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On Sept. 12, I attended my first Washington Township Council meeting. I find it extremely disappointing that I need to write this letter, but I feel it's very important to alert taxpayers as to how our money is used as a paycheck for incompetence.
I am disappointed in the way the elected officials, especially Mayor Barbara Wallace, handled concerned constituents. I was befuddled as to how the mayor of the town could not answer pertinent questions except to say "I don't know, I'll have to check." Isn't her job to know something about the town?
I found the administration's behavior ineffective and aloof to the concerns of the taxpayers. I watched as a resident asked questions pertaining to the use of taxpayer money on a fancy four-colored newsletter and the use of Gloucester County Institute of Technology students filming "Ask the Mayor," not Washington Township students who might do this at no cost to taxpayers.
Wallace, while at a loss for a valid reason, snickered and rolled her eyes to township Administrator Bob Smith, who looked more than indifferent.
I also was appalled at the way some council members handled a parent troubled about an unsafe sidewalk near Bunker Hill Middle School. She was told, "We cannot discuss that." Really? Children walking along a dangerous sidewalk cannot be discussed?
Apparently, this has been a long-standing concern and is still not addressed. Did this governing body forget we pay them to help run the town?
I left the meeting with a feeling of incompleteness. I see that, on every level of government, it is all about the taxpayer until the election is over — then it becomes burdensome to hear our requests.
Well, this resident does not want to burden them, so, at election time, I will be just as aloof with them.
When will we see a governing body that has the heart and sincerity to carry out the promises they made? I surely did not see leadership on Sept. 12, 2012.
Louise Pelosi


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- From a price perspective, unless there's a recurrence of drought, it's going to be hard to put $6.50 back on a new-crop corn price for a September delivery.
- We could very easily see a '4' in front of this crop.
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Some Midwestern analysts are predicting that U.S. corn carryout could triple this year if trendline yields are realized. Kansas State University has a range of $6.50 down to $4 per bushel, and the USDA is projecting a season-average price of $4.80
"USDA is currently saying we'll have about 97.5 million acres of corn. On the high side, people are guessing we might add one million acres to that. I hope we'll see a return to less disappearance and a better crop with improved yields.
"If that happens, I've got a 16 to 18 percent carryout, and that jumps you up to 2 to maybe 2.5 billion bushels of corn. Historically, that tells us we'll see a '4' in front of the corn market, and corn will be relatively cheap."
The South, says Wheeler, is not geared towards a crop the size it saw last year, or the one it's expecting this year.
"That's why farmers are contracting – solely to have a spot in line. Buyers have figured it out, and they're sitting on the sidelines. I've got millions of bushels of corn sold, and I need to sell millions more.
"There is no home for the wheat right now. We have record amounts contracted, but we probably have an all-time low that is actually sold. The flour mills have an excess from last year, and they're not interested in contracting anything."
From a price perspective, unless there's a recurrence of drought, it's going to be hard to put $6.50 back on a new-crop corn price for a September delivery, says Wheeler.
"We could very easily see a '4' in front of this crop. We've got a lot of pent-up demand, and we're seeing a lot of interest from overseas in our exports.
"We can turn our exports back on rather rapidly. We think the USDA is over-estimating South America's crop, and if that's the case, China will start paying more attention to us."
It's going to be feast or famine this year on carryout, he says. "Either we're going to set an all-time low, or we're going to go back to where we're very comfortable, and it all depends on Mother Nature."
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The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood watch for areas south and southwest of Lake Pontchartrain, including much of the New Orleans area, through Thursday afternoon. Between 3 and 5 inches of rain are expected in the watch area through Thursday, with higher amounts occurring in some isolated areas.
The watch area includes New Orleans and Assumption, Jefferson, Lafourche, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Charles, St. James, St. John the Baptist and Terrebonne parishes.
In a watch message, forecasters said an upper level low over the easternmost Texas coast will produce moderate to heavy rainfall over much of southern Louisiana this afternoon through Thursday.
"The month of April has been much wetter than normal and grounds are nearly saturated," the message said. "As a result, the threat of heavy rainfall with excessive runoff will exist (Tuesday) afternoon through late Thursday, which may result in flash flooding in the watch area.
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Victory! Last night, voters in Massachusetts elected pro-choice Ed Markey (D) to the Senate!
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May 2, 2012 at 6:52pm
I think what the comments demonstrate is just how friggen insane Libertarians are.
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April 30, 2012 at 5:38pm
The guy's instincts are there even if he is ignorant of the ideological differences. There is a 180 degree difference between Classical Liberalism (the liberalism of the Founding Fathers, e.g., free enterprise economy, property rights, limited government, liberty loving, firearms freedom, religious freedom, etc.), and contemporary liberalism. Contemporary liberalism is completely at odds with Madison and completely in line with Marx. Contemporary liberalism couldn't exist in 1787 when the Constitution was drafted, for several reasons, not the least of which, Marx and Engels hadn't written their manifesto yet. The two party's who met at the Constitutional Convention to debate and draft the U.S. Constitution were the Federalists and the anti-Federalists. Extrapolated to today's politics that would be the conservatives and the libertarians, respectively. In the end the Federalists won out. Although, the anti-Federalists insisted that a Bill of Rights be included as a requisite for their support. That was drafted subsequent to the Constitution. Madison argued that a Bill of Rights was unnecessary since the Federal Government had no more power than was specifically enumerated to it and all the rest (the bulk of the power) was vested in the states or the people. He further said that the inclusion of a Bill of Rights, since all rights could not be covered, might induce evil doers at some future date to hold that since a particular right wasn't among the one's in the
March 18, 2012 at 9:16pm
The Catholic religion is amonst the most moral in teaching, but its perishoners are not amongst the most adherents of religious teaching. Growing up I found what appeared to be an inclination for catholic girls to be most accommodating in helping a lad lose his virginity.
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February 22, 2012 at 7:10pm
And this is really borne out in Alexis de Tocqueville's Democracy in America.
The Constitution was written for the sole purpose of setting up and limiting the power of the federal government. The Bill of Rights was written for assurance of certain basic rights of the people. The 9th and 10th Amendments in the Bill of Rights gives all rights not specifically enumerated to the federal government, to the states or the people.
James Madison was against a Bill of Rights, because he said: since the whole purpose of the Constitution is to specify what power is given the government, it would be redundant, since all other power is reserved to the states or the people. Thus the 9th and 10th Amendments in the Bill of Rights to make this fact perfectly clear.
February 22, 2012 at 7:01pm
First, the Founders wanted freedom OF religion, and they wanted the Government to stay out of religious affairs. This is brought forward with a reading of what the founders said and wrote over their lifetimes. Scholarship has determined that 34% of everything they wrote and spoke about over their lifetimes came from the Bible. The second most thing was John Locke at 8%.
Second, the Founders gave very little power to the federal government (limited government), only that power that was specifically enumerated in the Constitution. The federal government does not have the constitutional authority to become involved in education. The system the Founders set down is called Federalism, and to become involved in education and many, many other things (that the fed gov have involved themselves in) is to usurp the power reserved in the Constitution (Bill of Rights, since the Constitution proper is about limiting the federal government) for the states or the people.
February 20, 2012 at 4:59pm
A Christian communist….RIGHT!! In his two books, the only religion he showed any reverence for was the muslim religion. The only church he sat in in this country for any length of time was an American hating church with an American hating pastor. A Church that preached Black Liberation Theology, a quasi-religious afro-centric marxism.
He stated in one of his books that when the crap hits the fan he stands with the muslims. He has stated that the U.S. is a muslim nation. He has stated that if it ever was, the U.S. is no longer a Christian nation. He, like all leftists despise Christianity and Jewry.
