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A publisher and a rabbi walk into a kosher restaurant. . . .That's not the setup to a joke. A few years ago I had lunch with Rabbi Daniel Lapin at the wonderful Grins Vegetarian Café in Nashville (then and maybe now the only kosher joint around). We talked about several different things, among them our families."You know why God gives us children, don't you?" he asked me."Why?""So that we'll stop being children."I've thought about that ever since and think it's basically rig … [Read more...]
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But what about that fabled unshakeable support for Israel that's always been given at least lip service by the Democrats in the past? Are we seeing the end of that support as we know it? The Weekly Standard reports that in this year's party platform, it's been watered down beyond recognition. Judge for yourself:
In the 2008 Democratic party platform, there was this language on Jerusalem, Israel:
Jerusalem is and will remain the capital of Israel. The parties have agreed that Jerusalem is a matter for final status negotiations. It should remain an undivided city accessible to people of all faiths.
This year, however, that language has been removed. Indeed, there is no mention of Jerusalem in the 2012 party platform adopted by Democrats.
Since 1968, with the sole exception of the rather odd platform (more like a manifesto) adopted in 1988, every Democratic party platform has included language similar to that quoted above from 2008. Note that recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, a point to which every Democratic (or Republican) administration has refused to acquiesce once safely in office, was always explicitly acknowledged. In fact, the Democratic platforms for the years 1972 through 1984 all included this language as well:
As a symbol of this stand, the U.S. Embassy should be moved from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
And Jimmy Carter's 1980 platform actually contained this statement:
We oppose creation of an independent Palestinian state.
As a very old cigarette ad used to say ... you've come a long way, baby.
And it's not only on the issue of Jerusalem that this plank of the platform has been diluted. It focuses much more on (you guessed it) Obama and his alleged accomplishments than it does on the relationship between the U.S. and Israel. In fact, this platform is unique in that it makes no mention of Israel as an "ally" nor of the "special relationship" between our countries. You have to go back to 1980 to find a platform that doesn't use at least one (usually both) of those terms.
Daniel Pipes has a piece today at NRO entitled "What the 2012 Election Means for Israel" in which he concludes that "[i]f elected, Romney will be staunchly loyal, but Obama's coldness will turn glacial." I think it's somewhat overwrought in places, but his warnings about the waning support for Israel among Democrats obviously merit consideration.

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Toccoa Hands Out Main Street Awards
Downtown Toccoa honors businesses, property owners, and volunteers at its annual Main Street Awards.
The annual awards were handed out Thursday night at the Schaefer Center in downtown Toccoa.
Main Street Toccoa Events Coordinator Sharon Crosby said the awards give the city a chance to recognize those who have gone above and beyond on behalf of downtown and the Main Street program over the last year.
"Many of these businesses have done a lot to their buildings," said Crosby. "Some of the others we recognized were organizations who have helped with the downtown. It is a time of really being able to thank them for all of their hard work."
This year's award winners were:
Best Interior Project — Victoria's Sweet Treats
Best Adaptive Reuse — Feral Outfitters
Outstanding Community Service — Keep Toccoa-Stephens County Beautiful
Best Historic Renovation — 20 Doyle Street (formerly Frames and Things)
Dedicated Downtowner — Deborah Hartley
Downtown Champion — David Austin
Downtown Anchor — Whistlestop Antique Market
Special Recognition — Acree Family Partnership
Main Street Toccoa also took time during the awards ceremony to recognize the new businesses who have opened this year in the Main Street District and recognize all of the volunteers that help with downtown events.
The Downtown Development Authority notes that volunteers spent a total of more than 3,000 hours assisting the Main Street program.
Crosby says that the Main Street program appreciates all of the businesses who have chosen to locate and do business downtown, as well as all of the organizations and volunteers who help out in downtown and with the various events that take place downtown throughout the year.


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Iyanla Vanzant: The Place Where You Come From
February 23, 2012
Spiritual life counselor, Iyanla Vanzant reveals the importance of recognizing that you come from some place that much bigger than you, that gives you life and breath. Regardless of whether you call this place God or the Divine, your calling is to find the best way to be in relationship with your source.
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By Greg Toppo, USA TODAY
WASHINGTON Students in a handful of big-city school districts have a less than 50-50 chance of graduating from high school with their peers, and a few cities graduate far fewer than half each spring, according to research released on Tuesday.
Fourteen urban school districts have on-time graduation rates lower than 50%; they include Detroit, Baltimore, New York, Milwaukee, Cleveland, Los Angeles, Miami, Dallas, Denver and Houston.
TABLE:Graduation rates for 50 largest districts in U.S.
The findings present a bleak picture and are sure to generate controversy as lawmakers and others push to keep U.S. students competitive globally.
While the basic finding that the nation's overall graduation rate is about 70% is not new, the study suggests that graduation rates are much lower than previously reported in many states. It also could bring the dropout debate to the local level, because it allows anyone with Internet access to view with unprecedented detail data on the nation's 12,000 school districts.
Among the nation's 50 largest districts, the study finds, three graduate fewer than 40%: Detroit (21.7%), Baltimore (38.5%) and New York City (38.9%).
The advantage of the new study is that "you could apply it to any and all school districts in the country with the same validity — and the same problems," says Michael Casserly of The Council of the Great City Schools, an advocacy group for large urban districts.
He says it's still unclear whether researcher Christopher Swanson overstates the problem. Swanson's analysis, strictly speaking, is not a calculation of dropout rates but of graduation rates; it estimates the probability that a student in ninth grade will complete high school on time and with a regular diploma.
Adding to the debate: The study is sponsored by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which promotes its own brand of high school reform. Last year, Bill Gates called U.S. high schools "obsolete."
The study, which uses 2002 and 2003 data, the most current available, finds that public schools graduate 69.6% of an estimated 4 million eligible students each spring, meaning about 1.2 million students likely won't graduate this year. That means about 7,000 students drop out per school day, Swanson says.
Researcher Lawrence Mishel of the Economic Policy Institute says Swanson's figures "seriously understate graduation rates, especially for minorities." They say that just 52% of blacks graduate, and 57% of Hispanics.
Mishel says by comparing the number of graduates with the number of ninth-graders, Swanson exaggerates the effects of the "ninth-grade bulge," in which many ninth-graders are held back a year before tackling more advanced work and, often, state-mandated exit exams. Mishel's most recent research puts the overall U.S. graduation rate at 82%.
