The Rider or Compression engine: "The Rider engine works on a reversible cycle."

Olds Engineering - Mechanical Engineers and Founders: "Stirling Hot Air Engines"

Rotary Stirling Rotary Overview: "New simplified heat engine"

Manson: "The Manson Engine - A simple External Combustion Engine for the 21st Century"

stirling1: "Stirling Engineer's Notebook"

Let's Build a Model Stirling Engine Boat: "Let's Build a Model Stirling Engine Boat"

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Ben Meadows Company - SealSkinz� Waterproof Gloves: "SealSkinz� Waterproof Gloves"

Welcome to BroadVoice: "Say 'good-bye' to your expensive calling plan and 'hello' to BroadVoice!"

Voxilla.com :: A user's guide to the VoIP revolution

Sharp Systems of America - Product Information: "Introducing the World's 1st Desktop Replacement Notebook with 3D Screen

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: "A Renewed Commitment to Excellence: An Assessment of the NASA Agency-wide Applicability of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board Report, January 30, 2004 (the Diaz Report) Executive Summary or
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 of the full report. "

Power Supply Efficiency in Active Mode: "Power supplies are one of the crucial building blocks of a modern society, converting high-voltage alternating current (AC) into low-voltage direct current (DC) for use by the electronic circuits in office equipment, telecommunications, and consumer electronics. Over 2.5 billion AC/DC power supplies are currently in use in the United States alone. About 6 to 10 billion are in use worldwide.
While the best power supplies are more than 90% efficient, some are only 20 to 40% efficient, wasting the majority of the electricity that passes through them. As a result, today's power supplies consume at least 2% of all U.S. electricity production. More efficient power supply designs could cut that usage in half, saving nearly $3 billion and about 24 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions per year."

PC Sympathy - VX2.betterinternet and Bundleware Infestations on the Rise: "Over the past month, I have seen an increase in infestations by a group called Bundleware.com which with the signature of Ad-aware calling it VX2.BetterInternet objects. Until last night, I believed it was wrong to label Bundelware with the VX2 Transponder signature as their methods were different from what I could see. Not so now however!

After running tests on one of their programs called SpyBan from SpyBan.net I now see why so much of the Better Internet Win32 BI Application and Bi Transponder variants show up with object comments pointing to Bundleware, Look2Me, and SimilarSingles. It is because that at the time of installing any software from that belongs to Nictech Networks, the first thing it does is access the Internet at the time of install and install one of the cab files directly from abetterinternet.com."

Welcome to NNFA - Products and Services Science and Quality Assurance: "Huperzine A is an alkaloid isolated from a Chinese herbal medicine prepared from the moss Huperzia serrata. It is a potent inhibitor of the enzyme acetylcholinesterase (1B). The neurotransmitter acetylcholine is destroyed by this enzyme. Since acetylcholine production in the brain is reduced in Alzheimer's disease, inhibitors of acetylcholinesterase have been found useful in treating this disorder. Huperzine A has been tested in small clinical trials in China and improved memory, cognition and behavior in a majority of patients (2A, 3A). No severe adverse effects were found."

ConsumerLab.com - Index page: "The Encyclopedia has detailed, science-based information regarding hundreds of natural ingredients and medical conditions, and provides drug interaction information."

MayoClinic.com - Ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba L.): "Ginkgo biloba has been used medicinally for thousands of years."

MayoClinic.com - Medical and health information and tools from Mayo Clinic: "Look up herb, vitamin and other supplement information from Natural Standard"

ImplosionWorld.com: "The Journal of Explosives Engineering"

Welcome to the International Society of Explosives Engineers

Internet Weather Report

UCI Internet Weather Report

SANS - Internet Storm Center - Cooperative Cyber Threat Monitor And Alert System - Current Infosec News and Analysis

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StorAKey - Temporary Vehicle - Product Information: "StorAKey - Temporary Vehicle - Supra"

StorAKey - Permanent Auto/SUV - Product Information: "StorAKey - Permanent Auto/SUV "

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Dynamic Living: Supra StorAKey Door Key Lock Box And Portable Door Key Lock Box: "Supra Store A Key Lock Box keeps spare door keys handy!"

Plextor PREMIUM 52 X 32 X 52 Internal ATAPI Retail Box CD ReWriter - Comp-U-Plus Direct

I N K S C A P E :: Vector Graphics for the Masses: "Inkscape's main motivation is to provide the Open Source community with a fully XML, SVG, and CSS2 compliant SVG drawing tool. Additional planned work includes conversion of the codebase from C/Gtk to C++/Gtkmm, emphasizing a lightweight core with powerful features added through an extension mechanism, and establishment of a friendly, open, community-oriented development processes."

I N K S C A P E :: Vector Graphics for the Masses: "Inkscape is an open source SVG editor with capabilities similar to Illustrator, CorelDraw, Visio, etc. Supported SVG features include basic shapes, paths, text, alpha blending, transforms, gradients, node editing, svg-to-png export, grouping, and more."

I N K S C A P E :: Vector Graphics for the Masses: "Open Source Scalable Vector Graphics Editor"

Xten.com - Award-winning SIP Softphones for VoIP and IP Telephony Networks

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Monitors (CRT) - 22 Inch Monitors - 22 Inch Viewsonic (P220F) Monitor

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20/21 inch Sony HP Trinitron Monitor

Virtual Private Library�

Ananova - www.ananova.com

Empty Days: "When illness finally takes you - it is Nature and Destiny against your lone mind and when it's time to go there is nothing you can do. It is like an immense mountain falling on you - you are not responsible for your own death, you are powerless against it. Such death is also a great relief. And the sense of defeat is less from such an overpowering force."

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BlogStreet : Blog Profiles, RSS Ecosystem, Blog Tops, Search and Directory

Exhibitions: "Presenting more than 100 lynching postcards, and related material, the exhibition Without Sanctuary documents an era in American history that permitted unspeakable acts of terror against an unprotected segment of its population. In conjunction with the exhibition, and perhaps more important than the images themselves is Baring Witness, Baring Our Souls, an eight-month forum designed to encourage dialogue related to the atrocities that occurred, the ensuing activism-initiated by black women, and supported by white women-and solutions to help stem the tide of intolerance and violence that continues to exist in the nation today. The forum, therefore, provides an array of educational programs including lectures, film series, and panel discussions that invite audience participation. The Museum's Education Department has developed a curriculum that will engage, educate, and enlighten school children. This installation is organized from the collections of James Allen and John Littlefield, and presented by the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History. General Motors Corporation is the presenting sponsor with additional support from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Michigan Council for the Arts and Cultural Affairs."