February 18, 2012 at 5:10pm
It's who lives there after the smoke clears that counts. And there were mexicans who fought for independence from Mexico too.
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February 18, 2012 at 3:26pm
Absolutely love it!!!!!!!!
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February 17, 2012 at 6:41pm
February 14, 2012 at 7:59pm
Right Jeremy, the firearms industry is the most regulated industry in the land.
@FreedomPurveyor….And furthermore, 60% of all gun deaths are suicide.
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February 14, 2012 at 8:36am
Actually, if you weren't so myopic, you would realize that Tommy is getting it done, but his daughter was rebelling over that fact, and probably felt justified in doing so by the influence she gets from the school system and the greater leftwing community. What she found out was that that doesn't fly.
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February 13, 2012 at 10:40pm
This is just a continuence of other like things that the "government" has done recently to try to bolster support for the justice department and Holder, who is under intense fire for Fast and Furious.
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February 13, 2012 at 10:32pm
You certainly are proving out your name.
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February 13, 2012 at 10:18pm
All pro-abortion people should allow themselves to be euthenized to show they're serious about aborting human beings. But just like the left thinks other people should pay their (the left's) way, via higher taxes for the other people, the left also thinks that other people should take the hit and be snuffed out.
February 13, 2012 at 11:31am
Are the so-called machine guns….actually machine guns??? As we've seen time and time again over the years, guns claimed to be machine guns by the left are really only semi-autos. Is the communist, Van Jones, really a hero to the left??? I would imagine so. Are these people, the subject of this piece, political prisoners??? Of course they are.
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February 11, 2012 at 1:08pm
For a change a happy and funny story.
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February 9, 2012 at 8:35pm
Disparate, even.
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February 9, 2012 at 8:32pm
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February 9, 2012 at 1:57pm
He will be assaulted by any and all of the crowd who have been working at tearing down the nation's history, icons and traditions for the last 70 years. And yes, the ACLU is a great part of that. The democrap party has also become a great part of that nefarious group. They use desparate groups like indians, hispanics and blacks as the vehicle to undermine the U.S. Constitution, the Nation's culture, traditions and institutions. Call it a program of deamericanization.
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February 9, 2012 at 1:47pm
It is correct that the Sioux Nation gave their blessing to the UND name and mascot 80 years ago.
The Sioux Nation in North Dakota have sued the NCAA.
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Internationally renowned trauma surgeon Avraham Rivkind, who leads the surgery and shock trauma unit at Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem, which has long experience responding to suicide bombings and other attacks, spent Tuesday and Wednesday instructing audiences at Tulane University on how to run a hospital after mass casualties.
He outlined the types of injuries resulting from blasts: the shock-wave injuries, shrapnel injuries, injuries from a whole body being thrown and burns. He described differences between bombings in open spaces and those in semi-confined spaces, with confined tending to be more deadly. He advised how to run practice drills, how to set up triage work, how to clear space by postponing elective medical functions, how to manage the flow of patients through the hospital and how to use tourniquets and Foley catheters to stop bleeding.
Rivkind, who trained the trauma team at Massachusetts General Hospital that responded to the Boston Marathon bombing in April, is one of several Israeli emergency and medical experts visiting New Orleans this week, offering guidance for a city that is famous for hosting major events.
New Orleans organizers and participants in the conference, called the New Orleans/Israel Partnership on Emergency Response and Medicine, said while New Orleans has extensive experience with street crime and natural disasters, it lacks an emphasis on responding to terrorism-style atrocities.
"We are pretty darn good with slow disasters," such as a hurricane unfolding over several days, said Norman McSwain, Tulane surgery professor and trauma director for the Interim LSU Public Hospital. "What we're not very good at, because we don't have much experience, is the fast disasters."
McSwain said New Orleans doctors were able to handle the Mother's Day second-line shooting in May, with 19 wounded, because despite the crime's abhorrence, it still was small enough to manage.
"If it had been 110, we would've had a problem," McSwain said.
And, he said, New Orleans is vulnerable with its many crowded parades and festivals.
Improvements in responding to such events are unfolding, McSwain said. He joined a group of doctors that gathered after the December 2012, Newtown, Conn., elementary school massacre to develop a strategy, called The Hartford Consensus, for training police in techniques to stop victims from hemorrhaging to death after mass shootings.
Bleeding out has been a key risk in those situations, he said, as emergency medical services personnel were kept away from victims until after the violent scenes were controlled. He said every police officer in Louisiana will receive training on stopping bleeding.
The Jewish Federation of Greater New Orleans organized the collaboration with the Israelis, which also includes New Orleans medical and emergency leaders offering advice on disasters of the more familiar type here.
The federation's director, Michael Weil, said the idea rose from a sister city relationship with the Israeli city of Rosh Ha'Ayin, involving an exchange program for professionals in both places. After Hurricane Katrina, the Jewish Federation identified the loss of medical professionals and the status of emergency services in New Orleans as issues in need of addressing. Weil said with New Orleans seeming to lack in-depth preparation for mass-casualty outbreaks of violence, but also serving as host to more than 9 million visitors as of last year, the federation began lining up Israelis who could share expertise.
"The thing that keeps people up at night is what happens if there's a crazy shooter, there's multiple victims, a bomb goes off, things such as that," Weil said. "Fortunately, or unfortunately, Israel has a lot of experience with that."
He said the conference, which continues Thursday and Friday, is mostly tailored for emergency and medical responders, including technical sessions on responding to different medical situations. About 200 people registered to attend.
"We share common values of saving life and saving democracy," and also some common threats, Weil said.
"It's a small country with all the threats around her," and therefore a proclivity for planning, Rivkind said about Israel in a Wednesday night session.
"We're here because we want to save lives," he said. "That's the motive."


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Cemeteries are special places in this world. They offer family members and friends a place to lay a bouquet of flowers as they pause for a minute - or hours - to remember a loved one.
Children are special people in this world. They fill up our present with their presence, and carry our hopes for the future on their tiny shoulders.
Jennifer Scharfenstein has a special mission in mind that involves both children and cemeteries, and is asking the community to consider its worth and support Savannah Smiles in its latest project.
In spite of its cheery name, Savannah Smiles is a project born of tragedy. The nonprofit memorial ministry was established as a tribute to the late Savannah Scharfenstein, who died at age 9 after a 2006 parade accident in Slidell.
"I'd rather have Savannah than Savannah Smiles, if I could have, but that is not what has been assigned to me, " Scharfenstein said recently. "I am just a mom. Through Savannah Smiles, I get to honor my daughter every day."
Savannah Smiles' original mission, helping families meet funeral expenses after the death of a child, followed the community outpouring that helped the Scharfenstein family pay for their daughter's $7,000 burial expenses.
"Sometimes the cure doesn't come; sometimes the parents' worst nightmare is realized," Scharfenstein said.
Savannah Smiles has paid the funeral expenses for the children of 71 families during the past year alone and, since 2007, has helped more than than 200 families.
The nonprofit's second project was the establishment of Savannah Manor, which provides support for families in need of transitional housing as they work to get back on their feet. Savannah Manor accepts referrals from churches, and only is open to married couples with children.
Savannah Smiles' latest undertaking is the creation of a cemetery for children whose parents have never contemplated such a need.
Scharfenstein described a family recently assisted by Savannah Smiles whose child had been in a morgue for more than a month because the parents did not have the money to purchase a burial plot. It was the family's second lost infant.
Scharfenstein recalled receiving a call from the child's grandmother. "She said, 'I want to have a place for when my daughter is able, she will have a place to put flowers.'"
Finding such a "place" is Scharfenstein's mission.
Savannah Smiles recently received a $2,000 donation toward the organization's efforts from the Rotary Club of Slidell Northshore. The money for that donation was raised through a benefit Skeet Shoot the club held earlier this year.
