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Maeve Reston / Los Angeles Times:
Romney reflects on his loss in call with campaign donors — The stage from Mitt Romney's election gathering at the Boston Convention Center, left standing overnight following his electoral defeat. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times / November 7, 2012) — Mitt Romney told his top donors Wednesday …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo, The Hill, New York Magazine, ABCNEWS, Mediaite, Guardian, Gawker and The Hinterland Gazette
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine: Mitt Romney Still Hates 47 Percent of America
Devin Dwyer / ABCNEWS: As Obama Offers Olive Branch, Romney Dings President for 'Gifts' to Minority Voters
Meenal Vamburkar / Mediaite: Romney Tells Donors He Lost Partially Due To Obama's 'Gifts' To Minorities, Young Voters
Neetzan Zimmerman / Gawker: Mitt Romney Blames Election Loss on Obama's 'Gifts' to Impoverished Young Minorities
Ashley Parker / The Caucus:
Romney Blames Loss on Obama's 'Gifts' to Minorities and Young Voters — A week after losing the presidential election to President Obama, Mitt Romney blamed his overwhelming electoral loss on what he said were big "gifts" that the president had bestowed on loyal Democratic constituencies …
Discussion: No More Mister Nice Blog
Andrew Kohut / Wall Street Journal:
Misreading Election 2012 — The GOP might be out of step with some voters, but Mitt Romney was an unusually unpopular party standard-bearer. — Postelection talk of "lessons learned" is often exaggerated and misleading, and so it is in 2012. — A week after President Obama won re-election, two themes are dominant.
Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice: Quote of the Day: "Americans Remain Moderate" Says Pew Research Center's Kohut
William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion: The lessons of 2012 may not be what Operation Demoralize says
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute: The Mormon Financier Couldn't Connect
Betsy Newmark / Betsy's Page: Cruising the Web — It's quite a shame that we don't have exit polling from Texas.
Donald Douglas / American Power: The Current American Electorate Is Hardly Stacked Against the Republican Party
Fox News:
Petraeus agrees to testify on Libya before congressional committees — Former CIA Director David Petraeus has agreed to testify about the Libya terror attack before the House and Senate intelligence committees, Fox News has learned. — Petraeus had originally been scheduled to testify …
Discussion: Hot Air, Truthdig, protein wisdom, The Daily Caller, Politico, The Hill, his vorpal sword, Mediaite, The Other McCain, The PJ Tatler, The Gateway Pundit, americanthinker.com, New York Magazine, Taegan Goddard's …, Outside the Beltway, Business Insider, American Spectator, The Lonely Conservative and Jammie Wearing Fools
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air: Breaking: Petraeus to testify on Benghazi attacks; Update: Petraeus offered testimony
Jeff Poor / The Daily Caller: Limbaugh downplays possibilities of revelations in Petraeus testimony on Benghazi [AUDIO]
Katie Glueck / Politico: David Petraeus will testify on Benghazi
Justin Sink / The Hill: Petraeus to testify on Benghazi
Hart Williams / his vorpal sword: Week One Results: Corpse Humpers v. Peeping Tom(asina)s
Meenal Vamburkar / Mediaite: David Petraeus Will Testify On Benghazi, Reports Say
Robert Stacy McCain / The Other McCain: Bad Memories of Bayshore Boulevard
Bryan Preston / The PJ Tatler: Petraeus Agrees to Testify
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit: BREAKING: David Petraeus Agrees to Testify Voluntarily on Benghazi Scandal
Joe Coscarelli / New York Magazine: Petraeus to Testify Before Congress, But Not About the Sexy Stuff
Doug Mataconis / Outside the Beltway: David Petraeus To Testify Before Intelligence Committees
Brett LoGiurato / Business Insider: David Petraeus WILL Testify On Benghazi Tomorrow
Robert Stacy McCain / American Spectator: 'Extraordinary Incompetence' — Tampa's Bayshore Boulevard …
Hard questions await Obama at news conference — This is not what the White House wanted for President Barack Obama's first news conference of his second term. — He won't be able to dwell much on his stronger-than-expected victory or even press his agenda for the next four years.
Discussion: ABCNEWS, TIME, NewsBusters.org, The PJ Tatler, The Wire, msnbc.com, Taylor Marsh, Jammie Wearing Fools, Pirate's Cove, Althouse, First Read, National Review, Instapundit and Hot Air
Massimo Calabresi / TIME: The Petraeus Case: Why Wasn't Obama Informed?
Ken Shepherd / NewsBusters.org: Politico Predicted Obama Would Face 'Hard Questions' On Sequestration, Benghazi Security; He Didn't
Bryan Preston / The PJ Tatler: Politico Writes Fake 'Hard Questions' for Obama's First Post-Election Press Conference
Vickey Williams / The Wire: Will Petraeus news, other events overwhelm Obama message at first press conference in 8 months?
William Teach / Pirate's Cove: Obama To Finally Hold Press Conference, Will Face Tough Questions He Won't Answer
Ann Althouse / Althouse: Obama is about to do his first full-scale news conference since last March.
Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review: Conspiracy?
Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit: OH, I RATHER DOUBT THAT: Politico: Hard Questions Await Obama At News Conference.
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air: Open thread: Obama's first press conference in five months
Noel Sheppard / NewsBusters.org:
Krauthammer: White House 'Held Affair Over Petraeus's Head' For Favorable Testimony On Benghazi — Syndicated columnist Charles Krauthammer on Tuesday said the White House used David Petraeus's affair to get the CIA director to give testimony about the attacks on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi …
Betty Cracker / Balloon Juice: What Am I Missing? — Semi-related to Bernard's post …
Doug Brady / Conservatives4Palin: Breaking: Petraeus will testify; Update: Jay Carney deflects questions on scandal 10 times in 10 minutes
Ann Althouse / Althouse: Did Petraeus lie to the House Intelligence Committee in the hope of keeping his job?
Scared Monkeys: Charles Krauthammer: Petraeus Thought He Could Keep His Job ... White House 'Held Affair …
Nice Deb: Charles Krauthammer: White House 'Held Affair Over Petraeus's Head' - "The Sword Was Lowered on Election Day"
Pamela Geller / Atlas Shrugs: Krauthammer: White House "Held Affair Over Petraeus's Head" for dishonest testimony On Benghazi...
The Lonely Conservative: Did The White House Hold Petraeus Affair Over Him For Favorable Benghazi Testimony?
Directorblue / Doug Ross: FOOD FOR THOUGHT: The Petraeus-Broadwell-Kelley Timeline
Allahpundit / Hot Air: Bill Kristol: A source tells me Petraeus wasn't completely honest in his Benghazi briefing to Congress
Doug Powers / Michelle Malkin: Jay Carney: It's a 'simple fact' …
Paul Wolfowitz / AEIdeas: Forget the gossip: Focus on Benghazi
Jennifer Epstein / Politico:
Obama: Attacks on Susan Rice 'outrageous' — President Barack Obama offered a fiery defense Wednesday of his administration's handling of the attack on Americans in Benghazi, calling R epublicans' critiques of United Nations Ambassador Susan Rice "outrageous."
