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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
#General- #Q: I see something wrong! Can someone fix it? I want someone to enter in my additional FAQ or other information.
- #Q: After deployment as a WAR Grails becomes unresponsive when placed under load! What can I do?
- #Q: OMG I get OutOfMemoryErrors or PermGen Space errors when running Grails in development mode. What do I do?
- #Q: Grails won't run on my linux box! What's going on?
- #Q: I get an exception when loading my Grails application in my browser
- #Q: After I moved my domain classes to a package, they can not be resolved anymore
- #Q: How do I check my project into version control / I am getting strange SVN errors with files generated by Grails
- #Q: How do I report a bug, request a new feature, or suggest an improvement to the Grails documentation?
- #Q: Tomcat errors...
- #Q: I'm getting errors when deploying on JBoss 4.0.x What do I do?
- #Q: How do I setup Jetty behind Apache?
- #Q: How do I setup Grails on Oracle AS?
- #Q: Deploying on JETTY 6
- #Q: Deploying under IBM's J9 JVM (applies to WebSphere installs too)
- #Q: Deploying on Websphere
- #Q: WebSphere 6.1 tells me Error 404: SRVE0190E: File not found: /someController/someAction, what's happening?
- #Q: WebSphere 5.1 is giving me all sort of troubles, anyone got any luck with it ?
- #Q: I'd like to implement a big project as multi modules with Grails, What to do?
- #Q: When I point my browser at a particular page of my application, I get a 404 error that says <something>.jsp could not be found. I am using GSPs, so why is Grails looking for a JSP file that doesn't exist?
- #Q: Can I view my GSP's (Groovy Server Pages) directly?
- #Q: Why won't XXX Javascript Library Display Properly?
- #Q: What's the difference between fieldValue(bean:instance, field:"id") and instance.id?
- #Q: Can I use the render method to return a binary file to the client?
- #Q: How do I get the date from a form submission?
- #Q: Can I use JFreeChart to display charts to the client?
- #Q: In a one-to-many relationship, how to do I have a sorted set of the many objects?
- #Q: I have a simple domain class that gets errors when trying to view its list?
- #Q: How can I flush a Hibernate session multiple times within my controller?
- #Q: How can i use the new Groovy annotations for specifying JPA settings?
- #Q: How can I turn on logging for hibernate in order to see SQL statements, input parameters and output results?
- #Q: Why are my many-to-many columns backwards?
- #Q: How can I access domain classes from sources in src/groovy?
- #Q: How do I get access to the application context from sources in src/groovy?
- #Q: How do I get a resource from the servletContext or applicationContext from a service?
- #Q: Can Groovy work with Terracotta clustering cache?
- #Q: Do you need a GRAILS_HOME env variable? Is this issue maven related only?
- #Q: I see that the plugins directory is gone. Are there any other project structure differences we should know about?
- #Q: Migration: Since plugins now live in the ${user home}/.grails/plugins folder, should we delete the plugins folder, and then re-execute grails install-plugin xxx?
- #Q: Is the grails testing plugin part of the 1.1 dist?If so, do we still have to import grails.test.GrailsUnitTestCase?
- #Q: I think the join table mapping behavior has changed in 1.1, and there is a new mapping DSL syntax (is this true?). What are the ramifications and best practices for dealing with related issues?
- #Q: It seems many of the plugins may be broken now when trying to run in grails 1.1. What is the best way to follow up if we find an issue with a plugin, and where can we go to learn ahead of time if a plugin may have problems in 1.1?
Q: I see something wrong! Can someone fix it? I want someone to enter in my additional FAQ or other information.
Actually, anyone can do this! Just sign up for a Confluence account on Codehaus using the link from the login form after clicking on the pencil icon in the corner to edit the page. If you already have a Codehaus account, just sign in as you normally would.Q: After deployment as a WAR Grails becomes unresponsive when placed under load! What can I do?
The way Groovy's MetaClass system operates within Grails requires the Server VM. Grails cannot be deployed on the client VM and typically you need to assign more memory to the VM too. A good combination of settings to pass to the VM to run Grails is:-server -Xmx512M
Q: OMG I get OutOfMemoryErrors or PermGen Space errors when running Grails in development mode. What do I do?
Since Grails 0.6, Grails automatically re-compiles Java sources and domain classes using pre-compilation and then a server restart. This can lead to permgen space running out if the server is run for a long time and many changes are made. You can disable this feature if it is not important to you with:grails -Ddisable.auto.recompile=true run-appThere is also a problem with Grails 0.6 on Windows where you get OutOfMemoryErrors during a period of activity in development mode due to the re-compilation. This may be solved in SVN head, but if you see this problem the above option can also help.Q: Grails won't run on my linux box! What's going on?
It may be because you are using GNU java. Try running:java -version
sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jdk sudo update-alternatives --config java
Q: I get an exception when loading my Grails application in my browser
One thing to always check in case of unexpected exceptions is the value of the CLASSPATH variable in your console. Run {{set CLASSPATH}} on Windows and {{echo $CLASSPATH}} on Mac OS X, Linux and Unix to print the value. Grails does not depend on the CLASSPATH variable so in case it's set run {{set CLASSPATH=}} on Windows and {{export CLASSPATH=}} on Mac OS X, Linux and Unix to remove it.Q: After I moved my domain classes to a package, they can not be resolved anymore
Normally all Grails artefacts reside in the default package. Java disallows for classes in a (sub-)package to import classes from the default one, and so does Groovy.Try to move all your classes into packages and don't forget to import them.Q: How do I check my project into version control / I am getting strange SVN errors with files generated by Grails
Because Grails (certainly up to and including 0.4) generates and copies some files under the project tree, SVN and other version control systems can complain about files changing, or files not being in version control.For Subversion (SVN) the solution is to mark the correct directories or files to be "ignored". However how you do this is slightly obscure. See the article Checking Projects into SVN.Q: How do I report a bug, request a new feature, or suggest an improvement to the Grails documentation?
By opening an issue in the Grails issue tracking system. Grails development is managed by a JIRA installation hosted here: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/GRAILS. You'll need to create an account on the JIRA system before you can create or comment on issues. Opening an issue is often referred to as "raising a JIRA" on the Grails mailing list. Note: it's generally a good idea to consult the Grails mailing list for help before raising a JIRA.Application Servers
Q: Tomcat errors...
Q: When deploying to my hosting ISP Tomcat, I'm getting an error along the lines of "org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException" or "org.hibernate.PropertyAccessException: IllegalArgumentException", originally caused by an "java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: object is not an instance of declaring class".
