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Diagnosis: Overcrowded Data Center. Remedy: Virtualization
"Intel's Xeon processors work with the VMware Infrastructure 3 platform to give us the maximum server consolidation per dollar. If our virtual infrastructure was a car, we'd be getting more than 100 miles per gallon."
John Muir Health
VMware vFabric tc Server Streamlines Application Deployment. John Muir Health is a not-for-profit health care organization that includes two of the largest medical centers in Contra Costa County, California – the Walnut Creek and Concord campuses of John Muir Medical Center.
"With tc Server, we have a more reliable and maintainable deployment strategy and it takes a lot less time. In the past, having to restart Tomcat, we could easily spend 30 minutes to an hour just setting up an instance and getting it running. Now, with tc Server, it's a few clicks, and it takes less than 15 minutes to get an application up and running."
Kadlec Medical Center
Use VMware Technology To Guarantee The Availability Of Healthcare Critical Applications While Saving Money, Power And Space In The Datacenter
"Running applications on ESX ensures their reliability, which is the number-one reason we began adopting it across the board in our datacenter. So many of our applications and systems are absolutely vital to staff and patients. So making sure they're available whenever they're needed is our paramount concern."
Kaweah Delta Health Care District
Kaweah Delta Health Care District is using VMware to Dramatically Improve Availability and Run Tier 1, Mission-Critical Applications—Plus Create a New Revenue Stream
"We are moving as many of our mission-critical applications to the VMware environment as we can. I see VMware as our primary platform. It gives me peace of mind about availability and performance because it just works. I never have to deal with it. And the improved utilization helps control costs. These days, the first thing we ask a new software vendor is, 'Does it run on VMware?'"
Kettering Health Network
Explore how Kettering Health Network deployed a VMware View virtual desktop environment making it easy for clinicians to adopt their new Epic EMR system.
"By streamlining logins, our VMware View environment functions as a technology accelerator, complementing our Epic implementation to transform how we provide patient care."
Kronos Incorporated
Integrate VMware Infrastructure Into The Corporate Data Center And Hosting And Managed Services, Thereby Increasing Consolidation And Utilization Rates, Facilitating IT Management, Enhancing Application Performance, And Enabling Fast And Easy Deployment Of Windows Images On Virtual Machines
"Approximately 70 to 80 percent of our SQL and Oracle databases are running on VMware. Some of the databases in our virtual environment are fairly large—60 to 100 GB, and performance has been great. They're all running perfectly on VMware."
Kronos Incorporated
VMware Infrastructure 3 Consolidates Physical Servers Into Virtual Machines, Reducing Data Center Footprint And Power & Cooling Requirements
"VMware Infrastructure 3 Is The 'Cadillac' Of Virtualization Suites. The VMotion, HA And DRS Features Alone Make The Investment In VMware Technology Worth It!"
Lake Land College
VMware Desktop Solution Helps Community College Satisfy Users' Soaring Demands, Slash Energy Use
"VMware virtual desktops are the answer to so many issues: supporting remote locations without adding IT staff, allowing faculty mobility and flexibility, and meeting all users' need to run resource-heavy applications."
LAMCO Leverages Flexibility and Scalability of BlueLock's Cloud to Manage and Wind-Down Assets of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.
"Cloud computing was the exact solution we were looking for. Often times, you build an infrastructure and then find that your assessment of on-demand needs are way off."
Land Securities
"The savings we've made have been impressive and immediate, including over £200,000 in hardware in the first year alone. We're able to provision extra capacity very quickly and we've doubled the lifespan of our existing hardware and achieved a major reduction in downtime. The transition to a virtual desktop model has not only reduced hardware and management costs, but we have delighted our users with the significantly improved quality of the IT service we now deliver to them."
Larimer County
Larimer County Provides Agile, Cost-Effective Services to Citizens with VMware Software
"Our virtualized environment delivers significant cost savings and allows us to improve performance and service delivery at the same time. Normally, these two things don't go together — service or performance generally take a hit when you're trying to reduce costs,. In our VMware environment, we're able to do both, which makes our clients and the CIO very happy."
Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust
Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust virtualized 90 percent of its IT estate within a year when it achieved a 12 to 1 server consolidation ratio, avoiding £300,000 in extra server investment.
"Virtualizing with VMware has made us far more agile as an organization. We're able to develop and deliver new services more quickly than ever before, which ultimately makes a huge difference to our patient care. Virtualization has also been the foundation for our move to a new cloud infrastructure through which we will deliver IT services to our own users and have the capability to provide similar services to other NHS trusts. With cost savings the number one priority for the public sector today, VMware has already helped us achieve huge reductions across the board in our organisation including a 75 per cent savings in power costs."
LOGiQ3 Gets the Needed Scalability and Security Needed for Life Reinsurance in the Cloud with BlueLock
"With BlueLock, we went from zero to live in four months"
Lone Star College
Lone Star College System Virtualizes 14 Campus Datacenters, Slashes IT Costs and Improves Disaster Recovery
"While most organizations were focusing on the recent economic crisis, Lone Star took calculated bold steps to build the technology infrastructure to support our vision of becoming the nation's premier community college system. VMware provides flexibility and high availability while reducing operational costs."
Lotnicze Pogotowie Ratunkowe
Brak fizycznej możliwości zainstalowania kolejnych serwerów skłonił dział IT w Lotniczym Pogotowiu Ratunkowym do decyzji o próbie wprowadzenia wirtualizacji do swojej infrastruktury. Brak miejsca hamował nie tylko rozwój usług świadczonych wewnątrz Lotniczego Pogotowia Ratunkowego, ale także ograniczał możliwość wdrożenia sprzętu potrzebnego do prowadzenia testów. Prowadzenie testów na fizycznych maszynach samo w sobie jest utrudnione i nieefektywne - przy maszynach wirtualnych wykonanie klona działającej maszyny wirtualnej lub stworzenie nowego serwera z wykonanego wcześniej wzorca to kwestia paru kliknięć myszką. W wyniku wdrożenia rozwiązań VMware firma uzyskała możliwość dalszego rozwoju dzięki skonsolidowaniu swoich serwerów. Ułatwione też zostało zarządzanie wirtualnymi serwerami oraz skrócono czas reakcji na potrzeby biznesowe. Ograniczono także pobór prądu elektrycznego, którego konsumpcja przy takiej liczbie fizycznych serwerów byłaby znacznie wyższa.
"Gdy wybieraliśmy oprogramowanie firmy VMware do wirtualizacji serwerów, nie było dla niego żadnej rozsądnej, stabilnej alternatywy. Dziś jesteśmy zadowoleni z tej decyzji i nie zamienilibyśmy go na rozwiązanie konkurencyjne."
Madison Plains
Virtualization Frees Madison-Plains Budget for Student Technology. Modernizing Servers as VMware Virtual Machines Helps Rural District Afford VMware View Virtual Desktop Environment
"VMware vSphere technology not only enabled a highly reliable server infrastructure, it also allowed us to save enough money on our servers that we could move to the next step, a VMware View virtual desktop deployment. VMware virtualization therefore became a core technology that opened new doors, including opportunities to offer more educational technology to our students."
VMware Virtual Infrastructure Decreases Capital And Operational Expenses And Enables Efficient Server Consolidation To Extend The Life Of Your Data Center
"There are so many over-hyped products out there that do their job but never really meet your expectations. VMware vSphere is one of those rare products that actually exceed expectations. It definitely delivers on the promise."
VMware virtualization automates disaster recovery processes while boosting availability and providing a platform to implement utility and cloud computing.
"VMware has provided us with a flexible, reliable IT platform to support the business and deliver IT services in more responsive and cost-effective ways."
Manchester Essex Regional School District
Virtualization Helps A Massachusetts School District Deliver Better Education While Reducing Costs, IT Staff Burdens And Environmental Impact.
"This change has really improved the quality of education. It's been a wonderful experience, and I can't tell you how many times a week teacher's tell me how much they enjoy the new system and all the capabilities they get, thanks to VMware."