Discussion: CNN, Fox News, New York Times, The Moderate Voice and Taylor Marsh
Michelle Jaconi / CNN: CNN's GUT CHECK for November 14, 2012
Fox News: Obama tells Republicans to 'go after me' on Libya, claims Rice had 'nothing to do with Benghazi'
Helene Cooper / New York Times: Obama Holding First News Conference Since June
Janet Shan / The Moderate Voice: President Obama Defends Susan Rice Over Sens. John McCain, Lindsey Graham Attacks on Benghazi
Talking Points Memo:
Obama Defends Susan Rice Against 'Outrageous' McCain, Graham Attack
Obama Defends Susan Rice Against 'Outrageous' McCain, Graham Attack
Discussion: The Atlantic Online, The Daily Banter and Shakesville
Garance Franke-Ruta / The Atlantic Online: John McCain and Lindsey Graham Really Want to Block Susan Rice
Melissa McEwan / Shakesville: Petraeus and Benghazi Stuff
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Obama: I Made Susan Rice Talk to the American People About Benghazi
Obama: I Made Susan Rice Talk to the American People About Benghazi
Discussion: Michelle Malkin, BuzzFeed, Hot Air, RealClearPolitics Video Log and The Gateway Pundit
Doug Powers / Michelle Malkin: Benghazi timeline gets even more confusing
Allahpundit / Hot Air: Obama on GOP opposition to Susan Rice: You want to come after someone over Benghazi, come after me
RealClearPolitics Video Log: Obama To GOP On Susan Rice: "If They Want To Go After Somebody, They Should Go After Me"
Sophie Quinton / NationalJournal.com:
McCain, Graham Promise to Oppose Susan Rice for State
McCain, Graham Promise to Oppose Susan Rice for State
Discussion: ABCNEWS, The Daily Caller, New York Magazine, The Fix, LifeNews.com and Outside the Beltway
Sunlen Miller / ABCNEWS: McCain Would Block a Susan Rice Secretary of State Bid
Dan Amira / New York Magazine: President Obama Got Angry Today
Aaron Blake / The Fix: How Obama vs. McCain/Graham poisons the bipartisan well
Steven Ertelt / LifeNews.com: Pro-Abortion Susan Rice Faces Secretary of State Opposition
Julian Pecquet / The Hill:
Obama defends UN Amb. Rice, invites critics to 'go after me'
Obama defends UN Amb. Rice, invites critics to 'go after me'
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …
Zeke Miller / BuzzFeed:
McCain: Obama Administration Benghazi Investigation Has "No Credibility"
McCain: Obama Administration Benghazi Investigation Has "No Credibility"
Discussion: The Atlantic Online
Garance Franke-Ruta / The Atlantic Online: Obama Lashes Out at GOP for Attacks on Susan Rice
Laura Clawson / Daily Kos:
Nancy Pelosi swats down Luke Russert's 'offensive' question with a lesson on earning your job — You have to hand it to Nancy Pelosi. When emblem of establishment media nepotism Luke Russert asked if she shouldn't clear the way for younger leadership, being all old and stuff …
Discussion: US News, Crooks and Liars, DownWithTyranny! and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Elizabeth Flock / US News: Nancy Pelosi Says Luke Russert Question About Her Age 'Offensive'
Ed O'Keefe / 2chambers:
Nancy Pelosi staying put, criticizes Luke Russert for age question
Nancy Pelosi staying put, criticizes Luke Russert for age question
Discussion: Washington Post, Outside the Beltway, Hot Air, Election 2012 and The Raw Story
Washington Post: Obama to open talks with $1.6 trillion plan to raise taxes on corporations, wealthy
Doug Mataconis / Outside the Beltway: Was Asking About Nancy Pelosi's Age Out Of Line?
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air: Video: Was question about Pelosi's age out of line?
Rachel Weiner / Election 2012: Steve Israel to stay on as DCCC chairman
Arturo Garcia / The Raw Story: Pelosi says she will remain House minority leader
Tom Raum / Associated Press:
THE RESET: Pelosi Decision May Affect Budget Talks
THE RESET: Pelosi Decision May Affect Budget Talks
Discussion: CNN
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Nancy Pelosi to stay on as House minority leader
Nancy Pelosi to stay on as House minority leader
Discussion: The Fix, Business Insider, Alan Colmes'Alan Colmes', Taylor Marsh, The Raw Story and Election 2012
Chris Cillizza / The Fix: Why Nancy Pelosi stayed
Brett LoGiurato / Business Insider: Nancy Pelosi's Press Conference Gets Testy As Luke Russert's Question Gets Slammed
Hamas military chief Ahmed Jabari killed by Israeli strike — LIVE BLOG: Israel strikes more than 20 targets in Gaza, killing Ahmed Jabari, who was behind the 2006 abduction of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit; IDF says ready for ground operation in Gaza if necessary; Hamas …
Yaakov Lappin / Jerusalem Post: Israeli air strike kills Hamas military chief Jabari
Ali Gharib / The Daily Beast: What Will Obama Do (If Anything)?
Lee Smith / Weekly Standard: Israel Takes Out Top Terrorist
ZIP / Weasel Zippers: Israel Announces Military Campaign In Gaza, Warehouse With Stockpile Of Iranian-Supplied Fajr Missiles Struck...
Olga Khazan / WorldViews: Israel army says Jabari had 'blood on his hands'
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit: Ka-Boom... Israeli Airstrike Kills Leader of Hamas Military Wing (Video)
Paul Owen / Guardian:
Hamas: killing of military chief by Israel has 'opened gates of hell' - live
Hamas: killing of military chief by Israel has 'opened gates of hell' - live
Discussion: WorldViews, Melanie Phillips, The Daily Beast, Hit & Run, The Daily Dish, PRI's The World and Business Insider, more at Mediagazer »
Brent E. Sasley / The Daily Beast: Politics or Bad Decision-Making?
