoted, photographed, videotaped, and otherwise recorded. Exceptions must be agreed to by all parties present in a conversation in order for the conversation to be off the record.
Plan On Attending?
Click Here
to Share with Your Network(s) and/or Bookmark It!
Download as iCalendar (iCal) Format For Your Personal Outlook or Mobile Device Calendar!
First Learned About This Event At TechVenue.com? Please Mention Us When You Register and Attend - Thank You!
All content and formatting Copyright � 1998-2010 - TechVenue.com
Event Address:
City, State or Zip:
United States


text:
Keys - Skins - Cards
Online Games
$ Currency
In the MMO Revelation Online, you will explore the fantastic world of Nuanor, searching for a mysterious artifact. No matter which of the six available classes you have chosen for your character – Swordmage, Occultist, Gunslinger, Blademaster, Spirit Shaper or Vanguard – you will require to improve your gear again and again on your journey through the world of RO, getting new weapons, armor and consumables that will improve your character so you can face all the enemies and dangers that await you.
Here at MMOGA, you can buy Revelation Online Imperial Coins, the ingame currency of the game, which will allow you to afford useful contents and items. Equip your character in a proper way to become able to finish every fight victorious. Afford helpful potions, sturdy armor and sweeping weapons (ranging from magic staffs to swords) with great bonus values!
RO Imperial Coins will make your voyage through the story of Revelation Online a lot more comfortable. Make sure to get the ingame currency at a favorable price – buy Revelation Online Imperial Coins now at MMOGA!


text:
With its collections of ancient, modern and contemporary art, the Musée de Grenoble offers you a chance to traverse the history of western painting from the 13th to the 20th centuries. Included are major masterpieces of classical Flemish, Dutch, Italian and Spanish painting; one of 20th century Europe's richest collections; and all the great post-1945 contemporary art trends, right up to the most recent artworks of the 2000s.
In 1797, Ingres joined David's studio. His earliest works were essentially portraits, painted in the kind of "cut and dry" style little appreciated by the critics. Little by little, throughout his life divided between Paris and Rome, Ingres earned growing acclaim with delicately modelled nudes, large historical and literary compositions, and portraits in which his sense of line achieved its peak. The artist preferred forms using drawing which, in the Head of the Great Odalisque, well illustrates his interest in the curve and counter-curve.
At the 1819 Salon, The Great Odalisque caused a scandal: it disconcerted and perplexed viewers through the arbitrary drawing of the woman's body, the lack of consistency in her flesh, the flat look of her contours, and her elongated proportions. Ingres nevertheless used this subject several times, either in a reduced format or only depicting the head on a round canvas. This work is painted in a circle inscribed in the square of the canvas, with the round frame covering where the surface spills over.
The artist focused on how he rendered the flesh tints, fabric and jewels with the help of a palette dominated by subtle pink-beiges. The fine and painstaking stroke reminds us of his admiration for Renaissance painters, Raphael in particular. The impassive features of the face, seen in three-quarter profile, are brightly lit, with the right part remaining plunged in darkness. The turbaned hairstyle of the model and the presence of pearls lend this picture a note of discreet orientalism.
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
(Montauban, 1780 - Paris, 1867)
Head of the Great Odalisque, 1814
33 x 33,5 cm
Crédit photographique : Ville de Grenoble/Musée de Grenoble - Jean-Luc Lacroix


text:
Here is the interview / podcast!
820i, 1220i, 1620i, 1640i
Recorded on the day of release Plasa show, London 2009
Its a...
Yes folks, the eagled eyed amongst you may have noticed the new link in the forum navigation bar marked "Video Vault"...
Download the interview here
Check it out here!
Bob stopped by..kfhkh
Rupert Neve interview March 19th 2007
This interview took place in London at the Sonic Distribution studio opening party, west...
From outside!
Gina and Kevin explain ESession
Find out more here! http://www.esession.com
SSL interview / podcast
(this is the same one as in the other thread, just on its own...)
thanx to Sebastian for translating it, Tik to review it, T.Ray to make the final corrections. you RULE GUYS!
and a special...
Interview with Vince at Speck Eletronics kfhkh
I jogged next to him as he was pounding along the AES show floor to get this interview..
Here is an interview from the AES floor.. Wade demos his new stereo compressor and the Germanium Tone Control EQ.
Bonzai talks about his new book..
Synth Guru
Remember Me?


text:
Dear Dr:
This problem with my GI tract has been going on for two months, and the more I learn, the more frustrated I get with how you have handled my case.
Why did your partner do an EGD instead of an ERCP? From comments I've heard, I'm not the only one asking that question. I really don't understand. The scope was already in place – he could have kept going until he found the problem. That would have eliminated the need for the subsequent MRCP and the second CT.
Once you decided that I needed a lithotripsy, I don't understand why you would only refer me to big-city when there's somebody right there in mid-sized-city who does the procedure. Referring to a competitor when you can't provide the needed procedure looks like you want what's best for the patient. Conversely, making the patient wait months for treatment because you won't refer to a competitor looks like you don't really care if patients are suffering.
I don't understand why you only told the big-city GI department about CT#1 and not CT#2. Shouldn't they know about both of them? I don't understand why the referral you wrote flagged me as routine so that they thought they could contact me in their own sweet time instead of treating me promptly.
When you wrote that referral, I'd already been suffering four weeks. I don't understand why, when it took three more weeks for big-city to call and set up an appointment even further in the future, and I begged your office to expedite the process or find me a different doctor who could do it sooner, you waited another week to respond. I don't understand why your response was to send my paperwork to big-city's medical school, where it could gather dust for a few more weeks before they called me to set up a routine appointment.
You seem to view the fact that my entire abdomen aches and I can't eat as routine, not serious, and not worthy of your attention. Why is that?
Maybe you're not familiar with any of the doctors in the competing healthcare system, but there is a doctor in mid-sized city who does lithotripsies. He looked at my CT images and said that I needed to be seen promptly. He even re-arranged his schedule to fit me in and get the procedure done as soon as possible. He performed the ERCP/EHL last week. My pancreatic duct was 80% blocked. Eighty percent! Maybe you think that's routine, but I certainly don't.
When I saw you in the middle of September, I had no idea this problem would drag on so long that it could affect my family's plans for Thanksgiving. What's so incredibly frustrating is that it didn't have to be this way. You could have – should have – handled this very differently.
If you had referred me to your competitor, the procedure would have been done promptly, I'd have returned to you for follow-up, and all this would be in the past. Instead this is ongoing and I'm not particularly inclined to return to you for follow-up. Since you wouldn't act in my best interests in this situation, why would I trust you in the future?
When I go to my family physician for help, I know he'll listen to me and do what's needed to get me well. When I go to my rheumatologist, I know she'll listen to me and do whatever it takes to get me the treatment I need. When I go to you… well, it's so sad that the same thing can't be said for you.


