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Louiewilliams December 10, 2013
I really had to smile when I watched this video. The first time my wife and I ever made love she came as intensely, and as often as this young lady did! A lot of guys get hung up on their partners being a virgin but, to me, that's just a waste of time and effort. An experienced woman knows what her body likes, what it wants, and exactly what it takes for her to truly enjoy sex. A mature, confident woman will tell, or show her lover what that is and, a mature, confident partner will respond to that!
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QUESTION: I've heard you can tell a fawn's sex by its spot pattern. I don't believe it, but would like to know if there is any scientific data to prove or disprove it.
Also, I've been told that if a doe has triplets, they will all be bucks. Is there any truth to that one, or are these simply myths? - R. Christ
ANSWER: Looks like this is a two-for-one question & answer day.
With regard to your first question, the short answer is: No.
The spotted pattern on a fawn is nature's camouflage, intended to help a young deer blend in with the forest floor by breaking up its solid form.
Like human fingerprints, each spot pattern is unique and no two are exactly alike.
So, there's no way to distinguish a deer's sex by its spots. Where do people come up with this stuff?
As for your second question, the answer is the same.
Regardless of how many fawns a doe has, the odds of any one being a buck or a doe are about equal.
There is some limited evidence that in extremely stressed populations, does may give birth to more buck fawns than does, and it is speculated this may be a natural population control measure. However, most research shows no correlation in this regard.
Besides, a doe giving birth to triplets is a good indication of a healthy population with plenty of food and probably few predators.
On an interesting side note: the Deer Lab at Auburn University has documented multiple paternity - twins, and even triplets - having different sires (fathers).
Given what we know about deer reproductive behavior and physiology, it's probably a fairly rare occurrence.
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Universal American Financial Corp. (NYSE:UAM)
A health and life insurance holding company, with an emphasis on providing a array of health insurance and managed care products and services to the growing senior population.
I think that UAM will get $14-15 in a takeover bid relatively soon. There are plenty of insurance companies on the hunt for an acquisition. Given UAMs continued struggles and its valuable membership, it's a very likely target.
However, we don't want to buy only because it might get taken over. There's a great valuation to this stock…and I'm not even talking about the cheap P/E ratio. In this case, the stock is actually trading at book value. That's right…for every $9.80 share you own, you're getting roughly that much per share in tangible assets (cash minus debt and intangible assets). In other words, it's currently being valued as if it will never earn another dime again. That's crazy. This company is on its way to getting it's SG&A expenses in order and should soon have its marketing sanctions lifted. It will be able to take in the large baby boomer crowd set to age-in to Medicare in 2012.
I wouldn't wait too long to buy this one. There are plenty of insurance companies with extra money and they're probably working on deals right now, especially with the depressed equity valuations. Even if UAM doesn't get bought, trading at book value is ridiculous.


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Great buy!! Perfect fits 6 tons jacks
By Carter the mechanic
from St. Paul, MN
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Comments about Pittsburgh Automotive Rubber Pads For Jack Stand 2 Pc:
These covers do what they are suppose to do. fits 6 ton jack stands snugly. Only negative I wish they came in other colors other than red.
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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Finally bought these
By Stephen B.
from Undisclosed
They never seem to be on sale, not that they are expensive. But I bought two sets on different occasions with a 20% coupon for 4 pads to put on my four 6 ton jack stands. They fit perfectly; tight enough so they will not fall off, but not so tight that they make you mad trying to slip them on. Of course once they are installed I see no reason to ever remove them. They are nice because they protect any paint or coating on your jack points, but they also make the jack stands even safer as they are much less likely to slip then metal on metal. Also, when you lower your car on the stands and have these, they act as a cushion if you drop it a little too fast, again adding to safety. If the car where to slip off the floor jack before you set it on jack stands, it could be enough force to sheer the pin and drop the car to the lowest point of the jack stand (and ruin your stands), but with these pads they could absorb some of that energy; maybe just enough to not allow the pin to sheer??? Finally, they protect the finish on your jack stands also; it is always best to avoid rust if you can. If you invest in a set of the 6 ton HF jack stands, get these right away and put them on while the stands are still new and the underbody jack points on your new Porsche 911 GT3 are still pristine! ;)
(6 of 8 customers found this review helpful)
highly recommended
By twincam00
from Wisconsin
About Me Professional Technician
I use these with my 3-ton jackstands (38846) at home. They are too big for the 3-ton model. Theres lots of extra space, but they still work just fine. They do an excellent job of keeping the white paint on the jackstands off the car.
(6 of 10 customers found this review helpful)
They work but still a waste of money
By Mikey Bobby
from Seaview
They do what they are intended for but I just put rags over the stands and they serve the same purpose.
Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend
does not fit
By djhackstyle
from new york, NY
it says they fit the 3 tons stands and i have the aluminum ones and they are way too big and don't fit, go figure
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They Don't Fit My 3Ton Steel Jack Stands
By Gearz
from Salem,NH
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I read the discription and it said that they would fit a steel 3 ton jack stand but thay are so loose I felt un safe using them so I had to return them to my local store. I bought the jack stands from Harbor Freight so I don't understand the issue.
