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Lay the leg portions on a platter, skin side down. Sprinkle with 1 tablespoon of the kosher salt and black pepper. Place the garlic cloves, bay leaves, and sprigs of thyme on each of 2 leg portions. Lay the remaining 2 leg portions, flesh to flesh, on top. Put the reserved fat from the chicken in the bottom of a glass or plastic container. Top with the sandwiched leg portions. Sprinkle with the remaining 1/8 teaspoon kosher salt. Cover and refrigerate for 12 hours.
Preheat the oven to 200 degrees F.
Remove the chicken from the refrigerator. Remove the garlic, bay leaves, thyme, and chicken fat and reserve. Rinse the chicken with cool water, rubbing off some of the salt and pepper. Pat dry with paper towels.
Put the reserved garlic, bay leaves, thyme, and chicken fat in the bottom of an enameled cast iron pot. Sprinkle evenly with the peppercorns and salt. Lay the chicken on top, skin side down. Add the olive oil. Cover and bake for 12 to 14 hours, or until the meat pulls away from the bone.
Remove the chicken from the fat. Strain the fat and reserve. Pick the meat from the bones and place it in a stoneware container. Cover the meat with some of the strained fat so that there is a 1/4-inch layer of fat on top. The chicken confit can be stored in the refrigerator for up to 1 month.
The excess oil can be stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator and used like butter for cooking. The tinge of chicken taste in the oil is wonderful and I use the oil to roast potatoes, cook green beans, and pan-fry veal.
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The family breadwinner earns people's respect, whether the working parent is a mom or a dad.
At least, that was one of the take-aways from Sunday's cover story of The New York Times, "Wall Street Mothers, Stay-Home Fathers," by Jodi Kantor and Jessica Silver-Greenberg. The dozens of mothers interviewed, executives at major investment firms and banks, said that they found themselves taken more seriously in the workplace because of their role as the sole financial provider. In the words of the authors, it "dawned on [one mother] that the presumption men had often benefited from — that they would not be diverted by household demands — was finally applying to her too."
Because their husbands are at home caring for the kids and tackling the domestic duties, these women are able to wake up as early as 4:45 AM for a long day at the office, make dinner arrangements with clients at the drop of a hat, hit the gym to relieve stress after work, and jet off on business trips. (One mother said that she spends a week and a half of each month traveling for the job.) While the men at home reported the deep emotional satisfaction of bonding moments with their children, as well as — you guessed it — boredom, loneliness, and the frustration of being disrespected by their peers.
Seeing as the article focuses on a wealthy community on Long Island, I imagine these dads must be swimming against a pretty intense social current. While they're at home doing chores and organizing playdates, the other guys down the street pull in millions of dollars a year. As one man put it, "there's usually a long pause" after he introduces himself as a stay-at-home dad. Others said they go undercover, identifying themselves as either retired, or artists.
Women have it easier than men in this regard, at least in many parts of the country, because they've created support networks for themselves — coffee klatsches, Mommy and Me classes, listservs, and meet-up groups for new moms. Men are doing the same in cities (like the huge NYC Dads Group), a trend that I expect will slowly spread to the 'burbs and small towns.
Besides their friends and neighbors, men face parental sexism exists even at an organizational level. As the article put it, "Every man interviewed said that many school notices, invitations and Girl Scout troop updates were still sent to their wives." One man reported being excluded from a school committee, with the organizer telling him, "My husband wouldn't be happy if you're in my house with us."
Welcome to the 1950s, with a twist! Which is why, on Slate, Jessica Grose says this arrangement isn't progress, it's just the same old story with the roles reversed. One partner goes off to provide financially, while the other stays home and handles the nurturing. Some brave new world, eh?
It's true, we can be critical of them for not changing the culture from the inside so that working parents can achieve a better work-life balance, and we could lose hope and wonder if it's even possible to affect a change in corporate culture. But before we spiral down into darkness, let's put things into perspective. While the number of women on the boards of Fortune 500 finance companies has nearly doubled since 1995, we're still only talking about a female population that comprises 19% of board members.
And it's only in the past few years that we've begun to hear dads talking about the challenges they face at home, both in articles like the one in Sunday's NY Times, and online in blogs. Indeed, a contributor to my anthology of male novelists writing about fatherhood, When I First Held You, just told me that in the '90s, a similarly themed book came out with a much darker spin. The tales in When I First Held You confront the scary, challenging part of parenthood, but the dads all speak with heartfelt love for their kids, and are engaged in their upbringing and development.
Gender stereotypes are shifting. A man can be The President of the United States, and a good father. While women can achieve executive status and be mothers. As I wrote earlier this month about meaning and happiness, we shouldn't have to live our lives in extreme terms: Either all career or no career. Rather, there should be a happy medium, where both women and men can experience fulfillment and happiness at home and in the workplace.
We've only just begun to move in that direction.

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Speculation has already started as to who will replace one of Davidson County's locally elected state representatives.
Speculation has already started as to who will replace one of Davidson County's locally elected state representatives.
Rep. Jerry Dockham, R-Davidson, is expected to be approved for a position with the N.C. Utilities Commission and start his new job July 1. Dockham, who has held his House seat for 23 years, was nominated to the position by Gov. Pat McCrory and still has to be approved by his peers in the General Assembly.
If he is approved, the Davidson County Republican Party must choose his successor, per election laws. Party chairman Lance Barrett said word is already spreading, fast.
"I've already received phone calls from people who are interested," Barrett said. "When the vacancy occurs, it's our job as a party to find the person with the best r�sum� and best qualifications for that position."
Whoever fills the expected vacancy would serve the 80th District throughout the remainder of Dockham's term, which ends in 2014.
"Whoever is appointed to this position will have to turn around and defend their seat in the Republican primary in 2014," Barrett said.
Real estate broker Dick Johnson and elementary school teacher Christy Jones are two possible candidates who could fill the expected vacancy. Both lost to Dockham in the Republican primary last year.
Barrett said unlike congressional positions, state representatives must live in the district they serve. The 80th District encompasses most of eastern Davidson County. Dockham lives in Denton.
"Half the county does not qualify," Barrett said.
Once Dockham's position is vacated, the state will send official notice to the Republican Party chairman. The party will make a recommendation to the governor, who will have seven days to make a decision on the appointment, said Ruth Huneycutt, director of the Davidson County Board of Elections.
Barrett said when the party is officially notified about the vacancy, it will solicit letters of interest and r�sum�s from prospective appointees. There will not necessarily be an interview process, he said.
Dockham, who could not be reached for comment Wednesday, has served the county extraordinarily well, Barrett said.
"Jerry Dockham is our most senior elected official," Barrett said. "Now that the Republican Party controls the state House, Senate and gubernatorial seat, it was really nice knowing we had that veteran, senior leader representing our county. He was No. 2 in the Legislature. Losing that is a loss, and while we hate that part of it, we are very happy for Jerry and happy that the governor is recognizing him for that position."
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The Biomedical Sciences major consists of courses prescribed by professional schools (medical, dental, osteopathic, veterinary, pharmacy, graduate) as essential to the successful completion of a professional school curriculum, plus electives necessary to provide educational breadth and maturity. In short, the Biomedical Sciences major is designed to help students gain a comprehensive understanding of human life sciences and is a gateway to many exciting and meaningful career paths.
The four general areas of emphasis in the Biomedical Sciences curriculum are Microbiology , Anatomy , Physiology , and Nutrition . Faculty in the Biomedical Science Department are involved in a wide variety of research projects, providing numerous opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students to gain real laboratory experience. Areas of research include bacterial genetics, cancer biology, cardiovascular disease, epidemiology, human anatomy, immunology, neuroscience, obesity, parasitology, physiological biochemistry, stem cell biology, and toxicology to name a few.
A new bioink that may enable the more efficient and inexpensive fabrication of tissues and organs — and ultimately accelerate advances in regenerative medicine — has been synthesized by researchers at the University of British Columbia's Okanagan campus.


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Live the adventures of a genius inventor robot named Rodney Copperbottom as he moves to the big city to work for the company founded by his childhood hero. When Rodney uncovers a villain's plot to take over the city, the brave young bot, with the help of his new friends, overcomes all obstacles to realize his dreams -- and make the world a better place for all robots. Take wild rides in fast-paced robot vehicles, upgrade your gadgets with cooler, more useful parts, and team up with your trusty Wonderbot to solve challenging puzzles, battle evil bots, and explore a highly interactive 3D universe that brings the world of Robots the Movie to life.
