Folk musician Doc Watson dies at age 89

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Musician Doc Watson poses backstage at McCabe's Guitar Shop in Santa Monica, Calif., in this 1986 publicity photo.

By The Associated Press

The manager of Grammy-winning folk musician Doc Watson says the artist has died. He was 89.

Mitchell Greenhill said in a news release that Watson died Tuesday at Wake Forest Baptist Hospital Medical Center in Winston-Salem, N.C. A hospital spokeswoman also confirmed Watson's death.

Watson was a master flatpicker, playing his acoustic guitar at lightning speeds that could intimidate other musicians. The blind musician also sang and played other instruments, including the harmonica.

His many awards include the National Medal of the Arts in 1997 and the lifetime achievement award from the Grammys in 2004. His albums earned seven other Grammys.

Watson was also known for Merlefest, an annual gathering of musicians in Wilkesboro named after his son, who died in a tractor accident in 1985.

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Japan?s Lay Judge System and the Kanae Kijima Murder Trial

Japan?s Lay Judge System and the Kanae Kijima Murder Trial

Philip Brasor

However one feels about the death penalty, it is difficult to avoid the conclusion that its application in Japan is arbitrary. At a mid-April symposium hosted by the Delegation of the European Union to Japan and the EU Institute in Japan at Waseda University in Tokyo, former Justice Minister Hiraoka Hideo publicly denounced his successor Ogawa Toshio 's decision to have three men on death row hanged on March 29, saying that the government needs to discuss the matter more before continuing with executions. The fact that Hiraoka on principle did not sign any execution orders during his tenure while Ogawa, in accordance with a very different set of values, approved three soon after assuming office shows that choices regarding life-and-death are governed by personal whim. Don't forget, these two men belong to the same political party, the ruling DPJ.

At the same symposium, Kaido Yuichi, the secretary general of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations, called for a change in judicial rules in relation to the two-year-old lay judge system. At present, a death sentence can be delivered if the majority of the 9 judges?six non-professionals and three professionals?vote in favor of it and one of the majority is a professional judge. The JFBA, which has called on the government to launch a public debate on abolishing the death penalty, says that death sentences should only be validated if the decision is unanimous.

When the lay judge system itself was being debated, one prominent lawyer who opposed it, Takayama Shunkichi, claimed that it was being pushed by the government to "streamline courtroom procedures" so that prosecutors could gain faster convictions, since there were provisions that take into consideration the limited time the average person could spend to sit for a trial. These provisions require judges, prosecutors and defense lawyers to participate in pretrial meetings to determine what will be discussed in court and what evidence is permitted. Takayama said such conditions automatically favor the prosecution, because once the evidence has been determined in the pretrial phase nothing can be changed, added or subtracted. A defendant cannot recant in court a confession he or she may have made under duress. As a practicing defense attorney, Takayama has said that of the twenty-odd cases that he has won over the years, ?none involved trials of less than three years.?

All of these issues were addressed either directly or indirectly during the recent trial of Kijima Kanae, who was convicted of killing three men and sentenced to death. The trial lasted 100 days, making it the longest one since the lay judge system started. More significantly, the prosecution presented only circumstantial evidence, thus forcing the lay judges to not only decide if someone is guilty but also send that person to death row based mostly on conjecture. In contrast, the even more infamous 1998 ?Wakayama curry poisoning,? which also involved a defendant who was convicted and sentenced to death based solely on circumstantial evidence, took four years. There are other parallels. Like Kijima, Hayashi Mayumi remained almost completely silent during interrogations. More significantly, both cases were hallmarked by the media's blanket coverage of the crimes, much of which actually preceded the suspects? arrests. Some reporters who had already been following the Kijima case implied that she was responsible for the deaths of a number of men she had allegedly led on with promises of marriage. At least three of these men died under conditions that looked suspicious: two in identical circumstances involving the use of burning charcoal, and a third in a house fire. The former were initially ruled suicides, the latter an accident. Kijima's initial arrest in 2009 was for fraud, but after the media connected her to the deaths of several men she supposedly had affairs with, she was eventually served arrest warrants for the murders of three. Kijima reportedly took cash from them, and prosecutors cited money as the motive in all three alleged murders, an aspect of the case that the media had covered in lurid fashion as a "black widow" story intensified by a blatantly sexist angle which questioned how such an unattractive woman could be so successful as a gold digger. By the time the trial started last January everyone in Japan with access to a TV or broadband connection knew the tale and most were likely convinced of her guilt.

Sensational coverage of the ?black widow?, using a high school photograph of Kijima Kanae

In April, NHK ran a special hour-long program about the trial. According to the law, lay judges cannot discuss afterward what they talked about in closed chambers, even with family, so in order to get some idea of what might have taken place the producers found six people who had served as lay judges in the past and provided them with court records and materials. They used these materials and their experience to recreate what the lay judges at the Kijima trial might have gone through before reaching their guilty verdict and death sentence.