Exhibitions: "July 2004 - February 2005"

Exhibitions: "July 2004 - February 2005"

Exhibitions: "Without Sanctuary: Lynching Photography in America"

Backup Software - WinBackup - Backup Your Data Fast & Secure

MEMS Current Projects: "DARPA MEMS Program"

EE Times -Microsoft targeting portable power: "Next year we will make more revenue from notebooks than desktops in the developed world. That's going to drive a market dynamic to design the best mobile products we can make"

Paul Thurrott's Internet Nexus

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AOL Presidential Match Main

Capitol Hill Blue: Nobody's Life, Liberty or Property is Safe While Congress is In Session

FactCheck.org - Annenberg Political Fact Check

Engadget - www.engadget.com

Spychecker - download anti-spyware and privacy related freeware and shareware

Sony Global - Press Release: "TOPPAN and Sony Successfully Develop 25GB Paper Disc"

RF Software: "EM3DS (Electromagnetic 3D Solver) is a novel, full-featured, frequency-domain full-wave simulaton tool tailored to efficiently accomplish the analysis of quasi-planar structures � specifically planar structures over complex substrates, where the finite conductors' thickness and the dielectric discontinuities are accounted for with no compromise � thus, rendering EM3DS a full 3D tool."

EEG Biofeedback FAQ: "EEG Biofeedback is a learning strategy that enables persons to alter their brain waves. When information about a person's own brain wave characteristics is made available to him, he can learn to change them. You can think of it as exercise for the brain. "

Attrition Security Rant: Anti-Virus Companies: Tenacious Spammers: "Anti-Virus Companies: Tenacious Spammers"

Turnitin: "The Internet has made plagiarism easier than ever before. From elementary schools to the highest levels of academia, the ease of downloading and copying 'untraceable' online information has led to an epidemic of digital plagiarism."

USATODAY.com - New software detects plagiarized passages: "an advanced plagiarism-detection service such as iParadigms LLC's makes a digital fingerprint of an entire document and compares it against material on the Internet and in other sources, including proprietary academic and media databases"

Chris Pirillo ~ Getting Screwed While Everybody Else is Getting Laid: "Getting Screwed While Everybody Else is Getting Laid"

RSS in Government Summary Page: " The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio shows us that RSS syndication is a great way to allow your customers to monitor what's new on your agency's website."

EDN - Broadband Prices Too High for Many U.S. Consumers, Firm Reports: "Thirty-one percent of broadband households chose their high-speed providers because of bundled discounts for multiple services. Bundling allows providers to lower the monthly price of broadband without sacrificing subscriber profitability because of higher revenue per customer and lower churn"

EDN - Broadband Prices Too High for Many U.S. Consumers, Firm Reports: "Seventy-one percent of Internet customers claim they would switch to broadband if it were available at a lower price"

UCmore Search Engine Tool Cleans Up Image the Search Engine Journal: "Lavasoft, the renowned Internet security and provacy firm and a anti-spyware/adware vigilate, has removed the new version of UCmore from their product�s reference file as of January 3, 2004."

UCmore Search Engine Tool Cleans Up Image the Search Engine Journal: "In a time when more and more search toolbars and browser based web surfing enhancers are stirring up the controversy of secretly placing themselves on computers (Parasites) serving popup advertising (AdWare) and collecting personal information (SpyWare), one searching and surfing enhancer, UCmore, has done the opposite. UCmore has cleaned up their act and answered the privacy questions about their UCmore Toolbar which has sparkled their image among privacy groups."

Welcome to Gmail: "A Google approach to email" It look an interesting idea

Yahoo! News - Powell slips, 'crusade' re-enters US lexicon on war: "Powell slips, 'crusade' re-enters US lexicon on war"

Computing.Net - USB Pen drive 128Mb: "i want to play music at college but they do not have the audio player availible.
So i was wondering if anybody knows a piece of software that can be installed onto the removable media and play the audio that is also on it. "

e4engineering.com - Engineering news, engineering information and engineering jobs for engineering professionals: "The quarterly unemployment rate for computer hardware engineers jumped from 6.9 to 9.0 percent, and averaged 7.0 for 2003."

e4engineering.com - Engineering news, engineering information and engineering jobs for engineering professionals: "According to statistics from the US Department of Labour's Bureau of Labour Statistics, unemployment rates for US electrical and electronics engineers averaged a record 6.2 percent in 2003"

Chris Shipley on New Technology Products: Onfolio Liberates and Leverages Web Research: "The Web has changed all that, except, perhaps, the index card and term paper part. I still cut and paste notes and jot ideas into a Word document, then later struggle to remember where I found some bit of data as I attempt to synthesize it all into a cohesive report."

Onfolio: A Powerful New Web Research Assistant: "Onfolio: A Powerful New Web Research Assistant"

Mandrake Linux tips for free: "This page describes the installation I did with the 4cd Mandrake Linux 10.0 Community Edition set."

Linux Man Page for RESIZE2FS (8): "SYNOPSIS
resize2fs [ -d debug-flags ] [ -f ] [ -F ] [ -p ] device [ size ]
DESCRIPTION
The resize2fs program will resize ext2 file systems. It can be used to enlarge or shrink an ext2 file system located on device so that it will have size blocks. If the size parameter is not specified, it will default to the size of the partition. The size parameter may never be larger than the size of the partition.
The resize2fs program does not manipulate the size of partitions. If you wish to enlarge a filesystem, you must first make sure you can expand the size of the underlying partition first. This can be done using fdisk (8) by deleting the partition and recreating it with a larger size. When recreating the partition, make sure you create it with the same starting disk cylinder as before! Otherwise, the resize operation will certainly not work, and you may lose your entire filesystem.
If you wish to shrink an ext2 partition, first use resize2fs to shrink the size of filesystem. Then you may use fdisk (8) to shrink the size of the partition. When shrinking the size of the partition, make sure you do not make it smaller than the new size of the ext2 filesystem!
OPTIONS
-d debug-flags
Turns on various resize2fs debugging features, if they have been compiled into the binary. debug-flags should be computed by adding the numbers of the desired features from the following list: \ 1\ -\ Print out all disk I/O \ 2\ -\ Debug block relocations \ 8\ -\ Debug inode relocations \ 16\ -\ Debug moving the inode table
-p
Prints out a percentage completion bars for each resize2fs operation, so that the user can keep track of what the program is doing.
-f
Forces resize2fs to proceed with the filesystem resize operation, overriding some safety checks which resize2f"

LinuxDevCenter.com: Using and Customizing Knoppix [Nov. 20, 2003]: "Step 6: Test the installation"

LinuxDevCenter.com: Using and Customizing Knoppix [Nov. 20, 2003]: "Update the bootloader. In my case, this was:
bash-2.05# /sbin/lilo
Added linux *
Added knoppix
Added win2k
bash-2.05#"

LinuxDevCenter.com: Using and Customizing Knoppix [Nov. 20, 2003]: "Step 5: Update the bootloader (LILO)"