Matthew Feeney / Hit & Run: Israel's Military Takes to Social Media During Attack on Gaza, Sparks Spat on Twitter
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish: A New War In Gaza? … A new conflict is rapidly escalating in Gaza:
Matthew Bell / PRI's The World: Israel Kills Head of Hamas Military Wing
Adam Taylor / Business Insider: Why Israel Is Fighting A Social Media War
Hamas military chief killed in Gaza air strike
Hamas military chief killed in Gaza air strike
Discussion: Reuters, Atlas Shrugs, UrbanGrounds, iOwnTheWorld.com and The PJ Tatler
Nidal al-Mughrabi / Reuters: Israel launches Gaza offensive, kills Hamas commander
Pamela Geller / Atlas Shrugs: Israel Launches Operation Pillar Of Defense To Uproot Hamas-Led Terror, Top Hamas commander killed …
Robbie Cooper / UrbanGrounds: IDF Kills Hamas Leader as Things Heat Up in Gaza
IDF Blog:
Live Updates: Operation Pillar of Defense on Terror Targets in Gaza
Live Updates: Operation Pillar of Defense on Terror Targets in Gaza
Discussion: Israel Matzav, Sense of Events, Daily Dot, Gawker, The Verge, Business Insider and The Jawa Report, more at Mediagazer »
Carl / Israel Matzav: Breaking: IDF hitting terror sites in Gaza (UPDATED WITH PICTURE OF CAR SWARM)
Joseph L. Flatley / The Verge: Realtime war: Israeli military liveblogs, tweets attack on Hamas
Geoffrey Ingersoll / Business Insider: Israeli Air Strike Takes Out Top Hamas Military Leader — Considers Ground Operations In Gaza
New York Times:
Israelis Launch Major Assault on Gaza, Killing Hamas Commander
Israelis Launch Major Assault on Gaza, Killing Hamas Commander
Discussion: The Atlantic Online, Power Line, Wired, AllThingsD, NYT Bits, CNN, Washington Free Beacon, Business Insider, The Daily Beast, Gawker and Outside the Beltway
Brian Fung / The Atlantic Online: Military Strikes Go Viral: Israel Is Live-Tweeting Its Own Offensive Into Gaza
Scott Johnson / Power Line: Ahmed Jabari: Eliminated [With Update by John]
Noah Shachtman / Wired: Israel Kills Hamas Leader, Instantly Posts It to YouTube
Nick Bilton / NYT Bits: In Israeli Attack on Hamas: Shock, Awe and Social Media
Rob Wile / Business Insider: Israeli Defense Force Tweets Extremely Ominous Warning For Operatives Of Hamas
Neetzan Zimmerman / Gawker: Israel Kills Hamas Military Chief in Opening Salvo of Widespread Campaign; Hamas: Israel Has 'Opened the Gates of Hell'
Doug Mataconis / Outside the Beltway: Israeli Airstrike Kills Hamas Military Chief
Rebecca Berg / BuzzFeed:
GOP Lawmaker Nominates Newt Gingrich For Speaker — "You don't have to be a member of the body to be speaker," Rep. Gohmert says. Hijinks in the closed-door leadership election. — Image by Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call / Getty Images — WASHINGTON — Texas conservative Rep. Louie Gohmert submitted …
Discussion: The Hinterland Gazette
Erik Wasson / The Hill:
Texas rep. nominates Gingrich for Speaker
Texas rep. nominates Gingrich for Speaker
Jake Sherman / Politico: Gohmert: I want Gingrich as speaker
New York Times:
Transcript of President Obama's Press Conference — The following is the complete transcript of President Obama's press conference on Wednesday in Washington. (Transcript courtesy of Federal News Service.) — PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: Good afternoon, everybody. Please have a seat.
Discussion: Associated Press, News Desk, The Other McCain, Mother Jones, Nice Deb, Daily Download and Off the Charts Blog
Dylan Byers / Associated Press: What the press asked Obama
Robert Stacy McCain / The Other McCain: Heckuva Job, Susan Rice!
Asawin Suebsaeng / Mother Jones: Watch: Obama Blasts GOP Attacks on UN Ambassador Susan Rice
Ben Jacobs / Daily Download: The Susan Rice Showdown Is On
Washington Post:
President Obama's news conference in the East Room of the White House on Nov. 14, 2012 (Full Transcript)
President Obama's news conference in the East Room of the White House on Nov. 14, 2012 (Full Transcript)
Discussion: The Atlantic Online, Alan Colmes'Alan Colmes', 2chambers, Crooks and Liars and Hit & Run
Clive Crook / The Atlantic Online: Obama and the Fiscal Cliff
Ed O'Keefe / 2chambers: President Obama defends Susan Rice against criticism from John McCain, Lindsey Graham and Kelly Ayotte
Karoli / Crooks and Liars: Updated: Obama Defends Susan Rice, Invites McCain, Graham to "Go After Me"
William J. Bennett / CNN:
Republicans lost the culture war — Editor's note: William J. Bennett, a CNN contributor, is the author of "The Book of Man: Readings on the Path to Manhood." He was U.S. secretary of education from 1985 to 1988 and director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy under President George H.W. Bush.
Discussion: The Jawa Report and Shakesville
Melissa McEwan / Shakesville: This is so the worst thing you're going to read all day.
Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
Paul rips big government in farewell — Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) delivered a blistering farewell speech on the House floor Wednesday in which he ripped the drastic tilt of the U.S. toward expanded government, a devalued currency, persistent wars and the constant erosion of personal freedoms.
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly: Nothing New Under the Son
David Martosko / The Daily Caller:
White House 'secede' petitions reach 675,000 signatures, 50-state participation — Less than a week after a New Orleans suburbanite petitioned the White House to allow Louisiana to secede from the United States, petitions from seven states have collected enough signatures to trigger a promised review from the Obama administration.
Elizabeth Dias / TIME: If you're unhappy that Barack Obama was re-elected President last week …
Jeff G. / protein wisdom: "White House 'secede' petitions reach 675,000 signatures, 50-state participation"
petitions.whitehouse.gov: Peacefully grant the city of Austin Texas to withdraw from the state of Texas & remain part of the United States.
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly: The Secessionist Boom
Brett LoGiurato / Business Insider: Jon Stewart Rips Attempted Secessionists And CEOs For Whining About Obama's Re-Election
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
The Confederacy of Takers — President Obama's opponents …
The Confederacy of Takers — President Obama's opponents …
Discussion: ABCNEWS, Civil War Memory, Examiner, Outside the Beltway, Mad Kane's Political Madness, Pundit Press, Hot Air and Prairie Weather
Aurelius / Pundit Press: Petitions to Secede From US Explode, Now Exceed 675,000; Texas Approaches 100k
Pete Wells / New York Times:
Restaurant Review: Guy's American Kitchen & Bar in Times Square — GUY FIERI, have you eaten at your new restaurant in Times Square? Have you pulled up one of the 500 seats at Guy's American Kitchen & Bar and ordered a meal? Did you eat the food? Did it live up to your expectations?
Allahpundit / The Greenroom: Report: Guy Fieri's restaurant exactly as good as you'd expect it to be
Scott Lemieux / Lawyers, Guns & Money: Great Hatchet Jobs In History
Mallary Jean Tenore / Poynter: Why did Pete Wells review Guy Fieri's restaurant as a series of questions?
Margaret Sullivan / The Public Editor's Journal: On the Question of a (Brilliantly) Negative Restaurant Review
Victorino Matus / Weekly Standard: Killer Review — Let me preface this item by saying I am …
Rebekah Denn / The Seattle Times: The most brutal restaurant review on the Internet
Cord Jefferson / Gawker: 'You Won't Be Disappointed': 10 Eaters Not from the New York Times Who Like Guy Fieri's New Restaurant
David Mendez / Tucson Weekly: 'New York Times' Food Review Straight-Up Eviscerates Guy Fieri Restaurant
Garth Johnston / Gothamist: Have You Read The Times's Amazing All-Question Guy Fieri Slam?
Almost 1K ballots found in Broward elections warehouse — LAUDERHILL, Fla. (WSVN) — Nearly a thousand ballots that were not included in Florida's final count have been found in a warehouse in Broward County. — Tuesday morning and into the night, there was a buzz of activity …
Discussion: Wonkette, Taegan Goddard's … and The Hinterland Gazette
New York Times:
Ryan Sees Urban Vote as Reason G.O.P. Lost — WASHINGTON — As Representative Paul D. Ryan casts about to find an explanation for the defeat of the Republican presidential ticket, on which he was Mitt Romney's running mate, he is looking to the nation's big cities for answers.