Manitoba Liquor Control Commission (MLCC)
Manitoba Liquor Control Commission Devises Agile Methodology, Wins Over Stakeholders to Virtualize JD Edwards
"Myth: No one else is doing ERP on VMware. Reality: We found many companies that have successfully virtualized ERP. The performance of our JD Edwards application on VMware vSphere is stellar."


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With siblings like St Ali, Brother Baba Budan and De Clieu, it's no wonder Seven Seeds is one smart, good-looking operation
Seven Seeds ticks a lot of boxes with consistently great coffee and simple food all served inside a cavernous old warehouse. Just out of the city grid and close to the Queen Vic Market, it's spacious and bright with exposed brick walls, shiny concrete floors and ply timber panelling. Mounted racing bikes and lights covered with red knitted beanies add some colour and quirk to the place.
Seven Seeds is all about the coffee: see the in-house coffee plants, coffee laboratory and temperature-controlled storage space. Do they make a good coffee? The answer, folks, is yes.
A small breakfast/lunch menu is not overly ambitious and allows quality ingredients to do their thing. The Bircher muesli is a pleasing rendition of this café favourite. Dig deep and you'll find contrasting layers of crisp pistachio nuts, velvety natural yoghurt, soaked oats (with plenty of plump sultanas) and rhubarb compote with bursts of sweet raspberry. Tiny slivers of lemon rind and fragrant rosewater add an interesting depth to this meal that edges more toward dessert than healthy breakfast. A pressed sandwich uses dense, grainy bread from Dench Bakers and comes with a snappy little cabbage and carrot side salad flecked with curly parsley and sesame seeds. The sandwich is buttered on the outside, nicely browned and contains a thin egg omelette, a smear of tomato chutney and lightly melted cheddar cheese. More functional than outstanding, it's a little too similar to what you'd make at home.
The service at Seven Seeds is exceptional though. Even when it's peak hour, eagle-eyed staff ensure that no one is lost amongst the din. If you haven't already been, get down there.
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Change defines the spring season and as the first whistle blew for the start of Mississippi State spring football practice, change was the topic of conversation.
A major transformation that started during bowl practices last December was the 330-pound James Carmon on the opposite line of scrimmage.
Standing next to redshirt freshman offensive guard Damien Robinson during offensive line drills Thursday represented the physical proof to Carmon's switch to left tackle for his final season of college football.
"It's exciting because I'm going to work hard enough to get on the field somehow, someway and I truly believe this is where I best fit," Carmon said.
In State's first two-hour workout yesterday, Carmon was working on the opposite side of projected right tackle Addison Lawrence as the quarterbacks rotated every three plays during the team situational drills.
"I feel like I got a lot of the protections down but need to just understand the plays going forward," Carmon said. "Repetition is how I'm going to learn and once I get the reps, I'll get it down quick."
Mississippi State football coach Dan Mullen gave the perfect coach answer when asked this week if the move was permanent.
"It's permanent right now to me," Mullen said. "A lot of it's depth-based where we're an injury or two away to not have a choice but to put him back."
For Carmon, the move to offensive line is built around desperation to make a National Football League roster after he graduates this year.
"It's permanent," Carmon said, "I'm 330 pounds with the footwork and I got a family to feed. This has to work, has no choice but to work."
Carmon had six tackles all of last season in 13 games at defensive tackle but went to Mullen to suggest a change to offensive line, a position he hadn't experienced since his stint at Baltimore City College High School three years ago.
Mullen, who said he doesn't pay attention to spring depth charts, said that if all goes according to plan Carmon will line up for the season opener on Sept. 3 at Memphis.
"The learning curve or knowing the offense and understand not just what to do but how to do it," Mullen said when asked about his concerns over Carmon's switch. "He has all the talent in the world to do it but it's about his fundamentals and how to use the offense to be a better player."
Mississippi State's defensive changes on the first day without shoulder pads included defensive back Matthew Wells seeing snaps at linebacker for more passing situations to showcase his speed and athletic advantage after last year as a true freshman in the secondary.
"I thought he did a good job and he's splitting time at certain position because that position is a like a bigger nickel so we'll play Chris Hughes and Cameron Lawrence there this season," MSU linebackers coach Geoff Collins said. "(Chris) will play in whatever position he can play because he wants to contribute now."