Game based on upcoming film comes out of VU Games in early 2004. Read More »
Also known as: Robots: The Movie
Release Region: United States
Release Date: March 7, 2005
Publisher: Vivendi Games
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The Classic Pursuit of the Snowshoe Hare
by Troutski
Snowshoe is a term used for many things – from a piece of winter sports equipment to a creature found in North America that is literally one of the most unique ever created.
The snowshoe hare has extremely large hind feet, as opposed to its other furry brethren, and hunters can always spot its trail, seeing as that those feet leave marks in the snow that lead the hunter in the right direction. The size is a must, of course, because these feet stop the hare from sinking into the snow when hopping commences. It also helps that the feet have fur on the soles in order to keep the freezing temperatures from hurting the hare as they, too, celebrate winter.
There are even more protective defenses for the hare. They have the ability to camouflage themselves as well as the family from Duck Dynasty does. The hare's fur turns glossy white in the winter to allow the creature to meld into the backdrop which makes them much more difficult to hunt. And although the ears of the snowshoe hare are shorter than the ones belonging to its extended family, they still have the ability to hear quite well when it comes to any steps closing in.
Weeds, grass, summer veggies are something the snowshoe hare dines on, but they actually become carnivores, and will turn to dead rodents in order to build up their diets during the winter. No hibernation is needed for them, either. The snowshoe hare is all about hunting at night, and sleeping for months on end is not in its repertoire.
Deer season is, of course, still the most popular for the hunter. But the over-sized snowshoe hare is also a winter pastime that has grown in popularity over the seasons. With shotgun handy, and the dogs by your side, the hunt is on – and can end up to be one adventure that's truly exciting.
Many use the snowmobile to track down the hare (with trailing sleds for any dogs that might come along); while others stick to the old ways and don snowshoes in order to cross the frozen tundra.
A bright white world with frost and icicles dangling from the tall trees, stands of softwoods, copses of hardwood saplings – this beauty exactly matches the habitat of the snowshoe hare.
Now, when it comes to the best hunting tip that all should remember when they're out there bracing against Old Man Winter, is to have protective clothing, especially eye protection. Eye injuries crop up far too often in a world of spruce trees mixed with fir that carry a great deal of small, easily missed, dead branches.
If the dog is not handy, hunter's should go in pairs so that one can do the beagle's job by breaking through the brush and seeking out tracks. The other waits patiently and looks for any movement that the frightened hare might make.
That watcher must be constantly alert, seeing as that the snowshoe hare will not leave their familiar territory. They will build, work and stay within the large circle of their habitat and never stray. In the winter, the snowshoe hare's territory averages only twenty acres, which is their downfall. When uncovered by the dogs or human noise, the hare will run in loops inside this small acreage instead of fleeing, which allows hunters a victorious day.
If the hare is spotted, blowing a whistle or making some kind of high-pitched noise can stop the hare in its large tracks. They are very interested creatures and easily startled, which also helps the hunter get a perfect shot.
But, remember, the white-on-white movement is difficult for the eye to spot. Which means even when the dogs bark and you're hiding in that thick strip of cover, the snowshoe hare can still disappear right before your eyes by blending into the backdrop.
The snowshoe hare season will go far into the month of March, so there's plenty of time to land that mighty buck before trying your luck. But whether you go solo with the dogs, or with a buddy, the fact remains that hunting the hare is one of the coolest and most memorable sports around.


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Just one day before the Computex 2010 show kick off in Taipei, Gainward announced another product based on Nvidia's GF-100 Fermi architecture, the Gainward GeForce GTX 465 GOOD Edition (Gainward Optimized Own Design). This new
model quenches desire of gamers looking for a balance of DX11 performance with more affordable price.
The "new born baby", aka the
GeForce GTX 465 inherit's mighty
DNA as its triplet brothers GeForce GTX 480 and
GTX 470. The product is based on
GF-100 Fermi architecture packed with 352
CUDA cores clocked at 607MHz. It sports 1GB of
GDDR5 memory at 1,603 MHz in 256-bit memory
interface with 11 Tessellation units (32 CUDA cores in one unit) optimized in parallel architecture by GigaThread engine.
The card has been designed for full compliance with all Microsoft DirectX11 hardware features. In addition, it supports 3D Vision Surround at triple full HD 1920x1080 resolution in SLI. The Gainward GTX 465 GOOD Edition has been also designed in strict 2 slots dual fan cooler, it fully supports 3 WaySLI without any interferences and promises excellent cooling performance even for the sandwiched card.
Below is a comparison among Nvidia's Fermi-based graphics cards. As you can see the the GTX 465 is features less stream processors and memory than the GTX 470 and 480 chips, and also comes at a lower price:
Here are the full specifications of the Gainward GTX 465 GOOD:
- Retail package
The Gainward GTX 465 GOOD retails in a package large enough for the card to fit in it. In order to buy it, you will have to spend around €265~300 (including VAT), depending the online store. This is almost what you would also spend for an ATI HD5850 solution.
As you can see in the picture below, the package look good and basic information about the card is available at a glance:
Inside, the card is packaged into an anti-static bag. Many accessories are also bundled, including a manual, a driver CD with Gainward's Expertool tuning utility, a DVI-to-VGA adaptor, a complementary power cable, a demo CD for Nvidia Supersonic Sled & Design Garage application as well as a voucher for CUDA-enable video editing software Super LoiloScope. A 30-day trial of the software is available for free. A 25% discount is provided in order to purchase the full version of the software:
The Gainward GTX 465 GOOD Edition is smaller in size than the Inno3D GTX 470 Hawk series we have already tested (23cm vs 27cm length). Gainward has equipped the card with a customized, dual 80mm fan cooling system with full copper heatpipes, as you can see below:
The Gainward GTX 465 GOOD Edition offers four outputs. A DisplayPort , a dual DVI-D and an HDMI for high definition streaming. The HDMI 1.4 supports xvYCC, Deep color and 7.1 digital
surround sound and of output of 3D content (no Blu-ray 3D) when coupled with NVIDIA's 3D Vision technology:
Two 6-pin PCI-E power cables are essential to power up this graphics card:
The right side of the card is almost open in order to help the cooling system work more efficiently:
We installed the dual-slot graphics card in our test PC and used the GPU-Z utility to see some more information about the card. It's GPU core runs
at 608MHz, the memory at 1604MHz and Shaders are clocked to 1215MHz:
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Page 1 of 2By Adam Jerome, I-O Reporter
Grateful Nation Montana was created after founders and businessmen with Montana ties, David Bell and John McCarrick realized that the families of fallen Montana soldiers were not being fully provided for.
Bell is the son-in-law of Conrad resident Gale Gustafson. Gustafson also sits on the board of directors for Grateful Nation Montana and is the local contact for the program.
Bell comments, "We assumed like many people that if one of our soldiers is killed in the line of duty than they would be provided for financially by the government, but it is clear that it is just not the case."
To date, 29 soldiers from Montana have been killed in conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. This makes Montana the highest per capita casualty rate state in the United States. These deaths have left 23 children ranging from eight months old and upwards without fathers.
Grateful Nation Montana is a non-profit organization that was formed with the specific purpose of facilitating college educations for the children of soldiers killed while in active duty in either Iraq or Afghanistan. GNM
Grateful Nation Montana not only helps with the financial burdens of college, but also mentoring and tutoring during the children's high school years as to make sure the student is academically and emotionally prepared for college.
The University of Montana has joined efforts with GNM. President George Dennison convinced the Board of Regents to incorporate the program into the University of Montana Foundation.
Grateful Nation has designed an outreach program that will be available to them during their junior high school years. In conjunction with the colleges and universities, the outreach program will include invitations to campus events (sporting events, homecomings, theater events to name a few) scholastic tutoring by faculty members and students, and counseling for emotional or family issues. With regular exposure to campus life combined with tutoring assistance and counseling, these kids should grow up confident that they will succeed in college and beyond.
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David Mathias' Book List
Some readers may have noticed that I am partial to Greene & Greene. Really partial. Unreasonably partial. Alright, obsessed. Consumed. You get the idea. So my first inclination was to simply list all of my books about the brothers and their work. That's not really the spirit of the project, however, so I rejected that idea and decided to include just one. Which, of course, resulted in an increased sentence in front of the bookcase.