Another fundraising effort is on the horizon. The Savannah Smiles Golf Tournament will be held Nov. 9 at Pinewood Country Club. Registration is at 9:30 a.m. and the tournament will tee off at 11 a.m.
For information on any of the activities associated with Savannah Smiles, contact Scharfenstein at 985.690.7444, email firstname.lastname@example.com, or visit www.savannah-smiles.org. (A tax ID number is available upon request.) Donations or communications also may be directed to Savannah Smiles, P.O. Box 2103, Slidell, LA 70459-2103.
Scharfenstein fully admits locating land for a cemetery for children is a big undertaking - both the project itself and the heaviness she carries within her heart for the loss of her own daughter.
"But I have a God who's bigger," Scharfenstein said. "I'll just try to keep up."
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Flood Homes With Hope has been established as one coordinated effort that will address the long-term recovery needs of those affected by the flood in our region.
In the second year of rebuilding, we know that much work remains to be done and that Disaster Case Managers are still available to help.
If you need help, call our Disaster Case Managers. You can reach them at (218) 499-9480. Or Register Online for Help By Clicking Here.
Of the more than 1,900 homes that had significant damage in the Northland Flash Flood of 2012, only 5-10% percent had insurance to that would cover damages. Flood Homes with Hope will help individuals and families who have exhausted all other funding options to rebuild their homes, and provide safe, sanitary and secure living conditions
Every dollar donated to this fund will go to victims across the region to provide for material and labor costs associated with repairing flood damaged homes and properties. Administrative costs of the campaign are being covered though other funding sources.
Flood Homes With Hope will provide a coordinated recovery effort to the June 2012 Northland flash flood impacting City of Superior and Douglas County in Wisconsin; City of Duluth and St. Louis, Carlton, Aitkin, Lake and Pine Counties in Minnesota; and the Fond du Lac Reservation.
Accomplishments to Date
- More than $20 million of federal, state, and private assistance has been committed to the individual and family recovery from the June 2012 Northland Flash Flood.
- More than 600 residents have received direct assistance from the Flood Homes With Hope campaign, and hundreds more have been helped by our information campaign explaining the complicated system of state and federal assistance.
- More than 800 residents have approached the federal government for disaster loans. As of the last report, 313 loans for $8.7 million had been approved. The Disaster Case Managers have helped more than 75 residents with appeals related to the federal loan program.
- More than 300 residents have approached Minnesota Housing local administrators for Quick Start loans, and more than half of them have been working directly with Disaster Case Managers employed by Lutheran Social Services.
- As of June 18, more than $760,000 had been disbursed to 380 households from Superior to Pine County from the Regional Flood Fund.
- The combined commitment to individual and family flood recovery from private individuals, local companies, non-profit organizations and foundations now exceeds $2.1 million.
- In early October, we estimated that about 200 residents were basically camping in their houses without fully functioning heating or electrical systems. While many of those residents were waiting for state and federal loan programs to complete their paperwork, many more had no idea where to turn. As of today, anyone who is found to be without heat is given help, usually within 24 hours. Disaster Case Managers have helped with approximately 50 emergency heating system replacements since that time.


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HTC device design suggests a new personal media player could be on the way
The personal media player segment within the mobile market may not be the hottest out there, especially considering smartphones do everything a PMP does, but people still like dedicated devices. And it looks like HTC is ready to attack that market, as a new device design revealed by PatentBolt suggests. Back at the early part of 2011, HTC filed a patent… Read more


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How to Schedule your Audition
There are two ways to audition for the Music program at Lebanon Valley College. Regardless of which method you choose, auditions must be completed by April 1, 2017. Early decision candidates must complete auditions by November 13, 2016. In order to qualify for talent award consideration, auditions must be completed by February 20, 2017.
It is highly recommended that auditions are completed during the fall semester (mid-September through December).
All students applying to LVC as a music major, including: Music Education, Music Business, Audio & Music Production, or Music Performance MUST complete an audition as part of your application.
Option 1: Schedule an Individual Audition
Auditions are heard Monday through Friday during regular business hours. Auditions will not be scheduled on October 17-18, November 23-27, December 10-January 22, and March 4-12. Early decision candidates must complete their audition by November 13, and for talent award consideration by February 20. Auditions performed during the fall semester (mid-September to early December) are highly recommended.
Auditions are scheduled by appointment online. If you have any further questions, please contact Trisha Hocker, 717-867-6275.
Option 2: Attend an Audition Day
January 28, 2017
Prospective students will have the opportunity on this day to attend an information session with the music faculty, audition, enjoy lunch in the Mund Dining Hall, and receive a campus tour with our Admissions Office.
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Choosing tools for effective virtualization
Going Virtual
Good tools are half the battle – even if you are just managing virtual machines. This month we take a practical look at virtualization, and we show you a new threat to watch for in the virtual future.
Servers are not human. They don't live and breathe. They just consume power and take up space. Do we really need so many? The virtualization revolution is about saving money, time, and floor space. Today's virtualization tools provide an efficient environment for testing, running, and managing applications – with lower electric bills and fewer hardware headaches. But is virtualization all good, or does it also open the door to new kinds of threats?
In this month's cover story, we examine the practical side of virtualization. We start with an introduction to some of the virtualization tools available for Linux. Then we take a closer look at a pair of popular open source virtualization alternatives: Xen and VirtualBox. Finally, we settle in for a look at the dark side of virtualization: the mysterious world of virtualizing rootkits.
Virtualization in Action
Amazon's S3 storage system lets customers store volatile data. Although this offering is still officially in the "Unlimited Beta" phase, some companies are already considering it for production use.
In November 2007, IBM announced that it would offer a similar service, Blue Cloud, based on Xen and IBM's own Power VM. Google also uses Xen: In a move that is atypical for the corporation, which tends not to reveal details of its IT systems, Google introduced the Ganeti management tool, which they have developed specially for this purpose.
Ganeti was released under the GPL in August 2007. The search giant uses the technology for its internal systems, but not for its search engine. Ganeti is best suited to systems with low resource requirements, said Google's Guido Trotter at the LISA 07 conference.
Lufthansa also uses Xen for test systems. Recently, both Oracle and Sun surprised the market with the Oracle VM and Sun xVM Xen variants.
Practical Virtualization
The virtualization paradigm has come down to Earth, leaving the lofty heights of Mount Olympus for real-world concerns like stability, performance, and ease of management. A virtualization system that wants to fulfill all of these requirements must be ready for:
- Provisioning and deployment – creating the required number of virtual instances as quickly as possible and with minimal need for manual configuration.
- Migration – converting physical machines to virtual machines – and vice versa – if necessary. The ideal is online conversion across the network, requiring as little personal intervention as possible. Equally important is ensuring freedom of movement for virtual machines during operations. Live migration is the basis of load balancing solutions with virtual machines.
- Administration – one of the most important considerations for most networks. It starts with capacity planning for virtual instances, through staging of storage and network resources, to countless settings for virtual hardware, physical hardware, users, and privileges.
- Workload management – handling multiple virtual machines or physical hosts and replacing instances in case of failure.
- Monitoring – providing detailed, realtime information on the status and resource usage of individual virtual machines.
The best solution for your network depends on your needs and your budget. Table 1 introduces some of the more popular virtualization options for Linux environments.
Management Tools
Many distributors have gone to great lengths to facilitate virtualization for their customers. Both the Novell and Red Hat enterprise distributions integrate a tool known as Virtual Machine Manager (or Virt-Manager). On SUSE, the tool is integrated with YaST. Virt-Manager gives users the ability to set up a Xen instance in a couple of simple steps. Besides Linux (Novell, Red Hat), Solaris 8-10, and Netware 6, the tool also works with various Windows versions – provided the CPU has the required virtualization support.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.1 also uses Virt-Manager for managing virtual machines. Red Hat also offers a tool on top of Enterprise Server, called Advanced Platform, which builds clusters of virtual machines and is capable of migrating guests across the borders of a physical host.