text:
Commissioner Phil Lyman read the letter during the weekly Commission meeting on March 26.
Hunt serves as the chairman of a group of residents who formed to look at the issue of taxation for the county health service district.
A property tax approved by voters in 1990 generated approximately $1 million last year for the health care district. The district operates the San Juan Hospital in Monticello, as well as clinics in Monticello, Blanding, Dove Creek and Spanish Valley.
The letter asks that the tax subsidy issue be placed on the November ballot to give citizens a vote on whether to continue a tax which they believe was not meant to last forever.
The group believes that the district has demonstrated the ability to "hold its own under the excellent management of CEO Phil Lowe and Chief Financial Officer Lyman Duncan."
They cite examples of the improved financial situation of the district. The letter states that the hospital receives large sums of money from the Community Impact Board and no longer needs the support of the tax payers.
They also question the fairness of a tax subsidized entity competing with private enterprise and urged the commission to reduce taxes by placing the issue on the ballot. The group expressed a belief that eliminating the tax subsidy could help bring harmony to the county.
The Commission asked County Clerk Norman Johnson to research the issue and what it takes to have such an issue included on the ballot.
Anthony Hall, Senior project manager for Eco-Power Windfarms, approached the commission to discuss the future of wind generated power in the area.
Hall said his company has purchased the leases from Redco, a company that had planned a wind farm north of Monticello.
Hall said his company owns 17 wind generation sites across Wyoming and Utah. The project near Monticello will be completed in three phases and will include 35 wind turbines in each phase.
Hall expressed a desire to expand the capabilities in the area as much as possible. Hall said his company intends to move forward on the project as quickly as possible and hopes that by spring of 2013 there will be turbines producing wind power on the site.
Hall discussed the economic impact the project may have, stating that the construction phase will bring large crews to fill motel rooms. Hall added that the first phase will bring approximately 10 employees to manage and maintain the site.
Commissioner Bruce Adams mentioned necessary discussions related to Sage Grouse in the area, but expressed support for the project. Adams encouraged Hall to use San Juan County residents and services whenever possible for the project.
The Commission signed a letter to the Bureau of Land Management regarding the recent dispute over the exactness of roads based on GPS mapping technology.
According to a March 5 letter from the BLM, the county was authorized to complete road maintenance on the county road D0570 in the Indian Creek area. The commission is concerned over a restriction that county maintenance is confined to the exact route of the road approved in the 2008 BLM Resource Management Plan.
The county disagrees with this restriction because of problems using map-grade GPS lines to identify exact route alignments on the ground.
The county writes that map-grade GPS data can be off by several or more feet from the actual travel route that the county intended to preserve during the mapping of roads.
The county said the roads were mapped by traveling the route that was considered to be the route used by the public, but the line created is not always exactly where the road was driven and therefore cannot be used to pinpoint a center line of the road on the ground.
The letter adds that the county has been maintaining "D" roads for years and has always maintained the standard of staying within the disturbed area of the travel route. They assert that they must be allowed to maintain roads on the actual route on the ground, regardless of where the GPS centerline of the road may be. They will continue to discuss the issue during an April 16 coordination meeting with the BLM.
The commission also signed a letter to the BLM regarding the Devils Canyon fuels reduction and vegetation restoration project, which is in the planning process. The county expressed support for fuel reduction projects and the project in general. They asked that the BLM consider including State of Utah School Institutional Trust Lands in the project planning.
Maxine Deeter and Tom Heinlen from the Monticello BLM Office presented the Commission with a recreation and public purposes act patent for land in Mexican Hat. The patent is essentially the deed to 2.5 acres of property in Mexican Hat where the fire station and other offices are located.
County Clerk Norman Johnson presented the commission with early tax sale information. Johnson said 16 letters were sent to property owners, which is twice as many as in a typical year.
Johnson also asked permission to work with the county attorneys to update the county GRAMMA ordinance. It has not been changed since it was established in 1992.


text:
Ben in the 70s
Coach Taylor is, unfortunately, not pictured here. But this is director Ben Affleck on the set of Argo yesterday in LA. He stars in the film as well which also features Alan Arkin, Bryan Cranston, John Goodman, and, yes, Kyle Chandler. It's 1979. There's a covert CIA rescue operation. (Is "covert" redundant when applied to the CIA?) Affleck is "Tony Mendez" who is in charge of the mission. Remember when dudes used to wear their pants like this? I'm trying to picture Jacek wearing his pants like this.
Anyway, following the success of The Town on top of the surprising strength of Gone Baby Gone, Ben is, as you know, now a very respected director who can attract top tier talent, not just in acting but in other areas of the production, including cinematographers, editors, and this time for Argo he has assembled an impressive team, all of which is contributing to even higher expectations for his third film. Which may be why he's smoking again.
Ben said he quit 3 years ago. But it's hard. I know it's hard because I've had a lifelong sick ass love affair with cigarettes too and when the sh-t gets heavy, it's so f-cking hard not to give in to that urge. I wonder if Jennifer Garner lets him smoke in the yard.
Speaking of Jennifer Garner, she's on her way to TIFF for Butter next week with Hugh Jackman. And Blake Lively is on her way here too for her film Hick, her second year in a row. Remember last year when Garner hadn't shown up to any The Town events but somehow made it Toronto because...she really, really wanted to support her husband. If he wasn't shooting would Ben fly out to support her? It's not his style, no, but I think he'd have a better attitude about it than Chris Martin. How ironic, that Gwyneth once called Ben a knucklehead and now her dickhead of a husband runs around like he's doing something wrong whenever he's supposed to be on her side. More on this later.
Photos from Bauergriffinonline.com


text:
New Releases Free & Bargain Books
Sharing the Love of Books
Enjoy our selection of New Releases / Free & Bargain Books this week
This weekly link up is hosted by Beck Valley Books & these awesome book loving blogs...
Life as
It's My Side of Life |
Beck Valley Books | A Library of Reviews | Cinnamon Hollow Reviews
Miki's Hope | Nicki's Nook
Ebook Addicts | I Love Romance | Mother Distracted | Colorimetry | The Ultimate Fan Blog
Totally Addicted to Reading | 3 Partners in Shopping | Angie's Angle | I
Lynchburg Mama | LibriAmoriMiei | Ali - The Dragon Slayer | Wondermom
Deal Sharing Aunt | Rambling Reviews
For Pre-orders post - PRE-ORDER / genre / title /author
For Free Books post - FREE / genre / title / author / end date
(Strictly no Erotica
Here is this weeks awesome selection!
Would you like to share our
Would you like to become a weekly host?
Come back and check out the new selection every week x


text:
|Faces of the departed - 2002-2003
There is a beautiful monument at the Central Texas Veterans Cemetery for the region's casualties from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. I figured that I would pay tribute here to those men and women of all services that gave their lives in this conflict.
Roll Call
SPC Curtis Carter
TSGT John A Chapman
SFC Nathan R Chapman
SPC Genaro Acosta
PFC Steven Acosta
SPC Richard S Arriage
SPC Jonathan P Barnes
SGT Michael P Barrera
CSM James D Blankenbecler
CW4 Clarence E Boone
SSG Kenneth Bradley
SPC Artimus Brassfield
PVT Matthew Bush
SPC Nathaniel A Caldwell
SPC Isaac Campoy
SGT Sean K Cataudella
CPL Gary B Coleman
CWO Alexander S Coulter
PFC Anthony D'Agostino
PVT Jesse M Halling
SGT Atanasio Haro-Marin Jr
PFC RayShawn S Johnson
PFC Karina S Lau
CPT Robert L Lucero
SSG Eddie E Menyweather
SGT Daniel K Methvin
SGT Keman L Mitchell
SPC Jose L Mora
SPC Joseph C Norquist
CPT Leif E Nott
1LT Osbaldo Orozco
SSG Dale A Panchot
SPC Wilfredo Perez Jr
SC James "Heath" Pirtle
SPC James E Powell
SPC Christian C Schultz
SPC Narson B Sullivan
CPT John R Teal
SSG Anthony O Thompson
PVT Scott M Tyrell
SPC Frances M Vega
SPC Donal L Wheeler
SGT Steven W White
CPT George A Wood
SPC James Wright
May our Soldiers come home soon.