It was the first day for Collins as he replaces Manny Diaz as the Bulldogs linebacker coach and must replace all three starting linebackers from last year's squad that won the 2011 Gator Bowl on New Year's Day.
"It's a competitive group that wants to prove they can play in the SEC and compliment the d-line we have that's solid," Collins said. "The first and second groups were making all the right checks and we put a lot of stuff in."
Bulldogs new defensive coordinator Chris Wilson moved tackle Devin Jones outside to end to compensate for the loss of senior Sean Ferguson to a flu bug.
Also in the back four, the Bulldogs had defensive back Louis Watson playing at safety Thursday.
"They're just baby-stepping right now because we aren't in full pads yet so it'll be a few weeks before we can make a full evaluation of certain players and positions," Mullen said.
Mississippi State, which moved the practice debut up a day to miss some expected severe weather in the Starkville area today, will be back in action in a public practice session that's open to the public Saturday morning.
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text: Science Google Science Fair winners: Flashlights without batteries, 'bat signals,' non-viral viruses Image Credit: Google September 24, 2013 6:52 AM John Koetsier 0 If you're not reaching, engaging, and monetizing customers on mobile, you're likely losing them to someone else. Register now for the 8th annual MobileBeat, July 13-14, where the best and brightest will be exploring the latest strategies and tactics in the mobile space. Google Science Fair is clearly where minor miracles happen. Flashlights that work without batteries, traffic that moves itself out of the way of an oncoming emergency vehicle, and new flu medicines — designed on a computer — that are effective even against pandemic strains. And all, of course, from teenagers. Google announced the winners of its 2013 science fair today, and three teens from Australia, Canada, and the USA have emerged from the 18 finalists that Google invited to Mountain View, and won their age categories. Bat signal for ambulances In the 13-14 age category, Aussie teen Viney Kumar designed a system that allows ambulances and other emergency vehicles to send out a GPS-informed "bat signal" to cars within 500 meters (a third of a mile) notifying them via cellular connection that an ambulance or fire truck is coming, and requesting that they pull over. Kumar designed the system, he said, when he saw an ambulance stuck in traffic in India, unable to move, and wondered how many people were dying for lack of prompt emergency response. Flashlight without batteries Canadian teen Ann Makosinski won the 15-16 year-old category with a novel flashlight idea that requires no battery. The "Hollow Flashlight" runs solely on the heat of your hand, Makosinski's flashlight uses Peltier tiles that capture energy from the flow of heat to cooler areas, such as the surrounding air. Incredibly efficient, the light can produce up to 5.4 mW and generate a light that is five foot-candles in brightness. Since a foot-candle is basically the brightness of a lit candle at one foot distance (shocker), her battery-less device is producing more light than five candles — impressive. The no-viral flu virus Above: Model of an HIV virusImage Credit: Tim Evanson Eric Chen of the USA was both the 17-18 category winner and the grand prize winner for an extremely ambitious project with the goal of stopping the flu virus before it goes viral. Chen realized that the influenza endonuclease, or enzymes, are essential for viral growth. To stop the flu, therefore, scientists need only stop its reproduction, killing the infection by not allowing it to spread. To find the best way of doing so, Chen set up computational models and computer-aided designs of flu viruses and the endonuclease components, and "virtually screened" potential medications that could molecularly bind to the enzymes, rendering them inert, and killing the flu dead. It sound like science fiction, or at least something the Center for Disease Control is doing in some billion-dollar lab in Atlanta, but this teen pulled it off, finding "a number of novel, potent endonuclease inhibitors," and laying the groundwork for further study and optimization. This teen isn't just smart at science — Chen has filed a patent on this discovery. The winners all received prizes from Google and CERN, Lego, National Geographic, and Scientific American. The grand prize winner, Chen, will receive an all-expenses-paid trip to the Galapagos Islands, and $50,000 in scholarships. More information: Google Google's innovative search technologies connect millions of people around the world with information every day. Founded in 1998 by Stanford Ph.D. students Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Google today is a top web property in all major glob... read more » Powered by VBProfiles VB's research team is studying mobile user acquisition... Chime in here, and we'll share the results.


