EDIN Jan 28, 2009

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Dayton Daily News jan 28, 2009
Letter to an Outgoing President
Thursday, January 22, 2009

[by Rabbi Meyer May, Executive Director of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, and President of the Rabbinical Council of California. This letter was hand-delivered to President Bush a few days ago. The text also appears this week in Hamodia.]

Dear President Bush,
By way of introduction, I am the Executive Director of the Simon Wiesenthal Center (warm regards to you from Rabbi Hier) and President of the Rabbinical Council of California. I am writing to you from the depths of my heart because how much I wanted to, I was not able to express these sentiments to you in person.
Mr. President, as an Orthodox Jew and rabbi, I am schooled in clarity of focus and a clear unequivocal moral compass which is rooted in my faith. I know someone with such clarity and with such an unequivocal moral compass when I see him. You, Mr. President, have these! Indeed, you have epitomized these qualities never wavering no matter how vicious and hurtful the political and personal attacks have been. No doubt, your faith guided you and you let it!
Your steadfast determination to rid the Iraqi people and the world of the murderous Sadam Hussein, and your recognition of Yasser Arafat for the terrorist that he was demonstrated your crystal clear view of what is just and what is not. Surely, you know what you accomplished in Iraq and history will be kind to you, I am sure, though many in our time refuse to acknowledge your difficult success there. Thank you for your clarity!
And, I am proud that my President showed an infinite compassion for the AIDS victims in Africa. The scale and scope of your efforts in this humanitarian crisis, leaves me further in awe of you and your presidency. Thank you for your humanity!
Mr. President, your response in the wake of 9/11 to the threat to our freedom and every human value we hold dear will long be remembered as one of your singular successes. That our country was not attacked again during your administration is a credit to your leadership and determination to deny evil its victory. Thank you for that clarity, too!
And, Mr. President, your pure unequivocal love for the State of Israel and respect for her enormous accomplishments, despite the constant existential threats she faces, was so beautifully and movingly demonstrated by your memorable speeches I had the privilege to hear when we joined together to celebrate Israel’s 60th anniversary in Jerusalem. But it was your consistent actions to support her, as late as this week that will forever endear you to me. Your impeccable sense of right and wrong and refusal to allow terrorists to claim moral equivalency with a peace loving democracy like Israel will especially be the hallmark of your tenure as President. Israel had no better friend than you. And the same can be said for the entire Jewish People. Thank you for your devotion!
In short, Mr. President, you have warmed and inspired me and I bid you farewell as my President with a sense of relief for you that you can take a well-deserved break from the helm of our planet, but a tinge of sadness, too, that we will be losing your steady hand and noble, purity of vision as the leader of the free world.
But even in this seamless transition, which is the strength of our great American democracy, you and the First Lady have shown such class– we Jews call it, "Mentchlechkeit" — as you welcomed my next President and our future First Lady with grace and kindness to their soon-to-be home in the White House. Even to the end of your term, you have leant dignity and honor to your High Office.
Mr. President, you and Mrs. Bush don’t know me, but I hope that you and your elegant First Lady will count me forever among your friends!
Thank you,
Rabbi Meyer H. May
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Good Salesman from Third Age
Posted January 24, 2009 4:22 PM

A lady went into a pet shop. "I'd like to buy two yellow canaries," she told the owner.
"We don't have any canaries, but we have these," the owner said. He showed the lady some pale green parakeets.
"That's not what I'm looking for," the lady stated. But the pet store owner refused to give up.
"Just think of them as yellow canaries that aren't quite ripe yet," he said.

Another Potential Benefit of Cutting Calories: Better Memory
By PAM BELLUCK New York Times
Published: January 26, 2009
Eating fewer calories may lead to better memory, a new study says.
caloric restriction improves memory in elderly humans (PNAS)

The study, published Monday in The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, appears to be the first to link calorie-restricted diets with improved memory in people. Studies with animals have shown memory improvement, but there is debate about the impact of calorie restriction on humans’ cognitive function.
The study was small, involving 50 men and women ages 50 to 72 who ranged from normal weight to overweight.
Members of one group ate food they normally ate but were instructed to cut their calories by 30 percent, primarily by eating smaller portions, said Dr. Agnes Flöel of the University of Münster in Germany, a neurologist and one of the researchers. Members of a second group kept their calories the same but were instructed to increase the unsaturated fat (healthy fat) they ate by 20 percent. A third group made no dietary changes.
Participants were advised by dietitians but monitored their own eating over three months, Dr. Flöel said. Then they took tests involving memorizing words. The calorie-restricted group averaged 20 percent improvement in memory performance. The other groups showed no significant change.

How to Hook up DVD Player to TV

Steps
Remove the DVD Player from its box and place it where you want.
Hook the DVD player to the TV using the cable that came with the DVD player. New HDMI DVDs will have an HDMI cable (squarish end), while other models will have either a composite cable with three connections at each end (yellow, white and red) or a audio-video cable with two connections (yellow and white).
Older TV's may only have a coaxial cable input. If this is the case you might want to consider purchasing an RF Modulator.
Plug the DVD player's power cable into an outlet.
Power on your TV.
Power on the DVD player.
Set your TV on "AUX" (or what setting the input spot is labelled). You should see your DVD welcome screen.

[edit] Tips
The DVD player will most likely come with a "Quick Start Guide", which will provide basic instructions on how to set up the DVD player and start using it.

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