text:
Pediatric Services at Baptist consist of:
In this unit, Baptist's highly trained specialists provide our smallest infants with integrated, comprehensive care.
An outpatient clinic is available for those newborns needing additional follow-up, including services such as weight checks and lab work.
New parents and growing families can take advantage of our full range of childbirth and family education classes.
What can we help you find?


text:
Latest News
Community Life
Visitors Page
Photo Gallery
Contact Us
Community Life
The Villager Online
Parish Council
Playgrounds Appeal
Community Assoc.
Village Hall & Pavilion
Village Hall
Jubilee Pavilion
Stores / Post / Pub
Village Stores
Post Office
The Red Lion
Environment Group
2013 Parish Conservation Plan
Millennium Wood
St James Churchyard
Wellsprings Pond
Thermal Imaging Study
Fruit Tree Survey
Community Orchard
Photo-Voltaic Initiative
Traffic Surveys
Moths Survey
Past Projects
Brightwell School
Allsorts Preschool
Allsorts Preschool Home Page
Allsorts Memories
Sports Clubs
AFC Brightwell
Badminton Club
Brightwell Juniors Cricket Club
Cricket Club
Golf Society
Indoor Bowls Club
Junior Badminton
Kings Meadow Tennis Club
Current Planning
Red Box Gallery
Radio Oxford April 2019
In the Frame
Index by Name
Index by Date
Where Are They Now?
Archive 2010-2011
Archive 2008-2009
Archive 2006-2007
Sally Dugan 1954 - 2018
Cecil Western , 1917-2017
Brightwell-cum-Sotwell weather forecast
You must have a browser that supports iframes to view the BBC weather forecast
Powered by webboutiques.co.uk
web design company Oxford
© Copyright Brightwell-cum-Sotwell.
Our website makes use of non-invasive (no personal data) cookies to provide you with an enhanced user experience. By continuing to use the site, you consent to this.
The UK Law now requires us to get consent from you for the use of cookies
A cookie is a small file containing text and numbers generated by the website and passed from your browser back to our website when you revisit the site.
A cookie is used here to allow you to navigate the site, log in etc. Without this cookie (called a session cookie), this site would not work properly and so this has already been set.
We use an animation based rotating image which uses a cookie to know which image was last displayed so that as you move from page to page you are not seeing the same image every time.
We can also make use of third party services such as video clip players which can set cookies, for example to enable them to know that you part played a video clip previously, or to store customised settings such as brightness or volume.


text:
It's been a month since the Redskins lost to the Panthers and coach Mike Shanahan said that he'd use the rest of the season to evaluate players.
The implication: 2012 was a wash and he was looking ahead to 2013.
The team doesn't like to talk about Shanahan's very public moment of candor, and we get that. Washington was 3-6 at the time and Shanahan was understandably frustrated. But there were also seven games left to play.
So after the Week 10 bye, the 'Skins got to work. They've since won three straight, all against NFC East opponents, and are this close to the playoffs (specifically: They're seventh in a six-team race).
The final four games -- Baltimore, at Cleveland, at Philadelphia, Dallas -- will decide their fate.
So what sparked the turnaround? It's pretty simple, really: The team was beat (and beaten up) over the first two months of the season and needed that bye week to regroup.
"If you think about it, we didn't get our bye week until the tenth week of the season," linebacker London Fletcher said, via the Washington Post:
"We played nine games and then finally got a bye week. We had a lot of close games. That kind of wears on you a little bit. We just got a chance to get away for a little bit, refresh mentally, refocus. We understood, yeah, at that point in time we were 3-6. We looked at our situation and knew, 'Hey, we win a couple ballgames, it could be totally different for us'."
"And that's what we did. We really focused in. Getting that win against the Eagles was a big one. And then you think about going down to Dallas on a short week and coming away with a victory, and then setting it up to set the stage for tonight. It's just a great feeling for us but we've still got a lot of work to do."
The Redskins have had their share of bad luck, especially early in the season; they lost Brian Orakpo, Adam Carriker and Fred Davis, and Pierre Garcon was sidelined with a foot injury until recently. But if Washington had their bye week earlier (some teams were off as early as Week 4), things might have turned out differently on the back end.
"You start believing, like, 'When is it going to happen? Here it goes again'," linebacker Lorenzo Alexander said, the Post reports. "Now I think it's completely different. ...You know Robert [Griffin] is about to make a play. You know Alfred [Morris] is about to run for a big run. You know somebody is going to have a big catch. On defense, you know Rob Jackson is going to put some pressure on, somebody is going to stand up. That's what you've got to have, that type of belief."
The old "winning fixes everything" is a cliche for a reason. Clearly, some of it has to do with a revitalized group benefiting from a late-season bye, but the Jim Haslett's defense also deserves a lot of credit.
Whether it's because they're well-rested or are just executing much better now than they were over the first nine games, the bottom line is that they're making plays, something we didn't see during the first three months.
That coupled with the offense's weekly improvement make it hard not to like Washington's chances.
But let's not start making plans for New Orleans just yet. First things first: The Ravens are coming to FedEx Field Sunday.


text:
one parent, one child, one wheel!
Stand out from the crowd with unirider - a unique riding experience that develops balance and confidence for your child, as well as having so much fun!
unirider is a fun alternative for your little one when out and about; it provides a sense of freedom for your growing toddler while still keeping them within your fingertips.
a real solution from a real parent
Cleverly designed in collaboration with a very clever dad in the UK - Simon Langham - he came up with this ingenious idea of taking the 'meltdown' toddler away from family adventures back in 2011, "Freddie reached the age of three, and he wasn't at all keen on sitting in the pushchair for any length of time. Everyone ended up frustrated so it got me thinking..." Read more
from vision to reality
Simon's idea became reality with a perfect partnership of Simon's ingenious idea, and Mountain Buggy's design philosophy of "we listen, we develop, we deliver". Over a year later, after much testing with the Mountain Buggy's in-house creche 'minimee' toddlers, and unirider was born.
make your trips fun!
A unique riding experience that develops balance and confidence for your child, unirider provides the perfect solution for day to day short trips when you need to get from a-to-b quickly. Whether it is off to daycare or school, or simply down to the local shops to meet friends be sure to make it fun for the whole family!
unirider performs perfectly on all terrain with its 12″ airfilled tyre. It's so lightweight, making it incredibly easy to lift over small obstacles - super fun for those off road adventures! You can even jog with unirider using only one hand - Mountain Buggy manoeuvrability at its best! But just remember, be safe and ensure your child wears a safety helmet whilst active with unirider!
other features you will love
Houses two positions for your child's feet for better comfort as your child grows
So easy to assemble - takes only minutes
One 12" air filled tyre to tackle all terrain - also absorbs the shock by using the air as suspension under the child's seat
Fun yellow colour for boys and girls! Made of the best as it's Mountain Buggy tough!


