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The Fourth Of July
On this day in 1776, the Declaration of Independence was approved by the Continental Congress, setting the 13 colonies on the road to freedom as a sovereign nation. As always, this most American of holidays will be marked by parades, fireworks and backyard barbecues across the country.
The Necktie: Knot What It Used To Be, Hangs On
They were the best of ties. They were the worst of ties.
Skinny little beatnik ties and mod doublewide ties. Suave and sophisticated Frank Sinatra ties and greedy Gordon Gekko power ties. Bar Mitzvah boy clip-on ties and Jerry Garcia trippin' ties.
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Downtime |
A Backyard Fit For An Emperor/Lawyer | | As a child in upstate New York, David Kimelberg helped his dad tend a Japanese garden in the backyard. That is, when he was allowed. "My dad is a scientist, so he's a pretty particular guy," he says. "I wasn't allowed to shape the bonsai trees. I got to mow the lawns around the rock gardens." |
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On The Go |
Some Commutes Are Just Too Short | | I'm no Einstein, and my last attempt at studying physics back in high school was an out-and-out C-minus disaster. But recently, and unexpectedly, I had a flash of understanding not only about time and space, but also about past and future, about boys and men and ties and trains. And it has changed the frame of my life. |
Slow Down! | | Following speed limits is good for the safety of you and your loved ones — and it's also good for your wallet. |
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Home Life |
We're A 'Half Full' Kinda People | | "The general population is optimistic," said Tali Sharot, a neuroscientist at University College London. Depending on how the trait is measured, studies show that as many as 80 percent of people display characteristics of optimism. |
Honey Doesn't List | | A new study finds 94% of married women keep a "Honey-Do" list; 78% of those wives wait weeks to years for the jobs to get done; and 44% end up doing things themselves. |
Cyberbullying: What To Do If It Happens To Your Kid
| | Cyberbullying, using the Internet, cell phones, or another type of communication technology to hurt or embarrass others, is an increasingly common problem among today's youth. In a recent study conducted by the National Crime Prevention Council and Harris Interactive Inc., more than 43% of teens ages 13-17 have experienced cyberbullying within the past year. |
Dos And Don'ts When A Tornado Is Approaching | | You're in your house, your car, maybe your mobile home, and you've just heard a tornado warning announced for your area. What should you do now? Just as importantly, what shouldn't you do? |
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Career Moves
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| Embrace The Flex Time | Flexibility in the workplace isn't new. Telecommuting, working part time, job sharing, and even ducking out early on summer Fridays are becoming the norm, not the automatic career-stallers they once were.
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| A Lawyer Vs. Trash | Off Gore Point, where tide rips collide, the rolling swells rear up and steepen into whitecaps. Quiet with concentration, Chris Pallister decelerates from 15 knots to 8, strains to peer through a windshield blurry with spray, tightens his grip on the wheel and, like a skier negotiating moguls, coaxes his home-built boat, the Opus -- aptly named for a comic-strip penguin -- through the chaos of waves. Our progress becomes a series of concussions punctuated by troughs of anxious calm. In this it resembles the rest of Pallister's life.
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Technology |
WB Network Returns As A Web Site | | The WB brand, born as a broadcast network in 1995 and closed in 2006, will return as an online video Web site combining short original series with classic shows, the Warner Brothers Television Group announced last month. |
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Clients |
Small Businesses Should Plan Checkup | | Small business owners who are lucky enough to have some down time in the next few weeks should use it for a midyear financial checkup, and to tick some other chores off their to-do list. |
Father-Son, Lawyer-Client | | Father and son shared little in common. There were no Little League games, no
backpacking trips, no going to the movies together. The father, Raymond Marquez,
was just too busy. Despite their differences, this father-son tandem is now linked in a way
few others are: The son is his father's lawyer. |
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