This is caused by a difference in timestamps between files inside your war file and your Tomcat server, and is triggered by timezone differences. After deploying the war, a simple:cd webapps find mygrailsappli -exec touch {} ;and restarting Tomcat will solve the problem. If you can't access the host via a login shell of some sort, then you'll probably need to change the timestamps on your WAR file to match your server before deploying it.Q: I drop the war file in the Tomcat webapps directory, and nothing happens. I see some Zip file errors in the log.
Try restarting Tomcat.Q: The war file unpacks okay in Tomcat, but then … nothing. I go to the URL and get a 404 error, no messages in the logs, no nothing.
Grails and Groovy have certain memory requirements.If memory is not a problem on your server then allocate a large amount of memory, such as 512m (512MB) or more. Also use the server VM option. EG: (-server -Xms512m -Xmx512m). Usually it is better to set both min and max heap size to the same in server applications. What this means is, edit your tomcat5.conf file, and set the option: JAVA_OPTS="-Xms512m -Xmx512m". The tomcat5.conf file is usually in CATALINA_HOME/conf, see the Tomcat website for more information. For more information on what the Java options mean, try calling java -X.However, if you running on a virtual host with limited memory, Grails 1.0 RC1 has been tested on tomcat 6 with both -Xmx96m and -Xmx128m, it performed well with both settings. I've heard reports of it running on lesser configurations. See: Grails Test On Virtual Server for more information.Also see http://grails.org/Deployment for more information.Q: I'm getting errors when deploying on JBoss 4.0.x What do I do?
JBoss' unified class loader can cause problems with conflicting Jar files. One issue commonly encountered is with log4j, which is part of both JBoss and Grails. This can be resolved by removing log4j.jar from your deployed .war file or using scoped classloading (with some caveats).Ideally you wouldn't want to remove the log4j file from your deployment as this requires some additional work and will break many automated deployment/testing processes. JBoss' class loaders are based on a hierarcy of classloaders but this causes issues where there are files shared between the JBoss parent classloaders and the child classloader for our web application. What we really want to do is tell JBoss to leave us alone when it comes across files that we have in our .war file. To do this we must 'scope' our classloader so that the classes we are using are in their own class loader repository away from the JBoss classes. To do this for a war is relatively straightforward. Create a file called jboss-web.xml and place it in your "web-app/WEB-INF" directory (it will be included in the WAR file's "WEB-INF"):<jboss-web> <class-loading java2ClassLoadingCompliance="false"> <loader-repository> myappname:loader=myappname.war <loader-repository-config>java2ParentDelegation=false</loader-repository-config> </loader-repository> </class-loading> </jboss-web>
- Go in the servers conf directory. I have JBoss installed in /jboss-4.0.5.GA, so the conf directory is /jboss-4.0.5.GA/server/default/conf. If you are deploying into a profile other than default, simply substitute default for the name of the profile that you are deploying into such as /jboss-4.0.5.GA/server/foobarprofile/conf.
- Move the log4j.xml to jboss-log4j.xml
- Edit the jboss-service.xml file and find the mbean called "org.jboss.logging.Log4JService". Change the attribute "ConfigurationURL" so that it points to this new jboss-log4j.xml file:
<attribute name="ConfigurationURL">resource:jboss-log4j.xml</attribute>
- Restart the JBoss application server and now any application that has log4j bundled in it will deploy properly and with their own log4j configuration.
<!-- ==================================================================== --> <!-- Log4j Initialization --> <!-- ==================================================================== --> <mbean code="org.jboss.logging.Log4jService" name="jboss.system:type=Log4jService,service=Logging" xmbean-dd="resource:xmdesc/Log4jService-xmbean.xml"> <attribute name="ConfigurationURL">resource:jboss-log4j.xml</attribute> <!-- Set the org.apache.log4j.helpers.LogLog.setQuiteMode. As of log4j1.2.8 this needs to be set to avoid a possible deadlock on exception at the appender level. See bug#696819. --> <attribute name="Log4jQuietMode">true</attribute> <!-- How frequently in seconds the ConfigurationURL is checked for changes --> <attribute name="RefreshPeriod">60</attribute> </mbean>
Q: How do I setup Jetty behind Apache?
Setting up Jetty behind apache is relatively straightforward. Jetty recommends that you utilize mod_proxy and proxy using http, not AJP.In your Apache install make sure mod_proxy and proxy_http are configured.Load the modules (normally in httpd.conf):LoadModule proxy_module /usr/lib/apache2/modules/mod_proxy.so LoadModule proxy_http_module /usr/lib/apache2/modules/mod_proxy_http.so ProxyRequests Off <Proxy *> Order deny,allow Allow from .mydomain.com </Proxy> ProxyPass /myapp http://mydomain.com:8080/myapp
LoadModule proxy_balancer_module /usr/lib/apache2/modules/mod_proxy_balancer.so ProxyRequests Off ProxyPreserveHost On <Proxy *> Order deny,allow Allow from .mydomain.com </Proxy> ProxyPass /myapp balancer://my_cluster/myapp stickysession=JSESSIONID nofailover=On <Proxy balancer://my_cluster> BalancerMember http://yourJetty1:8080 route=jetty1 BalancerMember http://yourJetty2:8080 route=jetty2 </Proxy>
Q: How do I setup Grails on Oracle AS?
There is a great tutorial on the Oracle website detailing exactly how to setup Grails on OracleQ: Deploying on JETTY 6
I had to remove the lib/jsp 2.1 directory from my jetty install to disable JSP 2.1Q: Deploying under IBM's J9 JVM (applies to WebSphere installs too)
WebSphere uses the J9 Java Virtual Machine. J9 is also one of the alternatives you'll have to consider on a PPC Linux box because the Sun JVM doesn't run there. Unfortunately J9 does a lot of work under the covers to make things run faster that don't work well with Groovy.Add '-Xverify:none' to JVM argumentsWithout this you'll get a NoClassDefFoundError.Under WebSphere you can set this via the WebSphere Administative Console: Application servers > server1 > Process Definition > Java Virtual Machine > Generic JVM arguments) save the change and restart the application server. (See also GRAILS-476.)Under Tomcat 5 you can add it to the tomcat5.confWe found that sending email caused j9 to throw a GPF Fault - and Tomcat then does it's version of a Core Dump. Perusing the dump file doesn't seem to help - as there is no indication of the class or method which caused GPF. GPF is short for General Protection Fault - which means that something is attempting to access a resource to which they do not have permission (per the underlying operating system). And finally once past the GPF mail wouldn't send due to some incompatiblity with the Gnu JavaMail API and the Sun specification JavaMail API. Once the Gnu mail.jar was replaced with the Sun version - email functioned normally.Q: Deploying on Websphere
- Also read Deployment to WebSphere
Caused by: org.apache.commons.logging.LogConfigurationException: The chosen LogFactory implementation does not extend LogFactory. Please check your configuration...
