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Official Travel Guide to the Scotts Bluff Area. The Guide contains Attractions, Activities, Lodging, and more. Send Me a Copy.
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Free Land? 1862 and the Shaping of Modern America, is part of a four-year Chautauqua series (2012-2015) presented by Humanities Nebraska. In 2014 Free Land Chautauqua takes place in Norfolk (June 18 – 22) and Gering (June 25 – 29).
June 25 - 29, 2014
Ellis' Harvest Home is located on the farm west of Lingle that the Ellis family has been farming since 1959. Ellis kids, grand-kids and great grand-kids all spend time working at Harvest Home doing something, sometime during the year.
September through October, see Website below for exact date.
Located along Five Rocks Road west of Gering, this amphitheater and pavilion houses bands and other open-air entertainment in the summer months, as well as Thursday night movies with a "drive-in"-like atmosphere.
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Highway 92 Raceway Park – Since 1968 has offered Friday night races all summer long. Located 4 miles East of Gering on Highway 92, it offers one of only two asphalt racetracks in the entire state of Nebraska.
Highway 92 Raceway Park is located 4 miles East of Gering on State Highway 92
Legends Week 2014 sponsored by Platte Valley Attractions present events that include:
Western Nebraska Arts Center - Sunday, September 14
September 12 - 20, 2014
Built in 1946, the Midwest Theater has been restored with lush velvet seats, beautiful carpeting, mirrors—an exciting place to attend movies and performances. The Theater presentations film, live performances of music, theater, and art; and a space for community programs, and hosts a Film Festival in October in even numbered years.
Discover the beautiful Nile Theatre. This family owned and operated theatre opened on November 21, 1939. A grand neon marquee decorates the the theatre front and the lobby looks like a luxurious living room complete with a firplace. This theatre still has a waterfall curtain that rises before the movie.
First part of August - Our Mission is to economically develop, maintain and manage the fairground facilities for the benefit of the public which are safe, convenient and provide diverse educational recreational opportunities in an attractive environment.
End of August, see Website for exact date.
Theatre West Summer Repertory is a Semi-Professional theatre program presenting three productions and twenty four performances each season. Our summer season operates throughout May, June and July in the Western Nebraska Community College Theater.
Scotts Bluff Area Visitors Bureau - 2930 Old Oregon Trail - Gering, NE 69341 - 800.788.9475 - 308.633.1808
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Project Idea: Graphic Cork Bulletin Board
What do you do when you find yourself with a pile of plain cork trivets from IKEA? Turn them into a work of art — and a functional one, too.
In this tutorial, 20 trivets were masked, painted, and nailed to the wall to create a graphic wall element. While it's stylish enough to stand on its own (I can see this in white and gold, or even neon with bare cork), it works even better in a studio or office as a bulletin board for pinning photos and inspiration.
Check out Rue for the how-to!
• A Corkboard Map For Far Away Family
• Belinda's Lovely DIY Home Office Corkboard
• Great Idea: Corkboard Covered Stainless Steel Refrigerator
(Image: Meg Allan Cole / Rue)
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I really like this. I wish there was a better way to hide the nail holes.
I'd have to make the lines more random, or else the crookedness would drive me insane!
I think I'll do something inspired by this, only with sticky removable hangers instead of nails. And, like for seawhitney, my OCD would require a different design!
@Pi - The sides could be glued together with super glue and only one nail would be needed.
I'm thinking of doing this, but painting them all white, gluing them together and hanging them with one nail. I could then pin photos that I want to display to them. Lot cheaper than framing and the photos can be switched out and replaced by new ones anytime I choose. Thanks, AT, for this article!
Cute idea. The link to the blog is broken btw.
Why do I want to add eyes to some and a butt crack to others? Reminds me of South Park.
just a heads up to anyone hoping to do this with removable sticky strips. I've tried every brand, shape, size, etc. I can find, and have been unable to find a way to keep my cork boards up. I even glued the cork boards to a thin piece of poster board and then attached the sticky strips. the strips don't adhere well to the cork.
Next I'm going to try gluing the strips to the cork... but if that doesn't work, i'm giving in and going the nail route.

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25 children born February 5, 2011 - August 4, 2012.
Come to the library for a "tots' night out" with A Time for Kids. There will be music, crafts, and fun for all!
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A lot of people wonder why I use a Mac to do 3D. There are more 3D apps for Windows, Linux has faster OpenGL speeds than both other the OSes that Maya runs on and the hardware choices are more limited. Well, this script sums up a lot of why I use it: incredible scriptability and a bridge between GUI tools like Spotlight search and the command line. If you read my article Creating the Ultimate Creative User OS, then you know what I'm talking about. OS X has all the command line goodies of Linux but it also has its own great tools like Spotlight that has a command line equivalent built into OS X (it's called mdfind) and it is infinitely faster than the find command in Linux distros and OS X. So, after getting tired of hunting down linked media in an old Maya scene that had links to old hard drives, moved stock image folders, etc., I made a script that uses mdfind to quickly track down the media by name, take the first result and make a MEL command file that you then drag into the Script Editor to do your relinking:
The script obviously assumes that your files are intelligently named. You're not going to want to use this if you have a ton of different textures are all named "file.tif" but if you have unique names, this should save you a ton of time if you're on OS X.
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Our good friend, expert preservationist and ultimate SF citizen, Megan of Guerilla Curatorship, posted this ridiculously delicious and easy recipe. We'll be making this for her soon because that seems to be the main reason she posted it. WELL PLAYED, MEGAN.
This is a CUESA recipe from the Ferry Plaza Farmer's Market today. Their thing is to prepare a delicious recipe from things you can buy at the farmer's market, to better educate you on how it's totally feasible price-wise, and totally better for your health and happiness to shop locally for fresh produce. I'm feeling it. I had a sample (actually multiple) of this pasta dish today and it is the only thing I ever want to eat again. Bummer for me, they don't actually sell portions to go at the ferry plaza stand, they just make little samples to tease you and hand out the recipe. I suggest you go make me some.
Because you can't see the other side of the card, I will copy the directions for you, here below:
1. Pulse 3/4 cup of the almonds, garlic, lemon zest, parsley and arugula in a food processor until well combined; slowly drizzle in olive oil while pulsing until sauce is desired consistency (theirs was kind of a grainy pesto.) Add salt and pepper to taste. Set aside. Chop the remaining almonds and reserve for garnish.
2. Bring a large pot of well salted water to boil. First blanch broccoli raab (rabe?) until leaves turn bright green (about one minute) and drain; blanch broccoli di ciccio until tender, remove from water. Chop into bite size pieces with the broccoli rabe and set aside. Bring water back to a boil and add pasta (I think they used a whole wheat pasta - I would recommend doing so), cook until done. Reserve about 1/4 cup of pasta water, and drain pasta well. In a large serving bowl mix together broccolis, pasta and pesto - add the reserved pasta water if pesto is too thick - and mix well. Taste and adjust seasoning for salt and pepper, top with reserved almonds and serve.