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Hi Martin
One of the best tools I've found for monitoring network traffic is ntop
- www.ntop.org
It will give you totals, plus protocol breakdowns for each packet it
sniffs. If you've got a copy of a newish SuSE, it's in the distribution.
Ok, it possibly means having a separate machine for monitoring, and
either a managed switch that can mirror all traffic to one port onto
another port (the ntop machine needs to see all traffic that flows
through m0n0) or a hub (NOT switch) with the network/m0n0wall/monitoring
machine on it only. Eg:
M0n0----hub--------to rest of network
There's an ntop add-in for Smoothwall if you look through their forums.
If you want some screenshots of ntop in action, let me know.
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But i would also like to be able to see, who uses the data cap and how
much they use
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Arts & Crafts Free adult scrapbooking offered at the Eminence Community Life Center from 10 a.m. to noon, on Thursdays.
Church services
Pleasureville United Methodist Church will have a pancake breakfast fundraiser from 8 to 11 a.m., Saturday, Sept. 10, at the church. The cost is $6 which includes sausage, drink and all you can eat pancakes.
Jeremy and Lacie Booher announce the birth of their son, Landon Tyler Booher, born June 14, 2011, at Suburban Hospital in Louisville. He weighed 8 pounds 14 ounces and was 20 inches long.
Grandparents are Lawrence and Diane Rabourn and Dewayne and Leisa Booher, all of Pendleton.
Great-grandparents are Darrell and Barbara Kemper; Bobby and Sarah Rabourn; Carol and Sam Booher and Bill and Judy Masters.
Laurie Beth Grigsby and William H. Clark Jr. (BJ) of Frankfort announce their engagement and forthcoming marriage.
The bride-elect is the daughter of Bobby and Doris Grigsby and Ricky and Ellen Rynes, all of Eminence.
The groom-elect is the son of William H. Clark Sr, New Castle and Barbara Flack, Crestwood.
The wedding will take place at 1 p.m. Saturday, September 10, 2011 at Pleasureville Baptist Church.
By JEFF MOORE
The News-Democrat
The families of Army National Guard's Alpha Battery 2nd 138th Field Artillery in Carrollton are getting ready for an expected deployment sometime in 2012.
Preparedness for what lies ahead was the message delivered by speakers and unit leaders at the National Guard unit's annual family picnic Sunday.
Editor's note: This is the second in a four-part series previewing the Froggy Field Party, set for Sept. 10 at the Kentucky Renaissance Festival.
By Brett Waford
Special to the Local
When Chris Janson pulls into Eminence on Saturday, Sept. 10, for the Froggy Field Party 3, he'll feel right at home. He spent the first 18 years of his life at the end of a gravel road surrounded by corn and soybeans just like in Henry County.
Arts & Crafts
Free adult scrapbooking offered at the Eminence Community Life Center from 10 a.m. to noon, on Thursdays.
Church Services
Brooklyn LeeAnn Mays announces the birth of her sister, Brennan Rilee Mays born Wednesday, June 1, 2011, at Baptist Hospital Northeast. She weighed 8 pounds and 5 ounces and was 20 ½ inches long.
Parents are Sonny and Mary Mays of Pendleton.
Grandparents are Jerry and Kim Floyd and Victoria Wade, all of La Grange. Nelson and Joyce Mayse, Pendleton and Mark Mays, Sulphur.
Great grandmother is Betty Hogan of Beattyville.
Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Korthaus of Smithfield announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Fran Korthaus to David McCall, son of Michael and Cheryl McCall of Crestwood.
The bride-elect is a graduate of Western Kentucky and University of Kentucky and works at the McLean County Cooperative Extension office as the 4-H Youth Development Agent in Calhoun.
The groom-elect is a graduate of Eastern Kentucky University and works at Grand Meadow Farms in Crestwood.
Bonnie Estes and Rich Clemons announce their engagement and forthcoming marriage.
The wedding will take place at their home in Bethlehem on Saturday, Sept. 3, 2011.
Arts & Crafts
Free adult scrapbooking offered at the Eminence Community Life Center from 10 a.m. to noon, on Thursdays.
Church events
Henry Christian Church will be having "Country Hope" at 7 p.m., Sunday, Aug. 14, with Donnie and Sharon Finney, Steve Foster and Chuck Berry providing country gospel music.
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Hi Falcor,
There's a **huge** difference between PPTP and IPSEC as far as security goes
with VPNs.
Personally, I'd place PPTP in the same league as WEP - untrustworthy.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Falcor [mailto:falcor at netassassin dot com]
> Sent: Wednesday, 2 June 2004 12:36
> To: James Baber
> Cc: m0n0wall at lists dot m0n0 dot ch
> Subject: Re: [m0n0wall] Newbie ? - IPSec via Wireless (like SonicWall)
> yes it is possible and quite easy to do. see the pptp
> document at http://m0n0.ch/wall/docbook/pptp.html
> James Baber wrote:
> >Hello,
> >
> >I want to configure my W2K/XP laptop to use a VPN tunnel
> >(IPSec) to my m0n0wall (with Soekris VPN1401 & NetGate
> >802.11B Prism 2.5) specifically over the wireless network.
> >Actually I would like to configure all my wireless
> >devices to do this.
> >
> >Is this possible? If so, can someone point me to an
> >archived document with instructions? I can't seem to
> >find exactly what I'm looking for, nor can I seem to
> >get it to work.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >James


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Virtual Network Architecture Over IP-optical Network
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|From: Marco Morazan (morazanm at gmail.com)
Date: Sun Oct 3 19:19:35 EDT 2010
What year of study are you in? I will assume you are a beginner. It can't be done in Racket or any other programming language. Most Automata Theory books have a proof of that The Halting Problem is unsolvable. Marco On Sun, Oct 3, 2010 at 5:22 PM, A Z <ukbc57 at gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > Does anybody know how to check for infinite loops programmatically in > racket? > Thanks, > Colum > _________________________________________________ > For list-related administrative tasks: > http://lists.racket-lang.org/listinfo/users > -- Cheers, Marco
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Jeffs Fall Victim to Second Half Rally, Losing at Colby, 65-44
February 16 - The Amherst women's basketball team closed its 2001-02 season with a heartbreaking 65-44 loss at NESCAC rival Colby College on Saturday, despite leading 31-26 at halftime. With the loss, the Jeffs finish at 11-12 overall and 2-6 in conference play, narrowly missing a berth in the upcoming NESCAC Postseason Championship Tournament. Full Story
Jeffs Fall at Conference Rival Bowdoin, 72-53
February 15 - The Amherst women's basketball team fell at fourth-ranked Bowdoin College, 72-53, on Friday night. The Polar Bears led 32-31 with 17:07 left in the second half before putting the game away with a 15-0 run. With the loss, the Jeffs fall to 11-11 overall and 2-6 in the NESCAC, while Bowdoin improves to 21-1 and 7-1. Full Story
Women's Hoop Wins Second Straight Conference Game, 74-54, Over Conn.