LinuxDevCenter.com: Using and Customizing Knoppix [Nov. 20, 2003]: "Here's an extract of my own LILO configuration. Your instructions will differ if you use something other than LILO.
image = /mnt/linux1/hardrive_boot/vmlinuz
label = knoppix
initrd = /mnt/linux1/hardrive_boot/miniroot.gz
read-only
root = /dev/hdc2
append = 'lang=us'"

LinuxDevCenter.com: Using and Customizing Knoppix [Nov. 20, 2003]: "Step 4: Make the partition bootable"

LinuxDevCenter.com: Using and Customizing Knoppix [Nov. 20, 2003]: "Copy the contents of the compressed kernel image from the CD. Mount the file /KNOPPIX/boot.img on a loop device and copy the contents from the device to /hardrive_boot/. I used these commands:
bash-2.05# /sbin/losetup /dev/loop0 /mnt/linux1/KNOPPIX/boot.img
bash-2.05# mount /dev/loop0 /mnt/floppy/
bash-2.05# cp /mnt/floppy/* /mnt/linux1/hardrive_boot"

LinuxDevCenter.com: Using and Customizing Knoppix [Nov. 20, 2003]: "Step 3: Copy the boot image"

LinuxDevCenter.com: Using and Customizing Knoppix [Nov. 20, 2003]: "Mount the newly created partition and create a directory named hardrive_boot.
Insert the Knoppix CD and, as root, copy the /KNOPPIX directory from the CD into the root directory of the partition.
Copy the following files from the CD to the root partition: autorun.bat, cdrom.ico, autorun.inf, and index.html. Remember to preserve the permissions as you copy everything over to the hard drive.
The left side of the panel in Figure 1 shows the CD's directory structure, while the right side shows the hard drive's partition."

LinuxDevCenter.com: Using and Customizing Knoppix [Nov. 20, 2003]: "Step 2: Create the directory structure"

LinuxDevCenter.com: Using and Customizing Knoppix [Nov. 20, 2003]: "Step 1: Create a partition"

LinuxDevCenter.com: Using and Customizing Knoppix [Nov. 20, 2003]: "You will need the following ingredients to bake your CD:
One Knoppix CD.
1GB of RAM: Don't worry if you don't have this much RAM; swap space will work just as well.
One PC with an existing Linux distribution installed and at least two partitions:
Partition 1, where you will develop the Knoppix CD. It must have at least 4GB of free space, although you'll need 5GB if you are short on RAM.
Partition 2, a 710MB empty partition.
The command-line utility create_compressed_fs, which can be copied from the Knoppix CD.
One kick list. This file lists packages that can be removed from the default distribution without 'breaking' dependencies.
Miscellaneous shell scripts: user-defined scripts facilitating development."

LinuxDevCenter.com: Using and Customizing Knoppix [Nov. 20, 2003]: "The Ingredients"

LinuxDevCenter.com: Using and Customizing Knoppix [Nov. 20, 2003]: "You will need the following skills to customize the Knoppix Linux Live-CD:
You must be comfortable with the command line.
You must understand how to create partitions on your hard drive.
You must understand basic bash scripting.
You should be familiar with a Linux bootloader.
You must understand how to add swap memory (using the dd, mkswap, and swapon utilities), unless you have 1GB of RAM.
You should be comfortable installing, updating, and removing software packages using the Debian distribution of Linux."

LinuxDevCenter.com: Using and Customizing Knoppix [Nov. 20, 2003]: "Your Required Knowledge Base"

LinuxDevCenter.com: Using and Customizing Knoppix [Nov. 20, 2003]: "The basic idea of making a Knoppix CD is to gather what you want on the CD by simulating it on the hard drive. You should be able to edit installed software and test your creation by rebooting the machine from the hard drive, via a bootloader, instead of wasting time burning it to a CD. This development environment mimics the CD, except it's significantly faster. Remember, this is not a standard Linux installation! Even though you are booting from the hard drive, you are in fact emulating an OS that is installed on a CD. When booted, the filesystem cannot be changed; it is read-only. "

LinuxDevCenter.com: Using and Customizing Knoppix [Nov. 20, 2003]: "Using and Customizing Knoppix"

O'Reilly Network: Knoppix: A Painless Introduction to Linux [Apr. 14, 2003]: "Knoppix: A Painless Introduction to Lin"

Shure Earphones > E Series > E5c: "E5c Sound Isolating Earphones
Lightweight, sound isolating, dual micro-speaker earphones"$499.99

Shure Earphones > E Series > E3c: "E3c Sound Isolating Earphones
Lightweight, sound isolating earphones with extended frequency response"

Etymotic Research: "ER-6 Isolator� Earphones"

What is Xeroderma Pigmentosum?: "Xeroderma Pigmentosum
A rare genetic defect in ultraviolet radiation induced DNA repair mechanisms; characterized by severe sensitivity to all sources of UV radiation (especially sunlight).
XP is categorized in at least eight complementation groups according to the capacity of the body to repair DNA. These groups (i.e., genetic subtypes) are labeled A through G, plus the XP variant: XPV. Groups A, C, D, and Variant make up over 90% of XP cases. Group A, for example, has the lowest level of DNA repair and the most neurological manifestations. "

Ask NOAH About: Genetic Disorders: "Genetic Disorders "

Bird Computer� 6502 Page: "How to obtain TV Video Output From an FPGA
This project arose from my desire to have color video output to a TV rather than an expensive monitor. Most of the sample circuits I've seen for hobbyist type video output use VGA output to drive a monitor. Interfacing to a VGA monitor is relatively easy and provides a high quality video output. But what do you do if you don't have a VGA monitor to spare ? Many hobby type projects do not have the memory capacity or performance to drive a VGA monitor. Even used VGA monitors in good working order can be relatively expensive. How about using a TV instead ? It turns out that interfacing to a TV is almost as easy as interfacing to a VGA monitor. I came up with the following two circuits, the first of which I've built, the second of which I'm pretty sure will work. Schematics for the circuits are here: vdac.pcx"

FPGAs are fun!: "'Dragon' FPGA board
Feb 27th 2004 - The board is available for sale in limited quantities (go to the shop for the latest pictures).
This is the lastest board on this site. Dragon has the following characteristics:
Based on Xilinx's Spartan-II XC2S100TQ144.
PCI/USB/I2C/JTAG interfaces
8051 microcontroller (on the back of the board). Use of the 8051 is optional. When in use, the 8051 and FPGA can communicate through an 8-bits synchronous bidirectional bus.
Prototyping area/which can accomodate two RJ-45 Ethernet connectors
Top and bottom SIL connectors - can plug into a wide 'solderless-breadboards' for experiments.
Has a dual-row connectors, so can be used as motherboard for other projects.
Two onboard clocks: a fixed 24MHz clock, plus a socketed 3.3V DIL-8 oscillator.
Top IOs are configured to accept LCD text modules; option to accept a graphical LCD panel (in development).
100% plug'n play, i.e. you can download the FPGA and the 8051 from the PC (through the USB). Doing both takes less than 1 second. "

FPGAs are fun!: "'Pluto': a tiny FPGA board (Revision B)"

Digilent Inc. - Digital Design Engineers' Source: "Digilab XCR"The “all-in-one” XCR Board (XCR) features a 64 macrocell, 1600 gate Xilinx CoolRunner CPLD and several useful I/O devices. The XCR runs on 2 AA batteries, it works seamlessly with Xilinx’s free WebPack tools, and it ships with a programming cable, so designs can be completed anywhere a PC exists with no additional costs. The XCR provides an ideal platform for engineers who want to learn digital design techniques using modern technologies.