Fedora 8 gives a clue to where things are headed for Red Hat. The latest Fedora includes the new Xen 3.1, and the Virt-Manager version supports both Xen and QEMU. Additionally, Red Hat is looking to improve the security of the administration tool, something that has been a mere sideshow in the past.
Google also has a tool for virtual cluster management, Ganeti, which is released under the GPL. Installing Ganeti is complicated because the tool requires half a dozen Python modules, which Novell, for example, does not provide in a single package.
Ganeti does not offer the convenience of a GUI. This said, the text-based Ganeti commands lend themselves to scripting solutions, which provides a means for integrating the tool with other open source utilities.
Another tool for managing virtual machines is openQRM, a powerful utility that manages images for virtual and physical machines on the same interface. Another contender is Qumranet's Solid ICE, which focuses entirely on desktop virtualization using the KVM kernel hypervisor.
At the other end of the scale are various small command-line tools, such as xen-tools, a collection of scripts used on Debian for creating and configuring virtual instances.
What Runs Where?
A rule of thumb dictates that flexibility requires either more performance or special hardware. In hardware virtualization, the physical CPU handles most of the guest's instructions: The hypervisor only steps in to avoid conflict. If the hardware is unable to detect conflict directly, para-virtualization takes the role of manager. This technology is fairly advanced with respect to the main processor, whereas virtualization of I/O components is still at an early stage of development. Emulators simulate almost any scenario and architecture, but their performance is comparatively slow because everything is handled by the software.
All of the virtualization solutions we discuss in this issue support Linux as a guest system, although some require changes to the guest kernel. These changes can cause a problem with support for some applications, especially if the service provider requires a special kernel version. VMware and VirtualBox will basically run on any recent, unpatched kernel, as will the emulators.
Guest support for different versions may be limited. The current Windows versions, XP and Vista, are supported by all server virtualizations; operating system virtualization tools, such as OpenVZ or VServer, work on a different principle and cannot offer this feature.
Hosting Farms
In many cases, users do not need to simulate a full-fledged computer with a custom kernel for every one of the virtual guests. Professional hosters, who are simply concerned with keeping their customers' web offerings apart, are quite happy with a single kernel that the guests can share.
Virtualization solutions such as OpenVZ, Virtuozzo, and VServer use this approach to the virtualization problem, giving users an amazing application density on normal hardware, with low overhead.
Many professional hosters use the commercial Virtuozzo product to give customers who want to manage their own systems access to virtual consoles. SWsoft, the company behind OpenVZ and Virtuozzo, first acquired a majority shareholding in Parallels, the desktop virtualization company, early in 2007 and is now using the Parallels brand name. The OpenVZ virtualization tools are available with any major distribution.
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Craig Colgan, as I will call this anonymous correspondent, recalls growing up in Jackson and keeping track of the city's many links to the space program. Being roughly the same age, I can testify that children in the 1960s paid far, far more attention to space flight than is common today. I still remember getting up early to watch launches in great excitement. One of the first real books I read was called "Walk in Space."
Colgan is still paying attention. For those who wonder, I am not insinuating this is the Craig Colgan who worked here at the Cit Pat in the mid-to-late 1980s. I refuse to say this is the Craig Colgan who graduated Jackson High School in 1981 and then, like me, went to Central Michigan University.
To mark the 40th anniversary of Apollo 11, the first moon landing, he found a list of "subcontractors who played a major role in the development and production of the Saturn V launch vehicle" on NASA's Web site.
Check who is on the very top of the list by clicking here. As Craig says, not bad for a company from little old Jackson, eh?
For those too lazy to follow the link, it's Aeroquip Corp., which made couplings and hoses for the rocket to the moon.
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HP WebOS Tablet: Think February, Not January
The bad news is that it looks like rumors that HP would unveil its WebOS tablet (possibly called the PalmPad) at CES were wrong. The good news is that the company has scheduled a WebOS press event in San Francisco for February 9th at 10am-and it seems like a very good bet that the tablet will make its debut there. (It presumably sent out the invites today to inoculate itself against anyone being disappointed if CES comes and goes with no WebOS news.)
I'll be at the event and will provide live coverage-more details as we get closer.
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Construction on a major link in the historic Iron Ore Heritage Trail began this week, and it will connect the area where the first iron mines were dug to the port where the ore has been shipped from for about 150 years.
Crews are clearing the pathway that will run for nearly 12 miles from Negaunee into Marquette, passing a number of sites that are related to the early mining era of the region. Paving of the section is expected to be completed early next summer.
Heading east from Negaunee, the trail will run parallel to County Road 492 to near the Michigan Iron Industry Museum, which will serve as a trailhead. From there, the trail will follow the Eagle Mills railroad grade toward Marquette, featuring former granite quarries.
With the current portion of the trail running past old mining sites, the Negaunee to Marquette portion will focus on industries and activities that supported the mines, such as quarries and farms.
It will run behind U.S. 41 businesses and cross the highway on the old Soo Line Railroad bridge in Marquette, then continue on to the existing bike path in the city.
The current project, costing about $1.6 million, according to trail officials, is being paid for with a federal Transportation Enhancement grant and a grant from the Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund. Funneled through the Michigan Department of Transportation and the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, the grants were announced earlier this year.
When fully complete, the trail will run about 48 miles from Republic Township into Chocolay Township and offer hikers and bicyclists a good look at the iron ore industry through interpretive signs at trailheads and other key locations.
Iron ore mining is such a vital component of the region's history - from the mid 1800s through today - that such a trail will undoubtedly promote tourism as well as healthy activities, which are positive influences on the people who live in and visit the area.
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Mon., 7:47am: Pipeline company moves into former lumber yard
SALEM – An Alabama pipeline construction company moved into the former People's Lumber yard facility on Snyder Road about 10 days ago.
Sunland Construction, Inc. has targeted growth activity in the U.S. unconventional shale plays. It will be laying gathering lines from well sites to main lines that will carry oil and gas products to the two nearest processing plants in Springfield Township in Mahoning County and the Kensington M3 Momentum plant in Columbiana County.
According to its website, "Sunland owns cranes, excavators, side booms, bulldozers, marine equipment, and all other types of equipment necessary to perform the assigned tasks. Along with standard pipeline construction equipment, Sunland also owns specialized machinery such as directional drilling rigs, pipe lay barges, and amphibious excavators."
Sundland, bases in Tuscaloosa, AL, operates in oil and gas-rich areas including the Barnett, Haynesville, Eagle Ford, Marcellus, Bakken as well as the Utica shale plays where, according to its website, "Some industry groups project the U.S. unconventional shale plays hold 750 trillion cubic feet of recoverable gas and 23.9 billion barrels of recoverable oil."
The Snyder Road building was previously a dispatch site for Utah-based R.N. Industries, a trucking firm that used it for its eastern Ohio operations February of 2012 and has since moved out.
RNI is tied to Chesapeake Energy and the "Salem Yard," became the third corner in a geographical triangulation that includes RNI operations in DuBois/Falls Creek and Washington, Pa.
Sundland's project manager of business development for its eastern division, Kevin Jenkins, said he expects the company to be in the area through 2016.
According to Sundland's website, more than two years ago Sunland identified and targeted the growing activity in the United States' unconventional shale plays as key areas for future growth.
The areas include the Barnett, Haynesville, Eagle Ford, Marcellus, Bakken as well as the Utica shale plays.