In the end, something approaching reason prevailed and I winnowed the candidates to a reasonable few. Those of you who are paying attention will note that Greene & Greene appear more than once. I broke my own edict. The thing about obsession is that it's uncontrollable…
Greene & Greene, The Passion and the Legacy by Randell Makinson
This is the first Greene & Greene book I read. Though I was already very interested in their work, Randell's beautiful book was a knockout punch. I was done for. Fantastic photos and descriptions. Works by Edward Bosley (Greene & Greene) or Bruce Smith (Greene & Greene: Masterworks) could have filled this spot as well but I have a sentimental attachment to "Passion." Even if you don't particularly like Greene & Greene, look through this book for the endless examples of first-rate craftsmanship.
Hand Applied Finishes by Jeff Jewitt
This is another first for me: my first book on finishing. As a home woodworker with a basement shop that has little ventilation, I don't spray. Finishing is done with brushes or rags. Jeff's book (and his web site) has helped me through more than one finishing quandary. His second book ("Great Wood Finishes") is flashier but I return most often to this one.
Shop Drawings for Greene & Greene Furniture by Robert W. Lang
I first "met" Bob some years ago when I was planning to make a Stickley bow arm Morris chair. I'd discovered his Craftsman Plans web site and e-mailed to ask if he had a plan of the chair (I think I got the first set he printed). After that, we stayed in touch off and on. At some point I asked if he'd ever thought about adding a Greene & Greene book to his Shop Drawings series. Though Bob played it close to the vest, he had already thought of it. Fortunately, for all of us, he did more than think. The result is a tremendous resource for anyone who wants to make a G&G piece.
The Handplane Book by Garrett Hack
Pure, unadulterated tool porn. Of course, I only read it for the articles. Before I'd ever held a plane that cost more than a McDonald's value meal, I was a fan of this book. Gorgeous and informative are a formidable combination.
Hand Tool Essentials from The Editors of Popular Woodworking
This choice might seem like blatant pandering. I almost left it off of the list for that reason. But if Jack could choose Bobby for Attorney General then I should be safe in including this book. A collection of articles from about a decade of Popular Woodworking, "Hand Tool Essentials" is a fantastic resource. The list of authors reads like a who's who so naturally, the information is top-rate. Though rather well known at this point, David Charlesworth's ruler trick is worth the price of admission.
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The LA Galaxy season may be over, but LA Galaxy Insider Adam Serrano will spend the next few weeks offering an evaluation of each member of the squad. VIEW CALENDAR
The LA Galaxy Player Ratings will begin with players who appeared in the least number of games this season starting with goalkeeper Brian Rowe and concluding with Sean Franklin who played in all 34 of the club's regular season games. There will also be an evaluation of head coach and general manager Bruce Arena and his moves at the conclusion of the list.
We will have two to three evaluations per day and focus on what each player did well, what they need to improve on ahead of next season as well as a select thought from the player on their performance and a rating from myself out of four stars.
POSITION: Midfielder
APPEARANCES IN ALL OFFICIAL COMPETITIONS: GP: 5 [3 in CONCACAF Champions League, 1 in MLS, and 1 in Open Cup], MIN: 293, G: 0, A: 0
HIGHLIGHTS: Rafael Garcia may have been a Supplemental Draft selection, but the rookie midfielder from Canoga Park didn't take long to impress. Garcia appeared in all 10 Reserve League games for the Galaxy while earning three starts in CONCACAF Champions League play. During those matches, Garcia developed a capable partnership with midfielders Michael Stephens and Kenney Walker that stymied opposition midfielders. But where Garcia was most effective was his penchant for creating counter-attacking opportunities by breaking up attacks and then sending his teammates forward on the attack. His grit and passing ability weren't his only attributes though as he also displayed a knack for striking dangerous shots from distance, resulting in two goals while with the reserves. Garcia also showed versatility with a few solid performances–in matches like international friendlies against Real Madrid and Tottenham Hotspur—at right back.
LOWLIGHTS: The only possible lowlight for the rookie midfielder was his lack of participation with the team during the regular season. Garcia made the game day roster just three times with a single appearance, with that coming away to Real Salt Lake on June 20, his MLS debut. However, with a great deal of change in the midfield, look for Garcia to contend for a regular spot next season.
HIS THOUGHTS: "I think that I improved a lot as a player being around all these guys. I'm very excited to get back with the guys and just keep improving. I think that my main focus is to improve and see if I can contribute more next year. I'm excited; I think that it's going to be more difficult with a big bulls-eye on our backs. I'll enjoy the offseason and spend time with my family, but then it's back to work. I'd be lying if I told you that I didn't think about [earning a roster spot next season], but those are the things that up to the coach. I'm optimistic that if I keep improving and do the things that they ask me to do then maybe I'll see more extended minutes this upcoming season."
Like his midfield partner Walker, Garcia's body of work in MLS competition was small, but his contributions in other competitions are important indicators for the future. In his rookie season, Garcia showed that he is already a mature two-way defensive midfielder with the ability to manage a game at a high level. With another year under his belt, Garcia has the potential to develop into a strong defensive midfielder in the Juninho-mold that may very well see considerable minutes for the Galaxy in the years to come. Could Garcia blossom into the midfield general that the Galaxy will need in the future? Only time will tell.
Adam Serrano is the LA Galaxy Insider. Read his blog at LAGalaxy.com/insider and contact him at email@example.com


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Ten Tips for Quality Blogging
According to the 2008 American Bar Association Legal Technology Survey Report ( www.abanet.org/tech/ltrc/survstat.html), a scant 2 percent of lawyers blog. That's too bad because blogging offers lawyers a variety of benefits. For starters, a blog can inexpensively increase a lawyer's search engine visibility and demonstrate a lawyer's familiarity or expertise in a given practice area, both of which can help attract more clients. However, blogs don't just increase the quantity of clients; by educating clients on the elements of their cases, blogs also enhance the quality of those clients who seek out your services.
Of course, if you're among the 98 percent of those lawyers who don't blog, you'll never have an opportunity to experience these benefits. But even if you fall into the small minority of lawyers who do blog, you may not have realized these benefits because you're not blogging as effectively as you could be. So below are ten quick tips to building a better blog and getting the most out of it over the long haul.
1. Choose the name carefully. Many lawyers try to choose clever names for their blogs, which can show originality but won't do much for search engine visibility. Remember, prospective clients are likely to search for lawyers using "keyword searches," so you're best off using target search terms in the title of your blog. For example, let's say that you handle traffic tickets in New York. Though you might be tempted to name your blog "Car Pay Diem" (a nifty play on words, to be sure), it's highly unlikely that clients will find this blog after entering the search terms "traffic ticket" and "lawyer" on Google. The better choice: Purchase the domain name "NewYorkTrafficTicketLawyer.com," and use the phrase "Car Pay Diem" somewhere in the blog title bar. You can also purchase additional domain names—"NewYorkTrafficTicketAttorney.com" and "ManhattanTrafficTicketLawyer.com"—and point them at your blog.
2. Pick the host that you'll use most or find a professional. Today's most popular blogware is WordPress ( www.wordpress.org), a free, highly flexible platform that's relatively easy to use if you have the skills to install it on a server. If getting a site set up in WordPress challenges your limited tech skills, you have plenty of other options. You can set up an account at a hosted server such as WordPress.com, TypePad ( www.typepad.com), or Google's Blogger ( www.blogger.com). These sites will host your blog; all you need to do to get started is create an account and select from different options to customize the style of your blog.
If you believe that you're going to commit to blogging, or if you're already running a successful blog on a hosted site, why not take it up another notch and hire a professional company to design and maintain your blog. Companies such as LexBlog ( www.lexblog.com), G2 Web Media ( www.g2webmedia.com), and Justia ( http://marketing.justia.com/content-lawyer-blogs.html) all create blogs for lawyers, but if they're out of your price range, you can simply hire a designer through Elance ( www.elance.com) or Craigslist ( www.craigslist.org). For a step-by-step guide to setting up a blog, see the article "Creating a Blog" by Nerino J. Petro Jr. in this issue.
3. Content. So, you've picked a name for your blog and gotten it set up. Now comes the important part—the content. You want to create content that is both informative, to educate prospective clients, but also interesting, to capture the attention of journalists and other bloggers who can give your site greater exposure. Thus, for a criminal law blog, you might devote 50 percent of your posts to "how-tos," ranging from "how to hire a criminal lawyer" to "how a lawyer effectively represents criminal clients" to "how a particular courtroom procedure works." The remainder of your blog could be split between recent criminal-related cases in your jurisdiction and criminal matters with national visibility, such as Supreme Court decisions or even celebrity criminal arrests. By providing this kind of balance, you appeal to a broad range of readers, thus maximizing opportunities for broad visibility.