All six agreed that the real lay judges in the case had their work cut out for them since the prosecution's entire argument rested on three pieces of circumstantial evidence and a motive that made sense but had to be inferred since there was no confession. The mock lay judges went through each item with tortured thoroughness. The two men who the defense claimed committed suicide had died from asphyxiation caused by charcoal stoves. Prosecutors say that Kijima drugged them and lit the stoves herself. They claimed that the fact that one of the victims did not have charcoal on his hands when he was found dead proved that he didn't kill himself because he obviously hadn't handled any charcoal. But the mock judges surmised that if he had killed himself he could have wiped his hands prior to lighting the charcoal. Prosecutors also submitted as evidence surveillance camera footage showing that Kijima visited the home of the third victim hours before his house burned down. The man was killed in the fire and the prosecution's claim was that she started it. The mock judges didn't see how the footage decisively showed a connection between Kijima's visit and the fire.

They eventually reached the conclusion that the prosecution's case was based on a very sloppy police investigation, but that didn't necessarily mean they didn't buy it, because the motive put forth by the prosecution had become too easy to believe: Kijima had extracted money out of these men on the false pretense that she might marry them and once they found out she wouldn't they would surely demand the money back, so she killed them. NHK did not mention the media's role in planting this notion in the public's mind over a two-year period, but the prosecution's closing argument exploited the notion with a metaphor: When you wake up in the morning and see snow on the ground where there was none the day before, you know for a fact that it snowed during the night. In other words, the judges should know just by looking at all the circumstances in the case what happened. They don't really need anyone to prove it.

In the end, the mock judges assumed that the lay judges who actually tried the case had reached their conclusion because something had nudged them "out of the gray area" presented by the evidence and into a "black area" of a conviction. What provided that nudge they couldn't guess, though film director Suo Masayuki, who acted as a commentator on the program, implied that the professional judges "who have everyday experience in this situation" may have been the decisive factor. In essence, the pre-trial publicity had placed the burden of proof on the defense attorney, who had to show that his client didn't murder the three men. As far as the death sentence went, the mother of one of the victims was allowed to testify during the trial, and she asked for the harshest possible punishment.

The conclusion reached by the show?s commentators was that there are still problems with the lay judge system but that its value as a platform for judicial participation has been proven, if only by the dedication that lay judges have demonstrated. Nevertheless, NHK had illustrated the confusion that lay judges feel when confronted with the responsibility of interpreting the law and deciding a person's fate. They are told definitively that they must only consider the facts presented to them, but they are also encouraged to go with their gut, to reach a verdict based on which story they think is the most plausible. Was the prosecution's narrative more believable than the defense's? One of the mock judges, remembering the real trial she judged last year, a trial that ended with the accused sentenced to death, broke down in tears because she didn't know anything for sure. Jurors are told they shouldn't convict if there is a shadow of a doubt, but for the mock judges the entire process was darkened by doubt.

At the end of the program NHK interviewed one of the real lay judges in the Kijima case. He wasn't allowed to discuss the decision in detail but admitted it had been "difficult to make a clear judgment." And in the end there was "no option but to convict. We did what we were supposed to do."

Philip Brasor is a Japan Times columnist. He blogs at PhilipBrasor.com.

Recommended citation: Philip Brasor, "Japan?s Lay Judge System and the Kanae Kijima Murder Trial," The Asia-Pacific Journal, Vol 10, Issue 22, No 2, May 28, 2012.

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? David T. Johnson, War in a Season of Slow Revolution:Defense Lawyers and Lay Judges in Japanese Criminal Justice

? Jeff Kingston, Justice on Trial: Japanese Prosecutors Under Fire

? David T. Johnson, Capital Punishment without Capital Trials in Japan?s Lay Judge System

? Lawrence Repeta, Transfer of Power at Japan?s Justice Ministry?

? David T. Johnson and Franklin E. Zimring, Death Penalty Lessons from Asia?

? David T. Johnson, Early Returns from Japan?s New Criminal Trials

? Mark Levin and Virginia Tice, Japan?s New Citizen Judges: How Secrecy Imperils Judicial Reform

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Math predicts size of clot-forming cells

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

UC Davis mathematicians have helped biologists figure out why platelets, the cells that form blood clots, are the size and shape that they are. Because platelets are important both for healing wounds and in strokes and other conditions, a better understanding of how they form and behave could have wide implications.

"Platelet size has to be very specific for blood clotting," said Alex Mogilner, professor of mathematics, and neurobiology, physiology and behavior at UC Davis and a co-author of the paper, published this week in the journal Nature Communications. "It's a longstanding puzzle in platelet formation, and this is the first quantitative solution."

Mogilner and UC Davis postdoctoral scholars Jie Zhu and Kun-Chun Lee developed a mathematical model of the forces inside the cells that turn into platelets, accurately predicting their final size and shape.

They were collaborating with a team led by Joseph Italiano and Jonathon Thon at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston.

This animation from a computer model shows how forces from proteins in the larger pre-platelet form the barbell-shaped pro-platelet. Proplatelets form platelets of the correct size and shape.Credit: Alex Mogilner, UC Davis

Platelets are made by bone marrow cells called megakaryocytes. They bud off first as large, circular pre-platelets, form into a dumbbell-shaped pro-platelet, then finally divide into a standard-sized, disc-shaped platelet. A typical person has about a trillion platelets in circulation at a time, and makes about 100 billion new platelets a day, each living for 8 to 10 days.

Inside the pre- and pro-platelets is a ring of protein microtubules, which exerts pressure to straighten and broaden the nascent cells. But overlying the ring is a rigid cortex of proteins that prevents the platelets from expanding.