These shales are composed of natural gas, oil or a combination of the two hydrocarbons. Some industry groups project the U.S. unconventional shale plays hold 750 trillion cubic feet of recoverable gas and 23.9 billion barrels of recoverable oil.
In other shale play developments, former Chesapeake Energy CEO Aubrey McClendon, who spearheaded the oil and gas drilling-rights buying spree in eastern Ohio before being ousted by Chesapeake, has raised well over $3 billion for his new American Energy Utica (AEU) LLC, an affiliate of American Energy Partners, LP.
McClendon, based in Oklahoma, kept his focus on the Utica shale play and brought his new company right back to Ohio where it now has more than a quarter of million acres in the Utica.
AEU expects to have upwards of 30 drilling rigs operating in the Utica shale play by 2018.


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Preschool daughter playing with her cousins plus husband and 2-month-old at New Seasons equals five free minutes before I dive into kitchen cleanup, laundry, bathroom scrubbing, baby clothes switching (2 mth boy now moving into 6-9 mth size clothes!), etc, etc... And 5 minutes is really all I need since I've been wrapped so tightly in my little family and that I don't know what is going on if it isn't inside my four walls or broadcast on NPR. Wait, I know that E-San Thai is open because I drove down Denver on Friday and it looks like the pizza place is near opening, too. Very exciting but we haven't made it to a restaurant since the babe arrived -- a Cup & Saucer gift certificate hangs on the refrigerator door and calls to me as I reach for the peanut butter.
I did make time to turn in an application for the preschool at Trillium Charter School on Killingsworth and Interstate. They emphasize community in their curriculum (progressing through school, neighborhood, region, and world as the kids get older) and we value that prespective so we would like the kids to go there.
Now that the boy-child is sleeping a bit more regularly, I'll try to get out my door and to a neighborhood meeting. I'll report anything interesting I hear.
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By RUSS HELD
Any break is a good break, and so understands the Suffield Academy girls soccer team.
The Tigers scored with 3:37 left to pull out a 1-0 victory over visiting Miss Porter's School Wednesday.
Karoline Hegbom of Norway scored off a corner kick from Amherst's Kate Pistel to provide the difference.
"People always say that soccer is the least fair sport, because you can outplay a team and still win," Suffield coach Carter Abbott said. "They outplayed us, but we played really well for the last 10 minutes."
Taylor Endress of Granby, Conn., made 10 saves to earn the shutout for the 1-1 Tigers.
Wilbraham & Monson 2, Suffield 1: At Wilbraham, Marco Ilao scored at the 35-minute mark of the first half
"We were lucky to get a goal in the first half, and we were able to manage the game from there," WMA coach Gary Cook said.
David Lawrence of Wilbraham assisted on the goal, and junior center-midfielder Trevor Moran of Monson controlled the midfield for Wilbraham & Monson.
Tim Bautz made three saves for Suffield (1-3), which carried play after intermission.
Williston 6, Pomfret 0: At Pomfret, Conn., T.J. Powers scored twice during the first half for the visiting Wildcats, and Tarek Dahdul of West Springfield made eight saves.
Williston 2, Hotchkiss 0: At Easthampton, Jenna Spooner of Conway and Caitlin Alves of Ludlow scored first-half goals for Williston (4-1).
Wilbraham & Monson 4, Tabor 2: At Wilbraham, Brittany Barry scored a natural hat trick, helping the host Titans (2-1-1) rally from a 2-0 first-half deficit. Teammate Ashley McFarlane of Ludlow added a pair of assists.
MacDuffie 11, Hoosac Prep 0: At Springfield, Casey Placek, Nika Hickson, Melissa Rosskethen and Jordan Liderman all scored two goals apiece for the hosts (4-1).
Suffield 4, Miss Porter's 0: At Suffield, Kim Nault of Longmeadow, Emily Purtill, Amy Famenuk and Madison Hebb of Amherst each scored for Suffield (1-1-1), which led 3-0 at halftime of its home opener.
Hotchkiss 11. Williston 0: At Lakeville, Conn., Kay Samples-Smart made 12 saves for Williston (2-1).
Worcester 3, W & M 0: At Wilbraham, Casey Berg of Wilbraham had 12 service points, and Kenli Smith added five kills and eight hits for the host Titans (0-2), who lost by scores of 25-22, 25-22 and 25-16.


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Victor Davis Hanson wants you to take Osama bin Laden at his word
Sweet Jumping Jesus Victor Davis Hanson is an idiot!
The CIA agrees with me on this:
After my last post on Hanson, I received an e-mail asking why he gets under my skin so much. I'll tell you: It's not simply because he's an utter sophist who's always wrong, but because he's still taken seriously by people making important decisions.
Update: There seems to be an epidemic of obtuseness and George W. Bush is another vector.
(T)here is at least one group whose hatred of Bush is more than welcome: bin Laden and his al-Qaida terrorists.Unfortunately, bin Laden isn't as dumb as VeeDee Hanson and understands basic reverse psychology, a concept which seems to elude Hanson, but is so simple it's understood by rabbits. If bin Laden actually wanted to get rid of Bush, he would come out and praise him for invading Iraq and making al Qaeda's recruiting job easier. I don't think that would go over very well with Americans, would it?
Now, if you were to believe the criticisms of the president by many of the groups outlined above, it would follow that bin Laden would actually be delighted by Bush's "war on terror."
After all, Bush supposedly waged an unnecessary and divisive war that only empowered his enemies. The administration supposedly drove "moderates" into bin Laden's camp, divided the American public over Iraq, and turned off allies with Guantanamo and wiretaps. We are surely less safe, it is argued, post-9/11.
But why then does bin Laden hate George Bush so passionately? He serially rants about the president. In October 2004 he even released a pre-election video addressed to Americans, lambasting Bush in hopes that he would lose the election.
Al Qaeda terrorists no doubt hate every American president. But bin Laden's venom for feisty George Bush is special, galvanized by the president's success in eroding al Qaeda militarily while trying to foster enough reform to ruin the terrorist organization politically.
The CIA agrees with me on this:
Just before the 2004 American elections, Kilcullen was doing intelligence work for the Australian government, sifting through Osama bin Laden's public statements, including transcripts of a video that offered a list of grievances against America: Palestine, Saudi Ara-bia, Afghanistan, global warming. The last item brought Kilcullen up short. "I thought, Hang on! What kind of jihadist are you?" he recalled. The odd inclusion of environmentalist rhetoric, he said, made clear that "this wasn't a list of genuine grievances. This was an Al Qaeda information strategy." Ron Suskind, in his book "The One Percent Doctrine," claims that analysts at the C.I.A. watched a similar video, released in 2004, and concluded that "bin Laden's message was clearly designed to assist the President's reelection." Bin Laden shrewdly created an implicit association between Al Qaeda and the Democratic Party, for he had come to feel that Bush's strategy in the war on terror was sustaining his own global importance.Sadly, useful idiots like Hanson still think bin Laden can be taken at his word and lap up jihadist propaganda without the slightest bit of skepticism.
After my last post on Hanson, I received an e-mail asking why he gets under my skin so much. I'll tell you: It's not simply because he's an utter sophist who's always wrong, but because he's still taken seriously by people making important decisions.
Update: There seems to be an epidemic of obtuseness and George W. Bush is another vector.


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CHASSELL - The Chassell boys' basketball team put a big load on some broad shoulders Tuesday, and he carried it away.
Jordan LaTendresse's 20 points helped the Panthers prevail 50-28 over Dollar Bay in a Copper Country Conference battle of winless teams.
"We've been fighting it all year. It's almost like the longer it goes, that weight gets heavier on the shoulders. It's definitely big to get a win and to get it here on the home court was even better," Chassell coach Bill Sleeman said. The win was also the first of his varsity coaching career.