TheDenverChannel.com - News - 'Jews Killed Jesus' Sign Causing Controversy: "A billboard unveiled on Ash Wednesday, the same day that a controversial movie depicting the last hours of Jesus Christ premiered, is sparking criticism from people of all faiths.
The large-size outdoor marquee, which sits on the property of the Lovingway United Pentecostal Church at Colorado and Mississippi, says, 'Jews Killed The Lord Jesus' and the word 'Settled!'
'It's settled,' said Maurice Gorden, Loveway pastor. 'The word of God is the final word.'
The Anti-Defamation League asked for the marquee to be changed because it is anti-Semitic, but the church only amended the billboard slightly by removing the word 'settled' and attributing the line to biblical Scriptures.
That, however, is still not appeasing critics."

Microsoft, Amid Dwindling Interest, Talks Up Computing as a Career: "Nationally, there is a similar trend. The Computing Research Association's annual survey of more than 200 universities in the United States and Canada found that undergraduate enrollments in computer science and computer engineering programs were down 23 percent this year."

Microsoft, Amid Dwindling Interest, Talks Up Computing as a Career: "John V. Guttag, head of the university's electrical engineering and computer science department, points to the 'worrisome' downward trend. In the current academic year, 229 sophomores selected his department as their major, down from 282 in 2002 and 342 in 2001, a 33 percent decrease in just two years. "

101 Amazing Earth Facts: "16. What was the strongest earthquake in recent times?A 1960 Chilean earthquake, which occurred off the coast, had a magnitude of 9.6 and broke a fault more than 1,000 miles (1,600 kilometers) long. An earthquake like that under a major city would challenge the best construction techniques."

101 Amazing Earth Facts: "14. What is the largest volcano?
The Mauna Loa volcano in Hawaii holds the title here on Earth. It rises more than 50,000 feet (9.5 miles or 15.2 kilometers) above its base, which sits under the surface of the sea. But that's all volcanic chump change. Olympus Mons on Mars rises 16 miles (26 kilometers) into the Martian sky. Its base would almost cover the entire state of Arizona."

101 Amazing Earth Facts: "8. Where is the world�s highest waterfall?The water of Angel Falls in Venezuela drops 3,212 feet (979 meters)."

101 Amazing Earth Facts: "3. What makes thunder?

If you thought, 'Lightning!' then hats off to you. But I had a more illuminating answer in mind. The air around a lightning bolt is superheated to about five times the temperature of the Sun. This sudden heating causes the air to expand faster than the speed of sound, which compresses the air and forms a shock wave; we hear it as thunder."

101 Amazing Earth Facts: "2. And the coldest place around here?Far and away, the coldest temperature ever measured on Earth was -129 Fahrenheit (-89 Celsius) at Vostok, Antarctica, on July 21, 1983."

101 Amazing Earth Facts: "1. What is the hottest place on Earth?Count one wrong if you guessed Death Valley in California. True enough on many days. But El Azizia in Libya recorded a temperature of 136 degrees Fahrenheit (57.8 Celsius) on Sept. 13, 1922 -- the hottest ever measured. In Death Valley, it got up to 134 Fahrenheit on July 10, 1913. "

Water on Mars? Flood of Data, Trickle of Answers: "Spheres remain a mystery
No more information was provided yesterday on spherical grains in the soil and rock of Mars that have puzzled geologists since early February.
The spherules, as they are called, might have formed in the presence of water, but they could also be the result of a volcanic eruption or meteor impact. This week a couple of spheres were sliced in half and photographed, but they've not been fully analyzed. "

Newsday.com: " Though 'many outstanding priests of a homosexual orientation' maintain celibacy, it's significant that more than 80 percent of abuse incidents involved males under 18. "

HeadWize Forums - Headphone Reviews: "The MDR-DS3000 was first released in Japan in Sept. 2003 and according to Nikkei Business Magazine, has done so well that many retailers sold their entire stock before year's end. This is the new entry-level product in the Sony Wireless Surround headphones line that includes the DS5100 and the DS8000.
Here are the specs:
- Sony's own virtualizer technology produces 5.1 channel sound in stereo headphones, supported Dolby Digital and DTS decoding. The virtualizer uses a Logic 3D Processor (running at 125MIPS).
- The transmitter is digital infrared and can send to multiple headphones (MDR-IF3000).
- An 'intelligent' mute function cuts out noise when headphones are out of range
- Automatic power-saving shuts infrared signal output down if an audio signal is not received in 10 minutes.
- The MDR-IF3000 is an open headphone (30mm drivers) and runs on two batteries.
The DS3000 retails for about $189 US. Distribution is mainly in Japan, but the DS3000 is available at AudioCubes.com and Amazon.co.jp and jp.SonyStyle.com."

Fossils found in Antarctica from 2 new dinosaur species / St. Mary's College scientist involved: "Two teams of fossil hunters working separately in Antarctica have discovered bones of two types of unknown dinosaurs -- a voracious meat-eater on the shores of an ancient island once buried beneath the sea, and a placid plant-eater on the slopes of what is now an inland mountain 13,000 feet high. "

Bloomberg.com: U.S.: "Radio talk show host Howard Stern will lose almost $1 million as a result of Clear Channel Communications Inc.'s decision to suspend his show because of indecent content, the New York Post reported, citing unidentified people in the industry.
Stern makes as much as $10 million annually, selling his syndicated talk show to about 40 stations nationwide, the Post reported. Stern and his agent and partner Don Buchwald charge radio stations about $250,000 a year to have the show delivered by satellite five days a week. "

KAKE | Woman Collapses During Showing of "The Passion Of The Christ": "Woman Collapses During Showing of 'The Passion Of The Christ' "

STAR-TELEGRAM.COM - Fort Worth Dallas news, sports, cars, and jobs: "People saw fire coming out of my ears. About three seconds before, you know it's going to hit you. There's absolute silence in the eye of the storm. Then it felt like someone took his hands and hit my ears with massive force.'I had pink-red static in my eyes for about seven seconds. Then I could hear Mel screaming, `What the blankety-blank happened? Makeup! Hair!' I looked like I'd been to see Don King's stylist. I felt like, if it had hit me like it should have, it would have just blown my heart out. And I looked upward and said, `What -- you didn't like that take?'"The lightning incident

STAR-TELEGRAM.COM - Fort Worth Dallas news, sports, cars, and jobs: "The man in Christ's shoes

A man of quiet faith, the star of 'The Passion of the Christ' talks about his work and his ethics"

Beyond Bias: The Passion of the Christ: "Beyond Bias: The Passion of the Christ"

Steven D. Greydanus: "As I contemplate Mel Gibson�s The Passion of the Christ, the sequence I keep coming back to, again and again, is the scourging at the pillar."