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Dr. Lausen is a Springfield native who received his bachelor's and master's degrees in biology from the University of Illinois at Springfield. He received his medical degree from the Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine where he also completed a predoctoral fellowship in Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment. Dr. Lausen completed his residency at the SIU Center for Family Medicine in Springfield. He is a Fellow of the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians (ACOFP), American Academy of Family Physicians, Association of Osteopathic Directors and Medical Educators (AODME) and the National Academy of Osteopathic Medical Educators. Dr. Lausen has served as President of the Illinois Society of the ACOFP, the Illinois Osteopathic Medical Society and AODME. He currently serves as Assistant Chair of the Department of Family & Community Medicine and as Director of Medical Education and Quality Initiatives. Within the SIU Center for Family Medicine, Dr. Lausen serves as Director of the Osteopathic Residency Program and Hospital Service.


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The HRED mission in 2012 can be separated into three large parts. First, there is research intended to improve soldier performance in the future. This work involves research on humans and their capabilities and on human-machine interactions. The most basic and speculative aspects of HRED research fall within this area. Second, because HRED is a center of human factors expertise, it is in a position to evaluate the integration of soldiers and systems within the Army. Importantly, it can help to shape requirements during the acquisition process to ensure adequate consideration of the human dimension. Research within this customer-service aspect of HRED's work is devoted to improving assessment tools such as IMPRINT. Third, with the inclusion of the Simulation and Training Technology Center (STTC), HRED is assuming an important role in improving the training of soldiers through the use of artificial training environments. STTC's research involves the development of new simulation tools such as generalizable frameworks that speed development of specific training and simulation tools.
The wide scope of these research areas poses a central challenge to HRED. Given limited resources of time, personnel, and funding, what specific topics should HRED tackle? Of course there are always more topics of interest than can be addressed. Like other research labs, some of HRED's choices are driven by funding. The ability to perform basic research is dependent on the continued availability of basic research (6.1) funds from the Army.
The Soldier System Panel was charged to assess the scientific and technical quality of the Army Research Laboratory's (ARL's) research and development related to its soldier systems mission and to examine how HRED's work compares to similar work being done externally. As a result, the panel focused its attention on questions about the HRED research that might have an impact on the broader scientific community. This focus is not meant to denigrate specific work performed by HRED to solve specific problems with specific systems. Such work is a vital part of HRED's mission, and the challenge lies in producing synergies between basic research and specific problem-solving work. By its nature, not all basic research will produce results that can be transitioned to Army-specific problems in the field. However, basic research can produce new classes of solutions. The answer to a customer's human factors question may not be publishable in the scientific literature. However, a workforce, encouraged to think as basic scientists, may find that a specific task raises new topics for basic research. HRED's leadership is tasked with steering a course than enables HRED to strike a balance between its basic research and specific, problem-solving missions.
The appointment of a new HRED Director in January 2011 has provided stability to HRED management. A senior scientist in neuroscience has also been appointed, which represents an important milestone in the development of the translational neuroscience thrust in HRED.
In terms of facilities, the most significant change has been the opening of the Soldier Performance and Equipment Advanced Research (SPEAR) facility. This facility, with its instrumented obstacle, cross-country courses, and biomechanics laboratory, gives HRED important new capabilities for measuring soldier performance under realistic conditions. With regard to staffing, the recruitment of early-career, clever scientists at a time of little or no growth is commendable.


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Wooden coffin of Peftjauneith
Peftjauneith was inspector of temples estates in Lower Egypt. His coffin was made from solid hard wood which would have to be imported, making this coffing very valuable.
The front is decorated with Osiris (recognisable by his green colour) and the sky goddess Neith is spreading her wings across his chest. A spell from the Book of the Dead has been written below the goddess, each of the hieroglyphs are an image in their own right.
On the inside of the lid is the sku goddess again but now black and covered with stars, she is giving birth to the moon and is swollowing the sun. On the bottom of the coffin is the goddess of the west (the hieroglyph for west is on her head), the quarter of the realm where the dead were thought to be located.
Late Period, 26th dynasty, 650 BC.
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Price paid: $ 800
Purchased from: Goodtimes Music
Features: This is the new, S. Korean made, Blackjack ATX FR for 2008. It's a solid body electric (done in the same shape as their other C-1 models) with 24 jumbo frets, 3-pc Mahogany set-neck and ebony fretboard. The 25.5" scale set-neck features their "Ultra Access" joint, giving it the feel of a neck-through. The mahogany body houses a set of two Seymour Duncan Active Blackout humbucker pickups, vol/vol/tone/3-way switch controls, and an original Floyd Rose tremolo. All the hardware, including Grover machine heads, are done in Schecter's signature black chrome. My particular model is a glossy, aged white color with an aged 3-ply binding. A single "Active" lightning bolt symbol adorns the fretboard at the 12th fret. The $800USD (list $1149) was for only the guitar. // 10
Sound: This guitar whispers hard rock, and screams metal. I've been playing this with a Peavey VK100 Head (Hartke 4X12 cab), a Epiphone Valve Standard combo, and a Roland Microcube for variety and to see how the pickups react to different amps. The pickups are definitely the star of this guitar. 9-volt active Blackouts, these humbuckers have less noise (moved around near lights, computers, and other electronics), and put out more highs, lows, and output than other active pickups I've tried. The have a more organic tone than other actives and the harmonics almost jump out and slap you in the face. In conjunction with the mahogany body, you can get a nice, deep, rich chug for your rythmic lines to very clear and well sustained solos. The OFR maintains it's tuning very well, able to perform dive bombs or ear piercing squeals while returning true. Although I still like the tone/sound of the EMGs in my Hellraiser, the temptation to swap the EMGs with another set of Blackouts is becomeing strong. // 10
Action, Fit & Finish: The guitar hadn't been at the store for very long, so I was able to pretty much inspect it as it had come from the U.S. facility (all Schecters are sent to the U.S. for final quality check and setup). The guitar was setup near perfect with a neck that was almost too straight, causing a light buzzing on some of the strings. In what took no more than a couple minutes, I gave it just a hint of relief in the neck and buzzing disappeared. The action is the lowest of any guitar I've had, or even tried. The finish on the guitar was perfect, not a nick or scratch anywhere. The routing for the OFR was clean and even had this little patch of what looked like felt lining the routing. Very professional look and a nice finishing touch. The pickups were at the optimal height according to SD's specs, and the OFR was perfectly balanced and level with the body. All the controls operate smoothly without so much as a stutter in operation or sound. The Switch operates without so much as a pop, and moves fluidly, yet secure. When I got it, intonation was spot on, and other than giving the neck a hair of relief, there wasn't much else that needed to be done. // 10