By tweaking the number of microtubules in the bundles, Mogilner, Zhu and Lee found that they could correctly predict how pro-platelets would flip into a dumbbell shape, as well as the size and shape of mature platelets.

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UN in Syria: Victims of Houla attack were executed

A Syrian governmental crackdown is escalating prompting UN peace broker Kofi Annan to speak out and longtime Syrian ally Russia to criticize the regime. NBC's Richard Engel reports.

By Alastair Jamieson, msnbc.com

Updated at 8:00 a.m. ET: Most of the 108 victims of the Houla killings in Syria were executed, the United Nations said Tuesday ? an announcement that triggered a coordinated worldwide expulsion of Syrian diplomats.

The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights says its monitors found that fewer than 20 died from artillery fire. It was first thought the majority of the deaths were caused by artillery fire.

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Images of bloodied, young bodies laid out in a shallow grave after Friday's onslaught triggered shock around the world and underlined the failure of a six-week-old U.N. cease-fire plan to stop the violence.

Syrian authorities blamed "terrorists" for the massacre, among the worst carnage in the 14-month-old uprising against Assad, which has cost about 10,000 lives.

In an effort coordinated by Britain, several nations - including Canada, Australia, France and Germany - responded to the U.N. findings by expelling diplomats, as ITV News reported. Syria's charge d'affaires, Ghassan Dalla, the country's topranking diplomat in London, was among those ordered to return to Damascus.

The U.N. statement came as UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan was meeting President Bashar Assad in Damascus on Tuesday.

Clinton condemns Syria massacre: Assad's 'rule by murder' must end

Rupert Colville, spokesman for the UNHCR, told the journalists in Geneva that initial investigations suggest fewer than 20 of the victims in the village of Taldou, near Houla, were killed by artillery or tank fire.

"Most of the rest of the victims in Taldou," he told the BBC, "were summarily executed in two separate incidents."

Most of the victims were shot at close range. "At this point it looks like entire families were shot in their houses," Colville was quoted as saying by The Telegraph.

He said the conclusions of the U.N. monitors are corroborated by other sources, and that witnesses blamed pro-government militias for the attacks.

UN Security Council condemns Syria massacre that left more than 100 dead

U.S. officials say that dozens of people, including children, were killed by Syrian government forces in the central town of Houla. NBC's Richard Engel reports. Warning: Some of the images are disturbing.

The U.N. Security Council on Sunday unanimously condemned the Syrian government for heavy-weapons attacks on Houla.

"The Security Council condemned in the strongest possible terms the killings, confirmed by United Nations observers, of dozens of men, women and children and the wounding of hundreds more in the village of (Houla), near Homs, in attacks that involved a series of government artillery and tank shellings on a residential neighborhood," a non-binding statement said.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton demanded that those who carried out the killings be held to account.

"The United States will work with the international community to intensify our pressure on Assad and his cronies, whose rule by murder and fear must come to an end," she said.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Info for Commercial Real Estate Investors | Real Estate Investing

If you want to invest in commercial real estate, check out this article on what to know.

Commercial real estate can be more complicated than residential real estate. ?If you want to get into commercial real estate there are several things to learn beforehand. Read the article below for some great information on commercial real estate for investors.

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Have you gone to a shopping complex? There, you will see different novelty shops, grocery stores, and other small businesses. If you will decide on whether you want to enter such business, it is important that you will understand the basics of commercial real estate investment and how you can gain profit from real estated investing.

Understanding Commercial Real Estate.

Real Estate is defined as a certain property that can possibly generate revenue for its owner. It generally includes office buildings, shopping malls, service stations, restaurants, apartment units, and raw land.

You must understand that only properties, which have a potential to produce income for its owner, is categorized as commercial real estate.

Therefore, it will not include real estate of habitable characteristics such as houses and apartment buildings.

So how is it leased to the potential clients? Usually, the owner of the property leases it through a licensed broker. Then the broker will make the necessary arrangements with regards in advertising that property.

In addition, the broker can make some agreement with the owner or seller of the property about its improvements such as renovating or clearing the perimeter of the ground where it is erected.

How to Get Started in Commercial Real Estate Business

If you want to start with this type of investment and yet, you do not have a concrete property to sell, maybe the first thing to do is to have some guidelines that you can start with. Here are the things that you should consider in building your commercial property:

* Determine what are the hot business are around. Decide if you will cater to the needs of individual or partnership that wants to rent spaces for their food or novelty shops.

* Choose the best location of your property. Go for the finest piece of land that you can utilize efficiently. You can consider erecting commercial property nearby high traffic areas can be easily accessed for full-service restaurants, hotels, and other shopping centers.

* In aid of choosing your property?s location, you consult the planners of the local government where it will be built. They have a zoning system, which separates industrial, residential, and commercial properties. It will help you to obtain the necessary clearance and permits from them.

* You can opt to hire some financial advisors. They can help you to plan for the revenue aspects of your investment. Always keep in mind that the right investment is the best chance to earn more profits.

* In case that the property is funded under a mortgage, it will be wise on your part to repay it religiously. Do not let it be your liability; remember that your goal is to earn money, not to lose money.

* If the property is now ready for lease, always have the necessary arrangements with your real estate agents with regards in advertising your property.

* Check the rates, terms and conditions, and other related aspects concerning the lease of your commercial property. You must also serve the interest of your potential clients that will avail it.

Earning money through commercial real estate property requires enough planning. This is an investment; either you lose or gain money.