Whatever you do, don't post purely for the sake of "search engine optimization." A few personal injury lawyers will often post a snippet of a newspaper article on a recent accident, with no further analysis, using the victims' names brazenly in the title of the post. The hope is that victim families will come across the post if they search Google for information about the accident. However, this kind of search engine baiting doesn't add value to the blog, and frankly, it may be offensive to the accident victim. If you post quality content regularly, your blog will draw traffic and generate clients without stooping to these kinds of undignified tricks.
4. Frequency. It's important to keep content fresh at your blog. Starting out, you should aim to post four or five times a week (most blogs get less traffic on the weekends, so you can take a break then as well). After a while, you can cut back to three times a week, perhaps even two if you've stockpiled some useful content. Most important, keep in mind that if you stop posting for several weeks, some readers may think that you've shut down your blog. So if you do need to take a break, leave a note indicating that you're busy or heading on vacation and postings will resume in a couple of weeks.
5. Tags and categories. To keep posts organized and readily accessible by your target readers, make use of tags and categories to keep them organized. For example, create a category for "family law FAQs" that will cover your general questions and categories for other topics, such as recent court decisions or national news. Use tags to alert readers to hot topics—for example, a reproductive-rights attorney might use "octo-mom" as a tag, which could draw journalists searching for additional commentary on that topic.
6. Title bar. The title bar of each blog posts gets additional attention from search engines, so title your posts with descriptive terms, repeating those that may attract searches. If you are writing a post about how a homeowner who's behind on the mortgage can avoid foreclosure, you might title the post "How Homeowners Can Fight Foreclosure." Thus, homeowners searching for information on fighting foreclosure are likely to come across your post.
If you can, try to incorporate information about your locality into a title bar post. Finding specific local information is notoriously difficult, so including your location in a title bar can give you an edge. Thus, you could further amplify the foregoing title as follows: "How Montgomery County Maryland Homeowners Can Fight Foreclosure."
7. Links to others. Remember, organic searches aren't the only way to draw traffic to your blog. You can increase traffic and overall visibility through links to other blogs and websites.
Many bloggers try to include a laundry list of blogs at their site and then seek out reciprocal links in hopes of getting noticed. Truth is, random reciprocal links don't provide much value. After all, if your blog is listed at a site along with 50 other blogs, there's not much chance that anyone will visit it. What's preferable to reciprocal links is to get your blog linked organically (i.e., mentioned) in a post at another blog. So try to engage other bloggers in conversation—cite to other blog posts and discuss them at your blog, and it's likely that other bloggers will do the same. If a popular blogger links to your blog and discusses it, you'll receive a huge boost to traffic.
So does this mean that you shouldn't list any blogs at your site? Not at all. But when you select blogs to list, choose those that serve as good resources to your readers rather than those that you hope will provide a reciprocal link to your site.
8. Getting sites noticed. How can you get your sites noticed so that others will link and discuss them? For starters, why not e-mail other bloggers with a link to your post? Bloggers are always looking for fresh material, and they'll welcome a tip about an interesting post. Bloggers also use Twitter to announce new blog posts to their followers, which can increase attention.
9. Making blog content accessible in multiple formats. Use a variety of tools to make your blog content accessible to as many readers as possible. Most blogware includes RSS feeds, which allow readers to subscribe to your feed. But many programs, such as like Feedblitz.com, also allow readers to receive blog posts by e-mail. Finally, you can package blog posts into an e-book that you can make available for download at your site.
10. Use analytics. To make sure that your blog continues to grow, keep track of statistics through an analytics package. Some blogware comes with built-in stats, but you can also install programs such as Google Analytics ( www.google.com/analytics) or Site Meter ( www.sitemeter.com) at your site. Your stats will tell you how many visitors frequent your site, as well as insight on the search terms that are bringing traffic. In fact, if you notice that certain search terms or word combinations are drawing readers, you can draft posts that specifically respond to that interest.
Conclusion. As mentioned at the outset, most lawyers still aren't blogging, so if you get started now, you can still gain an advantage as a "first mover." Better still, if you follow the tips set out here, you can ensure that you'll keep that advantage even as the field becomes more crowded.
Carolyn Elefant is an attorney in Washington, D.C. She is the creator of MyShingle.com, the longest-running blog on solo and small firm practice, and author of Solo by Choice: How to Be the Lawyer You Always Wanted to Be. She may be reached at email@example.com.


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Eye 10 (HK - DVD)
Five foolish friends decide to try a series of dangerous tricks to make contact with the other side and see ghosts. Needless to sa...
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Sequels often suffer the same fate as remakes: they are poorly conceived, poorly realised and poorly received (at least by the critics). There are many more exceptions than with remakes and in the realm of modern Japanese horror movies, sequels actually fair pretty well. Ringu was arguably matched if not succeeded by Ring 2 - although the third movie in the series, the prequel Ring 0, was not in the same league as the other two - and almost the same thing can be said of the Eye franchise.
The original Eye movie (about a woman who starts seeing visions after she has new corneas transplanted onto her eyes) was clever, well directed and suitably scary. The sequel, Eye 2, introduced us to new characters and a completely different story (that was not quite as related to the title as the first) and managed to succeed on many levels as a competent and enjoyable horror (not least because it starred the gorgeous Shu Qi from the first Transporter movie). Now we get a third movie, the Eye 10. Can it possibly prove viable in its own right or is it merely yet another sequel that does not deserve to even carry the same name as its predecessors?
Eye 10 follows a completely new group of individuals, this time a bunch of teen friends who are more than a little interested in the occult. There's Chongkwai, the leader of the gang, the childish Kofei, the pretty April, and the cousins, Ted and May. Starting small by telling each other different ghost stories (all of which are played out), we get a couple of interesting, scary ideas but also a few comical moments that do not sit well with the purported horror content of this movie which is, at best, mild. Anyway, intrigued by the 'other side' and all desperate to actually see the apparitions that they read, they find a book that purports to teach ten different ways to enable humans to see ghosts.
The various methods are mostly really silly and really easy, ranging from bending over and looking back between your legs to see what is behind you, to having a late dinner, but nevertheless they proceed through them and, whaddya know, they work! Comb your hair in front of a mirror at midnight and, all of a sudden, you are face to face with a bunch of demons. If you suspend disbelief enough to be fooled by all that (which, admittedly, is a prerequisite for many horror movies) then there is no way that you could understand why these kids keep going through the different methods in their book - not once bad things start happening to them at least! Of course when one of them goes missing, the tables turn and it becomes imperative that they go over to the other side to save the missing member but instead, they disband and go their own separate ways. Will they come together under a united front and get to the bottom of this curse that appears to have befallen them?
Eye 10 is a disappointing third instalment in the otherwise solid Eye franchise. The plot is positively comical - and not when it intends to be either - the acting is pretty shoddy, with some of the cast members themselves unable to take their lines seriously or deliver them convincingly, and the direction patchy, with a few clever scary effects but mostly cheap-looking improvisations. Perhaps the rule about inferior second sequels ( Infernal Affairs, Ring etc.) has its exceptions (I cannot think of any) but this is not one of them.
Eye 10 is presented in a 1.78:1 aspect ratio anamorphically enhanced widescreen transfer that varies in terms of quality mainly due to the filmmaking techniques employed. Although largely good, with solid detail, no softness, no noticeable edge enhancement and with negligible grain - for the most part - there are a few scenes which look simply terrible, namely, the 'ghost' sequences. The end result is that it looks like we are watching zombies through a nightscope, with heavy grain and shoddy detail. It would have worked well as a way of portraying the demons but unfortunately there are other scenes where the effects are much more polished, making these bits seem completely out of place - like they had run out of money. Anyway, overall it is quite a good transfer, and it certainly did not exhibit any print defects in the way of dirt or scratches.
Eye 10 is presented - as is often the case with Asian releases - with two solid six speaker surround sound tracks: a Dolby Digital 5.1 mix and a DTS 5.1 effort. Both are near identical although the DTS mix is admittedly slightly more potent. The dialogue is presented largely from the frontal array, the screams coming across as particularly powerful, but the most significant aspect is the score which pounds out across the surrounds. It's a must faster, more frenetic soundtrack than for the previous titles in the series, but it also has some silly moments during the unnecessary comical bits in the film which just annoy. The subtitles are not bad - they are not the best I have seen, with some terrible phonetic spellings of words - but at least you can understand the majority of what is going on.