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By Korkey604
from Vancouver BC
About Me Auto Enthusiast
Stupid. it only fits on the steel ones not aluminum and doesn't even tell u this. But once you get the package it says fits "so and so" model number. Later to find out that model number is only for steel 3 and 6 ton
Not a good fit for Alum. stands (91760)
By Mr. Badwrench
from Mishawaka, IN
These are probably good to use on the steel stands with their deep saddle, but that deep drop causes the pads to rock from side-to-side on the flatter saddle of the 3-ton aluminum stands (#91760). They might be OK once the weight of the car's put on them, but I don't think I'll experiment with that. To be fair, the package (but not the website) says that the pads are intended for stands #38846 or 38847, which are the 3- and 6-ton steel stands.
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We all want to live happy, fulfilled lives and feel our best each day. So why then is it so easy to put ourselves last? In the daily grind, people can even end up putting simple tasks that are low on their priority list above taking care of their own health. It's important to breathe deeply when you find that happening and try to focus on better ways to take care of yourself.
One sometimes overlooked way of doing that is being vigilant about food choices you make, and that means getting enough vitamins and minerals. Vitamin A is one such vitamin that has many health benefits and is also an important antioxidant.
This wonder vitamin contributes to a health immune system and promotes cell growth. Vitamin A is also important for healthy, strong vision. It may help to also promote urinary health. Additionally, it helps promote healthy skin by combating free radicals.
The American Heart Association recommends getting an adequate dose of Vitamin A by consuming whole grains, fruits, and vegetables. Among the foods that contain it are carrots, sweet potatoes, cantaloupe melons, apricots, and tomatoes. If someone does not get enough from their diet, it's also a good idea to take a daily supplement. Those who are trying to conceive may especially want to take a supplement of Vitamin A as it's noted for being essential to the reproductive systems of men and women.


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NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Yesterday the long-suffering shareholders of Seabridge Gold (SA) finally experienced the sweet feeling of a 10% one-day rally.
Seabridge Gold hasn't been a pleasure to own the past three years. The 5-year chart compares the movement of SA's share price with its price-to-book value. Both have cratered until good news hit the markets Wednesday.
Yes, Wednesday was the day SA reported final results from its 2012 drill program designed to search for high-grade core zones underlying its very large Kerr Sulphurets Mitchell gold-copper project in British Columbia. The remaining hole at Deep Kerr provides strong confirmation that the discovery (part of KSM) has the potential for a very large tonnage of high-grade copper and gold mineralization.
The Deep Kerr hole reported long runs of elevated copper including 22 meters of 0.98%. Drilling also found three more targets with favorable markers characteristic of core zones. The $15 million 2013 drill program to pursue these targets is expected to begin in June of 2013.Someone said, "A goldmine is a deep hole where people throw away their money." That outlook changes big time when rich veins of gold and other precious metals are extracted as proof that all that digging and exploring was worthwhile. SA data by YCharts
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Situated in Rapid City, this motel is close to Pirate's Cove Adventure Golf, Rushmore Mall, and The Journey Museum. Also nearby are Berlin Wall Exhibit and Central States Fairgrounds.
Property Features
At Travelodge Rapid City, recreational amenities include an indoor pool and a spa tub. The motel also features complimentary wireless Internet access and laundry facilities.
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Televisions come with cable channels. Guestrooms also feature complimentary wireless Internet access, air conditioning, and coffee/tea makers.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!
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Travelodge Rapid City features an indoor pool and a spa tub. A computer station is located on site and high-speed wireless Internet access is complimentary. Guests can enjoy a complimentary breakfast each morning. This Rapid City motel also offers coffee/tea in the lobby, laundry facilities, and a television in the lobby. Complimentary self parking is available on site.
- Free Wi-Fi
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- 24-hour front desk
- Number of floors - 2
- Coffee/tea in lobby
- Free breakfast
- Computer station
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- Total number of rooms - 55
- Free self parking
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Available in all rooms: Free Wi-Fi
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A complimentary continental breakfast is served each morning between 6 AM and 9 AM.
An indoor pool and a spa tub are on site.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Mountain biking nearby
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Google India and leading eCommerce companies have come together to bring the concept of Cyber Monday to India - titled 'Great Online Shopping Festival' slated for 12th December 2012. The initiative is aimed at encouraging shoppers to adopt online shopping with a focus to reach out to first time online buyers.
The participating companies will also offer special deals for the first time buyers on their websites. The festival will offer them an opportunity to shop for Jewelry, Shoes, Apparel, Travel packages, books, kids wear, gadgets, watches, computer accessories, health & fitness equipment, home decor products, great deals on real estate and many more. Apart from lining up great deals, buyers will also be able to enjoy free shipping across India and learn more about online shopping, various methods of payments and how safe and convenient it is to shop online.
Rajan Anandan, Managing Director & VP sales & Operations Google India said, "We're very excited to partner with all the leading eCommerce players in the Industry to bring the Great Online Shopping Festival. The online shopping industry is estimated to be already over a 1.5 $ billion and with this initiative we want to reach out and promote online shopping to the first time buyers."
With over 137 million Internet users in the country, India is witnessing a significant growth in the online activity. The festival will see participation from over 50 partners including leading eCommerce, local & classified, online travel sites and BFSI industry offering their best deals to customers all across India for 24 hours.