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More Records for Obama & Obamanomics: Record Low for High School Students Jobs and Record High for Those Working Past Age 65

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Hey America, Three plus years into the Obama Presidency, How?s that ?Hopey-Changey? thing working out for ya? More records for Obama and jobs ??

Parents, are you finding it difficult for your high school kids to get summer jobs? You are not alone. Thanks to the Barack Obama job recovery we can add two more records to his list of accomplishments, the young workers are getting squeezed out of the market because positions are being filled by older workers. Making matters worse, the elderly cannot afford to retire. As reported at the Washington Times, according to the National Center for Education Statistics the high school job market has hit its lowest level in 20 years. The jobs once held by young high school kids are now being taken by those older than them who have been forced to take lesser positions thanks to the so-called Obama job recovery. A meager 16% of high school age kids are now employed as opposed to 32% in 1990.

The American job market is no place for students as the number of employed high schoolers has hit its lowest level in more than 20 years, according to new figures from the National Center for Education Statistics.

In 1990, 32 percent of high school students held jobs, versus just 16 percent now. Blame their elders.

Sectors that traditionally have offered teens their first paying gig ? fast-food chains, movie theaters, malls and big-box retailers ? have now become the last resorts for out-of-work college graduates or older Americans forced back into the labor force out of sheer financial necessity. The resulting squeeze has left students on the outside looking in.

No one need look no further than the McJobless. Our American youth used to be able to get a job at McDonald?s after school and learn what it means to be responsible, show up for work and get paid for a days work. Not under Barack Obama. Businesses that used to predominately hire the HS kids now can hire older and more experienced workers at the same pay.

Local McDonald?s managers, for example, are no longer forced to accept young workers who can show up after class. They now have the option to hire older employees with more experience and, in many cases, much more education.

?They think, ?I can hire this old guy instead. He already knows how to work, so we don?t need to teach him.??

But wait, it gets worse if that is possible. Not only are young workers at an all-time low, those individuals working who are 65 years and older are at an all-time high. They simply cannot afford to retire. As reported at the NY Times, But that may have worsened the employment prospects for younger workers. Ya think?

Labor Department figures indicate that the percentage of workers over the traditional retirement age of 65 is at a record high. But, the figures show, job totals fell sharply for men under 55 during the recession and have only started to recover, while the proportion of women ages 25 to 54 with jobs also slid and is close to the lowest level of the last two decades.

?The fact of the matter is that this aging-but-not-yet-aged segment of the baby boomer class can?t afford to retire,? said David A. Rosenberg, the chief economist of Gluskin Sheff, a Canadian firm, noting that overall household net worth was 15 percent lower than at the prerecession peak. ?Dreams of the 5,000-square-foot McMansion being a viable retirement asset.

So why is any one voting for Barack Obama again? Any one who actually thinks that Obama has any coherent economic jobs growth plan is delusional. Every demographic has suffered under Obama and the more a demographic struggles with high unemployment like blacks, the more they back Obama. That?s a brilliant position.

EXIT QUESTION: So the older people are working longer and affecting the job prospects of the younger workers, this is even before changes have been made to the going broke Social Security plan. So what is going to happen when the government raises the retirement age from 65 to 68?

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Iraqi president calls for dialogue to solve crisis

FILE - In this Aug. 17, 2007 file photo, Iraq's President Jalal Talabani talks to reporters in Baghdad, Iraq. Iraq's president on Saturday, May 26, 2012 urged the nation's bickering factions to resolve the bitter political dispute that has gripped the government for nearly six months, warning that the crisis threatens to split the country.(AP Photo/ Hadi Mizban, Pool, File)

FILE - In this Aug. 17, 2007 file photo, Iraq's President Jalal Talabani talks to reporters in Baghdad, Iraq. Iraq's president on Saturday, May 26, 2012 urged the nation's bickering factions to resolve the bitter political dispute that has gripped the government for nearly six months, warning that the crisis threatens to split the country.(AP Photo/ Hadi Mizban, Pool, File)

BAGHDAD (AP) ? Iraq's president on Saturday urged the nation's bickering factions to resolve the bitter political dispute that has gripped the government for nearly six months, warning that the crisis threatens to split the country.

President Jalal Talabani's statement, posted on his website, is the latest plea for an end to the crisis that has engulfed Iraq since Shiite Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's government issued an arrest warrant for the country's Sunni vice president in December ? just as the last U.S. troops left the country.

Shiite, Sunni and Kurdish politicians have been holding meetings for weeks to discuss how to resolve the deadlock, including whether to try to push al-Maliki to step down before the end of his four-year term in 2014. Al-Maliki's critics accuse him of consolidating power and sidelining both Sunnis and Kurds, touching off a political impasse that has brought government work to a near standstill.

Already, the president of Iraq's northern self-rule Kurdish region has said he will hold a popular referendum on whether to secede if the deadlock is not solved by local elections set for September.

"I am firmly convinced of the seriousness of the current circumstances which require that we speed up efforts to sit at the table of constructive and fraternal dialogue," said Talabani, a Kurd, whose post is largely ceremonial.

Otherwise, he said, the crisis "could lead to growing tensions and exacerbate the risks and problems."

Talabani in the past has played the role of a mediator in Iraq's frequent political disputes.