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These dainty silk hand fans are must haves for outdoor parties in the warm summer months. Delicate panels are covered with gauzy silk for a lovely Asian inspired accessory. The fans provide a noiseless, gentle and soothing breeze. Perfect for outdoor and summer graduation parties, baptisms/christenings, and bar/bat mitzvahs.
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NVIDIA 180.16 Beta Linux Driver
It was just eleven days ago that NVIDIA had released the 180.11 Beta Linux Driver, but in the wee hours of Saturday morning NVIDIA has pushed out a new beta driver. This driver contains a few fixes, support for new GPUs, and an updated implementation of the Video Decode and Presentation API for Unix.
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Nouveau Companion 41
Just in time for the holidays is a new Nouveau Companion newsletter to update the community on the status of this open-source 2D/3D NVIDIA driver that is written by clean room reverse-engineering of NVIDIA's binary driver. It has been a while since Nouveau Companion 40, but there is still active work going into this X.Org driver. Among the topics covered in the 41st edition of the Nouveau Companion is kernel mode-setting, Gallium3D, layering GEM on top of TTM (similar to the GEM-ified TTM Radeon driver), and thermal monitoring code for the Nouveau driver.
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AMD Catalyst 8.12 Linux Driver
This afternoon AMD has released its final Catalyst Linux driver update for the year. It has been a couple months now since there has been anything exciting in one of these Linux driver updates, but what's there in store this time around? Is there X-Video Bitstream Acceleration finally available? Sadly, no. But there is improved video playback support in a composited environment and Hybrid CrossFire support.
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Using HDMI Audio/Video On Linux
The last time we looked in-depth at HDMI support on Linux was last December when talking about HDMI with the ATI Catalyst Linux driver. Since then there has been improvements in a number of drivers for different hardware. In this article we have a brief overview on the status of HDMI support in the Intel, NVIDIA, and ATI Linux drivers.
9 December 2008 - 9 Comments
VIA Publishes 2D/3D Documentation, Partners With OpenChrome
Earlier this year VIA announced they wanted to join the open-source bandwagon by establishing an open-source driver development initiative, releasing documentation and source-code, and to better engage with the Linux community at large. They have made a few small steps over the past few months, but today they have made their largest open-source contribution yet by releasing four programming documentation guides that cover the video, 2D, and 3D programming for their Chrome 9 graphics processor. In addition, they are now partnering with the community-spawned OpenChrome developers.
20 November 2008 - 20 Comments
2008 Linux Graphics Survey
Last year we hosted our first annual Linux Graphics Survey as really the only study that's been done to get a better understanding what the Linux community is using in their computers to fulfill their graphics needs, what their key interests are, and where they are looking for improvements. We're hosting this survey once again so we ask that between now and December 15 you take a few minutes to vote in the 2008 Linux graphics survey.
17 November 2008 - 3 Comments
NVIDIA VDPAU Benchmarks
Earlier today we shared that NVIDIA is bringing PureVideo features to Linux through a major update in their binary display driver. The NVIDIA 180.06 driver adds VDPAU support on Linux, Solaris, and FreeBSD operating systems, with VDPAU being a set of APIs designed by NVIDIA to accelerate video decoding, provide post-processing capabilities, timstamp-based presentation of video frames, and compositing of sub-picture elements. We have now had the time to benchmark the Video Decode and Presentation API for Unix and have seen the benefits of PureVideo features finally arriving on alternative platforms.
14 November 2008 - 53 Comments
NVIDIA Driver Brings PureVideo Features To Linux
Over the course of the past few months we have been saying that the NVIDIA 180 Linux driver to be released in the fourth quarter of 2008 would hold in store a few interesting features. Well, today that closed-source driver has been released in beta form. This driver adds a new VDPAU API, which provides PureVideo-like features on Linux, adds in CUDA 2.1 support, new workstation performance optimizations, X Render improvements, and other improvements.