text:
Matteo Ricci
Born: 6 October 1552 in Macerata, Papal States (now Italy)
Died: 11 May 1610 in Peking, China
Click the picture above
to see three larger pictures
to see three larger pictures
|Main Index
|Biographies index
After being educated at home by his parents, Matteo Ricci entered the Jesuit School in Macerata in 1561. He went to Rome in 1568 to study law but he was attracted to the Jesuit religious order which he joined in 1571. He then continued his studies in Rome, studying mathematics and astronomy under Clavius.
Ricci set out on his sea voyages in 1577. He arrived first in Portugal where he studied at the University of Coimbra for a while. Then, in 1578, he sailed to the Portuguese city of Goa on the west coast of India. In Goa Ricci studied for the priesthood, and he was ordained in 1580. Two years later he sailed to China.
Ricci arrived at Macau on the east coast of China in 1582. He settled in Chao-ch'ing, Kwangtung Province and began his study of Chinese. He also worked at acquiring understanding of Chinese culture. While there Ricci produced the first edition of his map of the world Great Map of Ten Thousand Countries which is a remarkable achievement showing China's geographical position in the world.
In 1589 Ricci moved to Shao-chou and began to teach Chinese scholars the mathematical ideas that he had learnt from his teacher Clavius. This is perhaps the first time that European mathematics and Chinese mathematics had interacted and it must be seen as an important event. Ricci attempted to visit Peking in 1595 but found the city closed to foreigners. He went instead to Nanking where he lived from 1599, working on mathematics, astronomy and geography.
Ricci was well received in Nanking and this encouraged him to try again to visit Peking which he did in 1601. This time he was allowed to live in the city and he made this his home from that time until his death nine years later.
There was at that time a problem with the European's understanding of whether the country which Marco Polo had visited by an overland route, and called Cathay, was the same country as China which had been visited by sea. Marco Polo, also an Italian, had travelled from Europe through Asia beginning his journey in 1271 and living in Cathay for 17 years before returning to Italy. Ricci was convinced that these countries were the same but, until another overland journey was made, this could not be confirmed. Ricci's hypothesis was proved by another Jesuit by the name of De Goes, who set out from India in 1602, and although he died in 1607 before reaching Peking, he had by that time made contact by letter with Ricci and proved that Marco Polo's Cathay was China.
By the time he was living in Peking, Ricci's skill at Chinese was sufficient to allow him to publish several books in Chinese. He wrote The Secure Treatise on God (1603), The Twenty-five Words (1605), The First Six Books of Euclid (1607), and The Ten Paradoxes (1608). The First Six Books of Euclid was based on Clavius's Latin version of Euclid's Elements which Ricci had studied under Clavius's guidance while in Rome. The Chinese reaction to Ricci's book, which showed them the logical construction in Euclid's Elements for the first time, is discussed in [10]. Certainly the style of Euclid was far from the style of Chinese mathematics and this mixing of mathematical cultures must have been a cultural shock to both sides.
Ricci of course had to dress in the style of a Chinese scholar and be known under a Chinese name, he used 'Li Matou', to become accepted by the Chinese. However he became famous in China for more than his mathematical skills, becoming known for his extraordinary memory and for his knowledge of astronomy. He even became known as a painter and a painting of a landscape around Peking has recently been attributed to him.
Article by: J J O'Connor and E F Robertson
List of References (10 books/articles)
A Poster of Matteo Ricci
Mathematicians born in the same country
Honours awarded to Matteo Ricci
(Click the link below for those honoured in this way)
|Lunar features
|Crater Riccius
Cross-references in MacTutor
- History Topics: Overview of Chinese mathematics
Other Web sites
- Encyclopaedia Britannica
- Jesuit Scientists
- The Catholic Encyclopedia
- The Galileo Project


text:
Things to do in Ontario
Recommended experiences and activities
Why Horizon Guides?
Expert travel guides
Our guides are written by the leading experts in their destinations. We never take payment for positive coverage so you can count on us for reliable and impartial travel advice.
Authentic experiences
We curate exceptional trips in underrated places, organised by the very best tour operators who live and breathe their destinations and are passionate about authentic, responsible tourism.
Give back to mother nature
We'll plant 50 trees for every trip booked via the Horizon Guides site in partnership with the International Tree Foundation, who carry out sustainable community forestry projects in Africa.


text:
Vital Design necesitaba un nuevo diseño de otro y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 19 diseños de 6 diseñadores freelance.
Stand-up banners needed for business education program called "Creating Pathways for Entrepreneurial Families". A program directed at rural business families. The program is part of a university business school.
Creating Pathways for Entrepreneurial Families
This is to be a creative abstract vector art style banner for a
Entrepreneurial rural business education program.
The education program is for rural business people who run family businesses and combine their passion of work and family.
5 banners needed to display a unified image theme.
5 banners need to be created in a unified image/theme across all 5 banners. A diagram with banner sizes is available here: http://www.savagefire.com/images/ba…iagram.jpg
Banner #1 must have the "Business School" logo as a primary focus and the "RBC" logo as a secondary focus.
The "Business School" logo idea can be
downloaded here: http://www.savagefire.com/images/Un…zontal.eps
The "RBC" logo be downloaded here:
Banner #2 must have the "Creating Pathways" logo a a primary focus and the "Rural Development" logo as a secondary focus.
The "Creating Pathways" logo is available here:
The "Rural Development" logo can be downloaded here:
Banners 3,4,5 need to have abstract vector imagery unifying them all and going with the theme.
The "Creating Pathways" logo style and imagery is the main style and theme that should be used.
The banners must be able to be setup in the following combination and still look complete(reference diagram for numbering):
The banners should be:
- clean
- business oriented
- abstract
- vector
- artistic
- one - four colours onlyThe banner theme should be:
- growing metaphor (tree, sprout, leaf...)
- business learning
- family oriented (family tree?, smiling family?)
- path to success (abstract path symbolism)
- ruralThe
abstract artistic "tree" or "sprout/leaf" metaphor symbolism seems to
be an idea that encompasses "rural", "family tree", "growth by
learning" idea. Other relevant ideas are welcomed and will be
considered as well.
Final file format should be AI or eps. Final files will also need a 2 inch bleed on the sides and a 6" bleed on the top/bottom.
Addition to brief:
Add the "business institute" logo to banner #2, below "creating pathways" but above "rural development"
In smaller print put "This project is sponsored in part by" above
the rural development logo and "whose funding is provided by the
Government of Alberta" below it
In the same smaller print put "Made possible in part by" above the RBC logo
Do not want:
- too many colours
- extreme detail


text:
The Volunteers marched into Rupp Arena last night, trying to steal their first SEC win of the season off an inconsistent Kentucky Wildcats squad. It didn't work, though those same UK inconsistencies allowed Tennessee to make it a game, with the Wildcats holding them off to the tune of a 75-65 win. At least one Tennessee fan, it seems, was just happy to be there front-and-center in the UK student section.
Send stories, photos, and anything else you might have to firstname.lastname@example.com.


text:
|Continuing inland, this is the view across from PI Live Bar looking towards Sosa Cigars. Pleasure Island sources say PI Live Bar's days are numbered. It's certainly not in any of the concept art pieces released.
|Very reminesent of the Berlin Wall, the PI Wall left a small sliver of patio space on the side of Sosa Cigars but took away all their rear patio space.
|Say goodbye forever to Rock'n'Roll Beach Club.
|A walkway between Sosa Cigars and Raglan Road allows bathroom access but club Motion is now completely cut off from pedestrians.
|When you gotta go, you gotta go. Bathroom access.
|A broader evening view from Paradiso 37 looking down Hill Street towards the PI Wall. If you're local and don't already have PI photos, you might want to stop by this weekend. The end of these two dance clubs is very, very near!