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The Panthers have been in the midst of a major rebuild, returning only 16.5 percent of the scoring from a district championship team last season. But Tuesday, they might have caught on to something.
"I think we did a good job of recognizing we had an inside advantage. We really concentrated on getting the ball down low after the first quarter. Our guards did a good job of getting it in there, and our big guys, especially Jordy, did an excellent job of finishing when they were down there," Sleeman said.
The visitors had the advantage in the early going, leading 11-5 late in the first quarter on the strength of two threes from Tom Autio and one from Steven Joyal, but Joyal's three with 1:47 left in the frame would be the Bays' last field goal until midway through the third. DB coach Jesse Kentala agreed that the early success from long range may have given his offense a false sense of security.
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Dollar Bay 11 3 8 6 28
Chassell 9 11 17 13 50
Dollar Bay Nate Tervo 6, Carl Kangas 3, Damon Boyd 2, Steven Joyal 5, Cameron Ringler 3, Tom Autio 9; FT: 9-25; Fouls: 19; Fouled out: Kangas; 3-point field goals: Autio 2, Joyal 1.
Chassell Branden Barnes 6, Lars Daavettila 7, Zach Cherubini 4, Kyle Stromer 11, Jordan LaTendresse 20, Patrik Santala 2; FT: 6-18; Fouls: 22; Fouled out: Daavettila, Jacob Tuomi; 3-point field goals: Daavettila 1, Stromer 1.
"Right now, we're not going to the basket at all. Everything is around the perimeter and nobody's trying to penetrate those gaps," he said.
Also creating problems was foul trouble for leading scorer Carl Kangas.
"He's been the one consistent offensive factor for us this year, but even when he was in the game, we did a really poor job of looking for him, finding him, post entry was poor," Kentala said.
The light came on inside Chassell's offense late in the first quarter when the burly LaTendresse scored the first of what would be several inside baskets, many of them with contact.
Chassell took the lead on a similar play with 6:21 left in the half, in which LaTendresse had nine of Chassell's 20 points. He repeated the feat three more times early in the third quarter as the Panthers extended their lead to 10, then finished the frame with a little finesse, converting a reverse lay-up at the horn to give the hosts a 15-point edge, then receiving a chest bump from teammate Kyle Stromer.
"I hope this will be a breakout game for him. He's had a couple of decent games, but nothing like this. I'm hoping this gets him motivated and fired up," Sleeman said.
Stromer added 11 for Chassell (1-9, 1-4 CCC), which will host Hancock on Friday.
Autio led the Bays with nine points. DB (0-9, 0-4 CCC) hosts neighbor Lake Linden-Hubbell Friday.


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South Whidbey parks board discusses Holmes Harbor Golf Course
Holmes Harbor Golf Course is inactive, but it's not dead.
A pitch by the course's sewer district for the parks district to run the greens will be discussed by commissioners Wednesday night.
The board is set to meet at 7 p.m. July 17 at its headquarters at 5475 Maxwelton Road, Langley.
Also on the board's meeting agenda is a review of its comprehensive plan programs, a draft of policy manual introduction and board/administration discussion, and a draft of a fees and charges policy.
Holmes Harbor Golf Course has not operated as a course for several years. After a deal for a private operator fell through, the Holmes Harbor Sewer District purchased the greens and fairways, which it needs for its treated wastewater. The sewer district is seeking golf operations to run and maintain the course, and offered the property for a lease of $1 annually in the abandoned deal.
Parks commissioners have not ruled out leasing and operating the facility. In a previous meeting, however, the board said the parks district would need an additional $0.09 per $1,000 of assessed property value, worth about $360,000 annually to maintain and run the golf course.
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Recipe: Simple and irresistible tilapia en papillote
Create a deceptively quick and easy, moist, succulent dinner that will leave people thinking you spent hours in the kitchen. Here's how!
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When you get right down to it, you're wondering how you can make a Thanksgiving meal exactly the way you've always enjoyed it, but without the gluten. You can do it and here's how.
Are you looking for a flavor that's totally different from what you usually serve at a family gathering? Rubbing the bird with a flavorful ancho chili rub is a great way to celebrate a Tex-Mex style thanksgiving. It's not hot, just flavorful.
When you think "Thanksgiving," chile peppers, avocados, and calabacitas seldom come to mind -- unless you're preparing a Southwest-style feast.
You'll love this pumpkin soup recipe for its rich, zesty flavor and deep earthy undertones. Some of your guests will appreciate that it's vegan and gluten-free. It's hearty enough to be a stand-alone meal and striking enough to serve as an appetizer at your formal dinner.
Turn the classic cranberry sauce into a salsa and enhance the traditional ingredients -- cranberries and orange -- with poblano chili and cilantro.
Easy, nutrition-packed refrigerator oatmeal, sometimes called "summer porridge," gets your day off to a healthy and stress-free start.
If you're like me, you eagerly wait for pumpkin spice latte to show up on the menu each fall. Make your own at home and enjoy them year-round.
Before heading out, fill your spook-tacular troops up with a haunting Halloween dinner. You'll want to include our hearty Halloween three bean salad.
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Obama to name Fall River Native to head Energy Department
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will nominate a Fall River native and MIT scientist Ernest Moniz, the grandson of Azorean immigrants, to head the Energy Department.
Moniz, 69, oversees MIT's Energy Initiative, a research group that focuses on innovative ways to produce power while curbing greenhouse gas emissions. But unlike outgoing Energy Secretary Steven Chu, he is also well-versed in the ways of Washington, having served as the Energy Department's undersecretary in the Clinton administration.
Moniz, is a graduate of BMC Durfee High School call of 1962 and grew up on Diamond Street near South Park. HIs maternal and paternal grandparents are from the Azores.
Moniz has also advised Obama on central components of the administration's energy plan, including a retooling of the country's stalled nuclear waste program, energy research and development, and unconventional gas.
In a 2009 alumni interview published on Boston College's website, Moniz noted that he learned to balance both political and scientific demands while working in the Clinton administration. "Physics sometimes looked easy compared to doing the people's business," he said.
Moniz had already made the city proud once before. A 1997 article on his nomination to the Clinton Administration printed by O Jornal which interviewed some of his old Durfee classmates, offered some insight into his childhood.
"He certainly did not come into this world with a silver spoon in his mouth," said Manny Papoula, a former classmate at Boston College and Durfee High School.
Moniz was top ten in his class at Durfee, was President of the math club and a tennis team member for three years.
Papoula described Moniz in school as a "modest, down to earth guy."


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MOBILE, Alabama - To mark Hank Aaron's 80th birthday on Wednesday, the Mobile BayBears will offer free tours of the Hank Aaron Childhood Home and Museum from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Hank Aaron Childhood Home and Museum is in Gaslight Park at Hank Aaron Stadium, the BayBears' home ballpark.
The house, built by Aaron's father, Herbert, was moved from Edwards Avenue to the ballpark and renovated. It opened as a museum on April 14, 2010.
The house now contains family items and baseball memorabilia documenting Aaron's Hall of Fame career from his days in the Negro Leagues and the minor leagues to his record-breaking Major League performances. Aaron played in the big leagues from 1954 through 1976 and remains baseball's all-time leader in runs batted in and total bases. He is most famous for breaking Babe Ruth's hallowed record of 714 career home runs.
The BayBears also will give away a commemorative Hank Aaron Childhood Home and Museum baseball autographed by Hammerin' Hank. To be eligible to win the baseball, use the hashtag #HappyBirthdayHank starting at midnight Tuesday. The winner will be announced at noon Wednesday.


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4G mobile UK: When can you get it?