- Delete commons-logging-1.1.jar from the lib directory
<filter> <filter-name>filterChainProxy</filter-name> <filter-class>org.springframework.web.filter.DelegatingFilterProxy</filter-class> </filter>
Q: WebSphere 6.1 tells me Error 404: SRVE0190E: File not found: /someController/someAction, what's happening?
It seems to be related to a bug in WebSphere that doesn't handle servlet filters properly. As seen in the Jive support forums, setting the com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.invokefilterscompatibility property to true in Servers > Server > Web Container Settings > Web Container > Custom Properties, may help solve the issue.Q: WebSphere 5.1 is giving me all sort of troubles, anyone got any luck with it ?
There isn't a crystal-clear procedure for WebSphere 5.1 deployment of grails 1.0.X applications yet. Some of the solutions detailed above are applicable to WebSphere 5.1, but some are relevant to 6.X only.For more information on a person's own difficulties with this, see Deploying to WebSphere 5.x Journal. Please consider contributing to that page if you make progress on it or if you know the steps for a successful deployment.Q: I'd like to implement a big project as multi modules with Grails, What to do?
Since version 0.4, Grails has came with a plugin architecture. You can separate your project as a set of plugins. See how to develop a plug-in here.View Technologies
Q: When I point my browser at a particular page of my application, I get a 404 error that says <something>.jsp could not be found. I am using GSPs, so why is Grails looking for a JSP file that doesn't exist?
When you get this error, Grails has already looked for the appropriate GSP file but not found it. It then looks for a suitable JSP file and if that can not be found, you get the error about the JSP file. So if you are using GSPs and see this error, you need to check that the GSP file is in the right place with the correct name.Q: Can I view my GSP's (Groovy Server Pages) directly?
A: Yes, GSPs in the 'views' directory are directly accessible. You can prevent direct access to the GSPs by intercepting "/**.gsp" in UrlMappings.groovyQ: Why won't XXX Javascript Library Display Properly?
A: Sometimes third party javascript libraries depend upon other resources loaded directly from the javascript files themselves like stylesheets. Examples of libraries that do this would be the Yahoo UI libraries and niftycube. When the javascript attempts to load the URL Grails changes the URL so that the resource is not found. Try adding a link using the createLinkTo tag for the particular resource.Q: What's the difference between fieldValue(bean:instance, field:"id") and instance.id?
A: Per Ian Roberts([email protected]) on grails user mailing list 5/16/11 -- The difference betweenrequestInstance.attr
fieldValue(bean:requestInstance, field:'attr')
Q: Can I use the render method to return a binary file to the client?
A: Since Grails 2.0.x it's possible to use the method render directly:// render a file render(file: new File(absolutePath), fileName: "book.pdf")
def createZip = { byte[] zip = createZipForClient() response.contentType = "application/octet-stream" response.outputStream << zip }
Alternatively, you can use:
response.setHeader("Content-disposition", "attachment; filename=" + session.userid + ".csv"); render(contentType: "text/csv", text: "my,comma,seperated,variable,file");
Q: How do I get the date from a form submission?
The actual date parameter that is the same as your class (in the sample below, "startDate") is simply a tag that tells grails that it is a struct. To get at the actual date input by the user, you need to look at the individual month, year & day parameters.String inputDateString = "${params.startDate_year}/${params.startDate_month}/${params.startDate_day}" Date inputDate = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy/MM/dd").parse(inputDateString)
Q: Can I use JFreeChart to display charts to the client?
Of course you can! Just use JFreeChart to create an image of the chart you want to show and then stream that back through the response.An example of a controller that creates a Pie Chart:import org.jfree.chart.ChartFactory import org.jfree.data.general.DefaultPieDataset import org.jfree.chart.encoders.EncoderUtilclass PiechartController { def index = { // create the data for the pie chart def slices = [ [label:"One", percent:43.2], [label:"Two", percent:10.0], [label:"Three", percent:27.5], [label:"Four", percent:17.5], [label:"Five", percent:11.0], [label:"Six", percent:19.4] ] // load the data into a dataset def dataset = new DefaultPieDataset(); slices.each { slice -> dataset.setValue(slice.label, slice.percent) } // create the pie chart and stream it back to the client def chart = ChartFactory.createPieChart("Pie Chart Demo 1", dataset, true, true, false) EncoderUtil.writeBufferedImage(chart.createBufferedImage(800, 600), "png", response.getOutputStream()) }}
You will also need to copy jfreechart-1.0.1.jar and jcommon-1.0.0.jar into the libs folder of your grails app.
Grails Object Relational Mapping (GORM)
Q: In a one-to-many relationship, how to do I have a sorted set of the many objects?
In the Author/Book example, Book must implement the Comparable interface, and the set of books must be of type SortedSet:class Author { Long id Long version SortedSet books def hasMany = [ books : Book ] String name }
See also Section 5.2.4 of the GORM documentation.
Q: I have a simple domain class that gets errors when trying to view its list?
Be careful with SQL reserved words. The code bellow will result in mapping errors because "order" is an SQL reserved word. Change that to "sortOrder" or something else.class Category{ String name Integer order }
Q: How can I flush a Hibernate session multiple times within my controller?
Spring will inject the a SessionFactory object into your controller, provided you import the proper libraries and provide a reference for the injection:import org.hibernate.*class SomeController { SessionFactory sessionFactory def flush_multiple_times = { assert sessionFactory != null def hibSession = sessionFactory.getCurrentSession() assert hibSession != null hibSession.flush() // do something hibSession.flush() } }
Q: How can i use the new Groovy annotations for specifying JPA settings?