text:
Swansea City, or "The Welsh Barcelona" as nobody in their right mind calls them, have been doing rather well this season. Despite losing their second dapper manager in as many years after Paulo Sousa left for Leicester, they are currently second in the Championship and playing some proper tidy football.
Well, they WERE playing tidy football, but potential Wales captain Ashley Williams effed things right up with this horrible own-goal against Derby on Saturday.
It's OK to lump it up the pitch once in a while, mush.
This post, written by Richard Anderson, is republished with permission from The Spoiler. Go there often if you like soccer stuff.


text:
Microsoft Gives Stack Ranking the Boot
Nov 13, 2013 3:50 PM PT
Microsoft is ending its controversial practice of using stack ranking to evaluate its employees.
Instead, the company is changing its performance review program "to better align with the goals of our One Microsoft strategy," wrote Lisa Brummel, the company's executive vice president of human resources, in an internal memo reportedly sent to Microsoft employees on Tuesday and now reproduced on The Verge.
In a nutshell, the stack ranking technique requires managers to rate their employees on a curve -- that is, from best to worst. According to the lore surrounding Microsoft, the bottom percentile of performers were either encouraged to improve their game, immediately, or shown the door in one fashion or another.
Microsoft is hardly the only company that uses some variation of this technique. It was used most famously during Jack Welch's tenure at General Electric; most recently, Yahoo is said to have adopted it.
Nevertheless, the practice was singled out not long ago in a Vanity Fair article as a contributing factor to what the magazine called Microsoft's "lost decade."
A Hated System
Stack ranking is disliked by employees for obvious reasons: It establishes a competitive dynamic with co-workers that can be cutthroat as workers maneuver to be ranked in the top percentile or -- conversely -- to avoid the bottom of the heap.
Rumor has it that the system was highly political, according to Julia Fullick, assistant professor of management at Quinnipiac University, and didn't rely on reliable and valid measures of employee performance.
"Without having empirical backing and sufficient support for a performance measurement system, you are likely to have highly dissatisfied employees and create a dysfunctional culture," Fullick told the E-Commerce Times. "These types of systems ignore evidence-based management suggestions and run the risk of alienating not just top talent, but the respect of customer bases as well."
Why Microsoft is doing away with the system only now is open for debate. With CEO Steve Ballmer on his way out, a popular theory is that he wants to hand over a more cohesive and collegial company.
Microsoft did not respond to our request to comment for this story.
It Just May Work
The system was so despised, however, that doing away with it actually gives Microsoft a good shot at executing its "One Strategy, One Microsoft" vision, Val Wright, principal at Val Wright Consulting, told the E-Commerce Times.
"Executives' and employees' pay will now be linked to team and company goals rather than personal goals," Wright noted. "You can't have a rewards program that incentivizes individual performance in an organization that requires gargantuan cross-group collaboration."
As an added bonus, Wright added, "managers get 20 percent of their time back in May, June and July, as there are no more wasted calibration meetings."
Microsoft will also get a positive PR boost from the move, David Johnson, CEO of Strategic Vision, told the E-Commerce Times.
"Stack ranking had received bad reviews from former employees and in the media," he said. "It created a storyline that Microsoft does not need as it faces many questions and concerns regarding its future."
Yahoo is now suffering a public relations nightmare for putting in place a similar system, he added.
Executing an Exit
Microsoft is not completely home-free with this move, though, according to Wright; rather, the company needs to execute its exit from the system carefully if it wants something new to succeed.
"The top performers may leave," she predicted. "Exceptional performers are high-maintenance. They need constant positive reinforcement and feedback, and now that they are losing their gold medal they may look elsewhere for recognition and personal affirmation of their success."
Wright's advice to managers at Microsoft: Give employees clear goals that drive team and company results and make customers, profits and products the focus of discussion with employees -- "not jostling and jockeying for your own benefit."


text:
National Weather Service encourage people to prepare for winter
is Winter Storm Preparedness Month in Illinois
Send a link to a friend
[November 06, 2012]
SPRINGFIELD -- While the winter
of 2011-12 brought warmer temperatures and little snow, history
shows that's more the exception than the rule for Illinois winters.
Freezing temperatures, snow and ice are the norm for most winters in
the state, and the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and the
National Weather Service are encouraging people to begin preparing
now for those hazards.
"After a long, hot summer, many people have welcomed the cooler fall
temperatures," said IEMA Director Jonathon Monken. "But dangerous
winter weather, like extreme cold, heavy snow and ice, is just
around the corner. During November, we'll be encouraging people to
get prepared so they can stay safe at home and when they travel this
A winter storm preparedness guide developed by IEMA, the NWS and
the American Red Cross covers winter weather terms and tips for
staying safe at home, in the car, and at work or school. The
guide is available on the Ready Illinois website at
or by calling 217-785-9925.
Severe winter weather can cause widespread power outages and
dangerous driving conditions. That's why IEMA and the NWS recommend
emergency supply kits for your home and vehicle.
A home emergency supply kit should be stocked with items to help
residents stay safe for at least three days. The kits should include
a battery-powered National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
weather-alert radio, a flashlight, extra batteries, nonperishable
food, water, a first-aid kit, extra medications, and special items
needed for babies, disabled or elderly family members and family
A vehicle emergency preparedness kit can help travelers stay safe
and warm until help arrives. A car or truck kit should include a
cellphone and charger, flashlight, extra batteries, first-aid kit,
snack foods and water, blankets, extra clothing, gloves and hats,
sand or kitty litter, shovel, windshield scraper, and a tool kit.
[to top of second column]
"Last winter was rather uneventful as far as winter weather goes
in Illinois," said Chris Miller, warning coordination meteorologist
with the NWS office in Lincoln. "It's been quite a long time since
we've faced winter conditions on Illinois roadways. That's why this
year it is even more important that everyone think about safe winter
driving practices and get their vehicles prepared for snow, sleet
and ice."
Motorists should take special precautions when traveling during
the winter months. Always check the latest weather conditions along
your travel route before leaving on a trip. Travel during daylight
hours on main roads and provide your itinerary to a friend, relative
or co-worker.
If you become stranded, pull as far off the road as possible, set
your hazard lights to flashing, and hang or tie a colored cloth
(preferably red) to your antenna, window or door. Stay in your
vehicle, where rescuers are most likely to find you.
Make sure the exhaust pipe is not blocked by snow, and then run
the engine and heater about 10 minutes each hour to keep warm. Open
a window slightly for ventilation when the engine is running, and
periodically clear away snow from the exhaust pipe.
For more information about winter storm preparedness, visit the
Ready Illinois website at www.ready.illinois.gov.
[Text from
Emergency Management Agency file received from
Illinois Office of
Communication and Information]
< Top Stories index
Back to top
News |
Sports | Business |
Rural Review |
Teaching and Learning
Home and Family |
| Obituaries
Community |
Law and Courts |
Leisure Time
Spiritual Life |
Health and Fitness |
Teen Scene
Letters to the Editor


text:
We regret to inform you that Celine performances Tuesday, Feb. 19 through Friday, Feb. 22 at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace have been cancelled.
After recovering from the flu last week, Celine developed a secondary infection (sinusitis) which is being treated with antibiotics and anti-inflammatory medicine. Her doctor has instructed her to rest for a period of seven consecutive days in order for her
to fully recover.
Celine's previously scheduled dates Feb. 26 through Mar. 16 will proceed as scheduled.
Those who purchased tickets with a credit card for the cancelled performances will be
automatically refunded. Those who purchased tickets with cash may present tickets at the original point of sale for a refund. Ticket holders who purchased through Ticketmaster may call 1-877-4-CELINE (1-877-423-5463).