First up we get a making-of documentary that is split into two parts, each about eight minutes' long. Thankfully they are both subtitled in English - something quite unusual for extras on many Asian releases, so it was a joy to have them here. The directors talk about the story, trying to make it sound good when it is slightly poor. On the plus side we get some interesting behind the scenes footage of the movie being filmed and the cast and crew goofing around so it is probably worth giving a look to.
The theatrical trailer gives you an idea of what this film is like - it might be an idea to watch this before committing to a purchase.
There is a text statement that merely states: "Led by a Thai friend, four young people start to play the tricks to see ghosts. They start with the most ordinary way to explore the creepy world." The back cover of the DVD is also adorned with this statement and it is gratingly poor English.
Finally we get a list of the ten methods: "The Case of the Cornea Transplant, The Case of Attempting Suicide Whilst Pregnant, The Spirit in a Glass, The Late Dinner Alert, Playing Hide and Seek, The Special Eye Mask, The Umbrella of Darkness, The Between the Knees Peek, The Midnight Comb-Thru and The Funeral Frontier: Death the Funeral Attire."
Eye 10 is not a worthy addition to the franchise, although some may be able to enjoy the unintentional humour of the antics that go on in this lacklustre sequel. The video and audio seem pretty good and the extras, whilst minimal, are at least subtitled. I must suggest a rental before considering a purchase but, that said, this release is quite a reasonably priced affair if you fancy taking a risk.
You can buy this title for US $9.99 from Yesasia.com.
Review by Casimir Harlow
Tony DeFrancisco Senior Member Join Date: July 2005 Location: United States Posts: 2,652
Eye 10 Good review Cas.
Jonny "Me You" Senior Member Join Date: March 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 2,863
I see those useless Von Dutch T-Shirts have made it to Japan.
Steven Carrier Senior Member Join Date: November 2004 Location: United States Posts: 1,575
how many of these EYE films are there!
Tony DeFrancisco Senior Member Join Date: July 2005 Location: United States Posts: 2,652
Quote: Originally posted by Steven Carrier
how many of these EYE films are there! There is 3 Japanese films but an American remake is due 2006 starring Renee Zellwegger (I think that's how to spell it.)
how many of these EYE films are there! There is 3 Japanese films but an American remake is due 2006 starring Renee Zellwegger (I think that's how to spell it.)
Worst Nightmare Senior Member Join Date: July 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 6,716
I think the poor old japanese have almost done the horror genre to death so to speak
floyd dylan Banned Join Date: April 2004 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 913
Eye 2 was okay but the ending was stupid beyond belief.
The Japanese have done a ghost with long black hair to death.
The Japanese have done a ghost with long black hair to death.
Shaun Andrews Member Join Date: March 2004 Location: United States Posts: 149
Quote: Originally posted by floyd dylan
The Japanese have done a ghost with long black hair to death.
What else are they going to do? A ghost with long blonde hair? They're Japanese!
The Japanese have done a ghost with long black hair to death.
What else are they going to do? A ghost with long blonde hair? They're Japanese!
Ian Schultz Banned Join Date: July 2005 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 407
i don't like stuff to do with eyes
Not suitable for young persons and children
Disc Details
Release Date: 19th May 2005
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Single side, dual layer
RCE: No
Video: NTSC
Aspect: 1.78:1
Anamorphic: Yes
Colour: Yes
Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 Cantonese , DTS 5.1 Cantonese, Dolby Digital 5.1 Mandarin
Subtitles: Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, English
Extras: Text Notes, Making-Of Featurette, Trailer
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Pang Brothers
Cast: Wilson Chen, Isabella Leong, Kate Yeung
Genre: Horror
Length: 84 minutes
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Is it Alzheimer's? Check for these imposters first
By Michael Roizen, M.D., and Mehmet Oz, M.D.
Worried that a loved one's forgetfulness, confusion and fuzzy thinking may herald the onset of Alzheimer's disease? You owe it to him or her – and yourself – to get a quick check for brain-draining health conditions and other causes that seem like Alzheimer's but with one BIG difference: Many of these mind-altering problems are treatable and even reversible.
A recent report looked at nearly 1,000 people with dementia and found that up to 30 percent didn't have Alzheimer's disease; many had what are treatable medical conditions or negative reactions to medication. Those include:
Vitamin deficiencies: Extremely low levels of folic acid, niacin or vitamins B-1, B-6 or B-12 can cause Alzheimer's-like symptoms. Blood tests can determine deficiencies. The elderly are at particular risk for low levels of B-6 and B-12, and may need regular "booster" shots to maintain healthy levels. (If you give extra B-12 to someone who has both memory loss and normal levels of B-12, you can reduce memory problems.)
Normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH): Caused by a buildup of cerebrospinal fluid in the brain, NPH symptoms include difficulty walking, incontinence and trouble concentrating and making decisions. Draining the fluid via a shunt can relieve pressure on the brain and, frequently, return a person to his or her former self.
Depression: Insist on a depression evaluation before your doctor makes an Alzheimer's diagnosis. Thinking and recall can improve with treatment for depression, though not for those with depression plus Alzheimer's.
Urinary tract infections: A chronic or frequent bladder infection may trigger delirium in the elderly. Treat the infection, and the mental symptoms go away.
An underactive thyroid: A metabolic slowdown due to an underachieving thyroid gland can leave you fatigued, weak, depressed and forgetful (20 percent of women and 5 percent of men over 60 suffer from this). Blood tests of thyroid hormone levels can reveal the true cause: hypothyroidism, not Alzheimer's.
Reaction to anticholinergic drugs: Some medications used to treat depression, anxiety, acid reflux, Parkinson's disease, allergies and overactive bladder may trigger dementia-like side effects. These drugs block acetylcholine, a brain chemical that helps send signals between neurons. Alzheimer's patients also have depressed levels, which contributes to their confusion and memory loss. (That's why some medications that slow the progression of Alzheimer's work by boosting acetylcholine.)
Reaction to digoxin: A medication used to slow your heart rate if you have atrial fibrillation or heart failure, digoxin has been known to reduce brain function; this may trigger dementia-like symptoms.
In addition to getting a proper diagnosis and prompt treatment for symptoms of confusion or memory loss, you can take these six steps to keep your brain cells humming a happy tune:
1. Walk 30 minutes daily. Regular physical activity is the most important step you can take to prevent dementia – more effective than all other approaches combined.
2. Cultivate calm with meditation, yoga, journal writing, breathing exercises or guided imagery. Take your pick!
3. Pack your diet with fresh produce and brain-friendly omega-3 fatty acids from salmon, trout or 900 milligrams of supplemental DHA daily. Protecting your cardiovascular system keeps the brain supplied with the nutrients and oxygen it needs and reduces the risk of stroke.
4. Aim for brain-friendly levels of cholesterol (HDL above 60, LDL below 100, triglycerides below 100), blood pressure (115/75) and blood glucose (90-100 fasting). A low-sodium diet, meditating 10 minutes a day, avoiding saturated and trans fats, and daily physical activity will help you hit those targets.
5. Bolster memory skills by playing brain games and being a lifelong learner. Try learning a new language, tackling a new project or interacting with new people and new situations as often as possible.
6. Guard against head injuries: Avoid standing on rickety chairs or ladders, teetering high heels or cluttered stairs, and always wear a seatbelt. And if you do bump your noggin good and hard and then down the road have symptoms of confusion or memory loss, get to a doctor, pronto!
Mehmet Oz, M.D. is host of "The Dr. Oz Show," and Mike Roizen, M.D. is Chief Medical Officer at the Cleveland Clinic Wellness Institute. For more information go to www.RealAge.com. (c) 2013 Michael Roizen, M.D. and Mehmet Oz, M.D. Distributed by King Features Syndicate, Inc.


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Forty years after the last human visitors departed the Moon aboard Apollo 17, space historian Andrew Chaikin talks about why we should return.
Hardly a day goes by when I don't think about the Apollo missions to the Moon, voyages that collectively have been called "mankind's greatest adventure." Today, 40 years after Apollo 17's Gene Cernan and Jack Schmitt left the last human footprints in lunar dust, I'm feeling a familiar sense of wistful nostalgia. I miss the Apollo adventure the way I miss my childhood.