The Grails DomainBinder does not use the annotations, so you have to put the Domain class in the src/groovy folder (instead of grails-app/domain).- Create your domain-class in src/groovy, e.g. src/groovy/Book.groovy :
import javax.persistence.*;@Entity class Book { @Id @GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.AUTO) @SequenceGenerator(name="book_seq", sequenceName="book_seq") Long id; @Version Integer version; @Column(name="my_auth_col") String author; @Column(name="my_title_col") String title; static constraints = { author(nullable:true) title(nullable:true) } }
- Configure annotation support in your xxxDataSource.groovy :
import org.codehaus.groovy.grails.orm.hibernate.cfg.GrailsAnnotationConfiguration
class DevelopmentDataSource {
def configClass = GrailsAnnotationConfiguration.class
- Register your domain class in hibernate/hibernate.cfg.xml, e.g. :
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><!DOCTYPE hibernate-configuration PUBLIC "-//Hibernate/Hibernate Configuration DTD 3.0//EN" "http://hibernate.sourceforge.net/hibernate-configuration-3.0.dtd"><hibernate-configuration> <session-factory> <mapping class="Book" /> </session-factory></hibernate-configuration>
- grails generate-all Book, and of you go !
Q: How can I turn on logging for hibernate in order to see SQL statements, input parameters and output results?
Edit your Config.groovy file. Find the line with:
hibernate = "off"
and replace it with:
hibernate.SQL="trace,stdout" hibernate.type="trace,stdout"
now you will see SQL logging statements appear on the console.
Q: Why are my many-to-many columns backwards?
This is intentional - see this JIRA for an explanation of what's going on. See this JIRA for a proposed fix.Security
Q: How can I secure my application?
There are a number of ways to secure your application, a simple way is with a Grails filter.However, it is recommended that you build your application on one of the excellent security plug-ins for Grails such as the Spring Security 2.0 plug-in or the JSecurity plug-in both which solve a lot of common security patterns (login, registration, roles, permissions etc.)Grails in Eclipse
Q: Launching Grails in Eclipse fails with an exception about JAVA_HOME
Your Eclipse is configured to use a Java Runtime Environment or JRE. However, to launch a Grails application you need a Java Developer Kit or JDK. If you don't have a JDK installed on your system your can download the latest version from http://java.sun.comGo to Preference in Eclipse (in the Window menu) and go to "Java/Installed JREs". You will find a JRE installed, for example "jre1.5.0_09". Now add the JDK by clicking the "Add..." button. Click the "Browse..." button and select the location of your JDK (for example "C:Program FilesJavajdk1.5.0_09"). Click "Ok" and enter a name for this JDK (for example "JDK 1.5.0_09").Now make sure to select the JDK you just installed in your launch configuration.Misc
Q: How can I access domain classes from sources in src/groovy?
Sometimes, you are developing some utility classes that live in src/groovy and which you intend to use from Services and other artifacts. However, as those classes are pre-compiled by Grails, it is not possible to instantiate them and write things like Book.findByTitle("Groovy in Action"). But fortunately, there is a workaround since it's possible to do this:import org.codehaus.groovy.grails.commons.ApplicationHolder //… def book = ApplicationHolder.application.getClassForName("library.Book").findByTitle("Groovy in Action")
Q: How do I get access to the application context from sources in src/groovy?
There is no ApplicationContextHolder class equivalent to ApplicationHolder. To access to a service class called EmailService from a Groovy class in src/groovy, access the Spring bean using:import org.codehaus.groovy.grails.web.context.ServletContextHolder as SCH import org.codehaus.groovy.grails.web.servlet.GrailsApplicationAttributes as GAdef ctx = SCH.servletContext.getAttribute(GA.APPLICATION_CONTEXT) def emailService = ctx.emailService
import org.codehaus.groovy.grails.commons.ApplicationHolder as AH
def ctx = AH.application.mainContext
def emailService = ctx.emailService
def emailService = grailsApplication.mainContext.emailService
Q: How do I get a resource from the servletContext or applicationContext from a service?
To get the ApplicationContext, have your service implement ApplicationContextAware and declare an 'applicationContext' field. Then from within your service:def resource = applicationContext.getResource("foo")
import org.codehaus.groovy.grails.web.context.ServletContextHolder as SCHdef servletContext = SCH.servletContext

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With next week's deadline to avoid $85 billion in automatic budget cuts nearing, economists say hopes are fading for a "grand bargain" on long-term deficit reduction even though many say it would boost the economy next year.
In a USA TODAY survey of top economists, 64% say a deal that would close tax loopholes, change policies such as the way Social Security benefits are adjusted for inflation, and curtail Medicare and Medicaid spending growth would help the economy "some" or "a lot'' in 2014. But 42% say they are less optimistic than they were three months ago that such a deal will happen.
``If it included legitimate cuts (in entitlement spending), it could add a percentage point or two to growth,'' said Mike Englund, chief economist at Action Economics. ``If the grand bargain isn't too grand - and halfway between the two sides isn't - then it probably will have little observable effect.''
The best thing a deal would do for 2014's outlook is stave off the automatic spending cuts, half of which would come from national defense programs, said Richard Moody, chief economist at Regions Financial. The effect on 2014 would be less than the impact of such a deal on this year, since it would head off spending cuts that would lead quickly to layoffs, he said.
``We don't have a deficit problem now, but we sure have one eight to 10 years from now,'' Moody said.
An agreement that convinces executives that fiscal policy will be more stable in the future, after four years of trillion-dollar annual deficits, is likely to boost business investment, said Diane Swonk, chief economist at Mesirow Financial. Most economists prefer a deal that eases up on short-term cuts, but trims entitlement programs later in the decade, Swonk said.
President Obama said Tuesday that automatic cuts would force mass layoffs of everyone from local teachers to FBI agents.
The budget cuts scheduled to start March 1 are likely to happen, especially since Congress is in recess this week, but they likely will not last long before public pressure makes officials pass a stop-gap budget bill, said Nigel Gault, chief U.S. economist at IHS Global Insight.
Contributing: Barbara Hansen
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With iSCSI you conifgure a block device to be exported over the network. LUN is just SCSI term for identifying a drive.
So what I did is just had a simple software RAID 5 array that I divided up using logical volume management. I'd create a logical volume to be used for a VM then configured iSCSI enterprise target to use the logical volume as a drive that gets exported over the network.
With Xen I'd then use the Linux kernel's iSCSI support on my desktop to access it and then use one of those as a raw device for each guest VM.
With KVM and virt-manager stuff they have it setup so that the VM can be configured to use iSCSI directly. I have not tried it with KVM yet.
This sort of thing is important if your going to use VMs for business or whatever and want to take advantage of the "Live migration" features. One of the requirements are that you have a common storage backend so that the VM has consistant access to it's storage after the move.
Then, for reliability, you'd have to take advantage of other features like Ethernet bonding and Linux multi-path and maybe DRBD or other storage replication features so that you'd have the ability to replicate storage and create highly reliable storage networks. Although all the details are beyond me, I've done research but no actual implimentation for stuff like that.