Reliability & Durability: This is a solid, well built guitar that could easily hold it's own playing Live. I would have a backup, but only due to the fact that it has an OFR, so a string break could be showstopping without a backup (like any OFR could potentially be). The hardware is all top notch (Grovers, OFR) and none of it (strap buttons, tuning machines, controls) has a hint of wiggle or looseness. A can't comment on how well the finish can last as I haven't had it long enough to make that determination, but I would imagine that it would last quite some time, with proper care. // 10
Overall Impression: I like to play a variety of genres, encompassing anything from blues, hardrock, to heavy/symphonic metal. This guitar falls easily and heavily into the hardrock and metal zones. I had done quite a bit of research regarding this guitar and had been eagerly awaiting it's release this year, so there wasn't really much to question when I finally was able to get one in my hands. I love the antique white finish, with a simple yet very classy look, and the binding compliments it quite nicely. The single inlay, I'm sure will be a love or hate thing, but I think it looks fine, and I'm really liking the simplicity (I don't get lost because there are still side fret markers). I'm not sure if they meant to outdo their Hellraiser line with this model, but they sure did (as well as many other guitars that could easily sell for twice the price of this one). I'd almost wish they had made it under a whole new line instead of placing it under their "Blackjack" line. If it were lost or stolen, I would definitely seek to replace it. My only worry is the OFR, as this is my first OFR and therefore my experience with using and maintaining these is pretty lacking. Being an Original FR though helps alleviate some of my worries. The only thing I wish it had was an included case. Because of the locking nut, the guitar is a little longer than it's non-FR version, making finding a generic case that fits well somewhat of a chore (or one could simply spring for the Schecter made case). I've compared it (obviously) to my Hellraiser, and having already been comfortable with the way the Hellraiser played, there was no real difference, except with the OFR, making this a very easy guitar to just pickup and play. I've compared it to many other manufacturers similar in price (too many to name) as I've since wanted to get something with a floating tremolo, and given the features, price, and familiarity of feel/style, there was no competition. Definitely a great addition to Schecter's line. // 10
Price paid: A$ 1200
Purchased from: Billy Hyde Bendigo
Features: This guitar was made in korea I believe but is set up and checked in
the U.S.A it features a set neck with 24 frets and Ultra access design it has a string thru body with a tonepros bridge it's also got grover tuners and a set of semour duncan blackouts. Pickup selection is through a 3 way Switch and has 3 knobs (vol/vol/tone) the body and neck are both mahogany with an ebony fretboard it also features a tusq saddle which is meant to increase harmonic sustain by about %16 over a bone saddle. It's aged white finnish looks realy cool too! // 9
Sound: I play mostly metal and hardcore styles of music and this guitar was made for it, the active pickups realy make a difference when playing bone crushing chugs and breakdowns and even when doing solo work it's cuts through and you get an amazing tone even when in the bridge pickup position. I'm using a Marshall AVT 150h with a 4X12 cab(not sure on brand but it has celestions) I was using a Boss metalzone distortion pedal with my old guitar but haven't found the need yet with this one it has plenty of bite without it. the guitar itself can make all types of music come alive like punk rock sounds such as Blink 182 and New Found Glory. Clean this guitar is quite good, the neck pick pickup makes for a really fat tone. it's not realy noisy at all but it will feedback if you sit right infront of ur amp with gain and volume right up. // 9
Action, Fit & Finish: The guitar was set up well the action suited me fine not too low but low enough pickups were fine. the finish on this guitar was flawless even though it was made in korea it looks amazing and if it wasn't printed behind the headstock you would'nt pick it at all. I would have liked a slightly fatter set of strings but that's not the manufacturers fault at all it's just personal preference. // 10
Reliability & Durability: It would definetly stand up to a live show, it looks as if it will last for years of playing without flaws but like anything if well looked after it will last I would'nt play it without a backup unless I had to but I think it would be reliable enough. the strap buttons are solid but I'll change them for strap locks once again not a big deal just personal preference. // 9
Overall Impression: As I said I play mostly metal and whatnot but I branch out into other styles when I get bored but so far it's perfect for my prefered styles of playing. I've ben playing about 5 years now I also have an ltd viper 50 and this guitar destroys it in every way my favourite feature is definetly the pickups, for the price I paid you would'nt find a better guitar for the style of music I play. I compared this with a few other guitars like an Ibanez rg and ESP ltd h1000 deluxe but they just did'nt have the features this guitar had and were 2 or 3 hundred dollars more in the shops than this was. If someone stole it I would probably hunt down the people responsible and rip them a new one but failing that I would definetly buy another one of these no question. // 10
Price paid: £ 849
Purchased from: Strings Music Store (Local)
Features: For some reason only the floyd rose version is on here, the one I bought didn't have a floyd rose.
The Blackjack ATX is a mahogany-bodied rosewood-necked monster. The finish I chose was the Walnut Satin finish, although it also comes in aged white and black satin. This guitar comes with Seymour Duncan Active Pickups AHB-1 in the neck and bridge position.
It has a string-thru body which is nice to look at, but a little awkward to re-string.
Also this guitar comes with Schecter locking tuners, very nice seeing as I've not had that luxury before.
The only slight problem that I found yesturday was that the bridge volume knob is quite close to the pickup, so it can accidently be turned down if you anchor by the pickup like me. // 8
Sound: The Blackouts capture a phenominal sound for cleans and distortion. The notes are so much fuller and really capture the character of the wood which you don't always get with actives. This guitar is aimed more towards hard rock and metal, but with enough tweaking, it can pull of some convincing funk tones.
There is next to no noise that I have found. // 10
Action, Fit & Finish: The guitar was set up perfectly at the factory, it also arrived at the store in tune, which was nice. The finish was perfect, intonation was perfect, the tune-o-matic bridge was set nice and low... there really isn't anything wrong with it at all.
The 3-way pickup selector is seemless and gives a great versitility to the sound. // 10
Reliability & Durability: This guitar is very solid, it hasn't recieved any bumps yet, but it seems like it could take a hammer. The black chrome hardware is amazing, the knobs are quite stiff compared to my old guitar so they'll stay where they are.
The finish is great, foolishly I played with a studded belt, so it has recieved a few scratches on the back, but it's just made nice shiny lines on the back and not cut down to the wood. // 10
Overall Impression: To be fair, I was in love with this guitar before I had it, and I must say it's lived up to expectations. After playing a crappy Bronze Series B.C. Rich for over 4 years, this guitar is a breath of fresh air. And seeing as my playing style isn't as heavy as it was, it is a fitting image change.
The only thing I hate about this guitar is that it makes me want a better amp so I can hear all the richness at home as well as on the Blackstar's at uni.