text:
You are about to enter a website that may contain content of an adult nature.
Hello everyone, this is Indian cam girl DaisyLipsX here. I'm 23 year old Female speak English in the Indian live sex chat action. Horny brunette…with an incredible appetite for kinky stuff and websex. I am already dripping wet and want so much for your cock in my arse.. I am a sexy brunette, open-minded and with a huge appetite for juicy cocks…and not only. I get excited easily, even from the very thought that you are thinking about me…about my boobs, my ass, my wet pussy…about fucking me. Don't forget that I'm here to make your fantas. 69, Oral, Anal , Dildoing, Licking, Camel-toe, Close up, Dancing, Fingering, Live orgasm, Long nails, Role-play, Shaved, Snapshot, Stockings, Striptease, Zoom is my expertise and also what I will do in Indian live sex private show. I have Black eyes, Medium Black hairs and my measurements are 93-59-90. For Turn ons: Bending over in front of the mirror and check out my arse and cunt. Fuck I look good, when I give you a threesome I hope the girl looks as good as me because I will eat every inch of her. I taste my juices as I put on the shirt.. For TurnsOff: Being ignored. If you prefer kinks, then Shaved, are mine. I'm just hungry for a HARD cock, can't wait to see u in my Indian webcam sex chat room! :)
This website contains live indian sex cams, desi cams, hindi cam and tamil sex chat related sexually explicit content.
You must be at least 18 years of age to enter this website.
© Since 2012 myindiansexcams.com Indian Sex Chat Network All Rights Reserved
AllHosts1 - AllHosts2 - AllHosts3 - AllHosts4 - AllHosts5 - AllHosts6 - AllHosts7 - AllHosts8 - AllHosts9 - AllHosts10 - AllHosts11 - AllHosts12


text:
Many of the basic principles that guide human behavior rest on the idea of free will, like the concept of individual responsibility and choices.
Free will is an important concept that affects a variety of serious thought. Legally it is assumed criminals have a choice in committing a crime, but science shows that may not be the case. Research shows that most individuals, despite what they think, have no idea of what motivates them or what makes them who they are.
Science shows human beings can access only 10% of their thought process leaving 90% unavailable to the individual. The salient factor is that most of human processes are unavailable to the individual, meaning that more often than not, we are unaware of what transpires in the mind except for that 10% we use to determine our immediate state of mind, at least as far as we can see.
The fact that 90% of the processes of the mind are not available to the individual casts doubt on the theory of free will at least as far as testable center of activity. A hundred years ago, several scientist called into question the free will concept after discovering that thought processes are slower than originally imagined, which many believed to be at the speed of light, but found out the timing was in nanoseconds, significantly slower.
Confounding the issue, tests showed that the mind actually formulated decisions before the individual was aware. To make the point, researchers tested reaction times for simple commands to activate a body part, such as telling a person to clench their fist. Scientists found a significant delay in the mental registration of the command and the performance of the command, indicating that instructions to perform an act arrived before the participant was aware of them making it nearly impossible for an act of free will to determine such a response.
The questions comes when determining how much of what we do is freethought and how much is predetermined. When science of the mind accesses the situation the answers tend to be muddy, but the implications are serious. If human beings don't have free will, then life on this planet is primarily robotic and there is only the illusion of choice. Recidivism rates in criminals tend to show once a criminal starts a life of crime, they will continue in it despite a true desire to leave.
Parts of a our legal system already operate as if there is no free will by making laws that punish for future behavior such as in the cases of rapists and pedophiles. Punishment for pedophiles and rapists generally contain an element to protect the public against future attacks, but if free will was real, these people as much as anyone else have the capability to change their behavior. Or, do they? Do we?
In life people make good decisions and bad decisions. Interestingly, these choices are predictable even to people who don't know them. We all know individuals who consistently make poor choices in mate selection. Are they biologically pre-wired to do this? Surely, no one purposely chooses a bad mate to make their life miserable, but people make these decisions consistently and constantly suggesting they may be hardwired to do so.
Lack of free will opens a potentially complex issue for the legal profession if decisions are made before the individual is even conscious of them. Suddenly, intent conceivably could occur before the individual ever had a chance to exercise free will. Because of these discrepancies scientists search daily for the site or locations of free will within the mind. As with most systems, the mind's operation is sophisticated, complicated and only now understood to some degree albeit small. The answer to this question is still under investigation and this is just a brief overview of its importance. If there is no free will, we are all humanoid robots living with the illusion of self-determination, a thought that turns the very essence of humanity on its head. Still, it is a question that must be answered.
Views: 351
I prefer VS Ramachandran's concept of Free Will. According to his writing in "The Tell-Tale-Brain" Freedom of Will, is truly just Freedom of Won't. All choices are presented, the brain simply cancels out all but one, for various excuses. Many of these excuses may actually be reasonable, but, some may also related to childhood responses, irrational fear, apathy, eny-meny, etc... ad nauseum.
We aren't really given a freedom of choice, our brain makes these choices for us, often without giving any reason or purpose.
The brain is an incredibly deceptive organ, 24/7.
Free will is not necessary for the concept of crime and punishment. All sorts of animals learn from positive and negative reinforcement: where food is or isn't available, hot surfaces, presence or absence of predators etc.
You can program a completely deterministic robot to learn (and modify) its behavior based on positive (reward) and negative (punishment) results.
On the broader concept, we don't even have a true definition of free will. How would you distinguish a fully deterministic brain with a built in randomizing function from a brain which actually has 'free will'?
As a side point (not that I would ever suggest not getting knowledge just because it's uncomfortable), work of a number of cutting edge neuroscientists tying behavior to brain state is moving us gradually closer to a 'Minority Report' world where people's measurable brain states can be possibly used to demonstrate likelihood of crime. The traditional concept of 'free will' at least provides a degree of legal protection from that outcome.
Sorry for some gross typos - - - gotta prep dinner and in too big a hurry. Did I choose to make the typos ;-)
Sam Harris (perhaps my favorite atheist thinker) has again done a fabulous job of shedding light on the fallacy of Free Will. His book of the same title is excellent. I encourage any and all readers of this thread to get a copy. By the way, I have no problem with any of your arguments in your posts on this matter.
Looking at this whole thing from the purely ethical one I am trying to see exactly where the Bible states in no uncertain terms that God has granted us the ability to know what is right and wrong and/or good and evil and so the whole thing is up to the individual. Well, like so many convenient ways of dealing with the illogical nature of God the whole thing had to be invented to explain why a loving God would allow all the evil that man perpetrates against man.
Enter early Christian theologian Augustus (long after many Greek philosophers had kicked this concept of free will around) who states that God granted man to do evil because he turn away from goodness. So, without this privilege we would have not ability to choose good or evil and we would be essentially robots. Exactly how there can be a heaven populated by free willed souls who never choose to turn away from goodness remains a mystery, but hey that's another story.
In any case I grew weary of arguing Free Will because the whole thing is framed on what God did. Why must I accept anything about God that does not exist?
Yesterday in Miami a security guard was shot to death. Two guys have been arrested and charged. My question is exactly what lesson did God teach the security guard about Free Will? Are we to believe that the two assailants had no clue that killing another human is bad, especially in the perpetration of a crime? Did they care? Were they turning away from good that day? Did they plan this outcome or did things just get out of hand?
As I see it the questions of good vs. evil have zip to do with God. Maybe when the idiots who killed the the security guard meat up in heaven they can all have a nice talk with God.
This is an intriguing question. Do we really have free will? I watch true crime shows on TV where a person claims they killed someone "because he had it coming." Another says he loved his wife, but he killed her while he was drunk. I'm numb. Neither explanation is acceptable here and the perpetrator is unable to further explain.
Now let's go into any activity where you have multiple choices on what to do. The less educated (or the ones who cannot grasp things easily) might not be able to list as many choices of action as some of us. That may appear to limit their "free will." It's like asking someone to name 25 things they really love, but finding they who can only name 11. This lack of ability has to be caused by the many, many things that have influenced your entire life. What you accept and deny, what you believe and do not believe, etc. is all a factor here. In our minds we all have "windows of choice" formed throughout our lifetimes, but these windows all vary. The more adjusted person has large windows of choice while the person who becomes reduced to thoughts of suicide has very few.
Is it all about education or lifes experiences? Perhaps both, and how the mind picks up on it. Your life experiences are your real education, and it appears that "free will" is a process that starts at your birth.
On the small scale you can chose whether you read or not. Things on the grand scale would seem to suggest whether you read at all!
© 2020 Atheist Nexus. All rights reserved. Admin: The Nexus Group. Powered by