Discussion: Hullabaloo, Washington Examiner, The Atlantic Online, Taylor Marsh, msnbc.com and The Caucus
Ta-Nehisi Coates / The Atlantic Online: Beyond the 'Urban Vote'
Michael D. Shear / The Caucus: Ryan Surprised by Voters in 'Urban Areas'
Sean Kinney / MiamiHerald.com:
Death of Key West man linked to Obama's reelection — A Key West man who told his partner that "if Barack gets re-elected, I'm not going to be around" was found dead on Nov. 8, with the words "F— Obama!" scrawled on his will and two empty prescription bottles nearby.
Discussion: Crooks and Liars, Mediaite, Gawker, The Raw Story and New York Magazine
Karoli / Crooks and Liars: BillO Lets His Paranoia Shine Through; Rails Against Liberal Blogger Cabal
Andrew Kirell / Mediaite: Florida Man Commits Suicide Over Obama Re-Election, Wrote 'F**k Obama' In Will
Neetzan Zimmerman / Gawker: Florida Man Angry Over Election Results Writes 'F**k Obama' on His Will Before Taking His Own Life
Ross Douthat / Campaign Stops:
Notes for Next Time — Thanks to David Petraeus's adultery and the so-called "fiscal cliff," it's almost possible to forget that there was a presidential election just a week ago. (And God knows the Republicans would like to!) But before the campaign disappears into the haze of social life …
Discussion: National Review
Reihan Salam / National Review: Identity, Flexible Opportunism, and Political Success


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The Kuwaiti-Slovak Archaeological Mission to Failaka (KSAM) was established following an original idea of Mr Shehab A. H. Shehab, Department of Museums and Antiquities Director, National Council for Culture, Arts & Letters (NCCAL), State of Kuwait. His visit to the Slovak Academy of Sciences (SAS) Institute of Archaeology in May 2004 resulted in the agreement for a five year scientific programme signed between the National Council for Culture, Arts & Letters, State of Kuwait, and the Institute of Archaeology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovak Republic, in September 2004 in Nitra. The KSAM project could have not materialized and would not have taken its present shape if not for the constant and generous support of the NCCAL presided by Secretary General Mr Bader S. A. Al-Rifai, and the kindest, expeditious and effective role of Mr Shehab A. H. Shehab. Regarding the prolific and smooth cooperation with NCCAL, the help of the Secretary General Assistant for Antiquities and Museums and Engineering Affairs Sector, Mr Ali Al-Youha, must be pointed out. Without him the documentation and preliminary conservation of the site as it is being realized would hardly be possible.
KSAM has been designed as a joint Kuwaiti-Slovak multidisciplinary research project fostering international cooperation and ties between young-generation researchers. The KSAM project was developed and has been elaborated and steered by Ms Lucia Benediková and Mr Peter Barta.
As for the Slovak side, the mission has been working under the auspices of the SAS Institute of Archaeology. Thanks to Mr Karol Pieta, SAS Institute of Archaeology scientific secretary and Slovak team director, the mission has been able to take advantage of the presence of specialists in environmental archaeology and geo-disciplines that strongly cross-fertilize archaeological research. Apart from senior archaeologists and academicians, the fieldwork has very much benefited from the presence of graduates and undergraduates in archaeology and neighbouring disciplines coming from Kuwait (National Council for Culture, Arts & Letters, State of Kuwait), Slovakia (Institute of Archaeology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Nitra, and from the Department of Archaeology, Constantine the Philosopher University, Nitra) and Turkey (Prehistoric Section, Istanbul University). For analyses of particular material groups that require a special approach KSAM cooperates with Kuwaiti (KISR and KOC), German, Czech, Belgian, British, Polish and Turkish laboratories and specialists. In their laboratories steatites, bitumens, metals, mortars, obsidians, archaeobotanical and archaeozoological material have been analysed and investigated.
Four excavation seasons have taken place on Al-Khidr – in 2004, 2006, 2007 and by mid April 2008 the last field work season came to ist end. From 2009 onwards the material studies are scheduled that shall be concluded by a publication of the results.
Thanks to the really warm and cordial welcome of the mission by the National Council for Culture, Arts & Letters our stay in Kuwait became and remains extraordinarily pleasant and unforgettable.

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text: SOUTHAMPTON - World number one Park In-Bee won the US Women's Open on Sunday, grabbing a slice of LPGA history with her third straight major triumph of 2013. Park's final-round 74 gave her an eight-under total of 280 and a four-shot victory over I.K. Kim, who also carded a two-over 74 for 284. The South Korean superstar joined US sporting legend Babe Zaharias as the only women to win the first three majors in a season. Zaharias won all three in 1950. "I'm very honored to put my name (next) to someone like Babe Zaharias," said Park, who will have a chance to become the first man or woman to win four major golf championships in a season at the Women's British Open at St. Andrews, August 1-4. "I think it's too early to think about the next one," Park said. –AFP"I think I really want to enjoy the moment as it is, in the moment... "I'm just glad that I can give it a try at St. Andrews. That's going to be a great experience. Whether I do it or not, I'm just a very lucky person." Park had put herself in position to win with a 71 on Saturday — the only sub-par round of the third round giving her a four-stroke cushion over Kim.After back-to-back bogeys at the sixth and seventh, Park rebounded with birdies at the ninth and 10th, stretching her lead to as many as six shots. Despite another brace of bogeys at 14 and 15, she was never seriously threatened as Kim was unable to find a birdie on the back nine. South Korea's Ryu So-Yeon, the 2011 champion, posted an even par 72 for sole possession of third place on 287.The top three were the only players under par for the tournament. Americans Paula Creamer and Angela Stanford and England's Jodi Ewart Shadoff shared fourth on one-over 289. Creamer carded a 72, Stanford shot 74 and Ewart Shadoff posted a 76. Park, whose first US Women's Open victory in 2008 made her the championship's youngest winner at age 19, admitted she thought about the enormity of a possible win on Saturday night, but felt calm as she made her way around wind-blown Sebonack Golf Club course on Sunday."It was a tough day out there. The golf course was playing tough. I tried to stay calm, and I think I did. I just didn't know what I was doing. I mean, if I knew what I was doing, I think I wouldn't be able to stand. Yes, it was a very good day and I'm just very glad that I can put my name in history." After her final putt dropped, Park raised both her arms as fellow players raced onto the green to spray her with champagne. She then shared a hug with her parents."It means a lot that I can show this kind of golf to my parents," said Park, whose folks don't usually travel with her. Park, who won the Kraft Nabisco in April and the LPGA Championship in June, is the fourth woman to win three majors in a season, along with Zaharias, Mickey Wright (1961) and Pat Bradley (1986). But she's the first to win the first three in a season in which more than three tournaments are designated majors. This year there are five, with the Evian Championship — in which Park is the reigning champion — given major status for the first time."It would be great if I could win five, but I still think four means a Grand Slam," she said — especially if one of the four is the Women's British Open. In accepting her trophy, Park said it was "scary" to think what she might accomplish. After all, she's won six tournaments this season, three of them majors, and eight of her past 24 starts."I just said that because I don't know what I can do from now on," Park said. "I didn't expect myself being in this kind of position, breaking some kind of record that hasn't been broken for 50 years. "I never dreamed of myself doing that ... but I've done it. I don't know what else I can do."


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-Canadian orders do not include tracking. It can be provided at additional cost.