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The Story Behind the WWW Hypertext 91 Demo Page and UNC and mePaul, · Categories: General
We've gotten a lot of nice coverage of my rediscovery of perhaps the earliest World Wide Web pages this past week.
Fact is that those pages — Tim Berners-Lee's Demonstration Page for Hypertext 91 and my own personal page — have been on the net almost continually since they were developed and/or modified on my NeXT cube during Tim's visit to UNC in the late Fall of 1991 on his way to San Antonio and the ACM conference in December 1991. While the pages have moved from server to server as we upgraded, the pages mostly worked just fine even in modern web browsers without modification. True, there are HTML tags that are strange to us now: DD, DT, DL, NEXTID, and a requirement that each A link have a NAME field. (place view-source:http://ibiblio.org/pjones/old.page.html and view-source:http://ibiblio.org/pjones/old.paul.html in Chrome to see the old school html unrendered).
But how did those pages get created and how did they end up in Chapel Hill on my NeXT in first place?
Wide Area Information Servers and the WWW gateway
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Judd Knott and I led a network services research group at UNC in the Office for Information Technologies. Among the projects we developed was an internet bulletin board service that allowed access to all kinds of software for information sharing, Free software (as in Freedom), USENET News, Gopher, etc — even email. LaUNChpad quickly had hundreds of users and allowed us experiment in a living world and in the process contribute to information access in a small way.
We were often implementers of access protocols and very early software releases. One particular project really caught our interest; Wide Area Information Servers (WAIS), a Z39.50 database searching software suite, was being developed at Thinking Machines, Inc (a company mostly out of MIT that included Brewster Kahle who would later found Internet Archive). We, Jim Fullton in particular, quickly became a participant in development of a free and robust version of WAIS (wais-8-b2) in the spring of 1991.
Not long after, Jim made contact (via one of the hypertext newgroups) with Tim Berners-Lee of CERN who was interested in developing a gateway between WAIS servers and his project modestly called The WorldWideWeb. By about September, Jim and Tim had something working although not ready for general use. By October, Tim announced the gateway.
On The Way to Hypertext 91
Not long after, Jim got email from Tim saying that he was submitting a paper on what was now called more briefly WWW at the upcoming Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) conference Hypertext 91 in San Antonio in December. Tim made plans to stop by UNC and visit with us before going on to Texas. He was confident given the immediate acceptance of WWW on newsgroups and as seen in his logs that he would get a good speaking slot at the conference.
A few weeks later, we learned differently. Tim's paper had been rejected. But he had been offered a spot to demonstrate the WWW. Only a couple of catches. There was to be no Internet connectivity at the conference. And as Tim's demonstration required a NeXT computer, he would have to bring his from Europe. Tim was intrepid and soldiered on.
A Call to an Expert
Anticipating Tim's arrival, I called a nearby Computer Science department. The voice at the other end had heard of Tim's project but was not impressed. He immediately recited what he saw as deadly problems with the WWW:
- Links in hypertext must be bidirectional. WWW's are one way only.
- WWW servers aren't aware of each other and there is no inter-server communication.
- All WWW servers are equal. There should be a concept of hubs.
- WWW servers don't keep state. They are completely unaware of their previous interactions.
- It's obvious that whoever wrote the hypertext engine doesn't understand SGML. This HTML is done all wrong.
- Finally, he's giving this away for free. That means it has no value at all. We have our own version and a strong licensing partner.
I didn't take Tim to meet with the person who owned that voice.
Tim Berners-Lee's visit to Chapel Hill
When Tim did come to visit, he already knew that I too had a NeXT just like his. He stopped by. We talked about WAIS and WWW and beer and he pulled out a floptical drive (NeXT pioneered a read-write optical disk in a case. No one followed). I installed Tim's graphical browser on my NeXT. Tim talked me through using WWW by using a copy of his Hypertext 91 demonstration page.
There was, as you see now, a link to the WWW< >WAIS gateway for searching a database in the next room. When I clicked on the link, my information request first went to CERN in Switzerland then back to UNC to search the database. The results then left UNC for Switzerland where html was added and then the results sent back to my NeXT.
Tim showed me how simple and easy editing and creating a WWW page could be. First he showed how straightforward editing was by changing "demonstration" to "demonfdgfgstration." I created my own page and added a link to an FTP site in Denmark that hosted a sound collection among other things. I wanted to see if the NeXT and Tim's WWW browser would be able to pass the sound to a player. I think it did, but I really can't remember if it did.
Beers near English Scholars
That night, I invited Tim, Jim, Judd and others working on our project to my home. My wife, Sally Greene, was having a bunch of her friends, all PhD students in English over as well.
The geeks and literature folks didn't really mix. The geeks were out on the deck in the warm North Carolina fall night. The scholars were in the kitchen. I think some of the talk inside was of "Afternoon, a Story" a hypertext composition by Michael Joyce. Someone was interested in how current theory impacted (yes that word) and was impacted by hypertext. No one had actually experienced hypertext other than Apple's Hypercard though. Yet just a few feet and a few drinks away…
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Your link goes to an old excerpt of afternoon in an anthology. See also http://eastgate.com/catalog/Afternoon.html. Still in print, with new edition coming in July
Wouldn't these qualify as an even older pages?
