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House plan defunding STAAR may break federal rules
AUSTIN (AP) — A Texas House draft budget that would pull funding from statewide standardized tests likely won't be approved, but it's the first time in recent memory lawmakers have tried such a move — and it may even violate federal rules if it ever were to become law.
The proposal also foretells a larger legislative debate brewing on the overall importance of testing in Texas schools.
"I think legislators and the public want to have a broad discussion about testing and this one way to force it," Debbie Ratcliffe, a spokeswoman for the Texas Education Agency, said Tuesday.
The proposed 2014-15 House budget contains nothing but zeros for the standardized test known as the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness, or STAAR. It is designed to be more difficult than previous tests, which has caused uproar in some educational circles since students began taking it last school year.
A preliminary Senate budget, however, lists about $94 million annually for testing.
The two proposals will be merged in coming months, and what the Legislature actually passes will look very different from what has been proposed. Still, Ratcliffe said Texas has been giving standardized tests since 1980, and she couldn't recall a time either chamber had made such a move, even symbolically.
Education Commissioner Michael Williams, the state's top public education official, was briefed on the budget proposals Tuesday but offered no immediate comment. Ratcliffe said, however, that halting exams could have implications for the federal school rating system since No Child Left Behind laws mandate testing in elementary, middle and high school.
"There are state and federal laws that require student testing," she said. "If there were no funding we would be in violation of those laws."
Some cheered the move, though, including parents' groups who claim students are being over-tested.
"One of the surest ways to assure there will be a meaningful discussion of the testing is to withhold the funding until some of the sticker parts get addressed," said Lorie Barzano of Strengthen Austin Urban Schools and the Parents Across America network.
The defunding proposal likely is the opening salvo for an issue that may dominate the legislative session. Addressing the House on the opening day of session last week, Speaker Joe Straus said, "to parents and educators concerned about excessive testing — the Texas House has heard you."
"We will continue to hold our schools accountable," Straus said. "But we will also make our accountability and testing system more appropriate, more flexible and more reasonable."
Ratcliffe said the state signed a five-year contract with a private firm worth $468 million to administer STAAR, which last year replaced another standardized testing regime known as TAKS. She said the exam is rewritten every year, and the cost of that and printing costs mean the exam requires about $90 million annually to administer.
Barzano, whose daughter is a 10th grader in the Austin Independent School District, has testified before legislative committees about standardized testing having too many punitive consequences for students while weighing too heavily on districts' accountability ratings.
"Every dollar that goes to testing doesn't go to buying notebooks for the classroom, or paper for the students to use, or books for the library," Barzano said.
Bill Hammond is president of the powerful Texas Association of Business, which has been a vocal supporter of STAAR but also recently recommended reducing the number of tests students are required to take amid "legitimate concerns" including fears about over-testing in schools.
"Testing is very cost-effective" said Hammond, who called it the only way to ensure students are prepared for the jobs of tomorrow. But he acknowledged that the proposed defunding and other complaints were part of "a very real challenge to the testing regime in Texas."
Rep. Jessica Farrar, a Houston Democrat, said the proposal to strip testing funding left her scratching her head.
"We have expectations of students but then we don't fund them?" she asked. "We spent a lot of money on this test, and now we're not going to provide the money to actually give it?"


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Take Assessment - EWAN Final Exam - CCNA Exploration: Accessing the WAN (Version 4.0)
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An administrator is configuring a dual stack router with IPv6 and IPv4 using RIPng. The administrator receives an error message when trying to enter the IPv4 routes into RIPng. What is the cause of the problem? RIPng is incompatible with dual-stack technology. All interfaces have been configured with the incorrect IPv4 addresses. RIPv1 or RIPv2 needs to be configured in addition to RIPng to successfully use IPv4. When IPv4 and IPv6 are configured on the same interface, all IPv4 addresses are shut down in favor of the newer technology.
Which two statements are true about IPv6? (Choose two.) Security options are build into IPv6. IPv6 addresses require less router overhead to process. IPv6 can only be configured on an interface that does not have IPv4 on it. There is no way to translate between IPv4 addresses and IPv6 addresses. When enabled on a router, IPv6 can automatically configure link-local IPv6 addresses on all interfaces.
Refer to the exhibit. RIPv2 has been configured on all routers in the network. Routers R1 and R3 do not receive RIP routing updates. On the basis of the provided configuration, what should be enabled on router R2 to remedy the problem? proxy ARP CDP updates SNMP services RIP authentication
4A network administrator added two switches and a new VLAN over the past weekend. How can the administrator determine if the additions and changes improved performance and availability on the company intranet? Perform a baseline test and compare the current values to values that were obtained in previous weeks. Interview departmental secretaries and determine if they think load time for web pages is improved.
Compare the hit counts on the company web server for the current week to the values that were recorded from previous weeks. Performance on the intranet can be determined by monitoring load times of company web pages from remote sites.