February 9 - After entering the weekend winless in NESCAC play, the Amherst women's basketball team posted it second conference win in as many days on Saturday, pounding visiting Connecticut College, 74-54, at LeFrak Gymnasium. Sophomore shooting guard Shannon Russell paced the Jeffs with a game-high 15 points, while junior quad-captain forward Brooke Diamond added eight points and tied a career-high with 11 rebounds. Full Story
Jeffs Notch First Conference Win, 51-39, Over Wesleyan
February 8 - Junior quad-captain forward Sarah Walker poured in a game-high 18 points on 6-for-9 shooting and the Amherst defense held visiting Wesleyan University to just 19.0% (7-for-33) from the floor as the Jeffs handed the visiting Cardinals a 51-39 loss in NESCAC women's basketball action on Friday night. The win was Amherst's first in conference play, improving to 1-5 in the NESCAC while evening their overall record at 10-10. Full Story
Jeffs Fall at Trinity, 53-48
February 2 - Despite team-highs of 18 points and 10 rebounds from junior forward Sarah Walker, the Amherst women's basketball team remained winless in NESCAC play with a 53-48 loss at conference rival Trinity College on Saturday. Kate McCloskey paced the host Bantams with game-highs of 19 points and 16 rebounds. Full Story
Jeffs Snap Six-Game Losing Skid with 76-55 Win at N.E.C.
February 1 - The Amherst women's basketball team outrebounded undersized non-league foe New England College 60-32 on Friday night, snapping a six-game losing streak with a 76-55 win in Henniker, NH. Sophomore sharpshooter Shannon Russell led the Jeffs with a game-high 23 points, while senior guard Hallison Putnam poured in a career-high 21 points on 7-for-12 shooting. Full Story
Women's Hoop Drops Sixth Straight, 71-58, to Tufts
January 26 - Junior Emily Goodman scored 13 of her team-high 19 points in the second half as Tufts University came from behind for a 71-62 victory over Amherst College in NESCAC women's basketball action on Saturday afternoon. Sophomore Sarah Bergman paced the Jeffs with 23 points in defeat. Full Story
Women's Hoop Falls at Bates, 71-58
January 25 - The women's basketball team led by as many 10 points midway through the first half, but host Bates College outscored Amherst 23-11 over the next 10 minutes en route to a 71-58 victory. Sophomore sharpshooter Shannon Russell paced the Jeffs with 22 points in defeat. With the loss, Amherst drops to 8-8 overall and 0-3 in NESCAC play. Full Story
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Guess what? Season 11 of American Idol is going to have the best talent ever. At least that's what the judges indicated during a press conference at call-back auditions in Savannah, Ga., yesterday. "You saw the show last year and saw the talent," judge Jennifer Lopez said. "People this year have to be better than that. We've found a few in Savannah." Was there ever any doubt?
• Even though the judging panel's intact, Jennifer did consider leaving Idol after one season. "I got a little bit tired at the end with everything going on in my life at the time," she says.
• American Idol will have a major presence at this year's MDA Labor Day Telethon. Executive producer Nigel Lythgoe will be one of the telethon's co-hosts. Jordin Sparks will appear on the show, as will all three judges.
• Speaking of Nigel Lythgoe, he's in talks with CW to create a singing competition for that network that's being compared to a next-gen Partridge Family. I think I love it.
• James Durbin is recording a song called Stand Up, but it won't be for his record. "I'll tell you more when I can!" he tweets.
Nashville-based Brian Mansfield began writing about music for USA TODAY in 1997 and took over Idol Chatter just before the start of Season 8. He co-authored Make Me a Star: Industry Insiders Reveal How to Make It in Music, and while he has never auditioned for American Idol, he did sing Boot Scootin' Boogie at Disney World's American Idol Experience the day the attraction opened (he lost). More about Brian | E-mail Brian


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Attorney General John Kroger praised legislative leaders and Gov. Ted Kulongoski for approving a new law that will allow the Oregon Department of Justice to crack down on debt collectors who illegally harass Oregonians.
"This important legislation will help us crack down on debt collectors who routinely violate state and federal law," Attorney General Kroger said.
Legislation to reign in debt collectors has failed repeatedly in the past, including the last two legislative sessions. Kroger came into office in January vowing to make the bill a top priority.
Kroger held dozens of one-on-one meetings with legislators in order to refute personally the debt collection lobby's campaign of misinformation that has been so successful in the past.
The new law allows the Department of Justice to sue debt collectors who call in the middle of the night, curse and threaten consumers in violation of the law. The law brings debt collectors under the Unlawful Trade Practices Act.
Since 2001, the number of complaints about debt collectors has repeatedly placed the industry on Department of Justices' Top 10 Consumer Complaint List. In 2008, the Department of Justice received 834 written consumer complaints about debt collection agencies.
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For a forced induction car I would definitely recommend a poly mount at least. If the car is making considerable amounts of power then a solid mount would be an option to look in to as long as you aren't too concerned with increased NVH.
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Honolulu HI (SPX) Nov 19, 2012
Today, Governor Neil Abercrombie announced a drastic, potentially devastating cut to the Hawai`i's successful tax credit for solar energy. The proposal would reduce by approximately 50 percent the tax credit for homeowners and businesses that install solar energy systems. The solar industry is one of Hawai`i's strongest growth sectors, and the state's proposal threatens the future of thousands of workers and jeopardizes recent progress in weaning Hawai`i off dirty, imported fossil fuels.