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The cheapest way to use your smartphone abroad and save on international roaming charges
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The parliamentary dimension
Ireland joined the European Union 40 years ago and the parliamentary element of each EU Presidency term has been considerably strengthened since then, most significantly since the introduction of the Lisbon Treaty in 2009. During the Presidency, the Houses of the Oireachtas will host eight major events, which focus on addressing the greatest challenges facing the European Union.
Oireachtas Committees and EU Affairs
What happens at European level is an integral part of our political and administrative systems, having direct consequences nationally. The role of the Oireachtas in European Union Affairs has steadily developed since Ireland's accession to the EU in 1973. Likewise, the influence of the EU in our national affairs has grown and much of the legislation passed by the Houses of the Oireachtas originates in a Directive or Regulation coming from the EU.
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If the capacity crowd turnout at the 92nd Jersey City NAACP Freedom Fund Banquet is any indicator, the much embattled branch of the civil rights organization just might have a new lease on life.
A crowd of more than 400 diners were in attendance Sunday at Jersey City's Casino in the Park.
But the event's keynote speaker, Jersey City's Salem Baptist Church's pastor, the Rev. D. Keith Owens, challenged the assemblage to live up to the marker laid down 100 years ago by the organization's founders to fight for civil rights and justice.
Earlier this year, the branch's administration changed hands in a contentious election in which Calvin Hart replaced longtime branch president Kabili Tayari.
Since then the branch has experienced a resurgence. Memberships are up; the organization's headquarters on Martin Luther King Drive is a beehive of activity, with volunteers manning it from morning till evening, five and often six days a week.
This year's Freedom Fund Banquet's theme was "Affirming America's Promise."
Education and children were taken seriously with an emphasis on the participation of youth throughout the program, including a waltz performed by members of the branch's recently revitalized youth council, a poem read by Shamsuddin Abdul Hamid, award-winning poet and Rutgers University student, and a ballet performed by Imani Cade.
The waltz was performed by a group of youngsters smartly attired in white gowns and black tie, and included branch president Hart. And there was a stirring solo belted out by 11-year-old Xavier Wise.
The dinner honorees included presentation of the Fannie Lou Hammer Award to Costella C. Foster, who served as the branch secretary for several decades and is also the aunt of current branch president Hart.
The Paul Robeson Award was fittingly presented to Rhudell "Rudy" Snelling, every one's go to guy to deliver the appropriate song at the appropriate time. The Shirley Chisolm Award was presented to Eva Russell, the Thurgood Marshall Award to Charles Cook, and the Bishop Desmond Tutu Award to the Rev. Frederick "Sluggo" Marshall.
It was quite an evening, but to hark back to Rev. Owens' challenge, the NAACP is first and foremost a civil rights, racial justice organization, and there's a multitude of issues for the Jersey City branch to engage.
While the branch deserves accolades for its acknowledgment and inclusion of youth in the banquet program, there are hundreds of other children and teens who are overrepresented statistically in failing test scores of the Jersey City school district.
And black youngsters are serving time in the county youth house and state prisons in numbers that far exceed virtually any other ethnic group.
It's always good to take time out and recognize the achievers. It's also important to remember that the recession the nation is suffering through is heavily impacting minorities.
Among other shortcomings, that minority contractors in Jersey City/Hudson County receive such a pitiful share of the various contracts awarded by governmental institutions here surely calls for an aggressive action agenda.
Already there are muted and not so muted murmurs of discontent. Only time will tell whether that's just the result of adjusting to a new management style or something more troubling. Hopefully, these things can be worked out. With all the problems facing the minority community and the faith so many are investing in a rejuvenated Jersey City NAACP, it's time to get cracking.


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Astros reveal list of 10 managerial candidates. Guess who made the cut?
The Astros managerial search just got a whole more interesting. This is going to be a fun couple of weeks, regardless of the final outcome.
The Astros revealed their list of 10 managerial candidates and the list consists of a handful of former skippers — including one of their own, Phil Garner. Yes, you read that right. Phil Garner.
The full list: interim manager Dave Clark, Minor League Field Coordinator Al Pedrique, former Brewers manager Ned Yost, Padres hitting coach Randy Ready, former Diamondbacks manager Bob Melvin, former Nationals manager Manny Acta, Garner, Red Sox bench coach Brad Mills, Red Sox first base coach Tim Bogar and Phillies bench coach Pete Mackanin.
Everyone but Mackanin will interview this week, and Mackanin will meet with the Astros brass once his team is finished with the postseason.
The managerial candidates will be interviewed by a committee made up of Astros President of Baseball Operations Tal Smith, general manager Ed Wade, Assistant General Managers Ricky Bennett, David Gottfried and Bobby Heck and Special Assistant to the General Manager Enos Cabell.
Clark and Pedrique will be the first of 10 candidates to be interviewed. All candidates will be available to the media following their respective interviews.
"We're excited about the entire group of candidates," Wade said. "All 10 candidates have a great deal of experience and are held in high regard throughout Major League Baseball. Clarkie and Al are great internal candidates and are very well-respected both inside and outside the Astros family."
The interview schedule will go as follows:
Wednesday, October 14: Dave Clark, Al Pedrique
Thursday, October 15: Ned Yost, Randy Ready
Friday, October 16: Bob Melvin, Manny Acta
Saturday, October 17: Phil Garner
Monday, October 19: Brad Mills, Tim Bogar
Following the first round of interviews, the Astros expect to select a short list of finalists who will then meet for a second round of interviews with Smith, Wade, Astros Chairman and CEO Drayton McLane and Astros President of Business Operations Pam Gardner.
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Tim Wallach? Anyone, Anyone
Bring back Phil!
I was thinking several weeks ago that maybe Garner could come back as the bench coach. But, that may be a bit hard on the new guy, unless it was his idea. Now, though, with Garner interviewing for the top spot, he must have the itch to manage again. Well….Good luck Phil! And good luck to all the other guys, as well!
But I really do like the idea of Tim Bogar. I hope the fact that he doesn't have major league managerial experience won't work against him. His experience as a minor league manager is stellar. Everything points to him having what it takes to lead a major league team, and being excellent at it. Nothing is guaranteed; alot will depend on the team and the resources that he is given. But I would just hate for us to look back in 5 or 10 years, when it's Bogar has lead another team to multiple play-off berths, that we think, "Man, we could have gotten him back in 2009!".
The Garner bandwagon just went by and I didn't jump on. There are plenty of great candidates to be had without going back for seconds.
Slow down with the manager, how about working on getting some talent first.
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Former Pitt Head Coach Todd Graham Speaks With Arizona Media
Graham Accepts Head Coaching Job with Sun Devils
UPDATED 6:20 AM EST Dec 14, 2011
Arizona State University was scheduled to hold a 7:30 p.m. press conference to introduce Todd Graham as its new head football coach. The live video for this feed is coming from FOXSportsArizona.com.
Graham led Rice to its first bowl victory in 45 seasons in 2006 and then led Tulsa to back-to-back 10-plus win seasons for the first time in school history in 2007 and 2008.
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WASHINGTON -- U.S. Rep. Martha Roby honored Charles "Chuck" Albert Poland Jr., the Dale County bus driver who was killed on Jan. 29, this week by entering into the Congressional Record a tribute to his heroic actions and sacrifice.
"Mr. Speaker, today we recognize a true hero. Chuck Poland gave his life so that others may live and, for that, he will always be remembered," Rep. Roby, (R-Alabama) states in the record. "As a mother of two young children, I am particularly moved by the actions Chuck Poland took to protect the children in his care. It is difficult to even imagine our children being in such danger. How heartening to know that – whether in a classroom or on a school bus – people like Mr. Poland are looking out for students and protecting them.
Rep. Roby spoke of how Mr. Poland died bravely standing between an armed attacker and students to block them from harm.