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See the Passion.com News Items: "How about a movie joke about Islam or one with a Muslim murderer? I dare you to produce a movie about an adulterous rabbi or a slapstick Torah. Anyone for criticizing Orthodox Jews for discriminating because men and women worship separately? How about suggesting a revision of Islam because of its treatment of women, to say nothing of 'non-believers,' the infamous infidels."

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See the Passion.com News Items: "Where were they when a crucifix submerged in urine was called art? A picture of the Virgin, smeared with elephant dung was also called art. Where were the demands for script changes in movies portraying Jesus as homosexual, or married, or promiscuous? How about books or theatricals depicting priests or nuns in the most insulting and fabricated situations that pretend to reality? "

See the Passion.com News Items: "Foxman not only rails against the film, he actually met with Vatican officials this week, urging them to challenge Gibson and tell him that the film contradicts Catholic teaching. Can you imagine? He thinks he knows more about Catholicism than the Vatican! How contemptible."

See the Passion.com News Items: "Ultimately, what they despise isn't necessarily Mel Gibson or his film. They hate his religion, the Bible, the story it relates and, they especially hate the Catholic Church..."

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RFID Journal - RFID Speeds Up Bogot�: "RFID Speeds Up Bogot�
By placing Identec tags on 23,000 busses, the Colombian city removes a major cause of traffic jams."

Haaretz - Israel News - Article

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italian culture from italy -- zoomata - Controversial Archbishop Flees Italy: "African archbishop Emmanuel Milingo, who rocked the Vatican by eloping then repenting, has left Italy for his native Zambia, according to news reports. "

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loudspeakers in the market,” states
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Sørensen, Bang & Olufsen. He continues:
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a natural evolution for Bang &
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Engineer were working on a new
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order to continue his work with bass
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been researching into loudspeaker performance
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degree angle in the horizontal plane.
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their position at the base of the cone.
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after which a small, moveable microphone,
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the loudspeaker’s position.
The Adaptive Bass Control system,
coupled with Acoustic Lens Technology,
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regardless of the listener’s own
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Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Platinum Pro, GigaWorks S750 review by PC Magazine: "Depending on whom you talk to, 7.1-channel audio is either the Holy Grail of immersive sound or the answer to a question nobody asked. As is often the case with new technology, the truth is somewhere in between."

Job Stress and Burnout: "According to Repetti (1987), workers in a stressful work situation were less likely to report negative mental health indicators (depression, anxiety) if they perceived themselves to have a supportive supervisor.' "

Job Stress and Burnout: "Likewise, and increase in bureaucracy and the numbers of layers of organizational administration may lead to a reduction of communication within an organization and a sense of depersonalization."

Job Stress and Burnout: "The increased specialization of many jobs results in fragmentation of work. The worker is involved wwith only one small segment of producing the total product or providing services to the client; a loss of sense of accomplishment and autonomy may result."

Job Stress and Burnout: "A number of characteristics of the work environment associated with stress have also been identified. One is an excessive workload, not only in terms of number of hours of work expected, but also in terms of the complexity of the work and frequent change in work demands, sometimes associated with rapid advances in technology. Another is ambiguity as to the worker's rights, responsibilities, status, and goals; with such role ambiguity, the worker may experience a sense of loss control and autonomy on the job. Insufficient resources to accomplish the job and administrative indifference or interference also create stress."

Burnout: Often a Result of Job/Worker Mismatch: "The third kind of burnout occurs when the worker is daily overwhelmed with complex and varied tasks, being continuously required to respond to a variety of urgent, demanding, and changing circumstances. Nurses in emergency wards sometimes experience this second kind of burnout. "

Burnout: Often a Result of Job/Worker Mismatch: "A second kind of burnout occurs when a person works at the same job for many years and following a period of modest progress or improvement settles into a very prolonged period where there appear to be no additional avenues or opportunities for progress. An example might be a job at the lower levels of management that someone has had for the past 10 or more years. There might have been a little progress in the first couple of years, but the worker now feels that opportunities to move up the management ladder are definitely not available to him/her. Additionally, the work being done has become routine, highly predictable, and unexciting. This, together with the limited opportunities for advancement, tends to create feelings of hopelessness and stagnation."

Burnout: Often a Result of Job/Worker Mismatch: "Work & Career Burnout DefinedBurnout can occur in three major ways. The first kind is where the worker performs essentially the same routine and uninspiring work day after day for years. This kind of repetitious, boring, and uninteresting work is associated with feelings of stagnation, helplessness, and depression. Workers in this situation may experience problems at work or bring the emotional problems to their homes. Individuals who work in clerical jobs doing routine and repetitious work or those on assembly lines sometimes experience this variant of burnout. "

Burnout: "3. Track your progress and value incremental progress. Experiencing progress toward your goals is highly motivating. But surprisingly, people have a difficult time recognizing progress and giving value to it. "

Burnout: "d. Sticking with your own structure gives you a sense of control and helps you to recognize your progress."

Burnout: "c. Structure helps keep you on track when you get distracted or interrupted. You have a roadmap to return to. It�s easier to stay on track."

Burnout: "b. Structure frees you from constant decision making. You don�t have to waste important time deciding what to do next when you have a window of free time."

Burnout: "a. Structure buffers you from the stresses of everyday work. "

Burnout: "2. Set up your own structure: People typically think of too much routine when they think of burnout. Day in, day out, the same thing. But upon closer inspection, it isn�t the routine that�s the problem; it�s the control over the routine. "

Burnout: "1. Plan: A surprising number of people don�t take the time to plan their goals and plan their day. Planning immediately gives you a necessary sense of control and direction. And having a plan for the day helps you resist the temptation to overcommit. People tell me they don�t plan because they�re afraid of being disappointed when they aren�t able to follow through. Following through on your plan takes practice, and you don�t have to follow your plan perfectly to be making important progress."