That's one of he kick-ass things about KVM is that you can then more easily take advantage of all the little features, drivers, and hardware support that have been developed for Linux server use in the enterprise.
Oh, and for these block-level protocols like iSCSI or stuff from Redhat's clustering things, or fiberchannel... the security for these things suck huge donkey balls. Their 'security' features are more for avoiding accidents and not so much for stopping attackers. So for security purposes you'd generally want to use a private network just for the storage. It's good for performance. Of course for more casual uses like home usage it's not that important.


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Prince Willem-Alexander, left, Queen Beatrix and Princess Maxima of the Netherlands leave the royal palace on April 29 to attend a dinner before her abdication. / Getty Images
Holland got its first new king in over 100 years on Tuesday as Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands abdicated in favor of her son, Willem-Alexander.
After 33 years on the throne, Beatrix, 75, formally stood down from the throne at a brief ceremony at the Royal Palace in Amsterdam on Tuesday. Earlier this year she said that it was time for "a new generation" to reign.
During the ceremony, Beatrix signed a statement that read: 'I now withdraw from my office of Queen of the Netherlands, and the monarchy will now be transferred to my eldest son, Willem-Alexander."
King Willem-Alexander is 46. He is the first Dutch king since Willem III in 1890.
"I am happy and grateful to introduce to you your new king, Willem-Alexander," Beatrix later told a cheering crowd of thousands in Amsterdam's Dam Square, from the balcony of the Royal Palace.
The new king's popular Argentine-born wife became Queen Maxima and their eldest of three daughters, Catharina-Amalia, who attended the ceremony wearing a yellow dress, became Princess of Orange and first in line to the throne.
The generational change in the House of Orange-Nassau gave the Netherlands a moment of celebration, pageantry and brief respite as this trading nation of nearly 17 million struggles through a lengthy recession brought on by the European economic crisis.
"It's a special moment. I was a very small girl when Beatrix came to the throne so this is the first change in the monarchy I can really experience," said Els Nederstigt, 38, who got up at 5:30 a.m. to travel to Amsterdam and sat on a camping stool close to the Royal Palace wearing an orange cowboy hat and tiara.
"We were here when Willem-Alexander and Maxima got married and what you remember is that you were there - you forget how early you had to get up and how tired you were," said Nederstigt.
Contributing: Associated Press
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The process of diagnosis includes the following:
- Review of your medical history
- Physical exam
- Diagnostic testing
- Cytology
- Staging
- Prognosis
Review of Your Medical History
Your doctor will ask you to describe your symptoms in detail. You'll be asked about your smoking and alcohol habits (past and present), history of exposure to chemicals, personal medical history, and family medical history.
Physical Exam
Your doctor will perform a complete physical examination, paying particular attention to the abdominal exam. Your doctor will feel for a mass in your abdomen, and ask if you have any pain or tenderness during the course of the exam.
Diagnostic Testing
The following tests may be done:
A number of blood tests may be performed, although they cannot be used to definitively diagnose pancreatic cancer. The tests may show some of the changes that occur during pancreatic cancer, such as elevated levels of the enzymes amylase and lipase, increased bilirubin, elevated glucose, and changes in liver function tests. These changes can occur in other conditions, as well.
Specific blood tests for pancreatic cancer include tumor marker cancer antigens, CA 19-9, CA 72-4, and also human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG). These tests are useful in predicting prognosis and identifying relapse after surgical resection.
Imaging studies are very important for diagnosing pancreatic cancer. A number of different types of imaging may be performed, such as:
- CT scan —This is a type of x-ray that uses a computer to produce cross-sectional images of the inside of the body. A special CT, called the dual phase helical CT, is the best test for diagnosing this condition. The scan can show the interior of the pancreas in detail, allowing a tumor to be diagnosed in approximately 98% of the time. CT is also very useful for diagnosing the spread of cancer beyond the pancreas.
- Ultrasound —This test uses sound waves to identify tumors and other conditions. Ultrasound studies can be performed by placing the transducer (the tool that produces the sound waves and generates a picture onto a monitor) on the outside of the abdomen.
- Endoscopic ultrasound —This is a more detailed form of ultrasound. A thin, lighted tube (endoscope) is passed down your throat, through your stomach, and into your intestine. The endoscope has a tiny ultrasound transducer within it, allowing the pancreas and surrounding organs to be viewed on the monitor. This test can help identify the presence of a tumor in or around some of the major vessels surrounding the pancreas, surrounding organs, and in lymph nodes surrounding the pancreas.
- MRI scan —An MRI uses magnetic waves to produce images of the inside of the body. Using a large magnet, radio waves, and a computer, an MRI produces 2-D and 3-D pictures. This test can identify a tumor within the pancreas, as well as determine if the tumor has spread outside of the pancreas. For example, MRI is particularly good at showing the major blood vessels outside of the pancreas to see if they are being compressed or invaded by pancreatic cancer.
- Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) —A thin, lighted tube (endoscope) is passed down your throat, through your stomach, into your intestine, and to the location of the common bile duct. Dye is squirted through the endoscope and into the common bile duct. X-ray pictures are taken. The dye outlines the common bile duct and the pancreatic duct, so that any abnormal areas stand out more clearly on the x-rays. Biopsy samples and fluid can also be taken through the endoscope.
- Angiography —During this test, a dye is injected into an artery, and a series of x-rays are taken. The dye coats the blood vessels and the pancreas, making it easier to see if a tumor has invaded, compressed, or otherwise interfered with the normal functioning of blood vessels. Due to the high quality images of current CT scans, angiography is rarely necessary.
- PET scan —This special scanning technique is especially useful for staging pancreatic cancer.
During laparoscopy , tiny incisions are made in the abdomen, and a small fiberoptic tube with a lighted tip (a laparoscope) is inserted. The scope can be used to look at the pancreas, the surrounding tissues, the liver, and the wall of the abdomen for the presence of tumor. Miniature surgical tools can also be inserted into the abdomen to remove tissue samples (biopsies). The tissue samples will be checked for cancer cells. Laparoscopy is useful for both diagnosing pancreatic cancer and determining whether the cancer has spread outside of the pancreas. This can be done as an outpatient procedure.
Biopsy involves the removal of a small sample of pancreatic tissue and examination under a microscope to check for the presence and type of cancer cells. This is an important part of diagnosing pancreatic cancer.