But the strongest emotion I've had about the Moon in the last couple of decades is frustration. As Apollo receded into history, too many people developed the wrong-headed idea that our nearest celestial neighbor is somehow a "been there, done that" world. Nothing could be further from the truth. As another moonwalker, John Young, has pointed out, the Moon has as much land area as the continent of Africa. To think that 12 people, landing in six places, and only a few hours to explore them, could harvest the Moon's vast scientific bounty is, well, nuts. The Moon, as lunar scientist Paul Spudis describes in my video below, beautifully preserves the earliest history of our little corner of the solar system, information that has long ago been destroyed on the restless Earth. I think of it as the rare book room of the cosmic library. It may even harbor pieces of the early Earth, flung there by asteroid impacts and bearing priceless windows to the time when life arose on our planet.
And yet, the Moon has often been bypassed by space planners in favor of Mars, which is a truly spectacular goal, but one that remains beyond our reach for now, until we develop the knowledge we need to live on another world. The Moon is crucial there, too, as Spudis explains, not only as a kind of Outward Bound school for learning to live off-planet, but a resource depot for future space explorers. Recently discovered ice at the lunar poles could provide a lunar base with water, oxygen, and even rocket fuel.
When I think about the gifts the Moon offers us, one stands out: the sight of the Earth as a lovely, precious oasis of life in the void. It's the view the Apollo astronauts talked about as having the greatest impact of anything they saw on their journeys. And it's a view that is unavailable anywhere else in the solar system. It's just one more reason why I believe the Moon deserves to be called the solar system's jewel in the crown, and why it still beckons us 40 years after the last human explorers walked there.
On this anniversary, my frustration is tinged with hope that I may yet live to see future explorers pick up where the Apollo astronauts left off. It's a return that is long overdue, not just for the sake of scientific exploration, but to enable humanity to become a multi-planet species.
Andrew Chaikin is an award-winning science journalist, space historian, speaker, and author. Chaikin is best known as the author of A Man on the Moon: The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts, widely regarded as the definitive account of the Moon missions. For more videos, visit Chaikin's YouTube channel.


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We worry about BPA in water bottles, in the food containers we buy, in baby bottles—but a new study shows we may even have to be concerned about the BPA levels in our children's dental fillings, reports HealthDay.
A study released online yesterday in the journal Pediatrics followed 534 children before and five years after getting at least two fillings. The children in the study had either composite (white or clear) fillings or amalgam (silver colored) fillings. While amalgam fillings have mostly been replaced because they contain mercury, researchers were surprised to see it was the composite fillings, made from a BPA-based material (bisGMA), that showed more negative results.
Plus: BPS Found in Kids' Canned Foods
Children and parents involved in the study answered questions about the kids' ability to make friends and their levels of anxiety and depression. Results showed that more emotional problems existed with children with composite fillings than those with fewer of these fillings, whereas no such change occurred with other types of fillings—although it's important to note that because the results are based on children's self-reports and parents' descriptions, more research is needed before any kind of conclusive connection can be made.
So what can concerned parents do for kids who already have composite fillings? Dr. Burton Edelstein, a pediatrics dentist and professor of dentistry at Columbia University told HealthDay that parents should not try to replace sound fillings, instead they should simply focus on cavity prevention.
Plus: How to Minimize Your Baby's Exposure to BPA
"On average, the difference in social behavior scores were very small and would probably not be noticed for each individual child," said study author Nancy Maserejian. "But imagine a huge group of children around the country; you'd probably notice a difference." Most likely the study will lead to dentists further exploring which type of filling is best for children.
What types of fillings do your children have, if any? Will this study affect your choices in the future?


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Phottix, the company behind the popular Odin TTL flash trigger, has released the Luna line of softboxes and beauty dishes. They are designed to help solve the frustrations of using these two popular light modifiers on location. The Luna series uses folding and locking fiberglass rods, and an integrated speed ring to speed up assembly and make transportation easier. Where a traditional octa softbox might take ten minutes to assemble, Phottix says that the Luna 110cm Octa can be ready to use in 90 seconds.
The Phottix Luna Beauty Dish uses a similar principle. Unlike traditional metal dishes, the Luna dish's folding and locking fiberglass rods make it compact and easy to transport without sacrificing the quality of light. Both Luna Softboxes and Beauty Dishes come standard with a Bowens-compatible mount. Compatible mounts for Elinchrom, Profoto and Balcar are also available, making the Luna series useable on many popular studio lights.
Phottix Luna Folding Octo Softbox: $75
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President Kennedy was determined to improve relations with Latin America through peaceful economic cooperation and development—which would also inhibit the rise of communist-leaning insurgents such as Cuba's Fidel Castro. Kennedy proposed, through the Agency for International Development and the Alliance for Progress, both launched in 1961, to loan more than $20 billion to Latin American nations that would promote democracy and undertake meaningful social reforms, especially in making land ownership possible for greater numbers of their people.
The Kennedys made the arts part of their life in the White House. JFK enjoyed literature and poetry, especially the work of the Romantic era English poet Lord Byron and the American Robert Frost. Jacqueline Kennedy loved poetry as well and was also deeply committed to both music and the visual arts. There is little evidence that JFK was particularly sophisticated about the arts. He read widely, but never considered himself an intellectual or an original thinker. His musical tastes ran to Broadway show tunes and Irish ballads rather than Mozart or Beethoven. Once, when asked about the president's taste in music, the first lady replied that his favorite piece was "Hail to the Chief."
During the period between the election and his inauguration, JFK was briefed on a CIA plan developed within the Eisenhower administration to train Cuban exiles for an invasion of their homeland. The United States was distrustful of Fidel Castro, the leader of Cuba, and wary of his relationship with Nikita Khrushchev, the Soviet premier. The plan anticipated that support from the Cuban people and perhaps even from elements of the Cuban military would lead to the overthrow of Castro and the establishment of a non-communist government friendly to the United States.
John F. Kennedy was elected president in one of the closest elections in United States history. Kennedy's popular vote margin over Nixon was 118,550 out of a total of nearly 69 million votes cast. His success in many urban and industrial states gave him a clear majority of 303 to 219 in the electoral vote. Kennedy was the youngest elected president, the only Catholic and the first born in the twentieth century.
When John F. Kennedy became president in 1961, black Americans, especially those living in southern and border states, were denied legal equality and human dignity. They could not vote, were barred from public facilities, were subjected to routine insults and violence (often carried out by law enforcement officials), and could not expect justice from the courts. Blacks were second‑class citizens, and the white South was determined to keep it that way. In the North, black Americans also faced discrimination (although it was more subtle) in housing, employment, and education. But, from 1961‑1963, the focus of civil rights activity was on the South. The fundamental prize sought by the civil rights movement of the early 1960's was something that black America had never known: full legal equality.
During World War II, despite mutual suspicion and distrust, the United States and Great Britain joined the Soviet Union in an effort to defeat their common enemy, Nazi Germany. The alliance began to crumble immediately after the surrender of the Hitler government in May 1945. Tensions were apparent during the Potsdam Conference in July, where the victorious Allies created the joint occupation of Germany. Determined to have a buffer zone between its borders and Western Europe, the Soviet Union set up pro-communist regimes in Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Romania, Albania and eventually in East Germany. Recognizing that it would not be possible to force the Soviets out of Eastern Europe, the United States developed the policy of containment to prevent the spread of Soviet and communist influence and power in Western European nations such as France, Italy and Greece.
In the early morning hours of August 13, 1961, the people of Berlin were awakened by the rumbling of heavy machinery barreling down their street toward the line that divided the eastern and western parts of the city. Groggy citizens looked on as work details began digging holes and jack hammering sidewalks, clearing the way for the barbed wire that would eventually be strung across the dividing line. Armed troops manned the crossing points between the two sides and, by morning, a ring of Soviet troops surrounded the city. In one night, the freedom to pass between the two sections of Berlin had been abruptly halted.
In October 1962, an American U2 spy plane secretly photographed nuclear missile sites being built by the Soviet Union on the island of Cuba. Because he did not want Cuba and the Soviet Union to know that he had discovered the missiles, Kennedy met in secret with his advisors for several days to discuss the problem. After many long and difficult meetings, Kennedy decided to place a naval blockade, or a ring of ships, around Cuba to prevent the Soviets from bringing in more military supplies, and demanded the removal of the missiles already there and the destruction of the sites.