Refer to the exhibit. Which two conclusions can be drawn from the output shown? (Choose two.) This network is experiencing congestion. The Frame Relay connection is in the process of negotiation. Data is not flowing in this network. The network is discarding eligible packets. The DLCI is globally significant.
Which three guidelines would help contribute to creating a strong password policy? (Choose three.)
Once a good password is created, do not change it. Deliberately misspell words when creating passwords. Create passwords that are at least 8 characters in length. Use combinations of upper case, lower case, and special characters. Write passwords in locations that can be easily retrieved to avoid being locked out. Use long words found in the dictionary to make passwords that are easy to remember.
Refer to the exhibit. You are a network administrator who has been tasked with completing the Frame Relay topology that interconnects two remote sites. How should the point-to-point subinterfaces be configured on HQ to complete the topology? HQ(config-subif)#frame-relay interface-dlci 103 on Serial 0/0/0.1 HQ(config-subif)#frame-relay interface-dlci 203 on Serial 0/0/0.2 HQ(config-subif)#frame-relay interface-dlci 301 on Serial 0/0/0.1 HQ(config-subif)# frame-relay interface-dlci 302 on Serial 0/0/0.2 HQ(config-subif)#frame-relay map ip 172.16.1.1 103 broadcast on Serial 0/0/0.1 HQ(config-subif)#frame-relay map ip 172.16.2.2 203 broadcast on Serial 0/0/0.2 HQ(config-subif)#frame-relay map ip 172.16.1.1 301 broadcast on Serial 0/0/0.1 HQ(config-subif)#frame-relay map ip 172.16.2.2 302 broadcast on Serial 0/0/0.2
Which three functions are provided by the Local Management Interface used in Frame Relay networks? (Choose three.) exchange information about the status of virtual circuits map DLCIs to network addresses provide flow control provide error notification provide congestion notification send keepalive packets to verify operation of the PVC
10 What three statements describe the roles of devices in a WAN? (Choose three.) A CSU/DSU terminates a digital local loop. A modem terminates a digital local loop. A CSU/DSU terminates an analog local loop. A modem terminates an analog local loop. A router is commonly considered a DTE device. A router is commonly considered a DCE device.
11 What can a network administrator do to recover from a lost router password? use the copy tftp: flash: command
boot the router to bootROM mode and enter the b command to load the IOS manually telnet from another router and issue the show running-config command to view the password boot the router to ROM monitor mode and configure the router to ignore the startup configuration when it initializes
12 Which wireless solution can provide mobile users with non line-of-sight broadband Internet access at speeds comparable to DSL or cable? Wi-Fi WiMAX satellite Metro Ethernet
13 At what physical location does the responsibilty for a WAN connection change from the user to the service provider? demilitarized zone (DMZ) demarcation point local loop cloud
Refer to the exhibit. A packet is being sent from Host A to Host B through the VPN tunnel between R1 and R3. When the packet first arrives at R3, what are the source and destination IP addresses of the packet? Source 192.168.1.2 - Destination 192.168.4.2 Source 192.168.3.1 - Destination 192.168.3.2 Source 192.168.2.1 - Destination 192.168.3.2 Source 192.168.3.1 - Destination 192.168.4.2
Refer to the exhibit. Branch A has a Cisco router. Branch B has a non-Cisco router set for IETF encapsulation. After the commands shown are entered, R2 and R3 fail to establish the PVC. The R2 LMI is Cisco, and the R3 LMI is ANSI. The LMI is successfully established at both locations. Why is the PVC failing? The PVC to R3 must be point-to-point. LMI types must match on each end of a PVC. The ietf parameter is missing from the frame-relay map ip 10.10.10.3 203 command. The PVCs at R2 use different encapsulation types. A single port can only support one encapsulation type.
16 Which combination of Layer 2 protocol and authentication should be used to establish a link without sending authentication information
Refer to the exhibit. This serial interface is not functioning correctly. Based on the output shown, what is the most likely cause? improper LMI type interface reset PPP negotiation failure unplugged cable
Refer to the exhibit. The SSH connections between the remote user and the server are failing. The correct configuration of NAT has been verified. What is the most likely cause of the problem? SSH is unable to pass through NAT. There are incorrect access control list entries. The access list has the incorrect port number for SSH. The ip helper command is required on S0/0/0 to allow inbound connections.
19 What will be the result of adding the command ip dhcp excluded-address 172.16.4.1 172.16.4.5 to the configuration of a local router that has been configured as a DHCP server? Traffic that is destined for 172.16.4.1 and 172.16.4.5 will be dropped by the router. Traffic will not be routed from clients with addresses between 172.16.4.1 and 172.16.4.5. The DHCP server function of the router will not issue the addresses between 172.16.4.1 and 172.16.4.5. The router will ignore all traffic that comes from the DHCP servers with addresses 172.16.4.1 and 172.16.4.5.