I would HIGHLY reccomend this guitar to anyone playing alternate rock or heavier. // 9
Price paid: $ 755
Purchased from: Guitar Center
Features: Tons of features: Mahogany body; 24 frets on a set neck with an ebony fretboard; active Seymour Duncan Blackout pickups that are truly awesome; original Floyd Rose trem. I think I like Ibanez's ZR trem system better than the original Floyd Rose, but I haven't owned one to be able speak to what it's like to Live with it. As for other stuff in the box, there's not much to speak of. There's no handbook with setup specs or anything like that. It comes with 4 allen keys, but I've only identified two different sizes of allen screws on the entire guitar so I'm not sure what the other two allen keys are for. It also comes with the lowest quality patch cable I've ever seen - I'm not sure why they even bothered including it. No case included, which sort of sucks, but given the price I can't blame them. // 10
Sound: Awesome sound. It squeals, it crunches, it sounds great clean. About the only thing it doesn't do well (at least in my opinion) is blues. I feel like there's too much sustain and a good blues note should die a little quicker. I might be crazy though and I'm used to my Strat. At any rate, it's not advertised as a blues guitar and sounds great at everything else. The Seymour Duncan Blackouts put EMGs to shame. // 10
Action, Fit & Finish: I really like this guitar, so I hate to do this, but I have to ding it in this category. They really shouldn't put the big American flag sticker on the back bragging about how it's set up in the US if they're going to do such a half-assed job on it. I really don't think they even tried. The trem sat at the wrong angle (although I suspect it might have actually been level if tuned a half step down from Standard tuning) and the bridge pickup had it's height totally different on the bass and treble side. I've read other reviews for Schecter guitars where people complained about the action from the factory being too high. Mine was also clearly too high. As for overall quality, it's way better than the Ibanez guitars I've looked at, but not great. The routing for the back cavity is not very well done and the covers don't sit quite level. The flat black finish with light yellow edging is really cool, but when you look closely at the edge of where the flat black and yellow meet up, it's not perfect and you can actually see slight jaggedness from the edge of the tape used to mask it during painting. There's a dust spec imperfection in the paint in one place. Also, the sanding where the neck and body match up isn't quite as smooth on the top side as it is around the rest of the border.
All that said, I'm still going to give it a 7 in this category because (despite some minor detail flaws) it still looks great and has TONS of features for the money. I paid $755 for this guitar and you'd be hard pressed to find a guitar for under $2, 000 that comes close on features. The setup issues are all things that one can fix in an afternoon of tinkering and you have to look really closely to see the flaws in the finish. Also, as mentioned above, I looked at a few Ibanez guitars recently and even the pricey Prestige series guitars had serious quality and fit and finish problems. // 7
Reliability & Durability: This is my first guitar with a Floyd Rose and I am curious to see how that holds up with time. I will say I have some doubts about that part (especially the string clamping surfaces). The flat black finish is also something I would be concerned about the longevity of. It'll probably show wear and scratches pretty easily. The rest of the hardware all seems good to last. // 8
Overall Impression: Again, for the money, this is a killer guitar with tons of range, a great look, and great features. Yes, there are a few rough edges from a fit and finish perspective, but that's somewhat to be expected in a Korean made guitar at this price point. None of the flaws on mine are anything serious to kill the overall rating. // 9
Price paid: C$ 1100
Purchased from: B Sharp Music
Features: My C-1 is a brand new 2011 model. Made in S. Korea.
- 24 XJ Frets (no markings. Just "active" symbol covering the 12th fret.
- Grover Tuners
- Original Floyd Rose
- Ultra - Access cutaway
- Seymour Duncan "Blackout" active pickups
- Black chrome hardware
When I bought this I definitely went with Schaller strap locks. So much better than Ernie Ball in my opinion. As well as had them set it up in Drop C tuning, with D'Addario EXL 145 strings. Unfortunately I didn't try this before I bought it. The neck is fatter than I was expecting, therefore it plays only slightly faster than my Epi Les Paul goth. I'm still extremely happy with each feature on this guitar. Great guitar, for a sweet price. // 8
Sound: This thing suits my style perfect. I play metal, plane and simple. I'm not gonna go on about sub genres. I run a Randall RG100G3 212 tube combo. For me, it sounds amazing. The blackouts really changed my mind about EMG. The Blackouts give me more of a deeper tone, better sustain, and overall I'm happier with how they sound when compared to the EMG 85/81 combo in my Epi. This is my first Floyd Rose guitar, so of course the first thing I did with it is do a dive! Having said that, active pickups all bring that extra noise with them. For me though, that is a very small issue, that's why guitars have toggle switches in my opinion. I don't run any pedals at all, so I just go for the straight up crushing tone because well, that's what I like. // 9
Action, Fit & Finish: This guitar was set up specifically for me. I couldn't have asked for it do be done any better either! Perfect height for my playing preferences. I also, wouldn't know any different because it was ordered for me through the 2011 catalog. So, if there were any flaws they would have been fixed. There were a couple very tiny nicks along the neck. I'm not gonna complain about that because I forget exactly where they are. The gloss finishing is very nice on this guitar, I got it in Aged White. When I started my search for a new guitar, I specifically wanted one with a Ebony fretboard. I just love how it looks, it's a very nice touch to a guitar if you ask me. // 8
Reliability & Durability: This is a very solid guitar, I don't play gigs, I don't know if I ever will. The hardware is of very good quality. So I can say as of right now, this guitar will last me a very long time. // 10
Overall Impression: Overall, this guitar is damn near perfect for me. I absolutely love everything about it, the Floyd Rose bridge, the active pickups, the fretboard and also the stings! I love D'Addario strings. I've been playing for almost 5 years now, and I bought this just to reward myself really. I love heavy music and this guitar personifies that perfectly. My only dislike about it is the neck. Before I decided on this one I was looking at the Schecter V-1, as well as the LTD Alexi - 600 Scythe. I thought about it more though, and decided against them. I love how a V looks, but they're just too uncomfortable for me to play while standing up. // 9
Price paid: C$ 759
Purchased from: Ebay
Features: Not sure the year, probably 2010 since it was mint when I got it. 24x Jumbo Frets, Ebony Fretboard (converted, when I buy a Custom guitar I'm going ebony), satin finish, solid Mahogany body and I think neck. Strat shape, Tone-pros string through Bridge (could someone please make a review slot on here for the C-1 ATX and not the FR One, it has the EX and the old Blackjack but not the new non trem one). SD Blackouts, best pickup's I've ever heard. 2 Volume, 1 Tone, 3 way selector switch. Locking tuner's and came with 2 allen keys.