The political threat to al-Maliki has shifted over several months, and it's not clear whether parliament will force the vote to oust him. The prime minister on Saturday issued his own plea for talks, saying "dialogue and clarity is what can bring good."

"The dialogue should be objective and on the basis of acceptance of others," al-Maliki said in a statement issued on his website. "Because (opposing) lineups do not bring any good to Iraq."

After his political alliance fell short of winning the most seats in parliament to a secular but Sunni-dominated coalition in 2010 elections, al-Maliki kept his job only by cobbling together enough support from Kurdish leaders and hardline Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, his longtime rival.

But over the last two years, al-Sadr has shifted to the ranks of the prime minister's Kurdish and Sunni critics, who complain that the government is corrupt and is not doing enough to provide jobs and public services like electricity for Iraqis.

Experts fear the political impasse will strain already simmering tensions and ignite more violence.

On Saturday, a roadside bomb killed three Iraqi soldiers in Badoush, a town in northern Iraq, two security officials said. Badoush is about 20 kilometers (12 miles) northwest of Mosul, Iraq's third-largest city and a former al-Qaida stronghold. Both officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to release the information.

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Associated Press writer Lara Jakes contributed to this report.

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Understanding the NRFC Label before Choosing Replacement ...

If there's one way to let people appreciate your home without them having to step inside it, it's by making its exterior as eye-catching as possible. Of course, making your home eye-catching doesn't mean painting it in neon colors or making it architecturally unique; simply making appropriate changes and repairs is enough to increase its curb appeal. The appearance of your windows and doors can contribute a lot to your home's face value, but its performance is more important.

There are several contractors in Kentucky who can help you if you're planning to replace your old windows and doors to give your home a more modern look and increase living comfort. When you start to choose the type of windows and doors that you want, you might get confused when your contractor starts to discuss a product's "fenestration characteristics" based on the National Fenestration Rating Council (NRFC) label. Fenestration was derived from the Latin word fenestra meaning "window". Generally, it refers to any opening in a structure; therefore windows, doors, skylights, vents, and wall panels can be referred to as "fenestration products".

The NFRC is a non-profit organization that tests fenestration products' energy efficiency and provides performance labels for each product. It checks how effective the product is in keeping your home warm or cool as needed; and its ability to shut out wind, resist condensation, and transmit light. The NFRC performance ratings label consists of five categories.

Most doors and replacement windows Lexington KY contractors sell and install come with an NFRC label, which bears the manufacturer's name and product description. At the left column of the label you would see the U-factor, visible transmittance, and condensation resistance ratings. The lower the U-factor, the better is the product's insulating properties and the more suitable it is for places with colder climates.

Visible transmittance, with a value from 0 to 1, refers to the amount of light that can pass through to a product; the higher its value, the more light it transmits. When it comes to condensation resistance, with a value between 1 and 100, a higher value means better resistance to condensation formation. At the right column of the label, you will see solar heat gain coefficient and air leakage. Doors and replacement windows Lexington KY contractors recommend are those with low air leakage and solar heat gain coefficient, which means that less heat and air from the outside can penetrate the door or window.

Replacement doors and windows Lexington KY homes are installed with enjoy the benefits of lesser energy consumption and better temperature regulation as reflected in the NFRC label. If you want to learn more about NFRC ratings, you may visit nfrc.org.

If you have questions, please visit us at www.WeberWindows.com for complete details and answers.

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This Is the First Video From Google's Glasses [Video]

We've seen pictures taken using Google's new glasses and, while some were ropey, others were fairly impressive. Now, Google has released the first video footage recorded using the device. More »

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Studying this does not even become boring and turns out to be an interesting affair when you so many of the other fellow students doing the same thing at that time.

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Memorial Day in Their Words: Reflections from Veterans, Servicemembers and Their Families

Andrew Riggio's father, a WWII combat photographer, stormed Normandy Beach with a pistol in one hand -- and a camera in the other.

"Only an American would have the guts to run up that beach shooting pictures instead of bullets," he writes. "Our soldiers displayed so much courage and should be honored for it."

Ed Marshall in Japan in the summer of 1951.

Alicia Cattoni recalls sharing bologna sandwiches with her grandfather, Ed Marshall, as he regaled her with his heroic Korean War stories, while her grandmother scolded him for doing so.

"I'm very proud of our veterans and servicemembers. If it weren't for people like my grandfather, I wouldn't be here today," she writes. Marshall served as an Army Machine-Gun Sergeant in F Company and the Section Leader in H Company during the 1950s in Korea.

Emilia Zs Rak's husband never speaks of war's horrors while he's awake. But when he's sleeping, she's acutely aware of the pain he encountered.