The president decided that only a bold domestic program, including tax cuts, would restore his political momentum. Declaring that the absence of recession is not tantamount to economic growth, the president proposed in 1963 to cut income taxes from a range of 20-91% to 14-65% He also proposed a cut in the corporate tax rate from 52% to 47%. Ironically, economic growth expanded in 1963, and Republicans and conservative Democrats in Congress insisted that reducing taxes without corresponding spending cuts was unacceptable. Kennedy disagreed, arguing that "a rising tide lifts all boats" and that strong economic growth would not continue without lower taxes.
President John F. Kennedy was visionary in his efforts to increase the capability of the United States Department of Defense in the conduct of Counter Insurgency and Unconventional Warfare. He recognized the unique capabilities and value of US Army Special Forces "Green Berets" in the struggle against despotic insurgency, and ensured their predominance in his global initiatives for freedom.
At the dawn of the New Frontier, as John F. Kennedy launched his administration, intellectual disability was a neglected issue, receiving minimal state or federal funding. Few scientists were researching its causes, and even fewer doctors and educators were trained to support people with intellectual disabilities and their families. Many children and adults with intellectual disabilities were cared for in overcrowded, understaffed institutions that isolated them from their families and communities. President Kennedy, with strong support from his sister Eunice Kennedy Shriver, brought intellectual disabilities "out of the shadows" and into the public light.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy, America's first Irish-Catholic president, was the offspring of two families whose roots stretched back to Ireland. The Fitzgerald family was from western Ireland in the rural County Limerick village of Bruff. Sometime between 1846 and 1855 some of the Fitzgeralds migrated to America because of the devastating potato famine. Thomas Fitzgerald, born in Bruff in 1823, and Rose Anna Cox, born in County Cavan in 1835 were the parents of John Francis Fitzgerald, who was born in Boston, MA on February 11, 1863. On September 18, 1889, John Francis ("Honey Fitz") Fitzgerald married Mary Josephine Hannon of Acton, MA, daughter of Michael Hannon and Mary Ann Fitzgerald, both of whom were born in Ireland. Their daughter, and John F. Kennedy's mother, Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald, was born on July 22, 1890 in Boston, MA.
Jacqueline Lee Bouvier was born on July 28, 1929 in Southampton, New York. Her father, John Vernou Bouvier III, was an affluent Wall Street stockbroker whose ancestors had arrived from France in the early 1800s. Her mother, Janet Lee Bouvier, an accomplished equestrienne, was of Irish and English parentage. Jackie spent her childhood in New York City and Long Island and later, following her mother's divorce in 1940 and remarriage to Hugh D. Auchincloss II in 1942, in McLean, Virginia and Newport, Rhode Island. Her favorite pastimes were reading, sketching, writing poems and riding horses.
The deteriorating political situation in Laos was a matter of serious concern in 1961 when President John F. Kennedy took office. As one of the three separate states of the formerly French-ruled Indochina (Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos), Laos was a key to the rest of Southeast Asia.
Although he had not formally announced his candidacy, it was clear that JFK was going to run and he seemed confident—though not over-confident— about his chances for re-election. At the end of September, the President traveled west speaking in nine different states in less than a week. While the trip was meant to put a spotlight on natural resources and conservation efforts, JFK also used it to sound out themes -- such as education, national security, and world peace -- for his run in 1964. In particular, he cited the achievement of a limited nuclear test ban, which the Senate had just approved and which was a potential issue in the upcoming election. The public's enthusiastic response was encouraging.
John F. Kennedy had supported a ban on nuclear weapons testing since 1956. He believed a ban would prevent other countries from obtaining nuclear weapons, and took a strong stand on the issue in the 1960 presidential campaign. On August 5, 1963, after more than eight years of difficult negotiations, the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union signed the Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
John F. Kennedy joined the US Navy in 1941 and was stationed in the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific during World War II. Commanding the Patrol Torpedo Craft (PT) PT 109, Lieutenant Kennedy and his crew participated in early Allied war campaigns. On August 2, 1943, PT 109 was struck by the Japanese destroyer Amagiri and the entire crew was thrown into the Pacific. After fifteen hours at sea, eleven survivors made it to a nearby island with Kennedy towing one injured crew member to land.
On October 14, 1960, Senator John F. Kennedy spoke to the students at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor during a campaign speech and challenged them to live and work in developing countries around the world, thus dedicating themselves to the cause of peace and development. That idea inspired the beginning of the Peace Corps.
In the years just after World War II, concerns about the fitness of US citizens, especially the young, attracted national attention. Several trends and developments in the country lay at the root of this anxiety. The nation's economy had changed dramatically since the beginning of the century, and with it changed the nature of work and recreation. Mechanization had taken many farmers out of the fields and allowed the ones who remained to do much of their work with far less effort. The factories, which had long been highly mechanized, were becoming even more so, and fewer and fewer factory jobs required heavy labor. Outside of work, new forms of entertainment emphasized watching rather than doing. But these changes may not have been as important as people's awareness that they were occurring. People were beginning to have to confront a new image of themselves and their country, and they did not always like what they saw. Worrying about physical fitness channeled and expressed these doubts.
"The fact of the matter is that the time when President Kennedy started televised press conferences there were only three or four newspapers in the entire United States that carried a full transcript of a presidential press conference. Therefore, what people read was a distillation…We thought that they should have the opportunity to see it in full." - Pierre Salinger, Press Secretary to President Kennedy, John F. Kennedy Library Oral History Interview
Anti-Catholic prejudice was still very much in the mainstream of American life when JFK decided to seek the presidency in 1960. JFK established an informal network of advisers on the religious issue—including speechwriter Ted Sorensen, Dean Francis Bowes Sayre Jr. of the National Cathedral and several journalists. It was clear from the outset that Kennedy had to enter the state primaries to prove to skeptical party leaders that he was a viable national candidate. In the Minnesota primary, he defeated Senator Hubert Humphrey with 56% of the vote but failed to win a majority of the Protestant vote—an ominous sign.
On April 9, 1959, during President Dwight D. Eisenhower's administration, seven men were selected to become Project Mercury astronauts: Scott Carpenter, Leroy Gordon Cooper, John Glenn Jr., Virgil "Gus" Grissom, Walter Schirra Jr., Alan Shepard Jr., and Donald "Deke" Slayton. The goals of the Project Mercury program were specific: to orbit a manned spacecraft around Earth; to investigate man's ability to function in space; and to recover astronaut and spacecraft safely.
At a key point in the 1960 presidential campaign, a dynamic young leader
from Kenya named Tom Mboya visited Senator John F. Kennedy. Mboya led a
campaign of his own that would eventually bring hundreds of African
students to America for higher education, including Barack Obama Sr.,
President Obama's father. Kennedy's decision to support the effort
became an issue in the election and possibly a factor in his narrow
After World War II, the French tried to re-establish colonial control over Vietnam, the most strategic of the three states of formerly French-governed Indochina (Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos). Following the defeat of the French, Vietnam was partitioned by the Geneva Accord of 1954 into Communist North Vietnam and South Vietnam, which was non-Communist, but divided on religious and political lines. The United States supported a military government in the South and the decision of its leader, Ngo Dinh Diem, to prevent free elections which might result in the unification of the country under the control of the Communists. The Geneva Accord began to crumble as a result of attacks by guerilla forces supported by the Communist government of the North in an effort to take over South Vietnam.
In the spring of 1963, South Vietnamese forces suppressed Buddhist religious leaders and followers, which led to an ensuing political crisis for the Diem government and became known as the "Buddhist crisis." President Ngo Dinh Diem was passive in his response to the crisis and later promised reforms. His brother and closest advisor, Ngo Dinh Nhu, was thought by many to be the actual decision maker of the Saigon government and the person behind the Buddhist suppression.
Remembering her childhood visit to the mansion, Mrs. Kennedy told Life magazine, "From the outside I remember the feeling of the place. But inside, all I remember is shuffling through. There wasn't even a booklet you could buy. Mount Vernon and the National Gallery and the FBI made a far greater impression." Many years later, as she prepared to move in, Mrs. Kennedy was again struck by the bland quality of the rooms, and so began cultivating her plans for the restoration of the White House. Although the Kennedy era restorations were deemed the most successful and significant, they were not the first by a presidential family. From its modest roots in 1800, to its present day splendor, the White House has undergone numerous changes both inside and out, which critics have judged both good and bad.
The records of the Kennedy administration, including 248 hours of meeting tapes and 12 hours of telephone dictabelts, were moved to the National Archives in Washington and later transferred to the Federal Records Center in Waltham, Massachusetts. Finally, in 1976, the tapes were legally deeded to the Kennedy Library and the National Archives. Many of the tapes, most significantly more than 20 hours of recordings from the ExComm (the Executive Committee of the National Security Council) meetings during the 1962 Cuban missile crisis, were gradually declassified over the next two decades.