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The TMNT franchise has been alive and (mostly) kicking for more than 25 years...and whether your first exposure was through the comic books, the 1987 animated series, the feature-length films or otherwise, Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird's iconic green ninjas have enjoyed a plethora of pop culture portrayals. Like many kids of the 1980s, it was tough for me to resist the franchise's charms but I wouldn't consider myself a lifelong fan: I pretty much quit cold turkey when the awful third live-action movie hit theaters. Since then, my only exposure to the franchise has been revisiting bits and pieces on DVD, as well as the flashy but underwhelming 2007 CGI film. So, having never seen an episode of the 2003 animated series, I approached Nickelodeon's new 2012 CGI TV show blindly and with an appropriate level of caution.
It wasn't warranted, because both Rise of the Turtles and Enter Shredder (the first two volumes of this 2012 series) pretty much knocked my socks off. This reboot cherry-picks the best elements from the original 1987 series and omits much of what annoyed me during later seasons, especially its shift towards an even younger target demographic. This time around, our four heroes feel more like rowdy, competitive brothers than ever before. The laughs are genuine, fights are more intense, continuity is followed and hey, even Splinter seems more like an authority figure than a kindly but frail sensei. Both previous volumes served up a combined 12 episodes of action, adventure and comedy; this latest release, Ultimate Showdown, picks up speed with the final 12 Season One episodes on two discs. It arrives just in time for TMNT's Season Two premiere in just a few short weeks and, frankly, couldn't have come soon enough. Simply put, it didn't take me longer than two or three viewing sessions to plow through 'em all.
TMNT's renewed sense of continuity and serialized storytelling is more evident in these 12 episodes, especially as the stakes are raised for the double-length finale "Showdown". Several new and familiar characters are (re)introduced along the way, including The Rat King, The Pulverizer (a rabid teenage fan of our heroes), Metalhead and more. April's role in everything is finally realized, several new threats are introduced and more elements of Hamato Yoshi's "origin story" are brought into the light. Refreshingly, there's very little dead weight during this batch of episodes, especially as this first season comes to a close. Only "The Pulverizer" (both the character's introduction and the episode itself) didn't impress me as much as the others, though his fate during "Returns" is actually pretty effective. For the most part, Ultimate Showdown includes a fantastic run of episodes that ends this debut season with authority.
Video & Audio Quality
Presented in an anamorphic 1.78:1 aspect ratio (which the packaging actually gets right this time!), my only nagging complaint about TMNT: Ultimate Showdown is that the series still hasn't been made available on Blu-Ray. Other than that, this stylish production looks quite good from start to finish, boasting a moody color palette, solid black levels and only a bit of banding and aliasing along the way. Image and texture details are also very strong for a standard definition release, as little touches like scuffs and dents on the Turtles' shells and the metallic sheen of Shredder's helmet are nicely rendered. From top to bottom, fans will be happy...but again, pretty please for Season One in high definition!
The Dolby Digital 5.1 track is also terrific, though it's odd that an optional 2.0 downmix wasn't included. Either way, TMNT regularly features plenty of subtle (and not-so-subtle) atmospheric touches, from the echoing dampness of sewer life to the steely clang of weapons striking one another. Dialogue is typically anchored up front and crisply recorded, while the sporadic music cues are dynamic but not overpowering. No optional subtitles are included with this release, though Closed Caption support is at least offered.
Unlike the original broadcast, Season One of the new TMNT animated series was wrapped up quickly on DVD...and although an immediate full-season set would've been preferable, it's nice to see twice the episodes here for just $5 more. Paramount's two-disc package is similar in quality to the first two volumes, serving up a fine A/V presentation but only a few mildly interesting bonus features. Though I'd imagine some might want to hold out for a complete season set (preferably in Blu-ray!), there's finally enough material here to award the new TMNT a passing grade. Firmly Recommended for new and established fans alike, especially if you want a quick primer before Season Two's upcoming premiere.
Randy Miller III is an affable office monkey by day and film reviewer by night. He also does freelance design work, teaches art classes and runs a website or two. In his limited free time, Randy also enjoys slacking off, juggling HD DVDs and writing in third person.


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There is a recognized medical condition called xxx. It causes the kinds of things which force a person into that sort of lifestyle." There is no known test to identify and diagnose this illness (the doctor needs to be direct the comments to either a Judge or adjudicator by talking in the first person) The doctor should state he "believes in this person" and he/she should state "If you also believe her complaints and that she now lives this lifestyle, then you have to believe she has this disabling condition." 5. Get statements from anyone Get statements from anyone who knows you and your issues. Write your own statement too! Have these individuals state how the problems affect you (example: It is hard to bend over, or squat, or hear, etc.). This includes your wife, kids, parents, co-workers even the guy/gal walking along the street.
All of these people can contribute! All their statements are evidence that must be considered. If you have them put their phone number down on the statement and request the adjudicator to call (not if they have any questions), the adjudicator is required to call. If they don't call, you have grounds for appeal. The medical facts and findings speak louder than any of this testimony, and the veterans own testimony is quite powerful in describing the effect of this proven medical condition. The VA doctor's report that seeks to negate the claim is wide open to attack when he fails to do procedures or make determinative tests. 6. Get the Vet Center Records If you have been going to a Vet Center, get their records. They are independent of the VA medical system (CAPRI) so you need to get a statement or copy of your provider's notes or both from your treating Social Worker.
7. Vocational Rehabilitation If you have gone to Vocational Rehabilitation (Voc Rehab), you were evaluated by them too. Do a Privacy Act request and get all copies of evaluations and anything else (to include reports of contact [ROC]). The Voc Rehab evaluations carry some weight, since they are independent evaluations. Get copies of the contractor evaluations (the people that did the Voc Rehab screening) and the VA's Voc Rehab evaluations. 8. Legal Research Go to http://www.findlaw.com or or http://www.va.gov/vbs/bva/ and look up all Board of Veteran Appeal, Court of Veteran Appeals, US District Court, US Court of Appeals and Supreme Court decisions that affect your issues. These legal opinions as well as the courts opinions narrows the focus of how the adjudicator can look at the evidence. Use these sites to support your other evidence. Do your own legal research!
If you don't have access to the internet or are not internet savvy, you can get copies of any appeals and decisions from the VA. They can be requested from Veteran Benefits Office or the Adjudication Office. A simple phone call to one of those offices, explaining that you are requesting a copy of those records for your own file should be sufficient. Keep the information of who you talked with and their phone/fax numbers and addresses in your notebook for ready reference! Again, you may need to provide this request in writing, but this can usually be accomplished by phone or fax. Some Service Officers from DAV, VFW, or American Legion will do this for you, but don't depend entirely on them! Some mental health records are kept separate from the main medical records, so again, you may need to call the Mental Health Clinic in your VA to request copies of those records from that office.
9. Statements From VA Personnel If you have been seeing a counselor at the VA Hospital, then get him/her to write you a statement of how bad they think you are. Plus, write up a statement on your own, let the adjudicator know about your background, your stressors and how this affects your daily life. Counselors are sometimes skeptical that people are acting out, pretending, not real. If the guy is really bogus, you might do better not to ask, but in truth, further questioning may well reveal that the skeptical counselor really believes the guy is pretty bad off or he wouldn't be going through all of this. That it is the stress of daily life that drives him to it. And NO counselor ever treats a death threat as anything other than real! 10.