"The governor should not slam the breaks on solar energy in Hawai`i," said Sierra Club Hawai`i Chapter Director Robert D. Harris. "The solar industry has been a tremendous success story in our efforts to achieve a clean energy future. A sudden, extreme reduction in the tax credits for residents trying to save money on their electric bills is misguided. It sends the signal that this administration no longer supports aggressive renewable energy adoption in Hawai`i."
The Abercrombie administration has invoked the Department of Taxation's authority to issue temporary rules (rules in effect for up to 18 months). The new rules would limit the solar tax credit to $5,000 for the average residential solar power system, effectively cutting the current 35 percent credit in half. This sudden reduction would put solar out of the reach of many families and business owners. The state made the proposal without giving the public and stakeholders the opportunity to weigh in.
"Less well-off groups are currently the most significant installers of solar technology, as opposed to historically, when more affluent groups were installing these systems," said economist Thomas Loudat. "By dramatically cutting the tax credit, the Department of Taxation's imposed price increase will make it more expensive for these local households who will not install solar systems and enjoy their benefits. Such households will to continue to purchase electricity generated from increasingly expensive and dirty fossil fuels and not be part of achieving the State's clean, renewable energy goals."
"We've just gotten to the point where the cost has come down enough for the less well-off to be able to afford or lease solar panels," said Harris. "This will hurt folks who are trying to save money, while being green."
The legislature refused to pass a similar reduction to the solar credit last session.
"Having failed to convince the legislature to slash the solar tax credit, the administration is attempting an end-run by issuing - without public input or process - draconian rules," said Earthjustice attorney David Henkin. "The legislature makes clean energy policy, not the Department of Taxation. These rules are blatantly illegal."
Governor Abercrombie's hasty proposal to slash the renewable tax credit would jeopardize Hawai`i's economy and threaten the state's status as a leader on solar.
"By suddenly and dramatically clamping down on the solar tax credit, the administration will damage a significant engine of economic growth," said economist Thomas Loudat. "The solar industry accounts for over 15 percent of all construction expenditures in the state. A lower tax credit means fewer solar system installations which will lead to local company closures, unemployed workers and fiscal costs in the form of unemployment insurance."
The Abercrombie administration deliberately refused to work with stakeholders in drafting the temporary rules.
"We and other clean energy stakeholders repeatedly offered to work with the administration, but were rebuffed," said Harris. "Senator Mike Gabbard even formed a working group to explore possible legislative revisions and carefully craft sound policy, but Governor Abercrombie and his staff were unwilling to hold a public dialogue on one of the state's key renewable energy programs."
"Thousands of jobs like mine are at stake," said Steve Mazur, a solar energy employee and Sierra Club member. "We don't want to see companies destroyed and livelihoods threatened because Governor Abercrombie simply wasn't willing to discuss a rational updating of the tax code."
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The book was to be released in September but is now officially unscheduled and has been removed from the Tyndale website.
"I do not know," replied the printer; but he confessed that he had printed a thousand volumes at the request of Tyndale and Roy.
Tyndale found that he could not attempt his task in England.
And when accused by Tyndale and others for being "the proctor of the clergy," and richly fed, how forcible was his expression!
It does not seem at all clear that Tyndale translated from the Greek and Hebrew direct.
Jests and sarcasms had fallen from his pen in his discussion with Tyndale, as in his controversy with Luther.
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The illustrious holdings of the Dresden Skulpturensammlung range in date from classical antiquity via the art of the Renaissance, Baroque and Expressionism down to the 21st century, from Polycletus to Giambologna and Permoser, and from Rodin and Lehmbruck to Glöckner and Cimiotti. This diversity reflects the long history of the collection. "The King of Poland has sent somebody here who has bought up all the antique statues that belonged to the House of Chigi and a large portion of the collection assembled by Cardinal Alessandro Albani", wrote an academic from Rome to France in 1728. The origins of the museum go back to the Kunstkammer founded in 1560. However, it was really August the Strong (1670 – 1733) who established the "Collection of Antique and Modern Sculptures" and turned Dresden into a centre of Baroque architecture and sculpture.
After the arrival of the antiquities from Rome at the end of 1729, the collection was displayed in the palace in the Großer Garten, surrounded by masterpieces of contemporary sculpture. In 1786 the collection was rearranged and exhibited in the Japanisches Palais. The collection flourished in particular after the archaeologist Georg Treu (1843-1921) took over as director of the museum in 1882. Over the three decades of his tenure, Treu built up specialist areas by means of a systematic acquisitions policy. The Renaissance Zeughaus (arsenal) on the Brühlsche Terrasse was converted for use as a museum, and in 1889 the Antiquities Collection was able to move into the building, which was thereafter called the "Albertinum". Treu continued the tradition of displaying antiquities alongside contemporary works. The Dresden collection was the first German museum to acquire numerous works by Auguste Rodin and Constantin Meunier.
Although the Albertinum was partially destroyed in February 1945, the holdings survived the Second World War almost without loss, except for some large plaster casts. Almost all the originals were taken to the Soviet Union and only returned to Dresden in 1958. Following the restoration and refurbishment of the Albertinum, the Skulpturensammlung and the Galerie Neue Meister have taken on the character of a museum of art from the Romantic period up to the present day. The antiquities will be on view in display storerooms until in a few years' time they are able to move back into their old home, the Osthalle (eastern wing) of the Semper Building, this exhibition hall having been designed in the mid-19th century by Gottfried Semper specifically for the antique sculptures.


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I had a similar issue with intel drivers and eventually found a way to force it to 1368x768 (by breaking my xorg.conf file) but I am not sure about how to do it with nvidia drivers
Maybe there is a solution in this thread that you could try. alot of attempts were made and maybe something similar will work for you.
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The six-time Tour de France winner threw his support behind Paris' bid for the 2012 Olympics on Wednesday, the same day IOC members started assessing the city's plans for the games.
In an interview with The Associated Press, Armstrong acknowledged he is torn between the competing Paris and New York bids, but said the French capital deserves to be picked.
Paris would be "outstanding," said Armstrong, who hails from Austin, Texas. New York also merits support given "everything they went through the last four, five years," he said, an apparent reference to the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks. But he added: "If they don't win in 2012, they could win in 2016."