President Kennedy recognized, in the ever-present context of Cold War politics, that Africa was on the cusp of a historic revolution; if the U.S. continued to side with the colonialists there was no doubt which side would be chosen by the Soviet Union. Kennedy was particularly careful about selecting skilled and open-minded ambassadors to the newly emerging independent African states and made a special effort to personally meet with them during their periodic consultations at the State Department.
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Treasuries fell, pushing 10-year yields up to the highest level in two weeks, as the U.S. prepared to sell $32 billion in three-year debt in the first of three note and bond sales this week totaling $66 billion.
Longer-term securities led the declines after a report showed German investor confidence jumped more than forecast this month. The yield gap between Treasuries and inflation-indexed debt indicates inflation expectations are at the highest level in a month as Federal Reserve policy makers start a two-day meeting at which they're forecast to decide to make additional Treasury purchases.
"There's a big chunk of supply," said Thomas Roth, senior Treasury trader in New York at Mitsubishi UFJ Securities USA Inc. "It puts a little pressure on the market. The three-year auction won't be a big deal. The front end has plenty of buyers."
The benchmark 10-year yield climbed four basis points, or 0.04 percentage point, to 1.65 percent at 9:56 a.m. New York time, according to Bloomberg Bond Trader prices. The 1.625 percent note due in November 2022 fell 10/32, or $3.13 per $1,000 face amount, to 99 3/4. The yield matched its level on Dec. 3, the highest since Nov. 27.
Ten-year break-even rates, the difference between yields on U.S. 10-year notes and Treasury Inflation Protected Securities, touched 2.51 percentage points, the most since Nov. 7. The gap measures investor expectations for inflation over the life of the securities.
Thirty-year yields rose four basis points to 2.84 percent.
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The three-year notes to be sold today yielded 0.33 percent in pre-auction trading, compared with a yield of 0.392 percent at the previous sale of the maturity on Nov. 6.
Investors bid for 3.41 times the amount of debt available last month, down from 3.96 times at the Oct. 9 sale. Primary dealers, which trade directly with the Fed, bought 52.7 percent of the securities, the most in three months.
"Three-year notes are at expensive, historically rich levels," said Craig Collins, managing director of rates trading at Bank of Montreal in London. "This little backup in yields we've had will probably help the auction go even better."
Short-term Treasuries may be supported by a potential flood of cash into the U.S. money markets if unlimited Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. coverage is allowed to lapse later this month.
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Dun Aengus (literally "Angus′s Fort") is a stone fort on Inishmore, the largest of the Aran Islands. It consists of concentric semi-circular stone walls to the front with a 100m cliff drop to the sea at the rear.
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Outside the outer ring of wall is a defensive system, known as the "Chevaux de Frise", in which huge jagged pieces of limestone are planted in an upright position in the ground to deter anyone who might be tempted to charge at the fort.
The term "Chevaux de Frise" literally means the "Horses of the Frisians". This is a joke from the middle ages coined by the Frisians′ neighbours, as they had cavalry while the Frisians didn't. Instead the Frisians used the "pointy stones" technique to defend their territory. However sites such as Dun Aengus reveal that this is a defensive system first applied many centuries earlier. Perhaps the Frisians like the early residents of Inishmore preferred stones as they didn't eat as much hay.
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Radlab Seminar
Analysis and Design of Cloaks and Conformal Antennas
Zvonimir Sipus
Professor, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing University of Zagreb
Thursday, December 06, 2012
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Recently a new generation of structures has been proposed that do not scatter electromagnetic field i.e. that can cloak a certain object. A practical realization of such cloaks requires materials that are not found in nature, but which can be synthesized using metamaterial approach. Experimental demonstration (Schurig, et al.) opened a large discussion about limitations of the proposed structures in terms of losses, dispersion and sensitivity to the incidence angle. The focus of this presentation is to show the results of a detailed analysis of uniaxial multilayer cylinders used for invisible cloak realization and to also highlight some directions for future designs. The analysis approach is based on the modal approach, i.e. the radial field distribution is described with a modified Bessel differential equation that takes into account the radial anisotropy of the proposed structures. For the oblique incidence case we have developed more general analysis approach in which distribution of the electromagnetic field in radial direction is determined using finite-difference discretization of the appropriate partial differential equations. This analysis was also expanded in order to model dispersion effects, and finally for the purposes of optimization a PSO algorithm was implemented. With this we have developed a software platform that can be used to rigorously characterize cylindrical cloaks, provide us with an insight on actual problems and show how to simplify and improve some characteristics. The second part of presentation will discuss the analysis of conformal antennas. Starting from the basic principles of Green's functions and spectral domain approach, the idea was to modify the analysis method in order to make it computationally more efficient (and by this to create suitable tools for the first stage of the design process). This concept was applied in the analysis of various conformal antennas and periodic structures. For example, a novel hybrid method for the analysis of electrically large conformal antennas (containing microstrip or waveguide radiating elements and multilayered dielectric coating) named Spectral Domain – Uniform Theory of Diffraction (SD - UTD) was developed. It combines the advantages of the spectral domain approach - the ability to study multilayer canonical structures - and of the UTD method - the ability to analyze general curved structures. The same idea was extended to enable the analysis of curved periodic structures. Complexity and needed computation time of the moment method analysis approach is additionally reduced by applying particular series acceleration techniques to the partial sums encountered in these problems. The Wynn's ε-acceleration technique is investigated and modified in order to achieve better convergence. The results show excellent convergence properties when applying this method to the analysis of antennas printed on cylindrical and spherical substrates.
Zvonimir Sipus was born in Zagreb, Croatia, in 1964. He received the B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Zagreb, Croatia, in 1988 and 1991, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden, in 1997. From 1988 to 1994, he worked at Rudjer Boskovic Institute, Zagreb, Croatia, as Research Assistant, involved in the development of detectors for explosive gases. In 1994, he joined the Antenna Group at Chalmers University of Technology, where he was involved in research projects concerning conformal antennas and soft and hard surfaces. In 1997 he joined the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, University of Zagreb, where he is now a Professor. Since 2008 he is the Head of the Department of Wireless Communications there. From 1999-2005 he was also an adjunct researcher at the Department of Electromagnetics, Chalmers University of Technology. His main research interests include numerical electromagnetics with application to antennas, microwaves, and optical communications.
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In 1860, William A Craft was 20 years old and living with his parents, Willis and Martha Craft, in the Elbert District of Elbert County, Georgia. He was working as a farmer, likely alongside his father and siblings. His father was also listed as a farmer, with real estate valued at $4500 and a personal estate valued at $16,670. Such a high personal estate value indicates slave ownership. Willis owned 10 slaves: male: 60, 35, 27, 12, 12, and 9; female: 60, 15, 15, and 9. These slaves would have cost a lot of money and been important to the family's finances. Likely, this family would have wanted to defend their way of life.
On 4 March 1862 in Elberton, Georgia, William enlisted in the 15th Georgia Regiment, Company F. Having been married in late 1860, William is leaving behind a new wife. Did they know that she was almost two months pregnant with their first child? Clarence Craft would be born in August.
According to this newspaper article, William was at the Battle of Malvern Hill in Virginia that July. There, he picked up a bible he found. He apparently carried the bible with him throughout the rest of the war.
From November 1862 to February of 1863, William was recorded as Commissary Sergeant Protem, in charge of distributing equipment. From August to December of 1863 William is listed as absent without leave. By July, William was back with his unit. Finally, William is recorded as a prisoner of war as a member of the Army of Northern Virginia, having been present for the surrender at Appomattox. From there, he would have likely directly returned home.
In 1870, William is back with his family in Elbert County. William is farming, though not on his own land. In addition to his wife and three children, there are two other people living with the family: a young black male, age 11 and a 26 year old female school teacher. The boy's name is hard to ready, but might be Seaborn or Seabold Gains. This eleven year old boy is working as a farmhand, when only a few years prior he would have been working as a slave. Do his parents live nearby or does he even have any? Is he having to make his own way in the world at such a young age?
In 1887 William purchased land from his brother, John. However he lost all of his land in 1900, unable to make payments. That year, William applied for a pension for his service during the war. Apparently William had suffered a stroke and remained partially paralyzed. He was trying to farm, but wasn't achieving enough success to support himself and his wife. William did receive his pension, which his wife continued to draw until her death in 1938.