SF 180 Use our system to create a customized order form to request information from your, or your relative's, military personnel records. You may use this system if you are: A military veteran, or Next of kin of a deceased, former member of the military The next of kin can be any of the following: surviving spouse that has not remarried, father, mother, son, daughter, sister, or brother. If you are not the veteran or next of kin, you must complete the Standard Form 180 (SF 180). You can obtain this form from Fax-on-Demand, or download it, then mail or fax it to the appropriate address on the form. The SF 180 may be photocopied as needed. Please submit a separate request (either SF 180 or letter) for each individual whose records are being requested. You may submit more than one request per envelope or fax. How to Initiate a Request for Military Personnel Records: Click on the "Request Military Records" button to start. This will launch a separate window. Enter the required information in the system to create your customized request form. There are 4 steps that you need to navigate. The system will guide you through the steps and tell you exactly which step you are on. Print, sign and date the signature verification area of your customized form.
If you don't have a printer, have a pen and paper handy and we will guide you through the process. This is important because the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a) requires that all requests for records and information be submitted in writing. Each request must be signed and dated by the veteran or next of kin. Mail or fax your signature verification form to us, and we will process your request. You must do this within the first 20 days of entering your request, or your request will be removed from our system. 11. Reviewing Your Military Records Review your military medical records and make a list of every ailment that you had while on active duty. Note each biohazardous exposure you may have had. For example, If you used cosmoline on everything to protect it from rust, and then we would be in carbon tetrachloride up to the elbows because that was what used to clean it off. Carbon tet is cancer producing. I am sure there are many other examples. 12. Cross Reference
All your Military Ailments With Your Civilian Ailments Cross reference all you military ailments with your civilian ailments. If the problem persists or a secondary issue has cropped up as a result of the issue that developed during your time in the military then you need to apply for that issue (as a secondary issue). An example of a secondary issue would be if you hurt your right knee and had to put weight on your left knee and now the knee is damaged. You can claim the left knee as a secondary issue to the injured right knee. 13. Downloading Go to the VA web site and down load all the Fast Letters, Memo's and any other documentation that will support your case. www.va.gov. 14. Go to the DAV, PVA and any other VSO Web Site Go to the DAV, PVA and any other VSO web sites and bookmark them (and down load anything related to your claims). 15. WARMS Go to http://groups.msn.com/unitedveterans/yourwebpage1.msnw
Look up what your issue is and determine the percentage that you want to apply for. Now 98% of the Veteran Service Rep's (VSR's) will tell you not to give a percentage, but if you don't ask for a percentage and you are awarded 0% for an issue, you can't complain because they gave you exactly what you asked for. If the adjudicator denies your issue and you did not ask for a certain percentage, then you have to prove the VA didn't follow proper procedure (this is very hard to prove). Your VSR will tell you that the law can change. If it increases then just fax, email (w/receipt) or mail in an updated request. If the percentage decreases, you don't need to do anything. The Veterans Claims Assistance Act of 2000 allows the law that is most favorable to you to be applied to your claim so don't change your percentage. 16. Current law favors the Vet. Call the Regional Office ..Don't be intimidated !


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How to remove/convert DRM protected WMV files?
"How to remove DRM protection from WMV video files? I have downloaded a WMV video file and when I tried to play the file, it is showing that the file is DRM (Digital Rights Management) protected. How can I crack DRM WMV and play protected WMV files on Mac, Windows Media Player or anywhere I want? Thanks."
When we downloaded and purchased video files from online video store, they will most likely be in WMV format. If you are "lucky", you will get WMV files with DRM protection. Many companies use DRM technology on video files to prevent users to playing them on various media players. With DRM license on WMV files, you don't actually own them. Because you can neither play DRM protected WMV on Mac, nor transfer them onto your iPad or devices.
If you are thinking about getting rid of WMV protection, I don't think you want to miss this professional WMV DRM Removal – DRM Media Converter. It's totally impossible to crack WMV DRM without the help of this program. And I can assure you that burning WMV to DVD will not help at all. However, with this professional yet easy-to-use DRM Converter for WMV, you can easily remove DRM protected WMV and watch DRM WMV videos on Mac or wherever you want. To enjoy and share your DRM copy protected WMV files freely, download the WMV DRM Remover and install it onto your computer.
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The above screen is how the software looks like when you installed and launched the WMV DRM Crack tool, then you may go through the steps bleow to free DRM WMV videos.
Step 1. By hitting on "Add" button, there will come up a new window where you can locate and go to the WMV folder to import them into the software. Or you can choose "Find DRM" and let the program scan your hard drvie and find the DRMed WMV videos for you. The files will shown on the interface once loaded.
Step 2. This all-in-one DRM WMV Converter is able to remove DRM protection and convert WMV files to MP4, MOV, AVI, FLV, MKV, M4V or whatever file type you need. You may choose the output file format from the drop-down list by clicking on "Video files to" button. As it indicates, you can simply select the media device you have as the output instead.
Step 3. Legally remove DRM from WMV. You really have to be able to play the file otherwise there's not really anything anyone can do for you. When you hit on "Start" button, Windows Media Player or iTunes may be launched to authorize your computer with the account and password you used to buy the WMV files. Once authorized, the software will start removing the DRM protection.
After the process is done, you can go to "Find Target" button and there you can get the non-DRM WMV files. If you have chosen to convert WMV to MP4 with this WMV DRM Removal Tool, then you can copy the files onto your Mac and play the DRMed WMV on Mac. Or you can sync the files to your devices for enjoying. Have fun.
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The Flash CS5 Motion Editor Panel
The Motion Editor panel in Adobe Flash Creative Suite 5 gives you precise control over each aspect of a motion tween. The Flash CS5 Motion Editor displays the various properties of a motion tween (such as position, scale, and transparency) in a graph-style format that you can use to edit or add to animations.
You can use the Motion Editor only on motion tween spans, not to modify shape tweens or classic tweens (motion tweens created in Flash CS3 or earlier).
The Motion Editor can be found behind the Timeline panel at the bottom of the default workspace.
Follow these steps to modify a motion tween with the Motion Editor:
Click the Motion Editor tab (you can find it behind the Timeline panel) to bring forward the Motion Editor panel.
Select a tweened object on the stage; you can click either the object or the motion path to select the tween.
The Motion Editor displays each property as a row with a graph line running through it. The graph line represents the changes in a property value (such as scaling percentage) throughout the course of a tween span.
Locate a property that your tween is using, such as Alpha, X, or Y, and click the row's title to expand it.
Along each line, you find points, or keyframes, that mark changes in the value of that property at different times.
Select a keyframe and drag it up or down to change the value of the current property.
Move the pointer over a different portion of the line. While holding down the Ctrl key (Windows) or the @@cmd key (Mac), click directly on the line to create a new point (or keyframe).
Drag this point up or down to change the property's value at this position.
Press the Enter or Return key to play back the Timeline and see how your modifications have affected the current tween.


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Less than 24 hours before the 73rd Annual Golden Globe nominations will be revealed at a press conference, nominations for the 22nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards were announced live at the Pacific Design Center in L.A. Wednesday.
SAG-AFTRA executive vice president Gabrielle Carteris invited Anna Faris and Anthony Mackie, who co-starred in 2011's "What's Your Number?," to read the list of nominees in categories spanning film and TV. The event was broadcast live on TNT, TBS and truTV, and streamed via sagawards.tntdrama.com and truTV.com.