If the drive you're trying to get the original web page from is one of the older Maxtor/HP drives (or anything of that ilk), and it appears to be a stuck head (vs. a crashed head… makes a grinding sound) you could try freezing it before using it and/or warming it up (maybe just leave it turned on for an hour or so).
The theory on freezing is that is loosens up some of the tolerances and on heating… it helps to unstick the old lubrication.
This has worked on a few drives for me.


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Ascentric teams up with Legacy Asset Systems for migration business
Ascentric is teaming up with Legacy Asset Systems to provide an asset migration service for new buiness.
The deal, LAS' first with a wrap provider, will sound out any clients suitable for asset migration to the platform.
LAS will also provide Ascentric users with client-specific cost and benefit comparisons which then populate an automated cost comparison schedule.
Ascentric sales and marketing director Richard Goodall says: "Until now there have been few tools in the market to help advisers with these tasks and none which can be used with all types of investment products. We have worked closely with LAS to integrate its market leading proposition into the Ascentric platform and are delighted that we can now offer this major new benefit to our users."
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Here's an ingenious way to provide a little kitchen tech support, from Jane Edwards of mamiejanes.blogspot.com. With wood glue, adhere a Scrabble tile holder to the bottom center of an 8 1/2"W x 16"L cutting board ($20; nancysvoice.etsy.com), as shown at left. Let dry for two hours. Next, use wood glue to affix a nine-inch-long wooden doorstop to the bottom center of the board's opposite side, as shown in inset ($6; odyssey359.etsy.com). Let dry for two hours. Finally, paint the entire piece with acrylic latex paint (Valspar in Cream Delight, $2.98 for 8 oz.; lowes.com), and let dry overnight. Buff the edges lightly with sandpaper to achieve a weathered look.


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Mayor Gray Breaks Ground on House of Lebanon Mixed-Use Project at Former M. M. Washington Career High School Site
Mayor Gray Breaks Ground on House of Lebanon Mixed-Use Project at Former M. M. Washington Career High School Site
(WASHINGTON, DC) – Mayor Vincent C. Gray, other government officials and representatives of the project's development team today broke ground on the House of Lebanon, a mixed-use real estate project providing affordable housing for seniors, new amenities and new community space on the site of the former Margaret Murray Washington Career High School in Ward 5.
"Affordable housing can be a struggle for people of all ages, and District seniors deserve the very best," said Mayor Gray. "This public-private collaborative reflects my administration's commitment to ensuring every resident who wants to remain in the District has access to safe, livable, affordable housing that creates a sense of community."
Principals from the development partnership – Mission First Housing Development Corporation; Urban Matters Development Partners, LLC; Mt. Lebanon Community Development Corporation; and Square 134 Architects – joined representatives from the Mt. Lebanon Baptist Church and the Washington Interfaith Network (WIN) in helping Mayor Gray, Ward 5 Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie and Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development Victor L. Hoskins formally kick off construction at the 94,000-square-foot site. When completed, House of Lebanon will include 82 affordable rental units and 15,000 square feet of community space.
"We are committed to encouraging economic development that helps build and maintain thriving communities across the District of Columbia," said Deputy Mayor Hoskins. "We are working diligently to ensure that our affordable housing stock is large enough to sustain the populations within the District citizenry that need it most while we also work on revitalizing neighborhoods and commercial corridors."
House of Lebanon is part of the Gray Administration's efforts to boost the amount of affordable housing available in the District. The project is part of the over $2 billion worth of District-affiliated projects currently under construction across the city, creating thousands of construction jobs and permanent jobs. Over 1250 units of District-affiliated affordable housing have come online during the Gray administration. An additional 1200 units are currently under construction.
The projects comes after the launch of the Mayor's Comprehensive Housing Strategy Task Force, which is tasked with looking at existing options and recommending ways to increase the District's affordable housing stock for all populations. Later this year, the task force will report on its first set of recommendations.
Additional information about the House of Lebanon project can be found via the website of the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development here.


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The full Moon has a brilliant companion tonight: the planet Jupiter. It's the "star" to the lower left of the Moon as they climb into good view in early evening.
As you look at the Moon, it's easy to make out its dark volcanic plains and its brighter highlands, plus a crater or two. But to see anything more than that, you need a telescope.
The first person to draw the Moon as seen through a telescope was Englishman Thomas Harriot, a part-time scientist and full-time friend of the British rich and famous. His first map of the Moon was based on observations he made 400 years ago tonight.
Harriot was around 50 years old. Decades earlier, he'd tutored Sir Walter Ralegh, and traveled to Virginia on an expedition that Ralegh organized. Back in England, he dabbled in optics, mathematics, and other fields. And in early 1609, he bought a telescope.
He turned it toward the Moon that summer, and drew several maps. But Harriot never published his drawings. The first person to publish a telescopic view of the Moon was Galileo Galilei, who did so the following year. Harriot's drawings weren't published until the 20th century. So Galileo gets the credit for drafting the first drawings of the Moon based on the view through a telescope.