14 November 2008 - 19 Comments
Intel X.Org, Mesa Performance In Ubuntu
Earlier this week we had published ATI benchmarks of the open-source Mesa stack and X.Org in the Ubuntu releases going back to Ubuntu 7.04. While the open-source graphics drivers have matured a lot over the past eighteen months and many new features have been added, the ATI performance with an R430 GPU really hadn't improved in the newer releases. To see if the open-source Intel situation is any different, we have carried out similar tests with an Intel 945G Chipset across the past four Ubuntu releases.
13 November 2008 - 7 Comments
ATI X.Org, Mesa Performance In Ubuntu
Late last month we published system benchmarks of Ubuntu 7.04 through 8.10 and had found -- at least with the Intel notebook we were using -- that the performance had degraded with time. This article had then resulted in benchmarks of Fedora 7 through 10 and most recently were Mac OS X 10.5 vs. Ubuntu 8.10 benchmarks. In our original article we hadn't focused much upon the graphics tests and we were just using ATI's binary driver, but per a request from Canonical's Bryce Harrington, we have carried out some open-source graphics tests on Ubuntu 7.04 through 8.10 and we started with the ATI performance.
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WATERTOWN, Mass. - After trailing 2-1 in the second period the Crusaders scored five of the next seven goals including four straight as the Holy Cross men's hockey team defeated Bentley, 6-4, in Atlantic Hockey action at the John A. Ryan Arena on Friday evening. The Crusaders' six goals tied a season-best, while Holy Cross had six different goal scorers. With the win, the Crusaders improve to 9-15-5 overall (8-11-4 Atlantic Hockey) and are 4-2-0 in their last six games, while the Falcons fall to 11-15-3 (9-12-2 Atlantic Hockey). These two teams will play on Saturday, Feb. 13 at 7:00 p.m. at the Hart Center as Holy Cross will "Pink The Rink." The team will be wearing a special edition pink jersey to show its support for breast cancer awareness. The jerseys will be auctioned off throughout the game with all proceeds going to the Levine Cancer Center in Worcester.
Holy Cross and Bentley are now tied for seventh place in the Atlantic Hockey standings with 20 points each. Both teams are also only two points behind Army for sixth place as the first six teams in the standings earn a spot in the Atlantic Hockey Tournament quarterfinals, while seventh through 10th place play in the Atlantic Hockey Tournament first round. All three teams have five conference games left.
The Falcons took a 1-0 lead at 14:23 of the first period when a shot by Brett Hartung was blocked but the puck then bounced right to Erik Peterson who blasted a slap shot to the upper right corner of the net. With just 29 seconds left to go in the period the Crusaders tied the game at 1-1 while on the power play when sophomore Jay Silvia (Burlington, Mass.) fired the puck past Bentley goalie Joe Calvi from right in front of the net for his ninth goal of the season. Junior J.P. Martignetti (Winchester, Mass.) and sophomore Matt Clune (Toronto, Ontario) had assists. For the period, the Falcons outshot the Crusaders, 9-5, while Holy Cross went 1-2 on the power play and Bentley went 0-1.
Only 16 seconds went off the clock in the second period when Hartung gave Bentley a 2-1 advantage. At 2:14, sophomore Luke Miller (Andover, Mass.) sent a wrist shot to the upper left corner of the net for his seventh goal of the season and his fourth goal in the last six games to tie the game at 2-2. Senior Rob Forshner (Sundre, Alberta) and Clune assisted on the goal. Just 1:46 later, Martignetti put the Crusaders up 3-2 with his second goal of the season. Martignetti scored off a rebound from a shot by Silvia. Junior Jordan Cyr (Winnipeg, Manitoba) also had an assist. Holy Cross increased its lead to 4-2 just 1:57 later when freshman Rob Linsmayer (Winnetka, Ill.) netted his second goal of the season. Junior Mark Znutas (Emerson, N.J.) sent a pass from just above the left faceoff circle to Linsmayer at the bottom of the right faceoff circle as he then placed the puck in the right side of the net. The Crusaders scored their fourth straight goal at 14:47 when sophomore Matt Gordon (Perth, Ontario) found the back of the net off a pass from junior Everett Sheen (Lethbridge, Alberta) for the eventual game-winner. The goal was Gordon's third of the season. Holy Cross outshot Bentley by a 14-8 margin, while the Crusaders went 0-2 on the man-advantage and the Falcons went 0-1.