text:
Ultrasound Applied: Understanding The Nature Of Contamination
Among the processes occurring in liquid media with ultrasound, cleaning the surface of solids in the ultrasonic medium is successfully applied in numerous industries. Ultrasound is widely taken advantage of for cleaning steel belt, filters, injectors, aluminum or copper wires, cables, etc. Introduction of ultrasonic oscillations in the washing solutions can not only speed up the cleaning process, but also guarantee higher efficiency of cleaning. Due to technical detergent-soluble compounds used in the process of cleaning eliminated are flammable and toxic organic solvents, which undoubtedly leads to improved working conditions, improves the culture of production, and also allows to partially solve the issues of environmental safety.
The effectiveness of ultrasonic cleaning depends on the choice of a variety of parameters, including and physico-chemical properties of the liquid detergent. For right choice of solutions must also consider the nature of the contamination: the degree of adhesion to the surface to be cleaned, the chemical interaction with the detergent solution, the ability to withstand loads microshock (cavitation resistance).
Given the nature of the contamination and the nature of their relationship with the surface the following main types of pollution are distinguished:
- inorganic contaminants, mechanically coupled with the surface (dust, sawdust, shavings of metallic and nonmetallic, carbon black, and so on);
- strongly adherent to the surface mechanically materials (abrasive grains, particles of mineral or metal);
- deposited on the surface (salt cake after treatment in salt baths, scum and so on) – all these types of contamination could be removed due to ultrasonic cleaning equipment.
In industrial use actual the problem of removing pollution of organic nature remains actual, and this is where of the coating or resin bonds mechanically weakly coupled with the surface (dust, sawdust and shavings plastic, carbon black, coal, coke); having a small degree of adhesion to the surface (grease and oil film and lubricants, grinding, polishing and lapping pastes); firmly grip (lacquers, resins, adhesives, paints and enamels).
Dirt film chemically bonded to the surface (oxides, salts and salt-like compounds, including rust and corrosion products) is another problem faced by engineers. To speed up the process of cleaning complex equipment is typically integrated into assembly lines. Nowadays the UK market is oozing with decent leasing options, e.g. Hilsonic Company, a noteworthy manufacturer of ultrasonic cleaners, provides over 20 beneficial contract options.
During the purification process the contaminants properties should be considered: their physical state (liquid or solid, liquid viscosity and the melting point of solid residues); nature of the relationship with the surface contamination of products (polar or non-polar); polymerization degree of pollution in the work components parts at high temperatures (during drawing, stamping, forging and the like. n.); and the presence of small solid particles which fill the grooves, blind and through holes; conglomeration of corrosion products and oxidation pollution.
The most common types of production for most of the dirt and oil are the combination of oil-based contaminants, polishing pastes, inorganic contamination in the form of dust particles, and mechanical, corrosion products, oxides, oxide films.


text:
A bipartisan agreement was reached late Wednesday on a federal highway bill that includes provisions to prevent student loan rates from doubling as well as makes adjustments to defined benefit funding requirements.
The bill, the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2012 (H.R. 4348), is headed for a vote in the House Rules Committee today and floor action is likely later in the day.
Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, said the two-year bill "will make critical infrastructure investments across the country and support or create more than a million jobs." The agreement, he said, "will also make a high-quality education affordable for millions of students across the country. We needed to reach across the aisle to get this done, and that's exactly what we did."
The final package funding the highway bill and the student loan rate provision, which is fully paid for, will cost $27.185 billion, Baucus said.
Joe Lieber with Washington Analysis says that under the language currently being proposed in the highway bill, companies would be able to use the 25-year corporate bond average when determining the discount rate used to fund defined benefit plans. Under current law, he says, companies use the last two-year corporate bond average when determining their discount rate. Consequently, he says, companies' discount rates will rise, meaning smaller pension contributions and higher net income.
The defined benefit provision, Lieber says, is being used to offset the cost of freezing the current student loan rate loan rate at 3.4%. "The provision has bipartisan support and raises $9.5 billion over ten years, which will help defray some of the cost of the highway or student loan bill."
However, The Washington Post points to some pretty unfavorable student loan changes that have received little attention as lawmakers instead focus on preventing a spike in interest rates on federal student loans.
The Post says that starting Sunday, graduate students "will become responsible for paying the interest on their federal loans while they are in school and immediately after they graduate. That means they'll have to pay an extra $18 billion out of pocket over the next decade."
Meanwhile, the Post goes on to say that "government will no longer cover the interest on undergraduate loans during the six months after students finish school. That's expected to cost them more than $2 billion."


text:
A bus carrying members of a church group crashed in South Africa's Western Cape province on Friday, killing 24 of the people aboard, police said.
The driver, who was among those killed, lost control of the bus as he was approaching a curve, said Warrant Officer Lindikhaya Mkhontwana of the South African Police Service.
The bus was carrying more than 60 people, police said.