Incidentally, Harriot's first map is dated July 26th, 1609. But at the time, England was using a different calendar system. So under today's calendar, the date was August 5th -- 400 years ago tonight.
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She is a volunteer mentor, tutor, trainer, planner, promoter and coordinator.
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Oak Brook Park District
DuPage County, Chicago's Western Suburbs - The Oak Brook Park District represents five parks totaling 150 acres, and four facilities: Family Recreation Center (the Family Aquatic Center and Premiere Fitness Club), the Racquet Club, the Dorothy and Sam Dean Nature Sanctuary and Central Park West.
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Greenline Wheels rents ecologically friendly and affordable transportation - bikes, electric bikes, and neighborhood electric vehicles. Easy to use maps with self-guided tour loops and easy access to many of Oak Park's independent tour guides makes Greenline an ideal starting point.
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Cernan Earth and Space Center
The Cernan Earth and Space Center of Triton College features a variety of earth and sky shows, children's shows, laser light shows, earth and space exhibits, a membership program and the Star Store gift shop. Visit our website for more information on events and hours.
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Let us save your soles today! We'll take you for a ride, give you a tour, provide shuttles for your party or even run errands with our fleet of pedicabs (aka bicycle rickshaws). Call us at 773-771-3922 or visit www.rickshawrick.com. Catch us at the Oak Park Visitors Center, Frank Lloyd Wright Home & Studio, Write Inn, Harvey House, Under the Ginkgo Tree B & B and other fun spots.
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Visit our website for discounts and packages. Games, Laser Tag, Batting Cages, Soft Playland, Miniature Golf, Go-Karts, Bumper Boats, Inflatable Park & more!
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The Millennium Reserve
The Millennium Reserve stretches from downtown Chicago to the Indiana border and suburban Park Forest. It encompasses numerous neighborhoods, the Southeast lakefront, and 37 South suburban municipalities. In aggregate, the Reserve includes a collection of over 15,000 acres of open space such as parks, trails, wetlands, and forest preserves; Making it ideal for runners, bikers and kayakers alike.
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KidsWork Children's Museum
KidsWork is an interactive educational experience for ages 0-8. Two floors of exhibits including a theater, art room, tot spot, pet vet, dino dig and more! Visit the KidsWork website for events, programming and new exhibits!
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Tinley Junction Miniature Golf and Batting Cages
Are you a mini golf pro? Bring the family to Tinley Junction, an 18-hole miniature golf course with a garden railroad theme. All Aboard!
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The Friends of the Indian Boundary Prairies
Located only 26 miles southwest of Chicago. Over 200 acres of pristine Illinois native prairie, much like the area was pre-settlement. Wildflowers, birds, butterflies abound! Prairie slide shows and tours available with advanced notice.
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Brunswick Zone XL - Homewood
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Lansing Municipal Airport
A full-service reliever airport, we provide the national aviation community access to the southern suburbs. The airport has two hard-surface runways: Runway 18-36 is 4002' and Runway 9-27 is 3395'.
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Riegel Farm & Conservation Center
Riegel Farm has a very diverse group of animal residents. We have exotic birds and reptiles such as an alligator and snakes. Birthday parties, group tours, pony rides and hayrides.
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Lan-Oak Park District
The Lan-Oak Park District manages 23 park sites, the Eisenhower Fitness & Community Center and the Pennsy Greenway (Bike Trail) which is part of the 475-mile Grand Illinois Trail.
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Springbrook Nature Center
The present Springbrook facilities includes a barn-styled building with a classroom, open area with activities, a large aquarium and restrooms. The land includes 2 miles of trails that are open year-round. Whether you are walking through a tunnel of prairie grasses or standing four feet above a cattail marsh on the 700 foot long boardwalk, the sights will take you back to the days of the explorers. Along your walk you'll discover a flowing brook, shady woods, flower-filled meadows and prairies, and marshes thick with cattails and ancient willows.
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Four Lakes Alpine Snowsports
People of all ages come to Four Lakes to learn, enjoy, and challenge the sport. Whether it is to have an amazing afternoon with your family, get away with a few friends, or bring your entire boy scout group out, Four Lakes is the most convenient area to hit the slopes for everyone.
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Colbert on Orange-Squeezing Technique for Curing Homosexuality: Video
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Women's Small Business Conference, August 9th, Keystone – Join Us!
Knight Accounting & Technology is proud to announce the 2012 Women's Small Business Conference. I have wiggled my way onto the organizing committee, and we have a GREAT lineup of keynote speakers (Sasha Galbraith and Corey Ciocchettti, 2 of the smartest people I've ever met!), education seminars, one-on-one counseling and networking opportunities. If you are starting a small business, running a small business, want to learn about WOSB or other women-owned priority government contracting status…this is the place to be!
Thursday, August 9th – Keystone, CO See the flyer attached (or email me at email@example.com if you want a copy): Keystone Women's Conference Flyer 2012
To register, go to www.coloradosbdc.org. Event is being held at the beautiful Keystone Lodge, 21966 US Highway 6, Keystone, CO 80435. Conference is from 7:30am – 5:00pm, networking from 5:00 – 6:30.
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In his quest for independence, Mahatma Ghandhi wandered the dusty roads of India with no shoes on, which left him with cracked and calloused feet. His minimalist diet was the cause of his tiny – almost fragile – frame and also led to bad breath. However, these physical difficulties didn't prevent him from developing a genuine spirituality.