"Every time my husband revisits Vietnam in his sleep, I am starkly reminded of how a piece of his humanity was taken. But he gave it willingly so that future generations could sleep through the night without the horror and inhumanity he experienced," she writes. "On Memorial Day and every day I say, 'Thank you for your service! Thank you for my peace at night.' "

Theirs is a mere handful of reflections ahead of Memorial Day, a time to mark and honor U.S. military veterans. Yahoo! News asked veterans, current servicemembers and their families to share their brief ruminations on Memorial Day -- what it means to them and how they're impacted. Here are their thoughts, in their words:

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There are a lot of veterans throughout our families; my grandfathers fought in Korea, my husband's grandfather fought in World War II, and they served in either the Army or Navy. These men never boasted about their time in the service because they felt they were just doing their jobs. On Memorial Day we remember those who fought for our freedom, we remember to say thank you, and you should too! -- Threesia Goff

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A yellowed stack of love letters bound with frayed ribbon and a dulled Navy medal are recovered from the attic of the house where I grew up. They met only twice before Merle shipped out. Two years later he was back from across the Atlantic to marry Sally. And that's the way it was for my parents, the lucky ones in the mid-1940s. -- Laurie Jo Miller Farr

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Memorial Day is celebrated once a year, but America's veterans and servicemembers are always close at heart. My dad served in the Army for 24 years, and my fondest memories are from years living on military bases like Port Hueneme and traveling the world. As an Army dependent, I traveled through England and Japan because my dad earned it, and because the Army gave us the opportunity. -- Lisa White

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Kim Morgan's husband and daughter.My husband is an officer in the U.S. Navy Reserves. My father, father-in-law and brother also served in the Navy. My family extends our respect to those who sacrifice to keep us safe, our prayers for those who have fallen, and our thanks to the families who support their servicemen and women. You're all heroes to us. -- Kimberly Morgan

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I grew up in a military family as an Air Force brat; not only did my father serve in Vietnam and elsewhere, nearly every male on both sides of my family has served in the military from the Revolutionary War on. The important thing I learned from my family's service is that freedom and liberty are not free -- but paid for with the blood, sweat and tears of our service members and their families. -- Lyn Brooks

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During my 11 years of service in the Army, I developed many irreplaceable friendships. Memorial Day gives me another opportunity to honor the patriotism and sacrifice of those friends, and all others, who have given their lives in the service of our great nation. -- James Symanski

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From 1962 to 1982, I served in the U.S. Army, doing tours in Germany, Korea and, of course, Vietnam. On Memorial Day, though, my thoughts, and those of the people close to me, turn not to my own service, but to the thousands of others -- young men and women from farms, small towns and cities, from richly plowed fields to neatly trimmed campuses. They answered when their country called, often making the ultimate sacrifice. -- Charles Ray

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I come from a military family, one that stretches back to the Civil War. My sister is an Army veteran, as were both of my grandfathers who've now passed on. I have a favorite photo in my living room of my Grandpa Humphrey sitting at a French cafe during a break in WWII.

In my family, we remember the personal sacrifice and time spent away from family that our relatives gave. -- Shawn Humphrey

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Memorial Day is about remembering all those who have served in our armed forces and given their lives doing so. However, we can also use this occasion to remember how important it is to take care of our sons and daughters who return home from war. We need to ensure they receive top-notch medical and mental health services, as well as employment; the least we can do to repay our debts to them. -- James Schlarmann

My parents always hung the American flag outside our home on Memorial Day. As kids, we thought everyone did. As an adult, I think everyone should. We owe a huge debt of gratitude to all those in service of our country. My father, 88, is a WWII Navy combat vet, and my mother (now deceased) served as a WAVE (Navy) in Washington D.C. during WWII. I couldn't be prouder. -- Karen D. Scioscia

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My husband served four and a half years in the Unites States Army, two of which he spent in Iraq. For our family, Memorial Day is a day to remember those who have given their lives but also to thank those who are still among us, ready to give their lives at a moment's notice. It's about reflecting on sacrifice, and remembering what those sacrifices were for. -- Kiesha Bowles

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On this Memorial Day, Americans should take time to reflect on what our veterans and current servicemembers and their families sacrifice in order to serve our great nation. My father served in the Army for 20 years. As he has been transferred, our family has had to move from state to state and leave our friends and extended family behind.

So, this weekend, think about the lifestyles that servicemembers have adopted to protect this country. -- Lindsay Rosen

***Philomena Hunt's father, William, in dress uniform.

My dad was a Marine in Vietnam and Memorial Day means a lot to my family. When my father came home from Vietnam, he was spit on. When I was a child, I accompanied my father while he visited the graves of soldiers who died serving our country. My father taught me to respect the American flag and what it stands for. I am proud of you, Dad, and all who serve this country. -- Philomena Hunt

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With my grandfather serving in the Army during the Korean War and my father-in-law serving as a Marine during Vietnam, Memorial Day is a chance to not only thank the brave men and women who have served our country, but also celebrate the safe return of those within our immediate family. Americans should be proud of those that have fought so that we could have the freedoms we do, and so others can as well. -- Kyle Fragnoli

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I served the United States Air Force during an American tragedy -- 9/11. To be called veteran is a title only a few wear.

Veterans are unsung heroes, military members and often forgotten. Although their image of service fades, the outline of their work remains. -- Joshua Cintron

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Memorial Day means a lot to my family because of our deep, long-standing military roots.

My late father served with the U.S. Navy during the 1970s, and I recently learned my great-grandfather served our country during World War I.

Memorial Day is more than just a good day to BBQ or hit the weekend sales; Memorial Day is truly a day to remember all our military have given for our continued freedom.