The tissue sample may be obtained during the course of an ERCP exam, during laparoscopy, or through fine needle aspiration (FNA) . During fine needle aspiration, a tiny needle is inserted directly through the skin of the abdomen and into the pancreas in order to withdraw a sample of pancreatic tissue. Some researchers believe that FNA should not be performed unless the tumor is inoperable because the cancer cells may accidentally be spread along the track of the needle. If an abnormality is seen in another organ (such as the liver), a biopsy of that abnormality may be done instead.
Cytology is the study of cells. The cytology of cancer cells differs significantly from normal cells, and doctors use the unique cellular features seen on biopsy samples to determine the diagnosis and assess the prognosis of a cancer.
The first thing that cytology studies will do is determine what type of pancreatic cell the cancer involves. Exocrine cells are much more commonly involved in pancreatic cancer than endocrine cells. Cytology will also try to determine the degree of abnormality and aggressiveness of the cancer cells.
Staging is the process by which doctors determine the prognosis of a cancer that has already been diagnosed. Staging is essential for making treatment decisions (eg, surgery or chemotherapy). Several features of the cancer are used to arrive at a staging classification, the most common being the size of the original tumor, extent of local invasion, and spread to distant sites (metastasis). Low staging classifications (0-1) imply a favorable prognosis, whereas high staging classifications (4-5) imply an unfavorable prognosis.
Information to aid in staging pancreatic cancer can come from the results of imaging studies and laparoscopy. These studies help detail whether the pancreatic cancer is contained within the pancreas, or whether it has begun to invade blood vessels, lymph nodes, or other organs and tissues surrounding the pancreas. If your doctor is suspicious that the cancer has spread to distant areas of your body, then other tests may be done to study those organs.
Once all the information has been collected, your doctor will put it all together to determine the stage of your cancer. A common system used for staging is called the TNM system. This system characterizes three aspects of pancreatic cancer: information about the tumor (T), the lymph nodes (N), and the presence of distant metastasis (M). As with grading, the higher numbers reflect a greater degree of abnormality and spread.
The T stages are as follows:
- TX: Tumor cannot be evaluated.
- T0: There is no evidence of tumor.
- Tis: There is minimal tumor without invasion ( in situ ).
- T1: Pancreatic tumor measures 2 centimeters (cm) or less and has not spread outside of the pancreas.
- T2: Pancreatic tumor is greater than 2 cm, but has not spread outside of the pancreas.
- T3: The pancreatic tumor extends beyond the pancreas but does not involve the superior mesenteric artery or the vessels of the celiac axis, both of which are located in the abdomen.
- T4: The pancreatic tumor extends beyond the pancreas and involves the superior mesenteric artery or vessels of the celiac axis.
The N stages are as follows:
- NX: Nodes cannot be evaluated.
- N0: There are no cancer cells in the regional lymph nodes.
- N1: There are cancer cells in lymph nodes surrounding the pancreas.
The M stages are as follows:
- MX: Presence of metastasis cannot be evaluated.
- M0: There are no distant metastasis.
- M1: There are distant metastasis, such as to distant lymph nodes, liver, lungs, and/or brain.
Once the T, N, and M categories have been determined, the information is grouped together to determine your stage. The groupings are as follows:
T, N, and M Classifications
Stage IA
Stage IB
Stage IIA
Stage IIB
T1, T2, or T3; N1; M0
Stage III
T4; N0 or N1; MO
Stage IV
T1, T2, T3, or T4; N0 or N1; M1
Another method of staging addresses whether the original pancreatic tumor can be surgically removed or not. Most doctors believe that tumors that have invaded major blood vessels (T4 or Stage III) cannot be removed. Therefore, this method of staging utilizes information about blood vessel invasion. This system has three designations:
- Resectable pancreatic cancer—Visible tumors can be removed.
- Locally advanced or unresectable pancreatic cancer—The cancer has spread to neighboring tissues or invaded into blood vessels, therefore the cancer cannot be removed through surgery. However, no distant spread has been diagnosed.
- Metastatic—The cancer has been found in distant sites; it has spread well beyond the pancreas.
Prognosis is a forecast of the probable course and/or outcome of a disease or condition. Prognosis is most often expressed as the percentage of patients who are expected to survive over five or ten years. Cancer prognosis is an inexact process. This is because the predictions are based on the experience of large groups of patients suffering from cancers at various stages. Using this information to predict the future of an individual patient is always imperfect and often flawed, but it is the only method available.
Unfortunately, pancreatic cancer is often relatively advanced at the time that it is diagnosed. As a result, the number of patients who survive for five years or more after diagnosis is very small, perhaps as low as 5%. About 21% of all patients diagnosed with pancreatic cancer survive for a year after diagnosis. Also, being overweight or obese can further reduce your chance of survival.
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Lucky November 5, 2011
He is a lucky bastard...
Rico October 31, 2011
How does this old goat do it?
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PoPs don't know what to do with that young pussy
Colin February 14, 2012
I'd love to rim Jim and to be fucked by him
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I love Jim Slip! What a hot fantasy to be fucked by him.
Chem0 October 21, 2011
It's not a match. Old and young.. Well, does the girl in there have a video with a young man?
:O October 10, 2011
WOW it didn't end with sperm in the face. Bravo!
hwo July 22, 2011
i would love to be jim's cameraman / bodyguard :p
Samantha July 1, 2011
I wouldn't suck such a old prick. It's awful.
kaypee August 15, 2011
She is beautiful girl great tits and pussy.I would fuck her doggie.
muhahaha August 26, 2011
lucky old man :D
Huh? September 17, 2011
To hwo I don't think that the Cameraman or the Bodyguard have any chance to fuck her up, but then agan MAYBE who know... I would like to be her "Pussyguard" for a day. =P
cyril February 25, 2012
what a fucking hot bitch would love to fuck her brains out be like jim and cum everywhere
fhhjoi March 8, 2012
Shithead again October 12, 2013
There all old brass he as about as much charm as a cockroach no style and no class the old cunt
Juan August 20, 2013
This guy has 0 style & cannot talk to girls for shit, how the fuck is this old perve bunking up with these beauts? Even if there's money involved, grandpa here can barely concentrate. Fair play to him tho, I guess we're all jealous.
Lover not Hater April 13, 2014
He is 1 jammy old bastard.
Daddy Dick June 13, 2014
The old bat ain't doing her right. Give me and my fat 8" a shot. Make that hoe feel special. hahaha
rolls April 26, 2015
jim gets more cunt than I have hot lunches
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Gina December 2, 2012
She makes nice noises when she is being fucked
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pussy pleaser May 16, 2012
Jim if you want you can fuck my old tart if you want she's a easy bunk up but hopefully you can stretch her for me, whilst your doing her i can find some fresh new pussy
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Yea she is hot but what the fuck does she keep talking about!!