Burnout: "When you can�t identify meaningful accomplishments at the end of the day, you tend to feel physically and emotionally drained. You�re lacking that feeling of progress, of moving forward toward your goal. This sense of progress, or control over your goals, is vital to enjoyment of your work. "

Burnout: "Compare how you feel at the end of a productive day vs. the end of a day spent mired in distractions and unfocused activity. Both days make you feel tired. But the quality of �tired� is different. When 5:00 comes, and you can identify solid progress toward your most important goals, you tend to feel satisfied, even energized, although you may also feel tired. But it�s similar to the �tired� you feel at the end of a good workout. And the idea of doing it again feels good. "

Burnout: "But another common cause of burnout, and one that is commonly overlooked, is the worker�s approach to the work itself, which can powerfully impact how you feel about your job. "

Burnout: "When people are feeling �burned out�, they commonly attribute this to external conditions such as: too much work, poor leadership, inadequate support, poor working conditions, etc. and in many cases, these are the primary problems. "

Burnout: "Burnout usually appears when a worker feels a lack of control over the outcome of their efforts. In other words, when you feel you can accomplish what you want to accomplish, you usually feel happy and motivated. When you feel you can�t accomplish what you want to accomplish, you tend to feel depressed. "

Burnout: "Burnout commonly manifests itself in the workplace in symptoms such as boredom, fatigue, distractibility, low motivation, and emotional withdrawal. "

Burnout: "The cure for burnout can be found in work itself. By this I mean that employees can get off the burnout treadmill by developing better work habits. Burnout can best be avoided by developing skills such as organization, planning, goal-setting, mental discipline, and conflict resolution. "

Burnout: "Burnout
Much has been written recently about 'career burnout'. Popular opinion suggests that such burnout can be cured through a prescription of vacation, sabbatical, career change, and soul search. "

FirstSearch: Search the catalog at Oakland University Library: "5) Track progress.
At the foundation of any successful intervention is a tracking system. People need to know whether they're going in the right direction. The training package lays out procedures for follow-up to the initial assessment, and how to take corrective action when things are going off track. "

FirstSearch: Search the catalog at Oakland University Library: "4) Use the community's problemsolving capacity. The community focus throughout the assessment phases of the project make available the formidable problem-solving capacity of organizations during intervention. Members of the organization know the company, know how to solve problems and have a commitment to its success. "

FirstSearch: Search the catalog at Oakland University Library: "3) Communicate constantly.
Building and maintaining an awareness of the project and its objectives throughout the process of assessment, analysis, reporting, and problem solving is a major communication challenge. The process builds communications into every step"

FirstSearch: Search the catalog at Oakland University Library: "2) Involve people in the process.
Meaningful change in organizational life is a participatory activity. The training package concerns how an organization takes on a project to assess itself and to communicate its findings throughout the members of the organization. In this model, intervention does not come from above, but from every direction in the organization. It is a total involvement process"

FirstSearch: Search the catalog at Oakland University Library: "1) Establish an information flow.
Organizations require an ongoing dialogue with their staff. Some of this information flow comes from day-to-day interaction. Focus groups or town-hall meetings add depth by putting an explicit focus on the workplace itself The training package includes a survey that gives a thorough assessment of the three aspects of burnout and how they relate to the six areas of work life."

FirstSearch: Search the catalog at Oakland University Library: "6) Values When people feel aligned with the values of their organization they are more energetic, involved, and effective at what they do. A serious mismatch between individual and organizational values leads people to question the entire employment relationship. As technology intensifies the pace of the 21st century workplace, people may lose their connection with what they do. New materials or products, the move from face-to-- face to mediated communication and the expectations of constantly increasing productivity change the nature of work. What appears to be an improvement from one perspective could be an empty compromise from another. "

FirstSearch: Search the catalog at Oakland University Library: "4) Community
Communication technologies permit people to participate in global communities through e-mail, ICQ video conferencing, and many other forms of getting together. The considerable demands of this virtual community eat into the time available for the people closer to home. Greater connectivity adds to the demands of life."

FirstSearch: Search the catalog at Oakland University Library: "5) Fairness
The experience of being treated unfairly has an intense emotional impact that undermines a relationship with work. In contrast, being treated with respect and consideration promotes engagement with work. The increasing pace of work brings greater intensity to this dynamic. "

FirstSearch: Search the catalog at Oakland University Library: "3) Reward
The monetary, social and prestigious rewards of work acknowledge extraordinary contributions of people to some degree. But the invasive nature of the 21st century work world infringes on the capacity of people to enjoy the personal rewards. Many of the meaningful rewards of life take time to fully appreciate. "

FirstSearch: Search the catalog at Oakland University Library: "2) Control
An intensifying pace of work strains the balance of control between individuals and organizations. On the one hand, the vastly greater access managers have to information about their organization's operations and finances increases their capacity to develop, implement and monitor a plan to enhance the quality of their work. On the other hand, technology increases the interdependency among people at work. The need for tighter coordination among people moves autonomy from the individual to the work group. "

FirstSearch: Search the catalog at Oakland University Library: "1) Workload
Excessive workload is not new, but today's technology and pace of life bring an increasing intensity to work. The greater availability afforded by communication technology-cell phones, voice mail, e-mail-requires an active defense of personal time as work contacts come to expect an immediate response any time, anywhere. The productivity edge gained through the effective use of information technology at work is being overtaken by the increasing expectations of customers, colleagues and executives. Doing more becomes the norm. "

FirstSearch: Search the catalog at Oakland University Library: "Burnout is a crucial issue for businesses committed to quality and organizations that are innovating constantly and need top performance from talented people. Employees need a depth of commitment and they need to sustain that level of commitment, creativity and productivity over the long term. "

FirstSearch: Search the catalog at Oakland University Library: "The Truth About Burnout (Jossey-- Bass 1997) debunks the common myth that workers are solely responsible for the fatigue, anger and 'don't give a damn' attitude they experience as part of burnout."

FirstSearch: Search the catalog at Oakland University Library: "Job burnout is occurring at critical levels in today's workforce. Workers at both white-- and blue-collar levels feel stressed out, insecure, misunderstood, undervalued and alienated in their workplaces. "

FirstSearch: Full Text: "engagement is characterized by energy, involvement, and efficacy"

FirstSearch: Full Text: "burnout as an erosion of engagement with the job"

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NIH News Release--"Power Nap" Prevents Burnout; Morning Sleep Perfects a Skill--07/02/2002: "Evidence is mounting that sleep � even a nap � appears to enhance information processing and learning."