Refer to the exhibit. Company ABC expanded its business and recently opened a new branch office in another country. IPv6 addresses have been used for the company network. The data servers Server1 and Server2 run applications which require end-to-end functionality, with unmodified packets that are forwarded from the source to the destination. The edge routers R1 and R2 support dual stack configuration. What solution should be deployed at the edge of the company network in order to successfully interconnect both offices? a new WAN service supporting only IPv6 NAT overload to map inside IPv6 addresses to outside IPv4 address a manually configured IPv6 tunnel between the edge routers R1 and R2 static NAT to map inside IPv6 addresses of the servers to an outside IPv4 address and dynamic NAT for the rest of the inside IPv6 addresses
22 Which three statements are true about creating and applying access lists? (Choose three.) Access list entries should filter in the order from general to specific. One access list per port per protocol per direction is permitted. Standard ACLs should be applied closest to the source while extended ACLs should be applied closest to the destination. There is an implicit deny at the end of all access lists.
Statements are processed sequentially from top to bottom until a match is found. The inbound keyword refers to traffic entering the network from the router interface where the ACL is applied.
23 Which three items are LCP options that can be configured for PPP? (Choose three.) CHAP Stacker IPCP CDPCP Multilink
24 An administrator is unable to receive e-mail. While troubleshooting the problem, the administrator is able to ping the local mail server IP address successfully from a remote network and can successfully resolve the mail server name to an IP address via the use of the nslookup command. At what OSI layer is the problem most likely to be found? physical layer data link layer network layer application layer
Refer to the exhibit. What is placed in the address field in the header of a frame that will travel from the DC office of ABC Company to the Orlando office?
MAC address of the Orlando router MAC address of the DC router 192.168.1.25 192.168.1.26 DLCI 100 DLCI 200 26
Refer to the exhibit. Partial results of the show access-lists and show ip interface FastEthernet 0/1 commands for router R3 are shown. There are no other ACLs in effect. Host A is unable to telnet to host B. Which action will correct the problem but still restrict other traffic between the two networks? Apply the ACL in the inbound direction.
Apply the ACL on the FastEthernet 0/0 interface. Reverse the order of the TCP protocol statements in the ACL. Modify the second entry in the list to permit tcp host 192.168.10.10 any eq telnet .
Refer to the exhibit. The network administrator is adding R1 to an existing network. As a part of the corporate IT procedures, the administrator attempts to back up the router Cisco IOS software of R1 and receives the output shown. The network administrator then attempts unsuccessfully to ping the TFTP server from the console session. What should be done next to isolate this problem? From R2, validate that interface Fa0/0 is operational.
From the TFTP server, verify that the software on the TFTP server is operational. From the TFTP server, confirm there is enough room on the TFTP server for the Cisco IOS software. From the console session, make sure that R1 has a route to the network where the TFTP server resides.
28 What are the symptoms when the s0/0/0 interface on a router is attached to an operational CSU/DSU that is generating a clock signal, but the far end router on the point-to-point link has not been activated? show controllers indicates cable type DCE V.35. show interfaces s0/0/0 indicates serial down, line protocol down. show controllers indicates cable type DCE V.35. show interfaces s0/0/0 indicates serial up, line protocol down. show controllers indicates cable type DTE V.35. show interfaces s0/0/0 indicates serial up, line protocol down. show controllers indicates cable type DTE V.35. show interfaces s0/0/0 indicates serial down, line protocol down.
29 A technician is talking to a colleague at a rival company and comparing DSL transfer rates between the two companies. Both companies are in the same city, use the same service provider, and have the same rate/service plan. What is the explanation for why Company A reports higher download speeds than Company B? Company B has a higher volume of POTS voice traffic than Company A. Company B shares the conection to the DSLAM with more clients than Company A. Company A only uses microfilters on branch locations. Company A is closer to the service provider.
Refer to the exhibit. A technician issues the show interface s0/0/0 command on R1 while troubleshooting a network problem. What two conclusions can be determined by from the output shown? (Choose two.) The bandwidth has been set to the value of a T1 line. This interface should be configured for PPP encapsulation. There is no failure indicated in an OSI Layer 1 or Layer 2. The physical connection between the two routers has failed. The IP address of S0/0/0 is invalid, given the subnet mask being used.
Refer to the exhibit. A host connected to Fa0/0 is unable to acquire an IP address from this DHCP server. The output of the debug ip dhcp server command shows "DHCPD: there is no address pool for 192.168.1.1". What is the problem? The 192.168.1.1 address has not been excluded from the DHCP pool. The pool of addresses for the 192Network pool is incorrect. The default router for the 192Network pool is incorrect. The 192.168.1.1 address is already configured on Fa0/0.