I bought this guitar for many reason. Satin finish, ebony fretboard, mahogany body (this thing's a little heavy, wish it was lighter), 2 volume for killswitch purpose, string thru body (incredible sustain on this thing), locking tuner's. And most of all the blackout's. It has everything I'll ever need on a guitar. The only reason I have this thing a nine is because the neck is too Strat like, I love an Ibanez neck above anything else, and the weight, it's not irritating but I just like a light guitar. // 9
Sound: I play a lot of metal but I'm also picky about clean tones. The Blackout's Give anything from the cleanest of clean tones (you gotta turn the gain down quite a bit though), I'd describe it as a deep and clear sound, I find mids muddy up clean tones (personally) so I keep the mids at 4-5. For more classic rock tones if you keep the treble high it can get brittle but I get conservative with my treble when gain comes into the equation and it sounds pretty punchy and clear with the mids and presence turned up (I've played it on both a TSL and Dual Rec btw). When it comes to high gain this guitar screams, this could be anywhere from Metallica to Behemoth. It's all in how you EQ your amp. I have not had an unpleasant sound peep out of this thing on the dual rec yet, at everything at 12 o clock it sounds awesome. It's perfect for metalcore because the sound is very clear and punchy, but not to bassy. The Blackout's with the mahogany are perfect for everything I play, when I purchase a seven string the first thing that's going in are some blackout's. Oh and I should mention they are fairly quite pickup's, not the quietest but I never have a problem with noise.
I should probably add, with D'Addario Heavy gauge strings I can go down to Drop A# from Drop C/D Standard no problem and it sounds tight. // 10
Action, Fit & Finish: Everything came in perfect condition, the only reason this get's a 9 is because it wasn't set up very well when I first got it, strings we're buzzing pretty bad. Pickup's we're set up perfectly though, besides the setup of the neck and Bridge it came in perfect condition. // 9
Reliability & Durability: This is one solid ass guitar, I've bumped it into walls and doors and they dent before it does, in fact there isn't an dents on it, scratches yes but those are from my belt. If I dropped this guitar from a couple feet I have the utmost confidence it would stay in one piece (unless you dropped it on the neck). I've played about 7-8 shows with it without a backup, never worried about it. The finish is hard to wear off, except I got a grease stain on it on the first week when I was eating pizza, so yeah maybe avoid greasy foods around it, the grease stain makes it look polished so it looks like my palm has worn the guitar haha. // 10
Overall Impression: For the styles of music I play (any type of metal/rock) this guitar can always get the job done, Different Eqing and gain structure is always necessary but as I said, it always get's the job done, and very well at that too. If it were stolen I would probably replace it with a Ibanez RG321, for the neck and lighter body which is the ONLY two things I don't like about this guitar. When I was searching for this guitar I narrowed it down to this or the Ltd EC-1000, glad I didn't buy that LTD, same specs besides the pickups and body but the build quality of the Schecter is beyond anything ltd makes imo. // 9
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The Ordinary Remand Rule and the Judicial Toolbox for Agency Dialogue
Christopher J. Walker
Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law
March 12, 2014
George Washington Law Review, Summer 2014, Forthcoming
Ohio State Public Law Working Paper No. 199
When a court concludes that an agency's decision is erroneous, the ordinary rule is to remand to the agency to consider the issue anew (as opposed to the court deciding the issue itself). Despite that the Supreme Court first articulated this ordinary remand rule in the 1940s and has rearticulated it repeatedly over the years, little work has been done to understand how the rule works in practice, much less whether it promotes the separation-of-powers values that motivate the rule. This Article is the first to conduct such an investigation — focusing on judicial review of agency immigration adjudications and reviewing the over 400 published court of appeals decisions that have addressed the remand rule since the Court rearticulated it in 2002.
The Article finds that courts generally fail to appreciate the dual separation-of-powers values of Article I legislative and Article II executive authority at issue and that some circuits have not been faithful to this command. Courts that refuse to remand seem do so when they believe the petitioner is entitled to relief and remand would unduly delay or, worse, preclude relief because the petitioner would get lost in the process. In refusing to remand, courts express perceived Article III concerns of abdicating their authority to say what the law is and to ensure that procedures are fair and rights are protected in the administrative process. In reviewing the cases, however, this Article uncovers a novel set of tools that courts have developed to preserve their role in the process and enhance the court-agency dialogue. Instead of ignoring the remand rule, this Article suggests that courts utilize and further develop this dialogue-enhancing toolbox to exercise their constitutional authority while preserving the delicate balance of powers between courts and agencies via the ordinary remand rule.
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This experiment applies methodologies and theories of visual search and attention to the subject of conspicuity in automobile rear lighting. Based on these theories, this experiment has four goals. First, it is proposed that current research methods used to investigate rear lighting are inadequate and a proposed methodology based on the visual search paradigm is introduced. Second, demonstrate that current rear lighting on automobiles does not effectively meet the stated purpose of regulators. Third, propose a more effective system for increasing the conspicuity of brake lamps. A fourth goal is to validate and extend previous simulator research on this same topic. This experiment demonstrates that detection of red automobile brake lamps will be improved if tail lamps are another color (amber) rather than red, as currently mandated. The experiment is an extension and validation of previous simulation studies. Results indicate that RT and error are reduced in detecting the presence and absence of red brake lamps with multiple lead vehicles when tail lamps are not red compared to current rear lighting which mandates red tail lamps. This performance improvement is attributed to parallel visual processing that automatically segregates tail (amber) and brake (red) lamp colors into distractors and targets respectively.
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2012 Sepang MotoGP Thursday Notes: Championships Up For Grabs, And Memories Of A Racer
The Sepang round of MotoGP could see all three championships clinched this weekend, with Jorge Lorenzo, Marc Marquez and Sandro Cortese all closing in on their respective world championships. The job is easiest for Cortese, all the German has to do to become the inaugural Moto3 champion is finish one place behind Maverick Vinales and the title is his. After getting a little too excited at Motegi, Cortese will doubtless be heading to Sepang in a much calmer frame of mind.
Marquez also faces a relatively manageable task, but unlike Cortese, he does not have his fate entirely in his own hands. If Pol Espargaro wins at Sepang, then the earliest Marquez could be crowned champion would be at Phillip Island. If Espargaro does not win, the Marquez is in with a very good chance: should Espargaro finish the race in third or worse, then Marquez only has to finish directly behind him; if Espargaro finishes second, then Marquez has to win. On current form, it would be hard to bet against Marquez, but Sepang was the circuit where the Spaniard was badly injured last year, suffering damage to his eyes which limited his vision and threatened to end his career. It will be interesting to see whether the memory has spooked Marquez, but judging by his performance this year, that seems faintly ridiculous.
2012 Motegi Post-Race Round Up: A Dominant Honda, Unnecessary Fuel Limits, Going Last To First, And Moto3 Maturity
"I don't think it will be between only Dani and me," Jorge Lorenzo had said on Saturday night at Motegi. After qualifying, there was a sizable group of fast men, including Cal Crutchlow, Andrea Dovizioso and Ben Spies, who all looked quick enough to keep pace with Dani Pedrosa and Jorge Lorenzo. It turns out he was wrong: once the lights went out, the contest was between the two main title contenders as it has been all season, especially once Casey Stoner dropped out of contention after the massive ankle injury he sustained at Indianapolis.