Thank you. -- Jennifer Waite

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My father served with Gen. Douglas MacArthur during World War II. Memorial Day is a day to reflect in the sacrifices that he and many others made for our freedom. -- Bill Hanks

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In almost 11 years in the Army, I found the true meaning of Memorial Day: To me, it's the day I am going to give thanks and remember all of our soldiers, airmen, sailors, and Marines who fought gallantly and bravely and eventually paid the ultimate price for our freedom. And because of that, we are forever in their debt. That is what Memorial Day is about. -- Brian Watson

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I was drafted by the Army in 1971. Older friends, returning from Vietnam, advised me against going at any cost. I joined the Navy instead. I still was part of an armed force that was convinced we must win the hearts and minds of a nation we occupied. It's the same gibberish used to justify Afghanistan. I especially don't like Obama committing troops to 10 years as an occupying force. American moms and dads did not raise their kids to be bad guys.

On Memorial Day, remember the veterans and the citizens who serve now. Do not send them lightly into harm's way. -- Michael Taylor

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Memorial Day means taking time to thank those who gave their lives for our freedom. My oldest brother served 22 years in the U.S. Navy and toured nearly the entire world. He missed two of his three daughters' births so we could stay free. He never went directly into combat, but he came very close more than once. Americans should know that our veterans risked or sacrificed their very lives for us. Give thanks. -- Raymond Bureau

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For veterans, deployment is not a one-time experience. The time they spend away remains with them all the time. They know they can never get back the months missed; some special moments with their kids or families will never be in their memory.

Memorial Day is a day to remember. Please do, because our veterans can never forget.

My husband is active-duty Navy and has been deployed three times during our four-year marriage. -- Sarahlynne Davis

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My husband is an Army Vietnam War veteran and a former Ranger. On Memorial Day, we share many quiet moments to remember all the military brothers he lost in combat.

Whether you shake a hand or simply listen, Memorial Day is the perfect day to thank our veterans. Take time to show them how much their sacrifices mean to you. God bless all our veterans and their families. Thank you all so much, for everything. -- Jackie McPherson

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More Americans paying their car loans on time

Nearly everyone in America with a car loan is making the payment on time, the Detroit Free Press is reporting.

A scant .36 percent of people with a car loan are 60 or more days behind on making their payment, according to a TransUnion report looking at the January through March quarter of auto loan payments. That means more than 99-percent of customers borrowing cash for cars are on time.

The tiny percentage, which represents a drop of about 27 percent year-over-year is the lowest since TransUnion started tracking it in 1999.

The fall in loan delinquency, however, may not be great news for banks overall. TransUnion attributes some of the on-time payments to recession weary consumers placing a priority on their car payment while foregoing payments on credit cards and underwater homes.

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What Is Underactive Thyroid? | Baby care | Health and Fitness ...

Underactive thyroid, what one. is medically termed hypothyroidism, is a situation that primarily affects women older than 50. Hypothyroidism is a situation where the thyroid gland does not exhibit enough hormones, resulting in an imbalance of chemical reactions in the enduring?s body. The patient does not typically note any symptoms during the early stages of hypothyroidism, but in advanced stages of the disorder, the untreated condition may cause soundness problems, including infertility, fleshiness, joint pain and heart disorder.

The primary causes of hypothyroidism hold treatment for hyperthyroidism, radiation therapy, autoimmune disorder, other medications and thyroid surgery. Smaller common causes include pituitary confusion, iodine deficiency, pregnancy and connate disease. The normal thyroid gland produces two chief hormones known as triiodothyronine and thyroxine. These hormones methodize the way that the body uses carbohydrates and fats. These hormones likewise help control body degree of heat; regulate protein production and influences seat of life rate. The thyroid also produces some other hormone called calcitonin. Calcitonin regulates the aggregate of calcium in the patient?s blood. Failure of the thyroid to exhibit enough of these three chief hormones causes the condition known as hypothyroidism.

At the time the patient?s physician suspects hypothyroidism, he or she can administer thyroid performance tests and, with the use of synthetic thyroid hormones, the enduring can experience safe and effective usage. Part of the challenge of the treatment is determining the particular dosage of the synthetic hormones.

The timely symptoms of hypothyroidism develop regularly and may include fatigue and sluggishness. Numerous middle-aged people frequently mistake these symptoms as an indicating. see preceding verb of getting older. However, as the disorder progresses, these symptoms worsen and the enduring may experience other symptoms including costiveness, hoarse voice, pale and/or dry hide, increased sensitivity to cold, weakness of muscles, musculous stiffness, unexplained weight profits, increased sensitivity to cold, facial puffiness, juncture swelling and/or stiffness, brittle hair and fingernails, an raising of cholesterol, depression and heavier monthly periods.

As the condition remains untreated, the enduring may experience an enlargement of the thyroid, referred to as goiter, due to above-stimulation of the thyroid to produce greater degree of hormones. Advanced hypothyroidism, known as myxedema, time rare, it is a life-threatening situation if left untreated. Symptoms of myxedema hold decreased body temperature, low vital fluid pressure, irregular and/or decreased respiration and unresponsiveness. The patient at this platform of hypothyroidism may become comatose and die out of proper medical intervention.

Other stipulations that may occur from untreated hypothyroidism hold peripheral neuropathy and birth defects. Peripheral neuropathy is a situation where the individual experiences injury to his or her peripheral nerves. Symptoms of peripheral neuropathy hold pain, tingling and numbness in the assumed area.