32 Which three statements accurately describe a security policy? (Choose three.) It creates a basis for legal action if necessary. It defines a process for managing security violations. It defines acceptable and unacceptable use of network resources. The remote access policy is a component of the security policy that governs acceptable use of e-mail systems. It is kept private from users to prevent the possibility of circumventing security measures. It provides step-by-step procedures to harden routers and other network devices.
33 When configuring a Frame Relay connection, what are two instances when a static Frame Relay map should be used? (Choose two.) when the remote router is a non-Cisco router
when the remote router does not support Inverse ARP when the local router is using IOS Release 11.1 or earlier when broadcast traffic and multicast traffic over the PVC must be controlled when globally significant rather than locally significant DLCIs are being used
Refer to the exhibit. A network administrator is trying to configure a router to use SDM but it is not functioning correctly. What could be the problem? The username and password are not configured correctly. The authentication method is not configured correctly. The HTTP timeout policy is not configured correctly. The vtys are not configured correctly.
35 A network administrator is instructing a technician on best practices for applying ACLs. Which suggestion should the administrator provide?
Named ACLs are less efficient than numbered ACLs. Standard ACLs should be applied closest to the core layer. ACLs applied to outbound interfaces are the most efficient. Extended ACLs should be applied closest to the source that is specified by the ACL.
Refer to the exhibit. How is the TCP/IP configuration information specified by the default-router and dns-server commands made available? The TCP/IP information is forwarded to a 10.0.1.3 to be supplied to DHCP clients. The TCP/IP information is used by DHCP clients that are configured to request a configuration from R1. The TCP/IP information is supplied to any DHCP client on the network connected to the FastEthernet 0/0 interface of R1. The TCP/IP information is applied to each packet that enters R1 through the FastEthernet 0/0 interface that are hosts on the 10.0.1.0 /24 network except packets from addresses 10.0.1.2, 10.0.1.16, and 10.0.1.254.
37 What functionality do access control lists provide when implementing dynamic NAT on a Cisco router?
defines which addresses can be translated defines which addresses are assigned to a NAT pool defines which addresses are allowed out of the router defines which addresses can be accessed from the inside network
Refer to the exhibit. What happens if the network administrator issues the commands shown when an ACL called Managers already exists on the router? The commands overwrite the existing Managers ACL. The commands are added at the end of the existing Managers ACL. The network administrator receives an error stating that the ACL already exists. The commands will create a duplicate Managers ACL containing only the new commands being entered.
39 A company is looking for a WAN solution to connect its headquarters site with four remote sites. What advantage would dedicated leased lines provide to the customer compared to a shared Frame Relay solution? lower cost lower latency and jitter variable bandwidth capacity fewer physical router interfaces
Refer to the exhibit. What can be concluded from the exhibited output of the debug ip nat command? The 10.1.1.225 host is exchanging packets with the 192.168.0.10 host. The native 10.1.200.254 address is being translated to 192.168.0.10. The 192.168.0.0/24 network is the inside network. Port address translation is in effect.
Refer to the exhibit. From the output of the show interface commands, at which OSI layer is a fault indicated? application transport network data link physical
What is a major characteristic of a worm? malicious software that copies itself into other executable programs tricks users into running the infected software a set of computer instructions that lies dormant until triggered by a specific event exploits vulnerabilities with the intent of propagating itself across a network
Refer to the exhibit. R1 is performing NAT overload for the 10.1.1.0/24 inside network. Host A has sent a packet to the web server. What is the destination IP address of the return packet from the web server? 10.1.1.2:1234 172.30.20.1:1234 172.30.20.1:3333 192.168.1.2:80
44 A router in a Frame Relay network needs to forward a message received from a host. What two methods does the router use to identify the correct VC to forward the message? (Choose two.) The router forwards the frame to all ports in the network and learns the address from the reply frame. The destination host IP address is embedded in the DLCI. The router searches Inverse ARP tables for maps of DLCIs to IP addresses. A table of static mappings can be searched. The router broadcasts a request for the required IP address.
Refer to the exhibit. The link between the CTRL and BR_1 routers is configured as shown in the exhibit. Why are the routers unable to establish a PPP session? The clock rate must be 56000. The usernames are misconfigured. The IP addresses are on different subnets. The clock rate is configured on the wrong end of the link. The CHAP passwords must be different on the two routers. Interface serial 0/0/0 on CTRL must connect to interface serial 0/0/1 on BR_1.