At 1:15 of the third period, Bentley made it a 5-3 game with a goal by Anders Olson. Just 1:49 later, sophomore Andrew Cox (Lombardy, Ontario) found the back of the net for the third time this season to increase the lead to 6-3. Junior Matt Celin (Gibsonia, Pa.) and sophomore Kyle Atkins (Brockville, Ontario) had assists. The Falcons added a late goal by Joe Campanelli for the 6-4 final score.
Holy Cross freshman goalie Thomas Tysowsky (Amherst, N.Y) made 17 saves to improve to 9-13-5, while Calvi stopped 24 shots and is 4-6-1. The Crusaders went 1-5 on the power play and the Falcons went 1-3, while Holy Cross outshot Bentley, 30-21.


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Not to be confused with Mad Libs--those books in which kids supply missing words--ManLibs was created by guys for guys. You still fill in the blanks, but now it's over a few beers instead of a couple juice boxes.
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Rep. Luis Gutierrez on Tuesday added his voice to a growing number of Illinois Democrats publicly calling on fellow Illinois Democratic Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. to offer constituents more information about his leave of absence from Congress.
"I know that we want to say that we have private lives, and I do have a private life. I also have a public life," Gutierrez told reporters at an unrelated news conference Tuesday, according to news reports. "If I don't show up to work, then I need to give-- I don't have this immunity or this shield of privacy-- because it's about my job. And any time I haven't shown up to work, I've given you a clear answer about why it was I wasn't there."
Gutierrez issued those comments one day after Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin of Illinois told reporters Jackson will "have to soon make a report on what he's struggling with."
On June 25, Jackson's office first revealed that the congressman had been on a "medical leave of absence" from Congress due to exhaustion since June 10. No additional details were offered until July 5, when Jackson's staff announced that the congressman was at an "inpatient medical facility" and his undisclosed condition was "more serious" than originally assumed.
Jackson's family, colleagues and staff have offered no additional information. His father, civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson, on Tuesday told NBC Chicago it would be "inappropriate" to disclose details.
He is "slowly regaining his strength, on his medical supervision, and he's taking his time recovering, and of course we pray for him," his father said.
An anonymous aide told the Chicago Sun-Times further details could be released as soon as Wednesday.
An anonymous senior aide close to the congressman told ABC News Tuesday that Jackson is unlikely to return before Labor Day and denied a rumor that Jackson's absence follows a suicide attempt. But the source did say the pressure related to ethics allegations against Jackson is partially responsible for his exhaustion.
The House Ethics Committee has been investigating Jackson for his alleged connections to the potentially improper process of filling the Senate seat formerly held by Barack Obama.
Jackson's former fundraiser, Raghuveer Nayak, was indicted June 20 on 19 counts of fraud related to surgery centers he owns. Nayak was charged with paying bribes and kickbacks to doctors who sent patients to his centers. Nayak pleaded not guilty.
Previously, Nayak allegedly told federal investigators that Jackson asked him to raise money for Gov. Rod Blagojevich to persuade him to appoint Jackson to the Senate.
In addition to those ethics issues, Jackson has had his personal affairs played out in public. In 2010, Jackson's wife Sandi Jackson confirmed her husband was having an extramarital affair following news reports that Jackson had asked Nayak to buy plane tickets for the woman.


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Obama would oppose the surge again … Might film Berlin speech for commercial ... Katie Couric, anchoring from Jordan, today becomes the first network anchor to interview Obama on the trip … Birthdays: Mark "Preston" Preston, Mary Masserini … McCain staff relishes V.P. diversion … Netroots Nation headed for Pittsburgh … "Madden '09" videogame out today, with Favre on cover and a "Backtrack" feature to fix broken plays … Conan O'Brien replaces Jay Leno on June 1, 2009
Good Tuesday morning. Launching at 10:30 a.m.: SCORECARD – a joint blog on House and Senate races from Politico and Real Clear Politics, powered by Josh Kraushaar and Reid Wilson.
With Senator Obama still in Iraq, his staff and press could be seen smoking flavored tobacco in hookahs in their Amman hotel bar, well past midnight local time.