Qualifying had been deceptive: Jorge Lorenzo took a brilliant pole, and had looked his usual fast and smooth self. Pedrosa had had a bumpy ride - literally, chatter mysteriously appearing early on during QP and taking a long time to get under control, leaving Pedrosa to start from 2nd. The race was similarly deceptive: Lorenzo led, stalked by Pedrosa, and the hearts of race fans beat faster in anticipation of a repeat of Brno. That would not come to be. Once Pedrosa motored by Lorenzo, he was gone, managing the gap all the way to the end.
It was an impressive display and a fantastic achievement, given the Repsol Honda man still had chatter with his RC213V. But HRC are slowly getting a grip on that situation, and are opening the gap over Yamaha once again. Jorge Lorenzo was clear that Pedrosa's advantage lay in acceleration, something which the Yamaha has traditionally suffered with, though the problem has been less this year. "There was too much difference on the straight," Lorenzo said. "I could not recover everything in the corners."
2012 Motegi MotoGP Saturday Round Up: Of Close Racing, Hot Brakes, And Educating Marc Marquez
Another Brno. That is the hope of every MotoGP fan around the world after qualifying sessions like the one at Motegi on Saturday. The breathtaking battle in the Czech Republic, which saw Dani Pedrosa and Jorge Lorenzo on each others' tails all race long and the result settled in almost the final corner, was the natural outcome of two equally-matched men on very different but equally-matched machines. There was nothing to choose between the two during qualifying at Brno, and there was nothing to choose between them during the race.
Motegi is shaping up to be similar. Both Lorenzo and Pedrosa have very similar pace, and both have the consistency, the talent and the desire to push to the end. Jorge Lorenzo may have taken pole - the 50th of his career and one of his finest, with a blistering lap in near-perfect condition to destroy the existing pole record - but Pedrosa's race pace is fractionally faster than that of the polesitter. Where Lorenzo's near-robotic consistency has him lapping in the low 1'46.1s, Pedrosa is posting high 1'46.0s. The two men are separated by hundredths of a second only, and appear to have the measure of each other.
2012 Motegi MotoGP Friday Round Up: Of Conspiracy Theories, Unnecessary Assistance And Hot Brakes
There is little that motorcycle racing fans love more than a good conspiracy. No mishap, contract dispute, or rider swap is ever the result of chance, error, greed or incompetence; there are always darker and greater powers involved, be it Dorna, Honda, or a major sponsor. They do not let the fact that their theories bear little resemblance to reality in 99.999% of the cases spoil the fun, and rightly so, moving happily on to the next dark conspiracy.
It took less than 10 minutes of the first session of MotoGP free practice before they had plenty to get their teeth into. Casey Stoner barely made it out of the pits before his Honda RC213V packed up, and he was forced to park it up by the side of the track, the bike felled by a mystery electronics issue. Stoner lost a lot of time in that first session, working with just a single bike as his mechanics tried to find out what had caused his first bike to fail. In the afternoon, an issue with the brake caused Stoner similar problems, losing valuable track time he needs to get back up to speed again.
2012 Motegi MotoGP Thursday Round Up: Of Team Orders, Relative Strengths And Title Chases
The press conference room at the Motegi circuit was a busy place on Thursday. The assembled press filed in twice during the afternoon, once to hear the head of Dorna talk about the long-term future of both motorcycle racing world championship series, and then again to hear five world champions talk about this weekend's racing. There was much to digest.
What Carmelo Ezpeleta had to say about Dorna's takeover of the World Superbike series has been covered elsewhere, though the irony of Ezpeleta hosting a press conference to talk about what was essentially an end run around HRC's threats of a withdrawal at a facility owned and operated by Honda was not lost on everyone. The significance of the occasion was clear to all, and the groundwork has been laid for the future of both WSBK and MotoGP, though many fear the outcome.
An hour later, a much lighter mood prevailed when the riders filed in for the usual pre-event press conference. The long term was forgotten for a while, as everyone concentrated on two items: the return of Casey Stoner, and the impact of the Australian's return on the championship. Will Stoner help Dani Pedrosa in his battle with Jorge Lorenzo for the 2012 MotoGP title? And is he fit enough and fast enough to be able to help if he wanted to?
Ezpeleta Speaks On WSBK And MotoGP: No Change For 2013, All Change For 2014
The repercussions of Bridgepoint's decision to hand control of the World Superbike series to Dorna are just starting to become clear, as each of the protagonists get to explain their side of the story. After Paolo Flammini spoke to the media at the final World Superbike round of the year at Magny-Cours, at Motegi, it was the turn of Dorna CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta to face the press.
He did so an hour before the traditional pre-event press conference, giving a statement and answering questions from assembled journalists on the implications of the move (a full transcript of the press conference is available on the official MotoGP.com website). Ezpeleta did his best to first of all quell any fears among the legions of World Superbike fans that Dorna intended implementing any major changes for the coming season, ensuring the assembled media that all would go ahead for 2013 as planned. "For next year things will continue as they are, and both MotoGP and WSBK will continue the same way, with exactly the same system of organization and with the same technical rules," Ezpeleta told the press. "For 2013 the regulations will be the ones that have been approved between the FIM and Infront Motor Sports," he said in response to questions, "In 2013 it will be exactly as proposed by the different parties involved, there will not be any changes for 2013."
Beyond 2013 is a different matter, however. Ezpeleta made it clear that his goal was to harmonize the regulations between the MotoGP and World Superbike series, each maintaining their separate identities, but cutting costs and increasing the spectacle in both. "From now, together with the FIM, the manufacturers, the circuits and with the teams, we will try to accommodate these difficult economic times to set up two championships that are able to continue and to grow together," Ezpeleta said. "This is the main aim of both championships - reducing costs and increasing the show."
The ECU Endgame: Will MotoGP Survive The Motegi MSMA Meetings?
This may very well turn out to be the biggest week in MotoGP since the decision to replace the two stroke 500s with large capacity four stroke machines. This week, Dorna CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta is set to have meetings with each of the MSMA members at Motegi, to hammer out once and for all the technical basis for the 2014 season. If they succeed, the ground will be laid for a set of technical regulations which can remain stable for the long term, the goal being at least five years. If they fail, then one or more manufacturers could leave the series, reducing the number of factory bikes on the grid and potentially removing two of MotoGP's top riders from the grid. There is much at stake.
So much, in fact, that neither side looks prepared to back down. On the one side is Dorna, who see the costs of the championship spiraling out of control thanks to the increasing sophistication of the electronics, and the racing growing ever more clinical as fewer and fewer riders are capable of mastering the machines these electronics control. On the other side are the factories, for whom MotoGP, with its fuel-limited format, provides an ideal laboratory for developing electronic control systems which filter through into their consumer products and serves as a training ground for their best engineers. Dorna demands a spec ECU to control costs; the factories, amalgamated in the MSMA, demand the ability to develop software strategies through the use of unrestricted electronics. The two perspectives are irreconcilable, at the most fundamental level.