Refer to the exhibit. The network administrator creates a standard access control list to prohibit traffic from the 192.168.1.0/24 network from reaching the 192.168.2.0/24 network while still permitting Internet access for all networks. On which router interface and in which direction should it be applied? interface fa0/0/0, inbound interface fa0/0/0, outbound interface fa0/0/1, inbound interface fa0/0/1, outbound
What are two main components of data confidentiality? (Choose two.) checksum digital certificates encapsulation encryption hashing
Refer to the exhibit. Which statement correctly describes how Router1 processes an FTP request entering interface s0/0/0, destined for an FTP server at IP address 192.168.1.5? It matches the incoming packet to the access-list 201 permit any any statement and allows the packet into the router. It reaches the end of ACL 101 without matching a condition and drops the packet because there is no access-list 101 permit any any statement. It matches the incoming packet to the access-list 101 permit ip any 192.168.1.0 0.0.0.255 statement, ignores the remaining statements in ACL 101, and allows the packet into the router. It matches the incoming packet to the access-list 201 deny icmp 192.168.1.0 0.0.0.255 any statement, continues comparing the packet to the remaining statements in ACL 201 to ensure that no subsequent statements allow FTP, and then drops the packet.
Refer to the exhibit. A network administrator has issued the commands that are shown on Router1 and Router2. A later review of the routing tables reveals that neither router is learning the LAN network of the neighbor router. What is most likely the problem with the RIPng configuration? The serial interfaces are in different subnets. The RIPng process is not enabled on interfaces. The RIPng network command is not configured. The RIPng processes do not match between Router1 and Router2.
50 A network administrator is working with an applications team to fix a problem that a server based application is having with response time. The administrator has examined the network portions of the data path and identified several possible problem areas. The applications team has simultaneously identified potential issues with the current release of software. The network administrator begins addressing the network issues while the applications team implements software patches. Which statement applies to this situation?
Changes to the network will reveal problems that are caused by the new patches. Scheduling will be more difficult if the network and software teams work independently. It will be difficult to isolate the problem if two teams are implementing changes independently. Results from changes will be easier to reconcile and document if each team works in isolation. 51 What effect would the Router1(config-ext-nacl)# permit tcp 172.16.4.0 0.0.0.255 any eq www command have when implemented inbound on the f0/0 interface? All TCP traffic is permitted, and all other traffic is denied. The command is rejected by the router because it is incomplete. All traffic from 172.16.4.0/24 is permitted anywhere on any port. Traffic originating from 172.16.4.0/24 is permitted to all TCP port 80 destinations.
A system administrator must provide Internet connectivity for ten hosts in a small remote office. The ISP has assigned two public IP addresses to this remote office. How can the system administrator configure the router to provide Internet access to all ten users at the same time? Configure DHCP and static NAT. Configure dynamic NAT for ten users. Configure static NAT for all ten users. Configure dynamic NAT with overload.
53 Which statement about a VPN is true? VPN link establishment and maintenance is provided by LCP. DLCI addresses are used to identify each end of the VPN tunnel. VPNs use virtual Layer 3 connections that are routed through the Internet. Only IP packets can be encapsulated by a VPN for tunneling through the Internet.


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Swim-A-Thon raises $50,000 for Gulliver, Miami Project to Cure Paralysis
More than 170 swimmers of all ages, including five-year-olds on noodles, raised more than $50,000 at Gulliver Schools' recent second annual Make a Splash Swim- A-Thon at the Preparatory Campus Aquatic Center.
Proceeds from the Swim-A-Thon will support the school's Annual Fund, benefitting the Gulliver Booster Club and the Performing and Visual Arts departments. A special gift will be made to KiDZ Neuroscience Center at the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis in honor of Woody Beckham, a Gulliver alumnus confined to a wheelchair after suffering a tragic accident playing rugby.
"This year's Swim-A-Thon was really great. My teammates, teachers, classmates, and even members of the administration all came out to have fun and help raise more than $50,000," said Connor Kuci, student chair for the Swim-A-Thon. "Everyone who participated allowed us to raise money that will help us to make an even larger donation this year to KiDZ Neuroscience Center at the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis; a really significant contribution to a meaningful cause that will help one of our alumni. I'm grateful for the opportunity to be a part of the Swim-A-Thon and I'm proud of the success that we were all able to achieve."
Many participants, including Gulliver swim and water polo teams, students, parents, faculty and alumni joined in the event. More than 200 families working and attending the event cheered the students on as they each earned money by swimming a maximum of 72 laps, a mile.
The top fundraiser for the second year in a row was Senior David Mills, who raised $9,500. Among the other top fundraisers was Mekayla Frazier, who arrived after her soccer game and swam a mile to raise more than $2,700. A family of triplet thirdgraders swam together and raised another $2,000. Two sisters, age five and seven, swam together and raised more than $1,000.


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Jimmy Smith's first start of 2012 did not end as well as he might have anticipated. Filling in for the injured Lardarius Webb (torn anterior cruciate ligament in left knee), Smith surrendered four catches on five attempts and 68 yards in the Ravens' 43-13 loss to the Houston Texans on Oct. 21, according to Pro Football Focus.