NYC2012 officials had no comment on Armstrong's endorsement. Moscow, Madrid and London also are competing for the games. The host will be determined in a vote by the full IOC in Singapore on July 6.
French officials showed the 13-member IOC panel their bid for 2012, including presentations about the sites that would be used and the plans to build a $2.52 billion Olympic village on an old railway yard in northern Paris.
Mayor Bertrand Delanoe, sports minister Jean-Francois Lamour, bid director Philippe Baudillon and others took part in the meeting at the hotel where the IOC panel is staying. Inspectors arrived Tuesday for a four-day tour of the city considered the favorite to stage the Summer Games.
Lamour spoke of creating a "new sporting infrastructure" for Paris. He highlighted plans to hold swimming and diving at an aquatic center near the Stade de France in the gritty northern suburb of Saint-Denis.
The IOC inspectors also were shown plans for a proposed Superdome to host gymnastics near Porte de la Chapelle, another somewhat run-down area of northern Paris. Yet to be built, the 25,000-seat arena would be used for basketball, handball volleyball and music concerts after the games.
Paris has been under the Olympic spell. The 2012 logo adorns the facades of the National Assembly and City Hall; lights in the colors of the logo are projected at night from the bridges of the Seine; and metros and buses have been decorated with Olympic bid slogans. On Wednesday, the city unveiled a plan to rename its national 80,000-seat stadium Stade de France Paris 2012.
Armstrong said Paris was "arguably the best candidate" for the 2008 Olympics, which went to Beijing instead.
"To be fair, I think that Paris deserves the Olympics," he said before starting Wednesday's stage of the Paris-Nice race.
Armstrong has a soft spot for Paris. For six straight years he has ridden onto the famed Champs-Elysees as winner of the Tour de France. But as an American, he has feelings for New York, too.
"You've put me in a hard place, but I think Paris should be an outstanding city. But I also think that in some points New York deserves to have something as special as the Olympics," he said.
Paris also picked up support from Arsenal and Chelsea soccer stars.
"My family wants to see it. Now in my lifetime, I hope to have the chance to see it," Arsenal striker Thierry Henry said in a video released by the Paris bid organizers.
Paris previously hosted the Olympics in 1900 and 1924, and has since shown that it can handle big events with the 1998 soccer World Cup and the 2003 world track and field championships.
The IOC will visit the proposed village site Thursday, as well as the Roland Garros tennis arena and the Eiffel Tower, where volleyball would be held under the landmark's giant iron legs.
Thursday's tour coincides with strikes by French trade unions. The protest is not connected to the Olympic bid, but threatens to give IOC inspectors a taste of French labor unrest. However, the strike is set for the southeast of Paris, while the IOC will be visiting sites in the north and west of the city.
"I have had guarantees from the unions and from police that it will not interfere with the work of the IOC," Delanoe said. "In a democracy it is normal that people express their opinions. We hope all goes well."
On Friday, the panel will lunch with Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin and Foreign Minister Michel Barnier and dine at the Elysee Palace with President Jacques Chirac.
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I'm not a huge fan of Maureen Dowd, but she does have some keen insights on Senator Hillary Clinton and her status as a woman who's a presidential candidate.Dowd makes the point that Senator Clinton got where she is because she's "Mrs. Clinton." So much for doing things on your own. Dowd cites one letter to the WSJ in which the writer notes that the last thing Hillary did on her own was to get into Yale's law school. I'd love to see a woman presidential candidate who's accomplished in her own … [Read more...]
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Let's imagine you have a car with a manual transmission from the time of purchase. Now, you are convinced that you want to go in for the automatic transmission at some point in time, you can easily do so. Or vice versa.
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While premiums are fixed by the IRDA, insurers are free to charge the premium for a comprehensive policy as per their underwriting norms.
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The premium for third party plans are fixed by IRDA taking into consideration the engine capacity of your car.
Now what's cubic capacity?
The total power produced by your car engine is measured in terms of Cubic Capacity. Remember that the engine size influences your premium particularly the Third Party Insurance Cover.
These rates are revised each year by IRDA. From 1st April, 2016, the third-party insurance rates are:
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Don't make a single claim and you are entitled to receive the No Claim Bonus or NCB discount at the time of renewal. You receive this as a reward for driving carefully and practicing road safety. Here is a table showing how NCB is calculated across the motor insurance industry on your insurance premium.
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This amount reduces your premium typically between Rs. 1,500 – Rs. 15,000 since the insurer is not going to pay this back to you. Your record may earn you a suitable discount on the deductible charged.
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Some insurance companies also provide concessions. This is if you have a valid membership of a registered automobile agency. Membership of the Automobile Association of India, which is powered by IRDAI, secures you a concession on OD premium.
Automative Research Association of India (ARAI) approved anti-theft devices are also recommended. You get 2.5% discount on premium by installing them!
Add-ons work as a security blanket in preventing you from burning a hole in your pocket at the time of claim. It hikes up the premium a little. But if used smartly, then it's totally worth it.
Zero Depreciation add-on cover plan comes with a cost. However, it provides adequate coverage for eventualities.
The passenger cover is another add-on cover in which you may increase the sum insured and also provide for other passengers. Similarly, there are few other essential add-on covers that you can choose from.
If you are living in an area or work in a zone that is prone to vandalism, you are likely to get higher premiums. Simply put, parking your car in a dangerous zone means higher chances of thefts or damage. Comparatively, individuals living in safer areas or residential neighbourhoods would benefit with lower premiums.
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Delhi falls in the Zone A list of cities as prescribed by IRDA. This entails a higher amount of premium than that charged in Zone B cities. So don't feel cheated if your friend living in Ranchi or Amritsar is paying a lower premium than you for the same car. Why does the area of car registration matters:
In some places, the premium is higher because of increased volume of traffic. This increases the chances of accidents while other cities fall in the Zone B category where premiums are lower.
It's true. Demographic factors do influence your car insurance calculation.
A middle-aged driver would be less prone to minor accidents due to better vision and agile motor skills. Likewise, a young driver could be prone to rash driving. On the other hand, an older driver may have more accidents due to poor eyesight or slower motor skills.
Research shows that married people tend to have fewer accidents as compared to single individuals. In particular, men get lower premium rates after marriage.
Statistics reveal that teenage boys are more prone to accidents as compared to girls. On the other hand, middle-aged and older women have a higher accident record.