Flammini Says 2013 World Superbike Series "To Go Ahead As Planned," But What Of The Future
After the bombshell announcement that Bridgepoint was putting Dorna in charge of both the MotoGP and World Superbike series, the media were keen to get a reaction from either of the Flammini brothers, the two men who had helped to grow the series into the success it is today, and who currently run WSBK. After an initial deafening silence, Paolo Flammini finally made an appearance at Magny-Cours on Sunday morning, to explain his, and Infront's, point of view. Our friends at the Italian website InfoMotoGP.com were present to record the press conference on video.
Flammini did not say much - indeed, he started his speech with the words "I don't have much to add to what is written in the press release," - but what he did say helped clarify the situation a little. Starting off with an understatement - "This step represents a very big moment in the history of World Superbikes", Flammini told the assembled media - the Italian was at pains to make clear that World Superbikes would face few changes for 2013. "Many people are worried for the 2013 season, but nothing special will happen," he said, emphasizing that his aim was to keep stability in the series.
Infront, Dorna, Bridgepoint: Where The Coup Came From, And What Next For World Superbikes?
Sunday is going to be a big day for World Superbikes at Magny-Cours. Not just because the 2012 title is to be settled in what could be a fascinating showdown, helped in no small part by the weather, but perhaps most of all because on Sunday morning at 9am local time, Infront Motor Sports CEO will speak to the media for the first time since the announcement that Bridgepoint, the private equity firm which owns both Infront and MotoGP rights owners Dorna, has decided to bring both series under a single umbrella, and that umbrella is to be Dorna.
That news has sent a shockwave through the motorcycle racing world. The World Superbike paddock is hardest hit of all: the mood there is somber, with everyone from Infront staff to team mechanics fearing the outcome of what amounts to a coup by Dorna CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta. Optimists are few, especially as Ezpeleta is one of the most reviled characters among denizens of the WSBK paddock, because of what he represents: the perceived arrogance of the Grand Prix paddock, and a culture which is anathema to everything which World Superbikes stand for. MotoGP is truly the Beatles to WSBK's Rolling Stones.
There is some justification to their fears. WSBK, in the person of Paolo Flammini, has been holding out on requests from MotoGP's organizers to impose further restrictions on development of the WSBK machines, bringing them much more in line with the Superstock-style regulations proposed by FIM to harmonize regulations at the national level. He does so with good reason: the manufacturers currently racing in World Superbikes have made it very clear that they have no desire to see any further restrictions on tuning and bike modification put into place. Given WSBK's increasing reliance on manufacturer teams - though blessed with six different manufacturers, teams without some form of manufacturer backing are finding it increasingly hard to survive, leading to shrinking grids and gaps opening between the factory-backed and privateer squads - keeping the factories happy is becoming ever more important. WSBK does at least have the freedom to change the rules without factory interference, something which was until recently unthinkable in MotoGP.
2012 Aragon MotoGP Sunday Round Up: Bitter Rivalries, Exceptional Bravery, Bitter Rivalries And Nicky Hayden's Bizarre Crash
After two days of miserable weather at Aragon, race day dawned dry, sunny, though still a little cool. Paddock regulars who had spent the last two days scurrying from pits to hospitality to shelter from the rain poured out into the paddock to catch the warmth of the sun which they had just about given up on previously.
The blue skies brought out some great racing, at least in Moto3 and Moto2, as well as some fantastic displays of riding in MotoGP, though the excitement in the premier class was to be found in the battle for the final spot on the podium rather than in the fight for victory. But there were also a few signs of improvement in the near future.
The race of the day was undoubtedly Moto2, which turned into a display of what motorcycle racing is supposed to be. The class is currently blessed with three riders who despise each other enough to do almost anything to win, but with the intelligence to understand the very thin line between hard and dangerous riding. Pol Espargaro, Marc Marquez and Andrea Iannone all swapped places and fairing paint in a good old-fashioned barn burner of a race. The action was fueled by the most intense rivalry in MotoGP at the moment, between three young men all hell-bent on winning.


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CLARKSVILLE — Bryan Richard Hatfield, 35 of Clarksville, passed away Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2013, at Scott Memorial Hospital.
Bryan was born on Sept. 20, 1978 to Richard Hatfield and Rebecca O'Hara. Bryan was employed at the Clark County Juvenile Detention Center as a corrections officer.
He was preceded in death by his mother, Rebecca O'Hara.
Bryan is survived by his father, Richard Hatfield; son, Samuel Hatfield; daughter, Olivia Hatfield; brothers: Dustin and Chad Hatfield, and sister, Melissa Hatfield. He is also survived by a host of nieces, nephews and friends.
Visitation was held Monday, Dec. 23, 2013 from 11 a.m.. until 1 p.m.. at Spring Valley Funeral and Cremation Service, 1217 East Spring Street, New Albany, Indiana 47150.


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Each month we vote on a modern book and a book from the Project Gutenburg website. Choices are submitted to the vote thread for and users upvote the nominations. At the end of the month a mod will select the top book with the most upvotes for the two categories to discuss.
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Voting will begin two weeks before the beginning of the month. The voting thread stays up for one week and then the top book is chosen. This gives people some time to source the book/s.
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It is a democratic process: the users choose the book with their votes and enthusiasm. The most popular books (upvotes and downvotes) becomes the selected book. In the rare event of a tie, a number of other factors are taken into consideration.
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Whenever you want! Unless someone takes the particular initiative (like in Big Reads) there are no set schedules for books of the month. The people who nominate the book don't always post threads, so everyone is encouraged to post their thoughts. This is both the advantage and disadvantage of an online book club: people read at their own leisure and pace, but it can occasionally make for staggered discussion. Make the most of our sister subreddit /r/books to stimulate your thoughts
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Sex toys and smooching: Can they give you HPV?: Bedsider
Can you get HPV from kissing? Or sharing toys? New research brings some answers—and more questions—about how HPV gets around.
Birth control, way back when: the 1940s
Modern life isn't perfect, but there are definitely some perks—like a whole lot more options when it comes to birth control. But what methods were couples using in the days of yore, while dialing land lines and watching Bewitched? Let's get in the WABAC machine and find out!
The start of World War II saw the United States ready to more widely embrace open conversation about birth control and the prevention of sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Soldiers shipping overseas received condoms to prevent the epidemic levels of STIs (known as venereal disease at that time) soldiers had contracted during World War I. The soldiers were also given extensive education about STI prevention, including some memorable poster campaigns.
Perhaps because of their widespread use during the war, condom sales skyrocketed in the late '40s, and cervical caps, diaphragms, and sponges remained popular. But not everyone was using these methods, and contrary to popular belief, Americans didn't wait for the invention of the pill to let loose—rates of extra- and pre-marital sex in the '40s were quite high. The rate of single motherhood more than doubled during this period, and social pressure led many young women to give up their babies for adoption, usually after spending time isolated from their communities in homes for unwed mothers.