"One of the children might grow up to be a scientist who makes the next big discovery or cures a disease. One might start a major company that employs thousands. One might be a soldier who fights valiantly for our country. One might be a teacher, a nurse or a firefighter who makes a difference in the lives of others. But one thing is for sure – they each have the chance to live a full and happy life because their bus driver, Mr. Poland, was willing to give his life for theirs."
Rep. Roby has sent a formal copy of the Congressional Record to Mr. Poland's family.
The Congressional Record is the official record of proceedings and debates in the United States Congress. In addition to votes and legislative discussions that occur on the House floor, Members may submit written statements to be preserved in the Congressional Record.
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For the past three years, faith-based and nonprofit organizations have been sending volunteers into the field to gut, paint, hang drywall and lay floors. We've written frequently about those lending a hand to the city's recovery. We've also written frequently about residents on the receiving end of such help.
The dance continues. More volunteers arrived in town this summer than last, and groups such as Habitat for Humanity, Rebuilding Together, Baptist Crossroads Project, Catholic Charities, Jericho Road Episcopal Housing Initiative and many others are vamping up their efforts to make affordable housing available to displaced New Orleanians.
"We have clear title to 51 lots we plan to build on, " said Jericho Road Communications Director Holly Heine. The organization has built 17 houses in Central City since August 2006.
Here are snapshots of two families who finally found homes, just in the past few months, thanks to JerichoRoad (www.jerichoroad.org).
Rose Johnson and Herman Smith
Neighborhood: Central City
House type: Single shotgun
The story: Rose Johnson and Herman Smith lived for 17 years in an upper rear apartment on Seventh Street. Next door was a vacant lot. "I used to tell my children that if they ever put a house on that lot, it was going to be mine, " Johnson said.
The couple evacuated briefly to Baton Rouge for Katrina, then returned to their Central City apartment. Then, in January, volunteers started pouring a foundation for a house on the lot next door. "I found out who was building it and went right down there to apply to buy it, " Johnson said.
Thanks to the efforts of Jericho Road and assistance from often tireless people at Neighborhood Housing Services, ReMax Real Estate and Gulf Coast Bank, she and Smith qualified as first-time home-buyers. In June, the two closed on their new home.
"I would go over and ask the workers if I could walk through the house, " Johnson said. "They would say, 'Yes, but it's already sold.' I never said a word about the buyer being me."
Now, a simple white card from some of those same volunteer workers is displayed in a magnetic frame on the refrigerator door. "Welcome home, " it says. "We love you and want you to know that people are praying for you."
Johnson and Smith are having the house blessed by their pastor next week. "We're so blessed at having it, " Johnson said. "I never thought I would live to see that dream come true."
Edmund and Sheila Aubert
Neighborhood: Central City
House type: Modular shotgun
The story: The Auberts resisted evacuating for the storm, but one of their four daughters -- named Katrina -- convinced them they had to go. The couple moved around a lot in those first days, including one interlude spent camping out. They wound up in Dallas, where they saw their lower Gentilly neighborhood on TV -- with roofs under water. "We had an apartment in Dallas, but it wasn't a home, " Sheila Aubert aid. "We missed the love in New Orleans -- here, people hug you and talk to you. We missed this city's sense of compassion."
In October 2006, they returned to New Orleans and moved in with a daughter. Edmund Aubert returned to work at the InterContinental Hotel, but the family's Buchanan Street home was a total loss. "The whole thing was pitch black, like a Freddie Kreuger movie, " Sheila Aubert said.
They struggled through insurance negotiations and Road Home aggravation. The insurance settlement paid off their mortgage. When their Road Home grant finally came through, they chose the buy-out option, and turned over the family property to the state.
"I heard they were going to tear it down, " said Edmund Aubert, who occasionally drives by the old homestead. "All the houses on the street are boarded up. Nobody's back."
When they began looking for a new house, a ReMax agent told them about the Jericho Road project. They closed on their three-bedroom modular house in May. They love the wood floors, open floor plan, high cabinets and central air-conditioning, and have filled the living room with bright bouquets of artificial flowers and a pair of over-stuffed sofas.
"It's way better than what we had, " said daughter Jamie Aubert, 25, who lives with her parents. "It's a miracle, " her mother agreed.
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Despite such success stories, hundreds of families are still waiting to finish their rebuilds. The Preservation Resource Center's Rebuilding Together program (www.rtno.org) hopes to help a number of them with its annual October Build, in which local volunteers team up to work on houses (call 504.636.3076 or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com to sign up).
So far, the organization has completed 100 rebuilds, with 39 more under way, the work done by 4,705 volunteers and counting. Here are a few of the people the October Build teams will be helping; their stories were gathered by Jonathan Skvarka of Rebuilding Together.
Gwendolyn Payne Kelly
Neighborhood: Treme
House type: Double shotgun
The story: Kelly, born at Charity Hospital in 1947, has weathered not one, but two killer hurricanes -- Betsy in 1965 and Katrina in 2005. The first halted her plans to attend college. Instead, she married, became office manager for an eye clinic and had two children, also born at Charity.
She bought her house in Treme from her grandmother in 1981, and considers the closely knit neighborhood an integral part of family life. She plays bingo every week, and attends church with 16 family members and neighbors. Each Sunday after services, a different family member hosts dinner; when it's Kelly's turn, she makes her famous gumbo.
Kelly's family evacuated en masse to Georgia, where they stayed with a relative. She's back, but her rebuild isn't quite complete. Because of arthritic knees, which currently have her using a walker, the house needs a ramp. Volunteers at the next October Build plan to construct one for her, making sure that she will be able to live independently for the long term.
"There's no place like home and family in the Treme, " she said.
Roy and Marilyn Capers
Neighborhood: Hollygrove
House type: Two-story residence
The story: Roy Capers, 51, and his wife, Marilyn, 46, have almost finished rebuilding their home and their lives following Katrina. Roy Capers is legally blind, and he retired more than two decades ago. His wife works at Children's Hospital.
The Capers are living in an apartment, waiting for their home to be completed. They've exhausted their Road Home money, and need a final push of work before they can move back in. The October Build project has dedicated a team of 15 to 20 volunteers to scrape and paint the exterior of their house.
With luck, they can celebrate the holidays there.
Charlie Taylor
Neighborhood: Holy Cross
House type: Shotgun double
The story: Charlie Taylor, 77, worked for 15 years as a longshoreman on the Industrial Canal. A serious accident cost him his eyesight, forcing him to retire. He lived quietly in Holy Cross until Katrina struck.
He fled his house as the floodwaters rose, and spent six days in the Superdome, two days at Louis Armstrong New Orleans Airport and a week in a Louisiana town named Caroline until he was found and rescued by his daughter. He now lives with her in Dallas.
Taylor's spacious double shotgun suffered extensive wind and flood damage. He used all his savings to repair the roof and get the home gutted. Today, he also suffers from back and hip degeneration, but still hopes to find more resources so he can return to Holy Cross.
The October Build crew will tackle the next step in the process, which is scraping and painting the exterior of the house.
Cynthia Barriere
Neighborhood: Holy Cross
House type: Single shotgun
The story: Cynthia Barriere, 59, is a mother of five and grandmother of 14. She grew up in the 7th Ward, bought her house in Holy Cross more than 15 years ago and has worked all her life as a nurse's assistant.
With her Road Home grant, she was able to complete most of the necessary repairs to her single shotgun. She'll be able to move back in as soon as Rebuilding Together volunteers finish painting the interiors, installing the wood floors and scraping, caulking and painting the exterior.
What is she looking forward to the most about being home?
"Peace of mind, " she says succinctly. "Everything else flows from that."
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InsideOut editor Renee Peck can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.