Dec. 2nd, 2007

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WP -- Virginia lawmakers mandated personal finance education as an academic subject in 2005, three years after the state education department ceased to recognize consumer math as a course, deeming its content below the minimum standard for high school.

"Students were getting out of calculus, and they didn't have these basic consumer skills," said Frank Atchison, coordinator of mathematics in Fairfax schools.
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WP -- Virginia lawmakers mandated personal finance education as an academic subject in 2005, three years after the state education department ceased to recognize consumer math as a course, deeming its content below the minimum standard for high school.

"Students were getting out of calculus, and they didn't have these basic consumer skills," said Frank Atchison, coordinator of mathematics in Fairfax schools.
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С наступлением зимы продолжили смотреть фильмы.

Fritz Lang, Spies (1928) [1], [2].

В роли Сони Бараниковой -- Герда Маурус!



Nontrivia: when Agent 326 trails Sonya to Col. Jellusic's apartment you can see posters for Fritz Lang's prior film, Metropolis (1927), on the street walls in the background.
birdwatcher: (Спартак)
С наступлением зимы продолжили смотреть фильмы.

Fritz Lang, Spies (1928) [1], [2].

В роли Сони Бараниковой -- Герда Маурус!



Nontrivia: when Agent 326 trails Sonya to Col. Jellusic's apartment you can see posters for Fritz Lang's prior film, Metropolis (1927), on the street walls in the background.
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Обнаружен демократический кандидат с небезумной политикой в отношении Кубы: Крис Додд.

Connecticut Sen. Chris Dodd backed an immediate end to the U.S. embargo. "I think we make a huge mistake by not normalizing relations with Cuba," Dodd said, adding the embargo had benefited the communist government established in 1959 by Fidel Castro.

Разумеется, Clinton, the front-runner among Democrats in national polls, and rivals Obama, John Edwards and Joseph Biden said relations could not be normalized without a significant change in Cuba.

К сожалению, голосовать за него ни в коем случае нельзя: "Chris Dodd's national service plan is bold and comprehensive. A million Americans in service would help unite our nation, address our communities most pressing unmet needs and instill a culture active citizenship in every generation."

А жаль, а жаль.
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Обнаружен демократический кандидат с небезумной политикой в отношении Кубы: Крис Додд.

Connecticut Sen. Chris Dodd backed an immediate end to the U.S. embargo. "I think we make a huge mistake by not normalizing relations with Cuba," Dodd said, adding the embargo had benefited the communist government established in 1959 by Fidel Castro.

Разумеется, Clinton, the front-runner among Democrats in national polls, and rivals Obama, John Edwards and Joseph Biden said relations could not be normalized without a significant change in Cuba.

К сожалению, голосовать за него ни в коем случае нельзя: "Chris Dodd's national service plan is bold and comprehensive. A million Americans in service would help unite our nation, address our communities most pressing unmet needs and instill a culture active citizenship in every generation."

А жаль, а жаль.