Taking note of all these attributes, one of his friends referred to him as a super-fragile, calloused mystic hexed by halitosis.
Ghandi may have held lofty goals, but so too did the characters in my novel, Wings, now available as an Ebook. You can read about Wings here. It is available from Really Blue Books for the bargain basement price of $4.40 and also from Amazon.
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India won a real World Cup but a fake trophy; that's the report doing the rounds among the Indian media.
A day after the Cricket World Cup final, which India won after beating Sri Lanka, New Delhi-based newspaper Mail Today reported that the winning trophy was fake and that the real one was lying with the Mumbai customs officials.
"The trophy that captain Dhoni and his teammates so passionately kissed, hugged and adored - and millions of fans worldwide cheered - was a fake," Mail Today wrote.
"A mere replica, not the original. This has never happened in the 36-year history of the Cricket World Cup."
But the story was swiftly denied by the International Cricket Council [ICC], the cricket's governing body.
"Contrary to some erroneous and mischievous media reports, the ICC can confirm that the trophy presented to India at Wankhede Stadium on Saturday was the original ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 trophy and the one that was always intended to be presented to the winner of the event," ICC said in a statement.
It said, "The trophy seized by Mumbai customs is the promotional, perpetual trophy which remains in the keeping of ICC at its headquarters in Dubai."
There's a public uproar over the issue and angry cricket fans even burnt the effigy of Sharad Pawar, the ICC president and a federal minister.
Current and former players have shown their disappointment over the issue.
Haroon Lorgat, the ICC's CEO told the Times of India, "It is very disappointing that media reports do not represent the fact. India got the trophy which was intended to be delivered to them."
Despite denials and explanations by the ICC, the Delhi-based paper again carried a story in its Tuesday edition reiterating that the trophy was indeed fake.
The Mail wrote: "The trophy presented to Australia, the World Cup winners in 1999, 2003 and 2007, was the original one with the names of all the winning nations embossed on the base. By contrast, the replica handed to Dhoni's conquering team, had a blank base. Lorgat did not explain this difference."
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I was supposed to be a paramedic by now. As were many members of my class. We got stuck in this black hole of a lack of internships during and after our didactics and clinicals. That sucked enough. And delayed my internship by more than a year. But…
Spondylolisthesis SUCKS.
Did you hear me? IT FRIGGIN' SUCKS!
My back problem has continued to progress and worsen, and the pain and increasing neurologic symptoms have gotten to the point that I can't avoid surgery any longer. I had hoped that I would be able to finish my internship before surgery, then use my recovery time to study for the NREMT Paramedic CBT and Psychomotor skills. Nope. With pain sitting at a constant 4/10, with spikes up to 9/10 when I do something as simple as turn over in bed, or reach for something, it's hard to be able to continue an internship. Especially in the back of an ambulance. You get tossed around a lot back there. You reach for things at odd angles. You stabilize yourself by hooking a foot under the gurney and hope you don't have a turn coming up while trying to perform procedures on patients. It's unavoidable. And one day… it happened. It was inevitable. We had a driver (a fellow paramedic/FF) who drove a little more "intense" than others. At one point, we all got tossed. He hit a spot in the road that just jolted us. By the end of my shift, I *HURT*. When I got home after work that day (I still have my day job to work), I laid on the floor, with my butt up against my couch, and feet up on the couch, Iceman on my back under me. For 5 HOURS. And meds weren't touching it. 9/10 constant pain in my back, going down my legs. After several hours, and a few rounds of an oral narcotic (Hydrocodone), as well as diazepam, things came under control again. No, I'm not angry at him.
But from there, my pain ramped up slowly over my shifts.
I had started my internship in late January, and delayed my second shift while I had a round of epidural steroid injections, to try and keep the inflammation down and keep me as pain free as possible. That, and a damn strong non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID – Think ibuprofen, just a lot stronger) can keep things at bay for a long time in some people. For me, not so long. It did help. But the incident I described above just hastened the inevitable. The overt instability of my lumbar spine creates a constant grinding of bone on bone, pinching of nerves by bone and intravertebral disks. Which causes more inflammation, which causes more instability… and on and on.
What really did it for ME was the need to be on narcotics many nights in order to reduce the pain enough to be able to sleep. My internship is 48 hour shifts at a fire station. Can't take narcotics on shift. Not happening. I won't be under the influence when treating a patient. No way. No negotiation. I won't even drink alcohol within 12 hours of a shift.
At the same time, my preceptor noticed that as my pain levels increased, my learning decreased. When you are in more pain that your patient… it's not good for either patient or provider. She noticed I was having increasing issues with patient assessments the way she wants me to do them. Which is a good way. Different for me, but a good way. And I tried. I really, really, tried to get it down. But with this much pain, it just doesn't stick. Procedures are no problem. Just integrating the big picture while trying to tell my back to shut the fuck up is damn near impossible.