Work & Career: The Four Stages of Burnout: Part I: "THE FOUR STAGES of BURNOUT"

Stress and Burnout at Work: "Stress and Burnout at Work"

Stress and Burnout at Work: "Stress and Burnout at Work"

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TheState.com: Your guide to news, sports, jobs, homes, cars: "If Kerry beats Edwards in South Carolina, that�s probably it"

The Buying of the President 2004 - The Center for Public Integrity: "No more than $6.8 million worth of the assets the Kerrys disclosed would be available for Kerry's presidential campaign. Out of the 933 assets Kerry lists on disclosure reports, he owns 87, his wife, Teresa Heinz Kerry, owns 844 and the couple hold two jointly."

The Buying of the President 2004 - The Center for Public Integrity: "WASHINGTON, June 13, 2003 � If Sen. John F. Kerry sticks with his campaign's legal view that he cannot use his wife's money to run for president, the Democratic candidate could lose as much as $832 million in potential campaign capital, according to a Center for Public Integrity study of recent financial disclosure records. "

The Buying of the President 2004 - The Center for Public Integrity: "WASHINGTON, June 13, 2003 � If Sen. John F. Kerry sticks with his campaign's legal view that he cannot use his wife's money to run for president, the Democratic candidate could lose as much as $832 million in potential campaign capital, according to a Center for Public Integrity study of recent financial disclosure records. "

The Buying of the President 2004 - The Center for Public Integrity: "WASHINGTON, June 13, 2003 � If Sen. John F. Kerry sticks with his campaign's legal view that he cannot use his wife's money to run for president, the Democratic candidate could lose as much as $832 million in potential campaign capital, according to a Center for Public Integrity study of recent financial disclosure records. "

The Buying of the President 2004 - The Center for Public Integrity: "WASHINGTON, January 8, 2004 � Enron Corp., the Houston-based energy firm that touched off a financial, legal and political scandal when it declared bankruptcy in December 2001, remains the top career patron of President George W. Bush, whose prolific fundraising in 2003 shattered all previous records for candidates. Enron's employees and political action committee have given more than $600,000 to Bush over the course of his political career, according to a new Center for Public Integrity book, The Buying of the President 2004"

High-Protein Diets Maintain Weight Loss: "There were also differences in waist circumference at the end of the 6-month study. Those following the high-protein diet lost an average 1.2 cm around the waist while those on the control gained 0.5 cm. "

High-Protein Diets Maintain Weight Loss: "After six months, those on the high-protein diet had regained two pounds, while those on the control diet had regained about 6.6 pounds. "

High-Protein Diets Maintain Weight Loss: "According to a recent weight loss study, overweight people who lost weight on low-calorie diets were able to maintain their weight loss more effectively by following a higher protein diet."

Monetizing Graphical Search: "Vivisimo, a software company based in Pittsburgh, Pa., offers technology that clusters search results on the fly into folders labeled by category. While the typical list of search results appears on the right, the clickable folders on the left, helping the searcher make sense of the various links and drill down into more relevant results. People who love lists and are used to organizing information hierarchically may appreciate the way Vivisimo displays the folder contents as you click on the folders. "

Monetizing Graphical Search: "You could think of Vivisimo as graphical search for the left brain, and Grokker as the right brain version."

Center for American Progress - Progress Report - Page: "Bush did mention the report by CIA weapons inspector David Kay, claiming Kay 'identified dozens of weapons of mass destruction-related program activities.' The 'WMD-related program activities' description was a stark contrast to his previous definitive declarations that Iraq possessed fully-developed WMD, ready to be deployed at any moment "

Center for American Progress - Progress Report - Page: "Bush also said, 'Under the law you passed, seniors can choose to receive a drug discount card, saving them 10 to 25% off the retail price of most prescription drugs.' But these discount cards do not guarantee seniors a price discount. Specifically, 'sponsors of drug discount cards will be allowed to change their prices � and the list of covered drugs � on a weekly basis.' "

Center for American Progress - Progress Report - Page: "Bush said, 'We can cut the deficit in half over the next five years.' But the plan he was referring to 'omits a number of likely costs' such as the continued cost of Iraq and its own defense spending plans. All told, he is proposing roughly $3 trillion in new tax cuts and spending, including $1 trillion to make his tax cuts permanent, $1 trillion to privatize Social Security, $50 billion more for war in Iraq, $1.5 billion to promote marriage, and a Mars proposal that could cost $500 billion. The result is that the deficit is predicted to be 'in the range of $500 billion in 2009' � not even near half of what it currently is. "

Center for American Progress - Progress Report - Page: "Bush said, 'Jobs are on the rise,' referring to the recent drop in the unemployment rate. But he didn't mention that the unemployment drop was due to the fact that the economy was so bleak that 255,000 of the jobless simply stopped looking for work. Additionally, the jobs that are being created are lower-paying. "

Center for American Progress - Progress Report - Page: "'With lines like 'America will never seek a permission slip to defend the security of our people,' Bush was clearly sounding a campaign theme.' "

Center for American Progress - Progress Report - Page: "only 76% of Americans watching the speech had a favorable impression, down from 84% last year and 94% the year before. At the same time, the percentage of Americans who felt negatively jumped up to nearly a quarter of those watching."

Center for American Progress - Progress Report - Page: "The numbers are in, and they show President Bush's speech didn't go over as well with the public as previous State of the Union addresses. According to a new WP/ABC News poll, President Bush 'deliver[ed] his State of the Union address...to an American public that has become broadly dissatisfied with his domestic agenda.' "

Center for American Progress - Progress Report - Page: "This year's 'pre-speech spinners told us that the address had two basic goals, to remind voters that Bush is a busy, serious commander-in-chief making the world safe from evil-doers and to show empathy on the domestic issues that polls show he needs help on.' "

Microsoft Palladium: "Known Elements of the Palladium System
The system purports to stop viruses by preventing the running of malicious programs.
The system will store personal data within an encrypted folder.
The system will depend on hardware that has either a digital signature or a tracking number.
The system will filter spam.
The system has a personal information sharing agent called 'My Man.'
The system will incorporate Digital Rights Management technologies for media files of all types (music, documents, e-mail communications). Additionally, the system purports to transmit data within the computer via encrypted paths. "

Microsoft Palladium: "Palladium is a system that combines software and hardware controls to create a 'trusted' computing platform. In doing so, it would establish an unprecedented level of control over users and their computers."