text:
Digital Marketing Minute Week of July 18th, 2016Every week we share trends and articles on digital marketing.
What Native Ads Can Learn From Display & Banner Ads
by Eyal Katz, Business 2 Community
Do you remember those teenage dramas from the 1990s, like Beverly Hills 90210, Heartbreak High, and Degrassi High? In every one of those shows, there was always a "new kid" at school. The guy or girl was usually very attractive, shrouded in mystery, and the exact cause of their appearance was unclear. What does that have to do with native advertising, you ask?!
Five Steps To Evolve Your Approach To Digital Marketing
by Peter Daisyme | Forbes
If your digital marketing efforts are successful today, don't assume your success will continue without a hiccup if you rely on the same set of messaging and tactics. What works today simply will not work tomorrow given the pace of technological and market change, not to mention ongoing changes to your customers' preferences.
Retailers Are Licking Their Chops at Wandering Pokémon Hunters
by Reuters, Fortune
Pokémon Go, a mobile game that has rocketed to the top of Apple ( AAPL 1.77% ) and Android app stores in record time, looks set to challenge young Internet companies that specialize in increasing foot traffic for small businesses and may end up playing a role in major brands' marketing, according to industry experts.


text:
Loading ...
Gaskets: Huge selection of replacement Gaskets for your small engine. We supply base gaskets, carburetor gaskets, head gaskets, gasket sets and many more types of Gaskets! We have the Gaskets for all your small engine Gasket needs!
Subscribe to our email newsletter to receive promotions, helpful DIY articles, and special offers.
Copyright © 1994 - 2020
Jacks Small Engines
& Generator Service, LLC


text:
Roy Lurie, MathWorks
MATLAB® has always been designed for engineers, by engineers. MathWorks is committed to making MATLAB the easiest and most productive tool for working with big data, because making sense of large datasets is becoming an important part of solving complex design challenges.
Roy Lurie, VP of Engineering for MATLAB Products, helps lead this development initiative. In this video, he underscores how MATLAB is more convenient and scalable than ever for working with big data.
Recorded: 21 Nov 2016


text:
Our Kodak DC3800 accessories include the compatible Kodak DC3800 AV Cable and Kodak DC3800 Memory Card Reader for your Kodak DC3800.
If you need any assistance with Kodak DC3800 accessories please call us toll free 800-278-4002 9am-5pm CT Mon-Fri or email email@example.com anytime and our knowledgeable sales team will assist you in finding the Kodak accessory you are looking for. All Kodak DC3800 accessories come with a Compatability Guarantee and Same Day Shipping.
To find accessories for other Kodak cameras please see our Kodak Camera Accessories page.


text:
Photography caption contest week four
We have now tcome to the last round of the Creative Dreamer's four-week photography caption competition. Winner from the last three weeks have already been notified and are all in the running to win the top prize of thier choice as well as the prizes for single week winnings.
Now let's get down to the final round.
Reminder of the rules – leave your most creative caption idea, limited to one word only, as a comment on this post for a chance to win a weekly as well as overall prize. For all details on the contest please click the link above.
Week four photo:


text:
Food & Drink
Where to find exceptional America
By Katia Hetter, CNN • Updated 4th July 2012
This week, CNN is exploring American exceptionalism -- the concept that the United States is exceptional when compared to other nations and is uniquely destined to bring democracy to the world.
That notion of American exceptionalism was promoted by the nation's founders and earliest leaders. It's especially evident in the places where the Puritans first landed and built their first settlements, where explorers traveled westward to fulfill the country's manifest destiny, and to purchase or take land by force.
"The American sites that evoke a sense of American exceptionalism are many; they include places that mark the history of our struggles to secure and protect liberty, and places that evoke the promise and opportunity that generations have found in America," says
Thomas S. Kidd
, a Baylor University history professor, a senior fellow at Baylor's Institute for Studies of Religion and author of "Patrick Henry: First Among Patriots," "God of Liberty: A Religious History of the American Revolution" and other early American history books.
We asked several American historians where they enjoy exploring the history of the United States. Here are some of their favorite spots:
Washington, D.C.
There's nothing wrong with enjoying some of the United States' more well-known monuments to its history. A trip to Washington could include a visit to the
Washington Monument
, the
Jefferson Memorial,
Lincoln Memorial
and the
National Archives
. The National Archives Building Rotunda displays the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights. (If this history lesson bores the children, promise them a visit to the
International Spy Museum
Historic Jamestowne, Virginia.
The site of the first permanent English settlement in America, the 1607
Jamestown colony
is still revealing new information about the site. "Just last year
announced the discovery of the remains of the first Protestant church built in America, the church where the Native American princess Pocahontas was baptized and married to John Rolfe in 1614," Kidd says. "When I visited the site a few years ago, I found it quite moving to stand on the banks of the James River and think of the tiny band of English settlers arriving there, not having any idea the epic history of America that was to follow."
Dry conditions prompt fireworks cancellations; rehearsal for a concert at the National Mall is interrupted by a storm.
The Pilgrim Monument, Provincetown, Massachusetts.
If you want to see where the Mayflower Pilgrims first made a home in the New World and the Plymouth Rock that symbolizes their journey, join the hundreds of thousands of tourists who visit
Plymouth Memorial State Park
each year. If you want to see where the Mayflower Pilgrims first landed in November 1620 and spent a few weeks before heading to Plymouth, head to Provincetown, on the tip of Cape Cod.
The Pilgrim Monument
completed in 1910 commemorates the landing, their five-week stay and the creation and signing of the Mayflower Compact.
Red Hill, Virginia
. Founding father Patrick Henry retired to
Red Hill
after a lifetime of public service, including five terms as Virginia governor and 25 years in the Virginia state legislature. Henry resumed his private legal practice and died at Red Hill in 1799. He was buried there. "In the quiet rolling hills of Brookneal, Virginia, that surround Red Hill, you can appreciate the attraction the land held for [Patrick Henry and many of the Founding Fathers]," Kidd says. "You can also better appreciate the quiet, grinding tragedy of American slavery in this environment; slaves toiled on the Red Hill plantation, enabling Henry and the other founders' American dreams."
Lewis and Clark historic sites.
There are so many places to explore where Meriwether Lewis and William Clark first searched for a water route to the Pacific Ocean starting in 1804. Colorado College professor
Anne Hyde
found some of their history at the
Missouri History Museum
while sorting through correspondence between William Clark and fur traders for her last book.
"These were Lewis and Clark's 'before the trip letters'," says Hyde,
who won the Bancroft Prize
this year for her book "Empires, Nations, and Families." "I literally couldn't believe I was touching William Clark's handwriting. Following his career after his famous trip, I listen to him get very upset about what was happening to the Indian people after the War of 1812." (Clark served as Indian superintendent for everyone west of the Mississippi for many years, she says.)
The National Park Service's
Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail
crosses 11 states, while the
Lewis & Clark National Historical Park
also incorporates state parks in Washington and Oregon. About five miles south of Astoria, Oregon,
Fort Clatsop
marks the 1805-06 winter encampment of the expedition.
Homestead National Monument, Nebraska.
In the middle of the Civil War, Congress passed and President Abraham Lincoln signed into law the
Homestead Act of 1862,
which granted 160 acres of free land to citizens and people applying to become citizens who fulfilled certain requirements. (The rules had the effect of
disqualifying citizens of the Southern states
, which had left the Union to join the Confederacy, until legislation was passed in 1866 allowing them to apply.) It's the 150th anniversary of the act, which is commemorated by the
Homestead National Monument of America
in southeast Nebraska.
This list by no means covers all of the possible sites embodying American exceptionalism. Where are some of your favorite sites in American history and why do you enjoy them?
A year of the world's
Best Beaches
There's a perfect beach for every week of the year. Join us on a 12-month journey to see them all
Go to the best beaches