My preceptor and I agreed that I need to postpone my internship until I can concentrate and be the paramedic my preceptor knows I have inside of me. It hurt to hear it, but I knew it already. At 384 hours, I could have been tossed. But my preceptor didn't toss me. She talked to my school, and explained that the delay in my internship starting (by situations outside of my control – not my back), coupled with my back problem, put me behind the curve, and she felt that I need go back to school after surgery and receive some remediation, to get me REALLY READY to knock the 100 or so remaining hours out of the park, and prove that I am a competent paramedic. She doesn't understand why the school didn't bring us all back periodically to refresh us. I agree. I just need to put everything together again in a good package. And my preceptor wants me back with her. My instructor told her that would happen. The crews at the stations she works at know me already, and know my strengths and weaknesses. They want me to succeed. I take that as a big positive. And if needed, she offered to let me do reduced hours (i.e. not a 48 hour shift, perhaps 12-24 at a time) to complete it.
Deciding on which procedure to have was done last year in consultation with my neurosurgeon. We discussed at length the different options, and he felt my best option was this type of fusion. And I agree with him. I don't need an open TLIF. There is very little reason for anyone to have single or double-level fusion done that way any more. For some reason, orthopedic surgeons like to use the open procedure more. I have a lot of "spondy" friends online, including a few local here to me, to talk with. They've helped me to learn a lot. And I've done a lot of research myself, questioning my neurosurgeon about certain newer technology, the pros and cons of each, and why he chose the Infuse implant vs the Titan, for example.
So, on Wed, April 30th, I am going to have a minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) (Youtube animation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpqPXLvgwDE). Put simply, they will remove my screwed up disk at L4/L5, place implant(s) in there, along with bone putty, my own bone from the pars bodies they remove, donor (cadaver) bone, and possibly BMP (a protein that can enhance fusion). This is planned to be a single-level fusion, but a double-level fusion is a minor possibility, depending on what he finds when he gets in there. Hopefully, when I wake up, the intense pain and sciatica will be gone forever.
Pre-op appointments and labs are done, including a repeat MRI and x-rays. They show what I know already. My slip increased since the first ones were done last year when I was diagnosed. Not a lot, but obviously enough.
I expect to be in the hospital 3-5 days. Might come home sooner, but that all depends on pain control. No NSAIDs AT ALL for at least 3 months. Considering I use Toradol for migraines… this may be difficult, but not insurmountable.
Recovery starts as soon as that night or the next morning (depending on when I have surgery, and how well I do post-op), with them getting my happy ass out of bed for walking. And walking, and walking, and more walking for the next month. Did I tell you I'd be walking? Then up on a stationary bike, more walking, additional PT (dynamic and static stabilization, strengthening, etc). From there… hopefully a month later, riding my bike on the bike trails. Maybe. That will depend on healing. When I am not walking (or sleeping for the first few weeks between walks), I will be studying. I feel it is a good use for the time. Sick/Not Sick, EMPACT, my paramedic textbooks, Youtube videos, tabletop scenarios, you name it. No getting down on the ground with pretend patients, though.
One thing is for certain, no EMS until I am fused. This is going to be hard. Damn hard. It may suck more than the pain I am in now. I love providing EMS. Working EMS keeps me sane, and has literally saved my life. I may be able to be a supervisor during my recovery (Like 2-3 months out), but no hands-on care until my neurosurgeon says so. No argument here.
Want to see a model patient? Come watch my recovery. Everything, and I mean EVERYTHING is on the line right now. Not just my paramedic internship and future as a paramedic. My ability to provide EMS. My ability to walk without pain. Or even walk at all is in jeopardy if I don't get this fusion done. Honestly, this surgery
bothers me scares the living shit out of me. But it is my only chance at getting my life back. And I WANT MY LIFE BACK, DAMMIT!
My last EMS shifts will be this coming weekend. It's hard to stop. It really is. But I have to. I have to let the neurosurgeon put me back together. To make me a member of Club Titanium. The rest will happen as I let my body heal. Then I will come back. Stronger. Physically, and mentally.
I have so many friends willing to help me, I am overwhelmed. Thank you. I can't thank you all enough before, during, or after. So I am starting now. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I may get bitchy, grouchy, want to do more than I should, not want to do anything. I know you will all be there to keep me in check.
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If my recollection as a noob is correct, the idea of "sticky" threads isn't too obvious to noobs - who often first visit via google searches etc.,. It's hard to think of how it might be highlighted - maybe you need to hook into Facebook's or Google's data matching technology to identify noobs and cleverly use that to direct searches. It's a long shot, but maybe some low-technology solution like having a "buying a new bike" sub-forum might make things clearer.
In the meantime, those of us with the patience and/or boredom with TV and other alternatives will just have to keep politely steering noobs to the right place. Have to admit that it can be hard sometimes discerning trolls from noobs, and my patience might run out a little too soon in some cases.
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The most important sign language study done with an ape was surely the first one back in the 1960s, with Washoe, for it established that chimpanzees can use American Sign Language (ASL).
The most decisive such study, however, was probably the one a decade later, with Nim Chimsky because it put a halt to such inquiries.
Herbert Terrace, the lead investigator, announced he had changed his mind (always an eye-catching action). Terrace began the project expecting to see that a chimpanzee could master sign language. At first, the data had seemed to support that hypothesis. However, upon closer examination Terrace realized that Nim did not engage in much spontaneous expression. Nim's use of signs was a way of controlling his human attendants. He was not sharing information or conversing.