Smith was especially confounded on a pair of double moves that wide receiver Kevin Walter ran at the second-year quarterback. The first attempt ended in an incompletion due to an overthrown ball by quarterback Matt Schaub.
But Schaub connected with Walter on the second double move in the third quarter. That 34-yard gain helped contribute to a 12-play, 80-yard drive capped by a one-yard touchdown plunge by running back Arian Foster.
Smith said he views the double moves as part of his maturation process in the NFL.
"I'm learning," he said. "I'm coming along. The last time, obviously, there were the double moves, but other than that, I feel like I played well in coverage. So besides that, I'm just trying to stay disciplined, and I think I'm coming along pretty well."
Covering double moves can be problematic for cornerbacks, who are taught to read routes and jump them if they see an opportunity. Smith conceded that the aggressive nature of playing the cornerback position can be a vulnerability.
"It's very hard to defend because it's like someone swinging at you and you're not flinching," he said. "But if you study film and you study when teams take those shots and formations that come out there, it can slim down your chances. Even [the Denver Broncos'] Champ Bailey gets beat on double moves. It's part of the game. It's just learning how to narrow it down to when those shots are going to come. You're not going to know when exactly, but you can get a good feel to stop some of those."
But Smith said he's not making excuses for those lapses against the Texans. He insisted that it's up to him to make the improvements in his game to make sure that future opponents aren't encouraged to run more double moves against him.
Defensive coordinator Dean Pees said the coaches have been trying to encourage Smith to maintain his vision and focus on his assignment, not the quarterback.
"What happens is on the double move, you take your eyes off of the receiver and take them back to the quarterback, and it's at that point in time when the guy gives you the double move – when you're looking back and he's going on the double move," Pees said. "You have to spot the drive for on the up-field shoulder of the receiver. I used to tell guys that the only way I'm looking back to the quarterback now is through the earhole of the receiver. So if I'm looking through his earhole, I can see him, and I can see the quarterback. If I'm looking back here and he's here, I have no idea what he's doing. If he's here and I'm looking back through him, I know. To me, it's eye discipline."


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LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) — Shares of Research In Motion Ltd. moved between small gains and losses late Thursday following word that the mobile-device maker has sold a subsidiary.
RIM shares US:RIMM recently turned higher by 0.2% to change hands at $11.78 after Synchronoss Technologies Inc. SNCR, -2.31% said it paid $55.5 million in cash to buy NewBay from RIM. NewBay, which has its headquarters in Dublin, provides cloud services to mobile operators to deliver content across devices.
RIM paid $100 million to purchase NewBay in 2011.
Wireless software company Synchronoss said there was no assumption of cash or debt in the NewBay deal. Synchronoss expects the purchase to be neutral to slightly accretive on an adjusted basis to its 2013 financial results. See: Synchronoss buys RIM's NewBay for $55 million.
Late-traded shares of Synchronoss were down 0.3% at $20.44 in scant volume.
Ahead of the evening session, U.S. stocks pared losses following reports the U.S. House of Representatives plans to reconvene late Sunday to deal with steep spending cuts and tax increases set to start in January.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -2.37%, after falling as much as 150 points intraday, closed lower by 18 points, or 0.1%, at 13,096.31. The S&P 500 index SPX, -2.59% fell 0.1% to 1,418.10. The Nasdaq Composite COMP, -3.00% shed 0.1% to end at 2,985.91.


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If you're anything like us, your major complaint about pajamas is that they're just too hard to take off. That, and how urine stains never seem to wash out completely. These magnetic pajama buttons don't do much about problem #2, but they totally take the clothing-removal equation to the next level.
Of course, these magnetic fasteners are designed for the elderly and disabled, but our question is this: Why isn't this on all articles of clothing? Think about it, you could remove clothing LIKE THAT. That means perverts could go around and rip off women's clothing with minimal effort, which just leaves us with the one question: Why isn't this on all articles of clothing?
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KMC Singapore was established by Venerable Geshe Kelsang immediately after the 2007 Fall Festival, which had been hosted by Odiyana Centre in Singapore along with all the other Asian Kadampa centres.
A new building was acquired in the same week!
From February 2008 KMCSingapore will temporarily use the ground floor as the meditation room while the main Temple is prepared on the second floor.
The staircase will be moved to make more space for the Temple, and a shrine will be built to accommodate an 8ft Buddha Shakyamuni statue along with statues of Tara and Avalokiteshvara.
These statues will be filled and painted by Asian artists who recently trained at KMC Australia and at Manjushri KMC for this very purpose!
When the Temple is completed, the ground floor will be transformed into a World Peace Cafe.


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BEVERLY HILLS, CA – Final voting for the Oscars will end on Tuesday, February 19, at 5 p.m. PT. Ballots received after the deadline will not be counted.
The 5,856 voting members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will have until the 19th to vote in up to 24 categories. This year the Academy for the first time offered its members the option of casting their ballots online. Final voting began on February 8.
The votes are being tabulated and verified by the international accounting firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers.
The Academy is urging members who have chosen to vote by paper ballot to return them well in advance of the deadline due to the Presidents Day holiday on Monday, February 18.
Oscars for outstanding film achievements of 2012 will be presented on Oscar® Sunday, February 24, at the Dolby Theatre™ at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and will be hosted by Seth MacFarlane. The Oscar presentation will be televised live on the ABC Television Network and in more than 225 countries worldwide. For more information go to Oscar.com or download the official Oscars app.
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is the world's preeminent movie-related organization, with a membership of more than 6,000 of the most accomplished men and women working in cinema. In addition to the annual Academy Awards–in which the members vote to select the nominees and winners-the Academy presents a diverse year-round slate of public programs, exhibitions and events; provides financial support to a wide range of other movie-related organizations and endeavors; acts as a neutral advocate in the advancement of motion picture technology; and, through its Margaret Herrick Library and Academy Film Archive, collects, preserves, restores and provides access to movies and items related to their history. Through these and other activities the Academy serves students, historians, the entertainment industry and people everywhere who love movies.
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Our beignet story began with a brow wax. Now, generally "brow wax" and "delicious pastry" aren't things that go together--but it turns out, the aesthetician was originally from New Orleans, which inevitably led to a discussion about the best sweet stuff in the Crescent City. She waxed poetic about one specialty in particular--the beignet. (Cakespy Note: To avoid potential embarrassment later--it's pronounced "ben-YAY"--in your Frenchiest voice possible, please.)
What's a beignet? The answer may differ depending where you are in the world.
Beignets, a New Orleans specialty, are fried, raised pieces of yeast dough, usually about 2 inches in diameter or 2 inches square. After being fried, they are sprinkled with sugar or coated with various icings. It is like a sweet doughnut, but the beignet is square shaped and without a hole. Beignets are the forerunners of the raised doughnut. When you hear people in New Orleans say, "Goin' fo' coffee an' doughnuts," they mean coffee and beignets. In 1986, beignets became the Louisiana State Doughnut.And certainly, even if you've never tried a beignet, you'll recognize it as looking like a cousin to many other treats--at moments close to, but not quite the same as--doughnuts, zeppole, funnel cake, pączki, buñuelos, boules de Berlin...the list goes on.
When we went to Cafe Beignet on a Saturday afternoon, there was no line, and we watched the young employee roll out, shape and then fry the beignets to order. Now, we've never been to New Orleans so we don't really have a point of reference--but we can say that our beignets, taken piping hot to go and liberally dusted with a cinnamon-sugar topping, tasted hot, fried, sugary--that is to say, in our estimation, pretty delicious.
Beignet Recipe
- 1 cup lukewarm water
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 egg, room temperature & beaten
- 2 tablespoons butter, softened
- 1/2 cup evaporated milk
- 4 cups bread flour or all-purpose flour
- 3 teaspoons instant active dry yeast
- Vegetable oil*
- Powdered sugar for dusting
Using a mixer with a dough hook, place water, sugar, salt, egg, butter, evaporated milk, flour, and yeast in the bowl. Beat until smooth. If using a bread machine, select dough setting and press Start. When dough cycle has finished, remove dough from pan and turn out onto a lightly oiled surface. form dough into an oval, place in a lightly greased bowl, cover with plastic wrap, and refrigerate until well chilled (3 to 4 hours) or overnight.
To prepare dough, remove from refrigerator and roll out on a lightly floured board to 1/2-inch thickness. Cut into approximately 3-inch squares.
In a deep fryer or large pot, heat vegetable oil to 360 degrees F. Fry the beignets (2 or 3 at a time) 2 to 3 minutes or until they are puffed and golden brown on both sides, turning them in the oil with tongs once or twice to get them evenly brown; beignets will rise to the surface of the oil as soon as they begin to puff. NOTE: If the beignets don't rise to the top immediately when dropped into the oil, the oil is not hot enough. Remove from oil and drain on paper towels, then sprinkle heavily with powdered sugar. Serve hot.
NOTE: The dough can be kept for up to a week in the refrigerator - it actually improves with age; just punch down when it rises. Dough can also be frozen; cut and roll, or shape doughnuts before freezing.)
Makes 18 beignets.


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An alleged shoplifting at the Flying J on Maysville Road led to three arrests — but none of them connected with the shoplifting.
A clerk told the officer that she observed Tania Elizabeth Winchell, 27, of 3535 Athens Highway, Jefferson, conceal several items in her clothing.
As an officer spoke with Winchell and two other people with her, a white female reported that someone had stolen her cell phone while she was in the business' rest room. The officer recovered the phone, which Winchell said she found, and charged her with theft of lost or mislaid property.
The officer also arrested Kristin D. Maddox, 22, 881 Briscoe Mill Road, Commerce, on a Jackson County warrant for failure to appear, and after a search of Tommy Ray Phillips, 47, 421 Melvin Phillips Road, Commerce, turned up a pill bottle containing a plastic bag with methamphetamine, charged Phillips with possession of methamphetamine.
The report noted that neither Maddox nor Phillips claimed to have identification on them at the time of the incident. It also stated that the store had video showing Winchell concealing merchandise in her clothing.
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The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) recently named Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) chairman Luthfi Hasan Ishaaq a graft suspect, shocking the entire nation not only because the move against a party chief was unprecedented but also because of the partys clean reputation.
Luthfi was allegedly involved in beef-import bribery where evidence suggests that he had misused his power as a political party chairman and a House of Representatives member to give privileges to certain parties for importing
beef by means of, among other things, recommendation to the agriculture minister.
Now that the next election is just around the corner, many believe this one incident will irreparably damage any chance the PKS had of winning.
Essentially, politicians are supposed to be the agent for the principal (citizens) in which the former must act on behalf of the latter.
Regarding this relationship, many experts believe that corruption occurs when the abuse of public resources by the agent to gain personal benefits takes place. Criminologist Donald R. Cressey used the term trust violators to depict such agents who misuse their principals trust for their own ends.
Luthfi, according to the KPK deputy chairman Bambang Widjojanto, is accused of selling his power as a party leader to unlawfully influence government officials in their decisions regarding the distribution of beef-import quotas.
For this service it is alleged that he was rewarded handsomely by third parties in the form of bribe money.
In anti-fraud studies, this is commonly known as a rent seeking transaction where someone with power provides an illegal service and sells his product to third parties for personal or group gains.
The rent, or in many cases, political rent, itself is associated with the net benefits the bribers obtain from engaging in an illegal transaction with corrupt politicians.
In the beef import case, for example, the alleged bribers were willing to pay a huge amount of money to the alleged bribees since the latter were presumably believed by the former to be able to assist them in obtaining financial benefits from beef importation.
The perceived rent in this case is the difference between the money paid for bribing and that acquired as a result of the importing activities. To be able to participate in the bribery market, a corrupt politician needs to have the ability to provide assets or related benefits (e.g. huge business revenue) to the potential bribers.
This is where the cost-benefit consideration plays its role. Both bribers and bribees need to be sure that the costs of engaging in the bribery transaction, including the risk of being caught, will be outweighed by the benefits of doing so.
As happened in previous corruption cases, many were surprised when the KPK named a seemingly clean high-ranking politician a suspect.
Nevertheless, anti-fraud studies all around the world have established that unlike other types of crime, fraud is often perpetrated by apparently unlikely offenders.
Evidence suggests that major fraud cases around the world have commonly involved well-mannered and educated men of high social status, some of whom may appear outwardly religious.
The why element of fraud has long been studied by behaviorists to determine factors that may cause otherwise honest men to succumb to the temptation of fraud.
The desire for living a luxurious life has been identified by many studies as the most common reason to commit fraud.
Anti-fraud experts argue that the issue of corruption often circles around the issue of assets. Living a luxurious life, for example, also means that one must be in possession of a large amount of assets.
It is evident in many corruption cases in Indonesia that the offenders have possessed assets far beyond that which they could possibly earn from their jobs.
For this matter, assets are also an important focus in any fraud investigation where investigators will first identify the suspects income from unknown sources using, for example, the net worth analysis, and then investigate their true sources to assess the possibility that some or maybe all of them are from fraudulent activities.
As part of the so-called fraud triangle, rationalization has been known as one of the important why elements of many fraud cases. Essentially, at least before getting caught and sent to prison, fraud offenders generally believe that they are not committing any crime. Even after their arrest, some fraud offenders still believe that they have been wrongfully charged.
Based on studies, fraud rationalization often stems from within the offenders own organizations in the form of, for example, organizational culture.
Psychologists have identified a number of key psychological drivers to fraud among which is blind obedience to authority, where a person obediently submits to his superiors, no matter how corrupt they are, above everything else.
In many fraud cases, such an obedient person may be used as an interlocutor to facilitate bribery transactions and chances are that they too will likely believe that what they do is justified.
As evinced by many corruption cases here, interlocutors often become the first suspects who then lead investigators to the masterminds.
Finally, everybody needs to understand that fraud currently is a serious problem in Indonesia.
For citizens, with regard to the coming election, they need to be more critical in seeing the corruption problem and how current and future leaders promise to address it as part of their campaigns.
Citizens also need to realize that they too are part of the fight against corruption and that their support for the authorities will properly address the problem.
Each element of society has its role to play in creating a hostile environment for corruption and other fraud in Indonesia so that our future generations will have a chance to live in a fraud-free nation.
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