While it is more public for middle-aged and older women to develop a thyroid condition, hypothyroidism can likewise affect anyone, regardless of sex or age. The infant. being born without a thyroid or through a non-working thyroid is the usual origin of hypothyroidism in infants. Babies born out of a thyroid gland is extremely sparse, only occurring once in 3,000 infants. Symptoms in infants hold yellowing of the skin and whites of their eyes, a big protruding tongue, facial puffiness and oft-repeated choking. Untreated hypothyroidism in infants may guide to severe mental and physical retardation. Hypothyroidism may likewise occur in children, including teenagers, and young adults.

Numerous physicians include testing for hypothyroidism for their lofty-risk patients, especially women who are older than 50. Single blood tests that standard the amount of specific hormones typically indicates or rules out hypothyroidism. The foremost tests check the levels of TSH and thyroxine. If the results of these tests exhibit low levels of these hormones, the instructor may follow up with further tests in method to find the specific cause of the hormonal want. For this reason, it is important that the enduring write down and make a complete report of all symptoms to his or her physician.

In deduction, early detection of hypothyroidism can relieve the physician?s treatment of the patient and lighten many medical problems brought on by this disorder. As with most other soundness issues, the patient needs to apprehend his or her condition and play an active role in the usage of this disorder.

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Effective Hair Loss Solutions to Restore Your Beautiful Hair

Losing hair was earlier something that was related to adults only. But, these days almost every age group seems to facing this situation. Baldness was once known as a sign of aging is now also seen in teens, which seriously means that something is going really wrong somewhere. It?s a stressful condition that can affect an individual a lot and can lower down the self confidence to a great level.

Hair Loss can happen due to many reasons like stress, heredity, medication, pregnancy or not eating a nutritious diet. ?Sometimes it also happens due to use of excessive hair products having harsh chemicals that can lead to baldness. A single hair consists a hair shaft, a root below the skin, and a follicle from where the hair root grows. Keratin is something from which our hair are made and one can lose about 50 to 100 hair in a single day and these hair can be replaced as they grow in the same follicle.

?This amount of hair loss is normal and if you notice a loss more than that then it?s time to consult your doctor. Hair transplant have become one of the most preferred options for many people all across the world as it?s a cost-effective treatment and is now more advanced than ever before. The hair transplant technology is mainly Follicular Unit Transplantations (FUT) and Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE), which involves taking a strip of follicles and transplanting them into that part where hair has been lost.

Cost of Hair Transplant is not much as it used to be in the initial years and covers almost every expense. Hair transplant has become one of the most famous treatments and has great advantages for people who are suffering from hair loss problems. If you are also one of them who are facing hair loss and want to restore your beautiful hair, then it?s time to talk to your doctor. Your doctor will assess your condition and will determine the cause of fair fall and will suggest you with the best treatment possible to correct the problem.

Hair Restoration is also one of the most popular techniques to restore your hair and has worked for both men and women. It is a structured process and depends on many factors; moreover the advancement in technology has been the driving factor behind the popularity of these procedures. Hair transplant cost depends as per the individuals need and requirements and can vary.

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Sears Holdings returns to a profit in 1st quarter

HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. (AP) ? Sears Holdings Corp. returned to a first-quarter profit, benefiting from a gain on the sale of some stores.

The Hoffman Estates, Ill., company, which runs Sears, Kmart and Lands' End, also said Thursday that it plans to spin off a minority stake in Sears Canada Inc. Its stock jumped in premarket trading.

Sears earned $189 million, or $1.78 per share, for the period ended April 28. It lost $170 million, or $1.58 per share, a year ago.

The current quarter included a $233 million gain on the sale of some U.S. and Canadian stores and leasehold interest.

Excluding store closing costs and other items, Sears lost 31 cents per share from continuing operations. Analysts expected a loss of 67 cents per share.

Revenue slipped 3 percent to $9.27 billion, partly hurt by unfavorable foreign currency exchange rates and having fewer stores open during the period. Still, the performance managed to beat Wall Street's forecast of $9.26 billion.

Shares of Sears gained $4.68, or 9.2 percent, to $55.20 before the market open.

Revenue from Sears stores in the U.S. open at least a year fell 1.6 percent, while the figure dropped 1.6 percent for Kmart locations. Both Sears and Kmart stores experienced soft sales of consumer electronics but stronger sales of clothing and footwear. For Sears Canada, the metric slid 6.3 percent on declines in electronics, home decor, hardware and clothing.

This figure is a key indicator of a retailer's health because it excludes results from stores recently opened or closed.

Sears Chief Financial Officer Rob Schriesheim said in a statement that the company anticipates that it will generate $1.6 billion to $1.7 billion in capital this year through a number of actions, including previously announced cost reductions and moves taken to lower cash invested in inventory, the sale of certain stores in the U.S. and Canada and the spinoff of its smaller Hometown and Outlet stores. Sears' cash balance climbed to $784 million from $754 million over the three-month period ending April 28. It has also reduced inventory levels and trimmed its total debt to $3.2 billion at quarter's end, down from $3.5 billion.

Earlier this month at its annual meeting, Sears executives emphasized the company's financial strength, increased liquidity and prospects to boost operational results. During the meeting, Chairman Edward Lampert said that real estate sales were important to restore profitability and to get shareholders' confidence back.

Sears will keep an approximately 51 percent stake in Sears Canada, down from 95 percent. The proposed spinoff is expected to close this year, with Sears Canada continuing to list on the Toronto Stock Exchange after the deal's closing.

Sears currently has more than 3,900 stores in the U.S. and Canada.

Associated Press

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