The 2016 SAG Awards will be simulcast live on TNT and TBS at 8 p.m. ET on Saturday, Jan. 30, 2016. More than 110,000 SAG-AFTRA members selected the 2016 nominees. Final voting begins Wednesday, Dec. 16, and closes Friday, Jan. 29, at 12 p.m. PT. Television icon Carol Burnett will receive the SAG Life Achievement Award.
Here is the complete list of nominations:
Performance by a male actor in a leading role
Bryan Cranston, "Trumbo"
Eddie Redmayne, "The Danish Girl"
Johnny Depp, "Black Mass"
Leonardo DiCaprio, "The Revenant"
Michael Fassbender, "Steve Jobs"
Performance by a female actor in a leading role
Brie Larson, "Room"
Cate Blanchett, "Carol"
Helen Mirren, "Woman in Gold"
Saoirse Ronan, "Brooklyn"
Sarah Silverman, "I Smile Back"
Performance by a male actor in a supporting role
Christian Bale, "The Big Short"
Idris Elba, "Beasts of No Nation"
Mark Rylance, "Bridge of Spies"
Michael Shannon, "99 Homes"
Jacob Trembly, "Room"
Performance by a female actor in a supporting role
Alicia Vikander, "The Danish Girl"
Kate Winslet, "Steve Jobs"
Rooney Mara, "Carol"
Rachel McAdams, "Spotlight"
Helen Mirren, "Trumbo"
Performance by a cast in a motion picture
"Beasts of No Nation"
"The Big Short"
"Straight Outta Compton"
Performance by an ensemble in a drama series
"Downton Abbey"
"Game of Thrones"
"House of Cards"
"Mad Men"
Performance by an ensemble in a comedy series
"The Big Bang Theory"
"Key and Peele"
"Modern Family"
"Orange Is the New Black"
Performance by a male actor in a drama series
Peter Dinklage, "Game of Thrones"
Kevin Spacey, "House of Cards"
Jon Hamm, "Mad Men"
Rami Malek, "Mr. Robot"
Bob Odenkirk, "Better Call Saul"
Performance by a female actor in a drama series
Claire Danes, "Homeland"
Viola Davis, "How to Get Away With Murder"
Robin Wright, "House of Cards"
Maggie Smith, "Downton Abbey"
Julianna Margulies, "The Good Wife"
Performance by a male actor in a comedy series
Ty Burrell, "Modern Family "
Louis C.K., "Louie"
William H. Macy, "Shameless"
Jim Parsons, "The Big Bang Theory"
Jeffrey Tambor, "Transparent"
Performance by a female actor in a comedy series
Uzo Aduba, "Orange Is the New Black"
Edie Falco, "Nurse Jackie"
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, "Veep"
Amy Poehler, "Parks and Recreation"
Ellie Kemper, "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt"
Performance by a male actor in a television movie or miniseries
Idris Elba, "Luthor"
Ben Kingsley, "Tut"
Ray Liotta, "Texas Rising"
Bill Murray, "A Very Murray Christmas"
Mark Rylance, "Wolf Hall"
Performance by a female actor in a television movie or miniseries
Nicole Kidman, "Grace of Monaco"
Queen Latifah, "Bessie"
Christina Ricci, "The Lizzie Borden Chronicles"
Susan Sarandon, "The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe"
Kristen Wiig, "The Spoils Before Dying"
Action performance by a stunt ensemble in a motion picture
"Furious 7"
"Jurassic World"
"Mad Max: Fury Road"
"Mission: Impossible -- Rogue Nation"
Action performance by a stunt ensemble in a comedy or drama series
"The Blacklist"
"Game of Thrones"
"The Walking Dead"
PHOTOS: Best-dressed stars at the 2015 SAG Awards
PHOTOS: 2015 SAG Awards red carpet arrivals


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music production, DJing, and audio engineering dictionary
Hello to english-speaking music producers, audio and acoustic engineers, DJs, and musicians. Today I would like to tell you about a wonderful project, in which I was honored to take part. Sorry for self-promotion but I guess it can be useful. It is a book, written by a team of professional music producers, sound engineers, and music teachers around the world, which contains all music production words, acoustics terms, all EDM genres, audio engineering terminology, recording vocabulary, DJ slang, and electronic music theory definitions. Ebook and print version are available. This is the second version of the book, which we launched just now. We added even more words (rare and unique) that we could only find, and now it contains 201 pages. The book is suitable both for beginners in the world of music creation and for more experienced producers and engineers. Here is a link to it, if anyone is interested. Thank you for attention.
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Germany sleepwalks through crucial poll
Voters seem to be united in apathy despite Europe's financial woes.
Political debates are generally dry stuff. The trick is to talk for an hour without saying anything. But sometimes a moment comes along that speaks volumes.
There's Peer Steinbrueck of Germany's Social Democrats. Frameless glasses, tall, a bit chubby. He's coming across as competent, avuncular, though a bit anxious, and with his lower jaw bulldoggish.
And there's his opponent Angela Merkel - the German Chancellor, the unchallenged leader of Europe. She's relaxed, talking over the journalists who are trying to steer her into controversy, occasionally chopping her hand down for emphasis.
Steinbrueck is on the attack. He accuses Merkel of dithering, of wasting four years with the gearstick in neutral, of laying waste to southern Europe with wait-and-see austerity plans instead of grasping the nettle of serious structural reform.
The leadership of Germany - and so, by proxy, of Europe - is at a standstill, he says. We should take action.
Calmly, Merkel fires back. "I do not act first and then think. I do the reverse. I think, then I decide, and then I act."
And this, in a nutshell, is why this former research scientist, this empirical mind who measures and analyses the forces that stress the continent, is very, very short odds to win this weekend's election.
But it is also the source of growing frustration, among her natural allies as well as her enemies, who believe she is spending far too much time thinking and deciding.
As Europe tries to stagger back to its feet the debate is intensifying: is now really the time for calm, steady-as-she goes politics? Or is this one of those rare moments in the political cycle where someone has the influence, the experience and the political capital to make bold changes that will cure, rather than just balm, Europe's economic sickness? And if anyone can play that role, it must be Merkel's Germany.
A quick sample of the posters tied to lampposts around Berlin suggests the issues that matter to the locals. "Fair wages", say the Greens, promoting their plan for a living wage. "Old age without poverty" cries the SPD [Steinbrueck's Social Democratic Party, the main opposition to Merkel's CDU, or Christian Democratic Union]. The CDU's posters show Merkel's phlegmatic face and promise economic growth and a stable euro. "Jobs", they proclaim. "Families".
German elections are complicated. The eccentric voting system almost ensures no party can win a majority, so coalitions dominate. In 2005, Steinbrueck was finance minister in Merkel's cabinet in a ''grand coalition'' of left and right.
Since 2009 the coalition junior partner has been the pro-business Free Democrats (FDP). But endless infighting, and an inability to get any of its policies past Merkel's veto, has seen its vote collapse.
Another complication could come from Germany's newborn anti-Europe movement. In April a group of academics formed the Alternative for Germany party, quickly dubbed the ''professors' party'', which advocated an end to the euro (though not the EU) and the cycle of bailouts and austerity measures that monetary union seems to require. A bourgeois protest party with a distinctly amateur air, it has failed to find much of a following despite stunts such as burning fake 500-euro notes. However, some argue that its actual vote will be far higher than polls suggest, giving it real clout in the post-election coalition talks.