In order to calculate your exact car insurance premium online, you need to provide specific details about your car, whether new or old.
What sort of details do these include?
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How do car companies calculate premium?
Insurance premiums are calculated on mainly the below factors:
Do you know what makes up a typical car insurance premium?
There are three main components that form the basis of a regular comprehensive car insurance policy premium. They are Third party (Liability) Cover, Own Damage (OD) Cover, and Personal Accident Cover.
Does motor transmission type have an impact on car insurance premiums?
Yes, motor transmission type does have an impact on car insurance premium. For eg. If you have a car with a manual transmission from the time of purchase but now want to go in for an automatic transmission, you can certainly do so. But, do check your comprehensive and add-on policy plans to ensure if the transformation will be covered or not. Modifying your car's transmission would be an out-of-pocket expense and would thus impact on the premium.
How your cars fuel type impacts your insurance premium?
Diesel cars has higher insurance premium as compared to petrol cars. This is because diesel cars has marginally higher risk cover than the petrol ones. Additionally, you will also have to pay a higher car insurance premium for CNG fitted cars as compared to diesel/petrol cars.
Does the car's engine capacity has a striking impact on your car third party insurance premium?
The total power produced by your car engine is measured in terms of cubic capacity and the engine size influences your car insurance premium particularly the Third Party Insurance Cover. Whether the car is old or new, the premium amount decided for the vehicle is the same for both as premium depends on the engine size and not the age of the car in case of Third Party Cover.
Is car insurance premium mostly affected by its age, second to IDV?
The age of the car is not only used to determine the Insured declared value (IDV) but also the premium you have to pay. Factor's like car's years of use, depreciation, or reduction in valuation, are applied to the ex-showroom price to calculate the IDV. Typically, the premium would decrease with the increasing age of the vehicle.
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I brought my tiel outside yesterday to get fresh air and exercise. He has this one branch he really likes, so i put him up there (it's maybe 5 feet up) and he was sitting there. I was playing with him, when I left to use the bathroom. He seemed calm and he was just walking around on his branch when suddenly I came back and he started screaming and trying to fly. He just got his wings clipped so he couldn't really fly, but he seemed really scared and he flew-fell to the ground and started running around and flapping his wings frantically. He still seemed really scared so I brought him back inside to the playset on top of his cage and he calmed down a little bit.
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Your intraday options trading[1] update.
Trading moderate post-Bernanke press conference rally. Earnings reports mixed with Aetna (NYSE: AET[2]) making traders happy and rising 1.70 to 41.51, while Akamai (NASDAQ: AKAM[3]) drops around $6 to 35.
Top action continues from investors fascinated by shiny metal. "Silver still the talk of the day," said Roy Briggs with the Stutland Volatility Group in Chicago. The iShares Silver Trust (NYSE: SLV[4]) is up 1.56% to 47.74 on volume of nearly 100 million.
Briggs seeing interesting options trading in the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index (NYSE: EEM[5]). A trader sold an EEM June Put Spread, 10,000 contracts on each side. Sold the June 49 Put and bought the June 45 Put for a credit of around $1. "If the EEM stays here (until June expiration), the seller collects the premium," said Briggs. EEM is at 49.58, down .53.
Foster Wheeler (NASDAQ: FWLT[6]) also on Briggs' radar as about 1100 FWLT May 37 Calls trade for 50 cents, no one large block. The strike has open interest of 1400 before the trade. "Maybe it's someone taking a shot," ahead of Foster Wheeler's earnings report May 3, said Briggs. FWLT designs and operates oil and gas processing facilities worldwide.
High Options Volume by Strike
Industrial SPDR (NYSE: XLI[7]) leads volume in its Jun11 40 Call with nearly 106,000 contracts. Trades up .13 to .37. The XLI is up .06 to 38.47.
Options trading on the CBOE Volatility Index (CBOE: VIX[8]) hits 78,156 contracts in its Jun11 27.5 Call. Last sale is .65.
The Financial Select SPDR (NYSE: XLF[9]) continues moving up, rising .08 to 16.36. Its Jun11 16 Put trades 72,144 contracts, down .04 to .28
The iShares Russell 2000 (NYSE: IWM[10]) has several top volume strikes. The IWM Jun11 82 Put and the IWM Jun11 77 Put each trade about 50,000 contracts.
Major Stock Trading Volume Movers
Vital Images (NASDAQ: VTAL[11]) sees nearly 5 million shares traded this morning, as stock rises 4.46 to 18.64. Toshiba Medical Systems for about $273 million.
The Fresh Market (NASDAQ: TFM[12]) announces it will make a publics offering of 11.9 million shares at $42.50. TFM trades today about 6.5 millions hares, down 1.77 to 41.73.
LoopNet (NASDAQ: LOOP[13]) hits 52-week high of 18.55 on 6.9 million shares. CoStar Group (NASDAQ: CSGP[14]) will buy LOOP for approximately $860 million. LOOP is an online marketplace for commercial real estate.
Find more option analysis and trading ideas at Options Trading Strategies[15].
Stocks/Underlying – Big Daily Change in Option Volume
Equinox (EQIX[16]) trades about 65,000 option contracts as stock jumps 2.54 to 99.14 Data center operator EQIX reported today a 46% rise in revenue.
Teradyne Inc. (NYSE: TER[17]) falls 2.61 to 15.69 and options volume of about 18,000. Tech stocks following Akamai down.
Retailer OfficeMax (OMX[18]) is down 2.33 to 10.16, while options trading rises to 16,177 contracts. OMX earnings of 13 cents a share reported today about half what analysts expected.
Stocks – High Put/Call Ratio
Ecolab (NYSE: ECL[19]) Put/Call Ratio hits 184.44 as stock drops .06 to 52.69. Another triple digit P/C ratio is seen in Gran Tierra Energy (AMEX: GTE) reaching 172.33 as stock drops .12 to 7.42. GTE is an independent gas and oil explorer.
Stocks/Underlying – High Option Volume
SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSE: SPY[20]) trades about 640,000 contracts as SPY rises .13 to 135.80. S&P 500 Index Options (CBOE: SPX[21]) sees 213,000 options traded on the index as it rises 1.51 to 1357.17
The iShares Silver Trust (NYSE: SLV[22]) trades 517,000 options, as its rises .46 to 47.46. Brother fund SPDR Gold Trust (NYSE: GLD[23]) trades 165,000 options as it rises .14 to 149.34
About 136,798 options on the CBOE Volatility Index (CBOE: VIX[8]) trade as it falls .50 to 14.85.