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I'd gladly dress up for a cock like that to pleasure
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i wanna fuck that girl n wanna press her sexy boobs lick her seducing pussy and i will make thatgirl my 8th wife and always fuck her if that girl is reading this just tell me if u agree i can make u pregnent please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
man June 4, 2011
Imagine she's Miley Cyrus.. damn..
Dude May 13, 2011
Wouldn't mind if I got fucked by Jim Slip
Safo88 August 3, 2010
@horst62 Ja, junges ding und hart gefickt! Da bin ich sofort dabei!!! So ne geile Fotze!!!
horst 62 August 3, 2010
so ne geile junge fotze würde ich auch gerne mal richtig durchficken,aber auf die harte tour
atze August 7, 2010
die ist mir noch nicht lolita mäßig genug - noch kleinere titties, noch flacherer arsch - so richtig wie ne göre muss sie aussehen und dann richtig knallhart pimpern
Safo88 August 9, 2010
@ atze Ja, genau so sehe ich das auch!!! Würde alles geben, mal so ein geiles, dünnes und junges ding a la lolita zu ficken! Am liebsten als Dreier, so richtig durchfögeln!!!
Baldrover September 24, 2010
What is her name? Where can we see more of her?
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Today we have Ursula from The Little Mermaid! Such a wicked villain, but a gorgeous purple. ;)
I've done The Little Mermaid before on false nails, and then I've also done an Ariel inspired french tip design. So be sure to check those out.
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Excerpted from Outcasts United by Warren St. John. Copyright © 2009 by Warren St. John. Excerpted by permission of Spiegel & Grau, a division of Random House LLC. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.
A Conversation with Warren St. John
Random House Reader's Circle: What is Outcasts United about?
Warren St. John: In the most literal sense, it's the story of a soccer team for young refugees, of the remarkable woman who founded that team, and of the town where these people came together. But more broadly I think the book is about dealing with change— large- scale social change—as well as the problem of creating a sense of community in an environment in which people, at least on the surface, don't seem to have a lot in common. I think the changes that occurred in Clarkston are a hyperspeed version of the sorts of changes that are happening all around the world. So I went to Clarkston to see what lessons there were to be learned.
RHRC: Can you explain?
WSJ: Well, Clarkston, Georgia, where the Fugees are based, was once a simple southern town. And now between a third and a half of the town are foreign- born, and the high school has students from over fi fty countries. Even the Fugees comprise kids from over a dozen countries, and the coach is from Jordan. And then of course there are people who've spent their entire lives in Clarkston. So the question then is, how do you make all this work? It seems like a fairly pressing question because this sort of change is happening all over the United States and Europe as well, though perhaps a bit more slowly than in Clarkston. That's what attracted me to this story.
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WSJ: I was in Atlanta giving a talk about my fi rst book at a conference of educators, and a reader of the book invited me to join him and his wife for dinner. He worked in refugee resettlement, so over a hamburger, I suppose my reporter's instinct kicked in and I started grilling him, asking, "Refugees from where? How did they get here? Where do they live and how do they build new lives here? Who helps them?" That sort of thing. He very patiently answered my questions and then casually mentioned that there was a soccer team of young refugees on the eastern side of town, and he encouraged me to check them out. So I called the coach and went to a game. It was a surprisingly powerful experience. Luma was this mysterious, intense presence. The kids themselves were quiet and focused, and they played beautifully. And there was one player in particular who had survived an apartment fi re a few months before that had killed a number of his family members. Luma was tough with him—he didn't get a break at all. And without giving too much away, his response was remarkable. I came away from that afternoon truly moved, and I knew that day that I'd found my next book.
In the meantime, I learned more about Clarkston, and I realized that so much of the tension over refugee resettlement was just coming to a head. There had recently been a case of police brutality against a Nigerian immigrant. That summer the mayor had banned soccer from the town park. So it wasn't only a story about a team—there was this momentous kind of reckoning going on in the community as well. And that's what made it clear to me that I needed to get there quickly and to start reporting.
RHRC: Did being from the South infl uence your interest in the story or how you saw Clarkston in general?
WSJ: Absolutely. I grew up in Birmingham, just two and a half hours from Atlanta. My mother is from Savannah, and I went to Atlanta countless times when I was younger, so I was familiar with the city. But mainly I think I knew enough about the southern psyche, and life in a small town—my father was from a town in northern Alabama called Cullman, where I spent a lot of time as a kid—to know that the infl ux of a large number of refugees, including many from Africa and the Middle East, a decent number of them Muslim, was going to produce some interesting fall out.
RHRC: You did a series of articles about Clarkston and the Fugees for The New York Times—did the book come out of that work? WSJ: It was actually the other way around—the book gave rise to the articles. I knew from the outset that this was a subject I wanted to immerse myself in, and that the scope of it could easily support a book- length treatment, demanded it even. I talked to my editor at Random House, told him what I planned to do, and he was enthusiastic. So I was on my way. When I went to ask for a leave from the Times, my editors there asked what I was writing about, and when I told them, they asked if I'd write pieces along the way, during the process of reporting and writing the book. It seemed like a great way to test and formulate my thoughts about the material. But by then I was already fl ying down to see games in Atlanta on weekends and getting absorbed completely by the story. So I was working on the book a full six months before the fi rst feature ran in the Times.
RHRC: How were you received by the refugee families in Clarkston?
WSJ: There is very understandable reticence among many of the refugee families I met. Their experiences make it diffi cult for them to trust strangers, particularly anyone seen as part of an apparatus—the government, the army, the media, even the relief bureaucracy. Refugees have often faced a great deal of betrayal. That said, I had an introduction in most cases from Luma, someone the families knew and trusted, and that was invaluable. And among the refugees, there is also a natural curiosity about locals—they want to meet Americans and get to know them. They live in apartment complexes full of other refugees, many from other countries—people whose language they may not speak. So refugees in Clarkston don't actually have many opportunities to just sit down and talk to an American. And when they do, they have lots of questions. They want things explained.
RHRC: Can you give an example?
WSJ: When I was reporting, I'd frequently show up—to soccer practice or games, to people's apartments—in a rental car. One afternoon one of players on the Fugees said, "You must be a very wealthy man." I asked, "Why do you say that?" And he said, "Because you have so many cars—you're always showing up in a new one." So that became an occasion to explain the mundane but not entirely obvious practice of rental cars, and why one week you might have a mini van and the next week a PT Cruiser. Most refugees are coming from places where owning a car is exceptionally rare, so the notion that you could essentially borrow one for a few days was almost unfathomable.