Some voices are saying a new grand coalition would be the best outcome. "Europe would be better off with the stability, depth and breadth of a grand coalition," says one well-connected Berlin political insider. "Tough pro-Europe policies could be effected without the politicking."
It certainly appeals more to the average German than a ''red-red-green'' coalition of the centre and radical left or a CDU-Green alliance, the next options on the table.
But there are hidden traps. Last time, the SPD lost millions of votes for appearing too supine in coalition. This time it could well be a more feisty dance partner. On the other hand, if it is left outside the coalition it may decide that a shift to the left would be politically advantageous: sharpening the internal debate= would make Germany a less sure-footed actor outside its borders.
But most of the public seems just to want more of the same. "Merkel has anaesthetised the electorate," the insider says.
This irritates Markus Feldenkirchen, political commentator at weekly news magazine Der Spiegel. In his office a stone's throw from the Brandenburg Gate, he shakes his head and waves his hands in frustration.
"This is the worst level of engagement in a German election that I have ever witnessed," he says. "There is the general impression that there's nothing really at stake, that the programs of the major parties are so similar that there's no real conflict."
It doesn't just make life hard for a political commentator. Feldenkirchen argues it's bad for the country, and for Europe.
"Merkel is presenting herself as a kind of non-political person," he says. "She is talking to people like a grandmother who is telling anecdotes. She is not concrete on anything, she can talk for an hour without saying what's going to happen in the next four years. She doesn't say 'I have a plan' and she's not fighting for it. She is more happy if there is an opportunity to do nothing.
"This is not healthy for Europe. Her concept is 'let's wait', and every week there is another problem and then we have to solve it. She has never said 'the Europe I want looks like this'. There is only step-by-step management. In years from now we will see that more leadership, some concrete goals, would have been better."
Locally, Merkel's presidential, all-ideas-considered approach has left politics bland and lacking spark, Feldenkirchen says. "Conflict is essential for a vital democracy. She is destroying this necessary rule of our culture."
Feldenkirchen has an unlikely ally at conservative think tank DIW Berlin. There, head of economic policy Ferdinand Fichtner says the German election has already hurt Europe.
"It has been very quiet for the last few months," Fichtner says. "It's not just the financial markets calming down. It is also because policy makers have been quiet about Europe."
Fichtner argues there are several key reforms that are necessary to put the continent on the road to long-term stability. Recently the economic figures have been interpreted positively - but in some countries, only in the sense that they are getting worse more slowly. The continent needs banking reform, to unify the rules on acceptable levels of risk, to set out how a bank can safely go bankrupt without taking a country with it, and to regulate banks' balance sheets. This should prevent new credit bubbles. There has been talk on a central fund to take the role of a ''bad bank''.
There are also arguments for reform to the treaty that binds the EU: whether it should be deeper or changed to a ''core and periphery'' model, whether the continent needs a common foreign and defence policy. "That's all come to a halt," Fichtner says.
Inside Germany there is still a majority consensus in favour of European integration and saving the euro. But German policy-makers don't want to say anything that would scare voters into the arms of fringe anti-Europe parties.
Crossing the bridge from the Reichstag towards old East Germany, a slogan leaps out from a massive billboard - "Welcome to the Low Wage Republic of Germany".
There is a simmering mood in Germany. They have worked hard, tightened their belts and kept salaries low, and their reward has been to bear the risk of Europe's profligate south, which took the credit offered to a united continent and spent it on flash cars and mortgages.
"[Politicians] know they need to avoid the crisis coming up again, but also avoid the German public getting the impression we are doing more than necessary," Fichtner says.
Nevertheless, an abundance of caution could do long-term harm.
"The financial markets are calm - but due to temporary measures. We should take this time that has been bought to create a sustainable set-up.
"It's extremely dangerous that this current situation, when the financial markets give us a chance to create a sustainable foundation for the European area, that we don't take this chance. It's clear we can't forever buy more time.
''It is annoying and dangerous that European politics is basically paralysed."
Over at the Hans Boeckler Foundation, Gustav Horn is one of the country's most respected economists. He believes the utmost priority for a new German government should be a program to stabilise the euro area - through stimulus packages in places like Spain, Greece and Italy, and a more macro framework such as a European Monetary Fund.
Horn also argues there is a need to hurry along. The longer austerity bites in southern Europe, he says, the more resentment will build.
"If they say 'we are fed up with all that, we don't obey the rules any more' then we would have a very serious crisis , maybe the breaking up of the Euro area."
Back at the debate, around Merkel's neck is a necklace in the colours of the German flag. In any other country waving the flag is Politics 101.
In Germany, where nationalism is still a guilty pleasure, it is an unexpectedly bold statement ("a bit unsubtle for Merkel," one political insider complains later).
It is a mark of almost unprecedented political confidence. But the question remains as to whether, as the election results come in, she will find herself willing - or even able - to spend the political capital required to save Europe.
Nick Miller is Europe correspondent for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age


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August 5, 2013
IT staff tips for cleaning out your email
Submitted by Information Technology Services
With the impending move of central campus email from Zimbra to Office 365, one suggestion has been to clear out as much email as possible before the move. These tips from IT staff can help identify and clean out larger amounts of email in a shorter time.
- Search for "unsubscribe" in your emails, to easily identify and delete a lot of promotions, sales and junk mail. (Ditto for advertising offers from marketing venues both on and off campus.)
- Search for LISTSERV mailing-list emails, and delete mail that's already archived at listserv.ksu.edu/web.
- Search for and delete emails from people who have left K-State (former co-workers, administrators, etc.) and/or people with whom you correspond frequently.
- Is your K-State email forwarded to another address? You might delete the extra copies stored on K-State's server.
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Home Prices in 2013 Notch Biggest Annual Gain Since 2005
But Signs Emerge of a Leveling Off This Year
Home prices last year posted their largest annual gain since 2005, according to a report released Tuesday, but signs are emerging that price gains are leveling off.
U.S. prices rose 11.3% in the fourth quarter compared with a year earlier, according to the Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller price index. The Case-Shiller index that measures home prices in 20 major metro areas rose 13.4% during the same span. A separate index, released Tuesday by the Federal Housing Finance Agency, said prices had gone up 7.7%, also to an eight-year...


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Apple juice dilemma!
I introduced my baby boy to apple juice at a little over 3 months and he got tummy cramps so I waited until this week to try again and he still got tummy cramps. He is now 4.5...
Started by Wendee on 03/12/2010 in Welcome To Circle Of Moms!!
Last update on 01/10/2018 by Brook


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Vol. 22, No. 11: Death Taxes
Death and taxes
Because opponents of estate taxes have long referred to them as death taxes, the term should be avoided in news stories.
Thus, when the lead of an article said, "With the federal estate tax disappearing for most people, state death taxes have emerged as a surprise new worry," we heard about it from readers.
The term, applied to certain state levies, was used in the article and headline as an umbrella term for estate taxes (levied by states on the decedent's assets) and inheritance taxes (levied on the heirs). But the term death tax has become too politicized to be of any use except in editorials. Bury it….