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(Stay-at-Home Working Mothers, part II)
OK, I can't believe I am even doing this, but I think I am about to defend a Republican.
In my
last post, I commented on Hilary Rosen's statement on Ann Romney who apparently
"never worked a day in her life." Two parts of this statement got my panties
in a bunch.
1) Raising kids is work. No way around it. Homemaker is a noble challenging
profession worth defending.
2) It is unwise to dismiss opinion simply in response to a personal attack. Words
should be judged based on their content.
Dismissing someone's opinion on economic issues because they were born privileged
is like dismissing someone's opinion on birth control because they are gay, or dismissing
someone's opinion of estate tax because they are poor.
Hilary Rosen ignored the content of Ann Romney's advice to her husband (e.g.,
"what women really care about are economic issues") and attributed negative
traits to Ann Romney instead (e.g., she "never worked a day in her life").
Ad hominem attacks like this
tend to be effective because as humans, we like to believe that people are either
all good or all bad. Give us one bad trait and we'll assume you're talking
about one entirely bad
apple; we'll forget all about her originally-reported opinion, which
is that women care about the economy. A reasonable claim indeed.
That being said, the blog received many comments from readers about Mitt Romney's
statements on working mothers. Here's what Mitt said:
Even if you have a child two years of age, you need to go to work. And people
said, 'Well that's heartless.' And I said, 'No, no, I'm willing to spend more giving
day care to allow those parents to go back to work. It'll cost the state more providing
that day care, but I want the individuals to have the dignity of work.
According to a 2006 Congressional
Research Service report, activities that fulfill the work requirement in this
instance include training, job searching, community service, vocational educational
training and provision of child care to a participant of a community service program.
It seems like this is designed to support parents to enter the workforce in an empowered
way. That seems like a step towards dignity to me.
The decision whether or not to work outside the home is a difficult one, wrought
with compromise. Lower, middle and even upper middle class people need to weigh
all factors and decide for themselves and their families what works best. Most of
us make big sacrifices to stay at home, financially and professionally. Some people
choose a career path that makes it easier for them to be available to their children.
For example, teachers can be on the same schedule as their kids, or a night shift
might allow more flexibility raising a family). We all compromise and sacrifice.
Thinking the government has a responsibility to let every parent stay home to raise
their child is not entirely logical. It makes sense for the government to do what
our tribal ancestors have done for thousands of years: Leave the care of the children
to a few -- the daycare teachers -- while the parents join the workforce and contribute
to the worth of the whole tribe. It makes economic sense to have welfare reform
that incentivizes citizens to break the cycle of poverty, and I think there is dignity
in that. It encourages personal responsibility and I am a big fan of that.
There have been times in my life when I've struggled as a single mother to
support myself and my kids, and it is difficult and scary. Supporting parents while
they work or perform community service or get more training to be a strong employee
is a good plan. I'll take a leg-up
over a handout any day.
As someone who has always considered myself to be an über-liberal, I am as surprised
as you are that I am going to bat for Mitt Romney. Seriously, we all may wake up
tomorrow to frogs raining down upon us. But, dismissing someone's idea because
they are from the wrong party makes as much sense as dismissing someone because
they have never worked outside the home.


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Nár was an old Dwarf, the sole companion of King Thrór when he set out to wander in the wilds of Middle-earth. The journey of Thrór and Nár eventually brought them to the old Dwarf-halls of Moria, now infested with Orcs and Trolls. Disregarding the pleas of Nár, Thrór insisted on entering Khazad-dûm.
That was the last any Dwarf ever saw Thrór alive. He was beheaded by the Orcs, and their leader Azog branded his own name on Thrór's brow. The Orcs allowed Nár to return to Thrór's son Thráin, with a message that Azog now ruled in Moria, but this proved to be a terrible mistake. Nár's message raised such anger that it sparked the War of the Dwarves and Orcs, and in the climactic Battle of Azanulbizar, Azog himself was slain along with countless others on both sides.


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Cardinal Cadence - Spring 2007
Win-win combination
While growing up in Beaumont in the late 1970s, Rena Clark '84 considered herself a typical Southeast Texas youth, yet she was uncommonly good at math and science, so much so, in fact, that her father encouraged her to consider studying engineering when she entered college.
"It wasn't a career path I saw a lot of blacks choosing," she said. "At that point in my life, I didn't know any engineers."
She attended Hebert High School in Beaumont's Pear Orchard, and ranked second in her graduating class. Taking the top spot was another Lamar alumna, Dr. Tamerla Chavis, who studied engineering at Lamar and today is the only female neurosurgeon in the Golden Triangle.
Today, Clark is vice president of community affairs/corporate philanthropy for The Kraft Group and the New England Patriots. "I have shaped my own path," she said. "It's eclectic, but it felt right."
The youngest of three children, Clark learned about school and community pride in the neighborhood where she was raised. Her parents, Clarence and Bernice, always expected her to attend college. "I was taught I could be anything I wanted to be," she said. "I had confidence that I could." She graduated cum laude with a degree in mechanical engineering.
She was vice president of Lamar's chapter of the National Society of Black Engineers her junior year and president of the organization her senior year. Shecredits her advisor, Richard Price, who recently retired after 35 years of teaching at Lamar, with nurturing her leadership qualities. "I was able to take flight," she said. "It was a wonderful experience for me."
As an undergraduate, Clark tutored other engineering students and participated in study groups. "We were committed to one another," she said. "We were a tight-knit community."
Looking back on her decision to attend Lamar, she said, "I loved my education there. I'd choose Lamar again. I made lifelong friends at Lamar." She recently returned to her alma mater to attend Price's retirement party. She calls Price a phenomenal person, role model, advisor and a great friend. Clark learned her craft well, gained experience and continues to reinvent herself. She isn't one to stay in a job for comfort's sake; rather, she wants to continue to learn, grow and evolve.