Now a documentary film, Project Nim, has come along to leave me with a sense that the Nim project was a scientific scandal. No conclusions, one way or the other, should be based on it, except for the indisputable fact that Nim did learn to make a number of signs and would sometimes string them together.
The film is based on a book, Nim Chimpsky: The Chimp Who Would Be Human by Elizabeth Hess. The documentary was directed by James Marsh, a fine filmmaker whose earlier movie¸ Man on a Wire, proved that documentaries could be suspenseful, even when you go in knowing the outcome. Nim's story gets the full professional treatment in a movie that looks very good and moves the emotions too. There are some drawbacks as well. Nobody ever mentions that Nim's name is a play on Noam Chomsky. When I first learned of the project, back in the 70s, I laughed mightily at the name, although now that I've seen the movie I'm a bit ashamed of myself. The name is a joke because Terrace never took Nim's individuality seriously.
The movie makes it clear that Nim had a nightmare life — the side that I expect most reviewers to discuss—but it also indicates that the project was an absurd mess. Shortly after his birth in November, 1973, Nim was taken from his mother and placed in the arms of Stephanie LaFarge, a former student of Terrace's, who was experienced with children and had agreed to raise Nim as a member of the family. Terrace was overseeing the project, but not as a constant part of Nim's life. His focus was on language; would Nim learn sign language?
Scandal #1: nobody in LaFarge's household was fluent in signing. In a normal, human household, infants are surrounded by fully competent language users. Nim was not among fluent signers and they did not sign between themselves. There was no hope that Nim would just pick up signing the way babies pick up a language. From the start, therefore, he would have environmental disadvantages not found in the normal family.
Scandal #2: Terrace had no clear program for introducing Nim to sign language. LaFarge was smart enough to try shaping Nim's hands to get him started signing. From there the vocabulary grew. I got the impression that as the project went along, Terrace started to worry that he was producing one long anecdote. He brought in a second researcher, Laura-Ann Petitto, who tried to put more order into the material. Nim was taken from LaFarge's home (which turns out to have been about two blocks from my apartment on Manhattan's Upper West Side) and moved into a large estate in Riverdale, the Bronx. A couple of other sign-language teachers were also introduced, but by then the situation had gotten out of hand.
Scandal #3: There seemed to be no new hypothesis behind the study. I have to be careful, basing commentary on a movie, but we get no clue that Terrace was looking for something new. Neither LaFarge nor Petitto give any hint of checking something out more than some this-vs-that search. By the time of the Nim study, Washoe (b. 1965) had already learned ASL. Also Lucy Templin (b. 1964) was being raised in a human home and was learning some ASL. Koko (a gorilla, b. 1971) was already learning ASL. So what was the point of the Nim study, beyond doing something fashionable?
Scandal #4: There was no definition of language strong enough to distinguish between gesture and signs. By the time the Nim project began Jane Goodall already knew that chimpanzees in the wild make gestures. Terrace was probably going on the Chomskyan definition of language being the ability to produce grammatical sentences. But that definition doesn't help distinguish a gesture from a word, especially when words come in the form of hand signs. Several of the most common "signs" in the documentary—signals asking for a hug or to play—are the sorts of gestures that are frequent in the wild, requests for something. Terrence's realization that Nim was not really using language seems to have come when he recognized that Nim was gesturing rather than verbalizing. It was an important insight, but the philosophers Charles Sanders Pierce and Ernst Cassirer had already worked out the basic differences between signs and symbols. A well designed study would have been alert to the issue from the beginning.
No, I am not arguing for a better designed Nim project that would settle the issue. By now the issue is settled. More focused research by scholars like Simone Pika and Michael Tomasello has shown that chimpanzees are smart enough to recognize the meanings of some signs, but they are not cooperative enough to use language. That principle forms the basic thinking of contemporary research into language origins: when the human lineage became cooperative it already had the intellect to use words at the level of a two-year-old. That was enough to get our ancestors started talking; from then on they went down a new path.
About the Author: Edmund Blair Bolles is a science writer who maintains a blog, Babel's Dawn, on the origins of speech. His sixteenth book, Babel's Dawn: A Natural History of the Origins of Speech will be published by Counterpoint this September. He can be reached on Twitter @ebbolles.
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Fantastic to read a post on Project Nim from someone who knows plenty about the evolution of language. Refreshing that this whole dark episode was not romanticized and summed up in terms of the flourish of the seventies. I am really looking forward to Blair's book, Babel's Dawn.Link to this
Fascinating article!!Link to this
Very interesting piece… A "scientific" study of cruelty and ineptness that ultimately proved worthless. I'm looking forward to viewing this documentary.
Also, I'm curious about the assertion that cooperation is integral to the ability to develop language. What about bonobos? They are gentle and form tight bonds with their companions. Are they thus more receptive to language aquisition?Link to this
This story demonstrates that language does not develop in a vacuum. It develops for a purpose. If "human" words have no real "function" for the day to day life of a chimpanzee then even attempting to teach Nim a language – sign or not – is meaningless; clever monkey for not buying into this! And, thank you for this insightful analysis of a very sad situation.
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