Meanwhile, Fuller Albright, a Harvard endocrinologist, introduced the idea that preventing ovulation will prevent pregnancy and began the discussion about using hormones for birth control. Shortly afterward, in 1946, Margaret Sanger (who else?!) officially founded the International Committee on Planned Parenthood, which soon awarded a grant that would lead to the development of the first birth control pill.
Though the '40s weren't the most revolutionary decade in the history of birth control, important social changes and scientific research were laying the groundwork for the more rapid changes of the '50s and '60s.
"Ultrex Platinum WWII vintage condom tin" by John W. Schulze
Birth control, way back when: the 1920s-30s
Modern life isn't perfect, but there are definitely some perks—like a whole lot of options when it comes to birth control. So which methods were U.S. couples using in the days of yore, while dialing land-lines and watching Bewitched? Let's get in the WABAC machine and find out!
Even after Margaret Sanger's rabble-rousing, things didn't improve much on the birth control front in the Roaring '20s. After a huge number of American soldiers returned from World War I with venereal disease (STIs or STDs in modern lingo), condoms became more common but were still only available to men with a doctor's prescription. And here's the kicker: they were only prescribed to prevent STIs, never to control fertility. (A married couple couldn't get a prescription for condoms!) And while in theory a woman could get a prescription of birth control for "therapeutic use," in practice it was difficult to find a sympathetic doctor to grant such a request.
Without access to reliable birth control options, women were essentially left with abstinence as their only effective option. Though abortions were illegal in the '20s (along with booze), that didn't stop desperate women from seeking them out in droves. 5,000 women a year died of complications from an illegal abortion. The '30s and the Great Depression didn't offer much more hope: women tried to use "feminine hygiene" products like douches, jellies, and suppositories as alternatives to abstinence.
Though the future must have looked bleak, activists like Margaret Sanger continued working to change the prevailing attitudes toward birth control throughout the '20s and '30s. At the same time, scientists were making great strides in understanding fertility, with researchers in this period calculating the first accurate fertility cycles and identifying the hormones progesterone and estrogen. Behind the struggles of the '20s and '30s, the necessary first steps toward widespread, effective, and legal hormonal and barrier birth control were being taken.
"Birth Control Review 1919" by SasiSasi.
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My first memories of learning about birth control are literally all awkward. Like class full of teenagers sitting in a room and staring at jumbo-sized slides of gonorrhea awkward. Like Mean Girls awkward. All I knew was that I didn't know much, and the last person I wanted to ask was my conservative health teacher.
And as much as I love them and value their wisdom, I wasn't about to stroll into my parents' room after dinner and ask them about barrier methods. No, thank you—I was not tryna get sent to the motherland for being "fast."
I remember really wanting a space where I could do some streamlined, comprehensive learning…on my own because it's my body. And this shit is awkward enough without someone else regulating my thoughts on it. We've all heard so many bizarre rumors about birth control (no…having sex in a hot tub doesn't prevent you from getting pregnant, but I'd be lying if I said 12-year-old Hannah didn't believe that for 30 seconds).
Especially in light of the ongoing war on reproductive rights, it's increasingly important to keep ourselves updated on not only contraception, but also STI prevention and treatment. And it's so important to have that basic knowledge for yourself before you talk to your partner(s) about their preferences. Having a solid baseline knowledge of contraception methods and STI prevention radically improves your sex life (or so my non-abstinent friend told me…hey, mom!)
What's cool is that now I have that space—and I get to share it with y'all! :) Bedsider.org's super helpful tools, guides, and interactive forums spell out damn near everything you could want to know about multiple methods of birth control (and maybe some stuff you don't). It's free, it's simple, and it's definitely less awkward than your grandmother's "just keep them legs closed" speech.
Reality check: More than half of all people who have sex will get a sexually transmitted infection (STI) in their lifetime.
Women between the ages of 15 and 24 have about a 1 in 30 chance of contracting a common STI like chlamydia or gonorrhea.
We hope that doesn't include you—and we want to help you prevent it—but if it does happen, it's your responsibility to tell your partners. Yep, even if you might lose them. Even if you're scared. Even if you're afraid the news will get around. It's the right thing to do.
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I'm just going to address this quickly because I still get funny looks/questions/laughed at when I talk about wearing condoms, using condoms or buying condoms. Indeed, my spouse and I both have vaginas, but we use condoms regularly. The problem (and my frustration) is:
A. Not everyone uses condoms right now, especially people who don't have penises
B. Some people without penises really need to use condoms
For some education on why you should use condoms, even if you don't have a penis or don't use a penis in sex:
The rate of HPV that's spreading and how easily it's spread is scary, and can lead to full-blown cancer. Someone in my family had pre-cancerous cells found in them and they still have to get regular check-ups to be screened for cancer in their cervix. There are also a ton of other STI's that can be had from fluid contact (vagina to vagina included, or even from fingers, tongues, etc.) and shared toy use.
Also, a lot of common toys, especially dildos, are made from materials that can't be sanitized effectively, so not only does that increase a risk of passing along STIs, but it also can lead to bacterial infections from the toys never being able to be truly cleaned, or other nasty reactions from non-medical-grade PVC or other materials that your body doesn't like.
So, people who have vaginas or use toys: USE CONDOMS AND USE THEM EFFECTIVELY, as this comic demonstrates. Use them as dental dams, use them on your fingers, use them on your toys, use them for switching between vaginal and anal play, etc. etc. You can very literally save your, or someone else's life, and I feel like the only time condoms are brought up is when there's a penis involved. There's no excuse not to be safe, and that includes not having a penis.
Yet another reason why condoms are awesome and important!
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Birth control, way back when: the 1980s
Modern life isn't perfect, but there are definitely some perks—like a whole lot more options when it comes to birth control. But what methods were couples using in the days of yore, while dialing land lines and watching Bewitched? Let's get in the WABAC machine and find out!
In the 1980s, growing public awareness about the HIV/AIDS epidemic made condoms more popular than ever as people increasingly looked to prevent sexually transmitted infections in addition to pregnancy. Condoms became more widely available (in vending machines and schools, for example), and were heavily advertised as tools for safe sex.
As more research was done on the health effects of hormones, lower-dose birth control pills continued to gain ground. Non-hormonal barrier methods like the sponge (which debuted in 1983) and the diaphragm, which had been extremely popular before the advent of the pill, came into the limelight after the Dalkon Shield made many women wary of IUDs.
The silver lining? The decade's health scares pushed the conversation around sexual health out into the open, allowing more folks to easily access information about safe sex and birth control.
"Don't listen to rumors about AIDS, get the facts!" image by Public Health Service, HHS [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.
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"Risking suicide from their loved ones" ?!?!?! because they own a gun? Who was that last moron? Who dresses him? If he is THAT STUPID then snaps, buttons, and bows are WAY over his head, not to mention ZIPPERS. Geez-o-pete what a dumb(a)ss!!!


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