She found her first jobs through the department's cooperative education employment program, working three semesters for Texaco and Union 76. After earning her diploma, she was selected to participate in a multi-year corporate development- training program with General Electric. She spent one year with Major Appliances in Louisville, Ky., and then worked with GE Factory Automation in Charlottesville, Va., before heading to Daytona Beach, Fla., for a two-year assignment in GE's Flight Simulation division.
Four years after graduating from Lamar, she decided to attend business school and applied to several, including Stanford, Columbia and Harvard. When she attended women's admission day at Harvard, she said, she fell in love with the campus.
She wasn't naïve when she applied to Harvard. "I think the quality of education at Lamar prepared me academically to do anything," Clark said. The small classes at Lamar gave her opportunity to spend more time with her professors who made themselves accessible.
Clark earned her M.B.A. from Harvard Business School in 2000 and worked as a consultant for a year, but she soon found herself drawn back to the campus she loved when she was chosen to serve as managing director of the M.B.A. program for four years.
Clark likens her relationship with Jim Cash, the first black tenured faculty member in the Harvard Business School and chairman of the M.B.A. program, to that of Price. During his career, Cash served or currently serves on the boards of General Electric, Microsoft, Wal-Mart, Knight-Ridder, Tandy Corp. (now Radio Shack) and United Telecommunications (now Sprint Corp.). Clark said she had an amazing time working with Cash and John McArthur, the then–15-year dean of the business school.
From 1995 to 2001, Clark was an entrepreneur, owning and operating two middle-market manufacturing companies. Although she truly enjoyed the autonomy, she eventually had to make a change to free her for the next step in life—adopting a child.
As an entrepreneur, she said, she spent 90 percent of her time away from her home in Boston. Friends said she'd only come to town to get her mail and do her laundry. Finding a new job would give her the opportunity to spend time with her daughter, Sydney, now 2, while giving back to the community.
"Being a single parent is harder than any work I've ever done," she said. "I don't have any regrets at all. I can't think of life before Sydney. But it's challenging. I have great support, a great church and friends."
Clark says her current job is a perfect marriage of things important to her, including community and her passion for sports. The position allows her to be home at 6 p.m. on most nights and weekends. Clark met Jonathan Kraft while attending Harvard, and the two became friends. Years later, Kraft, president and chief operating officer for the Kraft Group, convinced Clark to come on board with the Kraft Group and the New England Patriots. She is responsible for team-related community affairs and outreach programs and oversees all the charitable giving efforts for the Patriots Charitable Foundation, coordinating similar activities for the Kraft Group. The foundation gave $3 million plus in grants, scholarships, and in-kind gifts to nonprofit organizations in New England during her first three years on the job. Clark, a huge sports fan, is now in her fourth year with the company.
"In this job, I get to impact the community in a beautiful way," she said. Clark, who is active with many organizations, including the United Way and Junior Achievement in Boston, said the position's stable hours was the last puzzle piece that made it possible for her to adopt.
To make sure her parents have opportunity to bond with their granddaughter, she visits Beaumont as often as possible. Clark said she is home on every major holiday, so Sydney will know her grandparents, aunt, uncle, nieces and nephews.
"I have had the opportunity, privilege and blessing to work with some incredible human beings—from Richard Price to John McArthur to Robert Kraft," Clark said. For her, it has always been not only about opportunities, but also about people, she said.
"I wouldn't trade it for anything."


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The President's secret meetings with Fareed Zakaria – the same reporter who openly used a CNN network broadcast to promote Obama in 2008 – show a clear and disturbing double standard at CNN.
For decades, the liberal media have repeatedly condemned conservatives in the media who communicated privately with Republican presidents. They furiously attacked George Will in 1980 when he advised candidate Ronald Reagan, and trounced on Roger Ailes when he sent President Bush a note about the new war on terror in the wake of September 11th. Neither of them was a reporter.
Zakaria is a reporter – or says so. To now claim that Zakaria's covert meetings do not conflict with his journalistic integrity is not only inaccurate, it's hypocritical by CNN's standards. As such, Zakaria must recuse himself immediately from covering foreign policy that affects the United States. A refusal to extricate himself is in clear violation of CNN's journalistic principles.


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The move isn't legal, of course, but rarely gets called.
"They never see that, huh?" said Dolphins center Mike Pouncey. "He does a great job, him and Aldon. They play very well together. Obviously they practice that move, with him holding the guard and letting him wrap around and make all the plays. You know what, we've got to do a good job keeping him off our body and don't let him grab us."
That said, Pouncey plans on making sure before the game that the officials are aware of Smith's tactic.
"Oh, we're definitely going to tell them," Pouncey said. "They've been telling them about my snap count, so I'm definitely going to tell them something about them holding."
For his part, Coach Joe Philbin said he was more concerned about how his offensive linemen block than what the 49ers do with their pass rush.
"I think defensive line coaches across the league have various teaching methods that they utilize to free up rushers," Philbin said Friday. "The big thing that we're more focused on when we teach pass protection is, a set number one. Getting in good body position between the quarterback and the man you're responsible for blocking. The second thing is punch. With a punch you've got to get separation, and if you get separation with your punch, it's hard for a defensive player to grab you and restrict your movement.
"So we're more focused on our technique and getting ourselves (to do) things right from a fundamental standpoint than the opposition necessarily."


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Ever wondered what the late, great Washington Redskins safety Sean Taylor may have looked like on the football field as a 9-year-old? The odds are good that he looked an awful lot like the mighty mite you see wearing number 3 in the video below.
Now that is one hard-hitting kiddo. The athlete in question is a youngster named Brian Pope, who is proving to be an absolute terror as a linebacker for the Norfolk Saints of Norfolk Virginia's Pop Warner league.
You can see more of Pope's hard hitting action in this video, as well.
According to a Prep Rally source who asked to remain anonymous because of Pope's sensitive age, the fourth-grader has been playing competitive football for three years, starting in the Tiny Mite division and building to his current position.
Needless to say, his ability to read the flow of play has improved dramatically since his first days on the field. Off the field, the 9-year-old attends Portsmouth (Va.) Christian School and earns straight A's while allegedly testing at a seventh-grade level in both reading and math.
Naturally, that last bit of data is significantly more important than whatever tackle totals he racks up in Pop Warner and later levels of football. Still, he's nothing if not entertaining to watch now, so long as your son isn't the ball carrier for whichever team happens to be facing off against the Saints that week.
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