RHRC: Tell me about Coach Luma.
WSJ: Luma is a force of nature. She's a doer. She offers an example of stability in an otherwise fairly chaotic environment. And perhaps more than anything, she does what she says she's going to do. If Luma tells her players to show up at 8 a.m. to meet the team bus, she's there by 7:55 a.m. Likewise, when she says the bus is leaving at 8:10, the bus leaves at 8:10. So, yes, by spending time with the Fugees—at practice, at games, at tutoring—that's less time for boys to get into trouble or to get drawn in by the wrong crowd. But there's also a powerful learning component to the entire program. The boys learn what it means to be consistent and to follow through, to take responsibility. And while some may fi nd Luma's rules rigid, they also come to appreciate their predictability.
RHRC: Like a lot of people in the book, Luma is searching for a home in a way as well, isn't she?
WSJ: I think that gets back to what the book is really about. So many of the people I met in Clarkston—refugees, Luma, even the long- term residents, and especially a lot of the people who work in refugee resettlement—are looking for something: stability and safety, a sense of belonging to a larger community. And in a way that becomes the one thing that many people—even from very different backgrounds— have in common. The trick is opening enough of a conversation that strangers learn that about each other. And in Clarkston, there are these pockets where that conversation happens—among the Fugees players, at the International Bible Church, at Thriftown, the local grocery store. But it's hard to realize that you and a neighbor may actually have the same interests if you don't ever speak to one another.
RHRC: And what about the distance between the Fugees and the teams they are playing? Do they ever have an opportunity to connect?
WSJ: Yes and no. Fundamentally, when the Fugees take the fi eld against a rival team, both teams want to win. It's a competition, not an afternoon of group singing and camaraderie. That said, there are many members of the Fugees who have never been outside of Clarkston except to go to away games. Their parents don't have cars. They take the bus to school each morning. So the simple act of traveling to a game—riding on the interstate past downtown Atlanta or past some of those big beautiful houses in the suburbs with swimming pools and lush green lawns—becomes an act of exploration into another world. And even the competitive banter and ribbing that goes on between kids—while not always entirely polite—is a form of communication and connecting.
RHRC: There's a scene early in the book in which the father of a rival player is watching his son select the proper cleats for his soccer shoes and he says something like, "I paid $200 for those shoes, so you better pick the right ones." What did you learn from watching the economic disparity between the Fugees and their competitors?
WSJ: I think the example of the Fugees might come as a relief to overspent soccer parents everywhere—you don't have to have $200 cleats or matching team duffel bags with your jersey number embroidered on them to play the game well or to enjoy it. A passion for the game will trump having the best gear every time. I think that's a shortcoming of the American approach to the game—we tend to emphasize gear and the consumer stuff, and to restrict play to a formal setting like practice and games, whereas most of the world plays the game all the time, more the way Americans play basketball. Watching the Fugees play defi nitely taught me about the value of cultivating that approach to the game and making room for it and encouraging it in a child's life.
RHRC: You seem to avoid making judgments about the people you write about.
WSJ: I generally go into most situations assuming that people are doing the best they can, and I challenge myself to try to understand the motivations behind actions that I disagree with or that strike me as wrong or wrongheaded. In the case of Clarkston, I think it's important not to get caught up in the game of issuing simplistic moral judgments— saying this person is "good" or "bad"—but to acknowledge the complexity of a place and of the people there, and to acknowledge the incredible challenge that resettlement has posed. So that's what I've tried to do in my book. There are no simple answers in Clarkston, which is what makes it so interesting.
1. When played beautifully, as Coach Luma might say, soccer is one of the world's most fluid and graceful games. How does the nature of soccer refl ect and influence the ways in which the refugee children respond to the challenges of life in Clarkston? Is there something about the game that might make it particularly compelling for children who have endured war, violence, and displacement?
2. Coach Luma is also a Clarkston "outsider" in terms of her nationality. In what ways does her experience as an immigrant compare with those of her players? How does her "outsider" status affect the bond between the coach and her team?
3. Chapter 3 describes a study led by Harvard political scientist Robert Putnam that states that inhabitants of hyperdiverse communities tend to withdraw from collective life and distrust their neighbors. Are you surprised by Putnam's findings? Why or why not? How can communities best overcome this unfortunate tendency? 4. How has the history of migration altered the cultural landscape in your community?
4. The Under 13s managed to develop a warm, familial connection with little regard to their cultural and religious differences, while the Under 15s were less successful in creating such an environment. Why were the younger Fugees able to bond in a way that their older counterparts were unable to achieve? How did that bond, or lack thereof, affect their performance both on and off the fi eld?
5. The refugee community in Clarkston is composed of a conglomerate of religions, ethnicities, and languages. How do the contrasting experiences of the Under 13 and Under 15 players relate to the complexities that face the refugee community as a whole?
6. With the arrival of the Somali Bantu in Clarkston, longtime Clarkston residents became alarmed about changes in their community even though refugees had been resettling in Clarkston since the 1980s. Why was the local response suddenly more intense at this point in Clarkston's history of refugee resettlement?
7. How does Mandela Ziaty's struggle with issues of identity differ from that of many American- born teenagers? Are there more similarities than differences? How does his dual identity as a defacto American and a displaced Liberian complicate this struggle?
8. In chapter 24, Jeremy Cole, a case manager at one of the refugee agencies in Clarkston, challenged his traditional beliefs by converting to Islam. How were he and other Americans working with the refugee communities provoked to re examine their own identities based upon their interactions with different cultures?
9. Discuss the problems involved in the Fugees' search for a home field. Did the Clarkston government violate their human rights? What about the situation of the Lost Boys and the use of the soccer field?


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21 Nov, 2006
Travel day, Melbourne - Auckland.
Within the bands entourage (certainly by comparison to the crews clockwork scheduling) travel departure times are often a little loose. This morning was especially so, due to three contradictory memos which had been emailed out last night and this morning.
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20 Oct, 2006
There was a 6.30pm conference call arranged between Bono (Dublin), The Edge (Los Angeles), Steve Matthews (London) and myself (also London) to blow the cobwebs off our brains and discuss the reincarnation of the Vertigo Tour.
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15 Mar, 2006
I was planning on resurrecting the tour diary today, being the day we were scheduled to fly to Auckland for the load-in tomorrow. However, its now old news that the remainder of the tour dates have been postponed, so Im not going anywhere further than the corner cafe. Its been a very weird week indeed - much akin to driving into a wall.
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