Dr. King Timeline: "1968
February 12: Sanitation workers strike in Memphis, Tennessee.
March 28: Dr. King leads six thousand protestors on a march through downtown Memphis in support of striking sanitation workers. Disorders break out during which black youths loot stores. One person is killed, fifty people are injured.
April 3: Dr. King delivers 'I've Been to the Mountaintop' at the Memphis Masonic Temple.
April 4:Dr. King is shot at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis. He dies in St. Joseph's Hospital.
April 4-11: Riots erupt in 125 cities around the country, including the nation's capital.
April 7-9: Dr. King lies in state at Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia. Mourners file by at the rate of twelve hundred per hour.
April 8: Coretta King, Yolanda King, Martin Luther King III, Dexter King, and Ralph Abernathy lead a memorial march for Dr. King in Memphis.
April 9: The funeral of Dr. King is held at the Ebenezer Baptist Church. He is laid to rest at the South View Cemetery. "

Dr. King Timeline: "1967
January: Dr. King writes his book Where Do We Go From Here? while in Jamaica, West Indies.
March 12: Alabama is ordered to desegregate all public schools.
March 25: Dr. King attacks the government's Vietnam policy in a speech at the Chicago Coliseum.
April 4: Dr. King makes a statement about the war in Vietnam at the Riverside Church in New York City.
July 12-17: Twenty-three people die and 725 are injured in the riots in Newark, New Jersey.
July 23-30: Forty-three die and 324 are injured in the Detroit riots.
July 26: Dr. King, A. Philip Randolph, and Whitney Young, Jr., appeal for an end to the riots.
November 27: Dr. King announces the formation by SCLC of a Poor People's Campaign, with the aim of representing the problems of poor blacks and whites. "

Dr. King Timeline: "1966
Dr. King rents an apartment in a Chicago ghetto.
February 23: In Chicago, Dr. King meets with Elijah Muhammad, leader of the Nation of Islam.
March: Dr. King takes over a Chicago slum building and is sued by its owner.
March 25: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that any poll tax is unconstitutional.
May 16: Dr. King agrees to serve as co-chairman of Clergy and Laymen Concerned About Vietnam. An antiwar statement by Dr. King is read at a large Washington, D.C. rally to protest the war in Vietnam.
June 6: James Meredith is shot soon after beginning his 220-mile 'March Against Fear' from Memphis, Tennessee, to Jackson, Mississippi.
July 10: Dr. King launches a drive to make Chicago an 'open city' in regard to housing. "

The day when Viola Liuzzo died: "The town was Selma and one of those heroes and martyrs was a Detroit housewife named Viola Liuzzo."

Dr. King Timeline: "1965
February 21: Malcolm X is assassinated in New York City.
March 9: Unitarian minister James Reeb is beaten by four white segregationists in Selma and dies two days later.
March 15: President Johnson addresses the nation and Congress, describing the voting rights bill he will submit, and uses the slogan of the civil rights movement, 'We Shall Overcome.'
March 21-25: Over three thousand protest marchers leave Selma for a march to Montgomery, protected by federall troops. They are joined along the way by a total of twenty-five thousand marchers. Upon reaching the capitol, they hear an address by Dr. King.
March 25: Viola Liuzzo is shot and killed while driving a marcher from Montgomery to Selma.
August 6: The 1965 Voting Rights Act is signed by President Johnson.
August 11-16: Thirty-five people die in riots in the Watts area of Los Angeles, CA. "

Dr. King Timeline: "1965
February 21: Malcolm X is assassinated in New York City.
March 9: Unitarian minister James Reeb is beaten by four white segregationists in Selma and dies two days later.
March 15: President Johnson addresses the nation and Congress, describing the voting rights bill he will submit, and uses the slogan of the civil rights movement, 'We Shall Overcome.'
March 21-25: Over three thousand protest marchers leave Selma for a march to Montgomery, protected by federall troops. They are joined along the way by a total of twenty-five thousand marchers. Upon reaching the capitol, they hear an address by Dr. King.
March 25: Viola Liuzzo is shot and killed while driving a marcher from Montgomery to Selma.
August 6: The 1965 Voting Rights Act is signed by President Johnson.
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Dr. King Timeline: "1965
February 21: Malcolm X is assassinated in New York City.
March 9: Unitarian minister James Reeb is beaten by four white segregationists in Selma and dies two days later.
March 15: President Johnson addresses the nation and Congress, describing the voting rights bill he will submit, and uses the slogan of the civil rights movement, 'We Shall Overcome.'
March 21-25: Over three thousand protest marchers leave Selma for a march to Montgomery, protected by federall troops. They are joined along the way by a total of twenty-five thousand marchers. Upon reaching the capitol, they hear an address by Dr. King.
March 25: Viola Liuzzo is shot and killed while driving a marcher from Montgomery to Selma.
August 6: The 1965 Voting Rights Act is signed by President Johnson.
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Dr. King Timeline: "1965
February 21: Malcolm X is assassinated in New York City.
March 9: Unitarian minister James Reeb is beaten by four white segregationists in Selma and dies two days later.
March 15: President Johnson addresses the nation and Congress, describing the voting rights bill he will submit, and uses the slogan of the civil rights movement, 'We Shall Overcome.'
March 21-25: Over three thousand protest marchers leave Selma for a march to Montgomery, protected by federall troops. They are joined along the way by a total of twenty-five thousand marchers. Upon reaching the capitol, they hear an address by Dr. King.
March 25: Viola Liuzzo is shot and killed while driving a marcher from Montgomery to Selma.
August 6: The 1965 Voting Rights Act is signed by President Johnson.
August 11-16: Thirty-five people die in riots in the Watts area of Los Angeles, CA. "

Dr. King Timeline: "1964
March 7: Bloody Sunday. About 650 marchers in Selma were attacked by police wielding tear gas, clubs and bullwhips. The assault, recorded by the national media, left 70 blacks hospitalized and another 70 injured.
Summer: Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) initiates a voter-registration drive, run by black and white students, called the Mississippi Summer Project.
June: Dr. King's book Why We Can't Wait is published.
June 21: Three civil rights workers-James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner-are reported missing after a short trip to Philadelphia, Mississippi. Their bodies are found six weeks later by FBI agents.
July: Dr. King attends the signing of the Public Accommodations Bill, part of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, by President Lyndon B. Johnson in the White House.
August: Riots occur in New Jersey, Illinois, and Pennsylvania.
September 18: Dr. King has an audience with Pope Paul VI at the Vatican.
December 10: Dr. King receives the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway."

Dr. King Timeline: "1964
March 7: Bloody Sunday. About 650 marchers in Selma were attacked by police wielding tear gas, clubs and bullwhips. The assault, recorded by the national media, left 70 blacks hospitalized and another 70 injured.
Summer: Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) initiates a voter-registration drive, run by black and white students, called the Mississippi Summer Project.
June: Dr. King's book Why We Can't Wait is published.
June 21: Three civil rights workers-James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner-are reported missing after a short trip to Philadelphia, Mississippi. Their bodies are found six weeks later by FBI agents.
July: Dr. King attends the signing of the Public Accommodations Bill, part of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, by President Lyndon B. Johnson in the White House.
August: Riots occur in New Jersey, Illinois, and Pennsylvania.
September 18: Dr. King has an audience with Pope Paul VI at the Vatican.
December 10: Dr. King receives the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway."