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...Connecting the YSP-800 is about five times easier than connecting a standard home-theater receiver. I plugged in my DVD player and cable box; there's room for three digital audio inputs and two stereo analog inputs, like a CD player or iPod. Then I connected the included microphone, placed it on a cardboard tripod on my couch, and selected the menu option called "Auto Setup". After a few minutes of blips and whooshes, the system had aligned itself around the microphone, which had been standing in for me and my ears...
...enough to stay ahead of the reader. So a cartoon stand-in for Lendler keeps turning up to urge the reader to slow down for Ned's sake and to please, please not turn the page yet. Now, what youngster can resist defying such a request? The narrative, a standard knight-rescuing-an-imprisoned-princess tale, unravels ridiculously as the overwhelmed Ned is forced to improvise. Tutus are substituted for missing armor, a giant pretzel replaces a dragon, and the hero falls through a hole in a half-drawn floor. Ultimately Ned quits, and a desperate Lendler runs...
...Indian tribes out of $80 million now looks as though it could touch dozens of lawmakers, their current and former staff members and Bush Administration officials. The Justice Department is preparing to test whether accepting lawfully reported campaign contributions may constitute corruption, subjecting Washington politicians to an entirely new standard. Even those who are not in legal jeopardy over their dealings with Abramoff and Scanlon could face embarrassing questions at home. All of which is about the last thing the Republicans who control Congress wanted to hear as they move into what is an already hostile political climate for next...
...stops on the Freedom Ride, led by Charles Perkins and other students, to draw attention to discrimination against blacks. In 1997, Estens started the Aboriginal Employment Strategy (AES), a not-for-profit company that tries to find work for indigenous people through corporate partnerships; going beyond the standard approaches of employment agencies, the AES is staffed solely by indigenous people, who provide mentoring support for the 300 or so workers they place each year. "There's a third of Aborigines who'll just never work. Welfare can handle them," says Estens. "The top third, educated and with good work experience...
...Undergraduate Council (UC) recently threw its weight behind the cause of eight Tulane freshmen who spent their first semester at Harvard, proposing a plan that would allow these students to apply for spring transfer status in a special round of applications preceding the standard transfer application cycle. Certainly, the circumstances of these eight students are unfortunate, and all in the Harvard community want to handle this situation with as much respect and sensitivity as possible. Nevertheless, the central facts of this issue cannot be ignored. For reasons of fairness and practicality, the UC’s plan is misguided...