CBS News, 7:18 a.m. Eastern: "Obama has landed at a military controlled airfield in Amman. He is accompanied by Sens. Hagel and Reed. He is aboard a V22 aircraft."
***BREAKING – AP: "Israeli rescue services say a tractor driver has been shot dead after going on a rampage in Jerusalem. Police say the driver crashed into a city bus and hit two cars before being shot. Police say two people were wounded. … A similar attack earlier this month by a Palestinian earth mover driver killed three people and wounded dozens in Jerusalem."
Front of print Politico -- David Rogers: Officials at the Census Bureau are concerned about the performance of wireless devices provided by a politically connected Florida contractor for use in Census 2010.
N.Y. Times A1 News Analysis gives Obama a rave for first leg, saying he "seemed to have navigated one of the riskiest parts of a weeklong international trip without a noticeable hitch and to have gained a new opportunity to blunt attacks on his national security credentials."
L.A. Times A1, "Iraqi schedule for withdrawal close to Obama's." WashPost A1 agrees: "Iraq Points to Pullout in 2010: High-Level Statement Is Second in Days to Back Timetable Similar to Obama's."
TOMORROW'S PAPERS TODAY – "Obamamania in full flight ahead of tour of Europe," from AP Berlin: "In this city where John F. Kennedy, Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton all made famous speeches, Obama will find himself stepping into perhaps another iconic moment Thursday as his superstar charisma meets German adoration live in shadows of the Reichstag and the Brandenburg Gate. He then travels to Paris and London where he can expect to be greeted with similar adulation.
"It's not only Obama's youth, eloquence and energy that have stolen hearts across the Atlantic. For Europeans, there have always been two Americas: one of cynicism, big business and bullying aggression, another of freedom, fairness and nothing-is-impossible dynamism. If President Bush has been seen as the embodiment of that first America, Obama has raised expectations of a chance for the nation to redeem itself in the role that — at various times through history — Europe has loved, respected and relied upon."
Love this: "Associated Press writers across Europe contributed to this report."
FIRST CRITICISM – As Senator McCain arrives today in New Hampshire, an important state this fall, the Manchester Union Leader runs a "[W]here is Obama?" editorial: "[H]e gallivants across Europe and the Middle East, assuring the rest of the world that he will listen to them. Meanwhile, Americans wait in vain for him to hear their concerns face to face."
Politico's Carrie Budoff Brown reports that the Obama campaign may film his Berlin speech, with an audience of at least tens of thousands, for a commercial.
Mayor Giuliani was on the "Today" show, then "Morning Joe" and "American Morning," highlighting Senator Obama's statement yesterday to ABC's Terry "T-Money" Moran that he would still oppose the that he would STILL oppose the surge strategy, which has been an obvious success, if he had it to do over again.
USA Today lead story, from Iraq: "Attacks on U.S. convoys plummet."
Douglas Holtz-Eakin, senior policy adviser to John McCain, tells Forbes.com's Joshua Zumbrun and Brian Wingfield that Obama's policy proposals are hurting the investment climate: ""Would you feel good about sticking your money in the United States?"
CNN's Mark PRESTON is a birthday boy. What can you possibly give him now that he has his own "Preston on Politics" theme song?
Mary MASSERINI, the State Department stalwart who has guided generations of correspondents during foreign-leader visits to D.C., is 82 years young. (Hat tip: JSD)
ChicagoTribune.com leads with a photo of Senator Obama (in shades) headset-to-headset on a chopper flight with Gen. Petraeus (sans shades).
Appearing on MSNBC's "Hardball" from Baghdad, NBC News chief foreign affairs correspondent Andrea Mitchell objects to the "message management" that resulted in three days of images of Senator Obama that were almost entirely – except for a lone Iraq interview with Terry Moran – produced and released by the Pentagon.
Andrea Mitchell, re Obama: "He didn't have reporters with him. He didn't have a press pool. He didn't do a press conference while he was on the ground in either Afghanistan or Iraq. … You're seeing selected pictures taken by the military … So, there's a real press issue here. Politically, it's smart as can be. But we have not seen a presidential candidate do this, in my recollection, ever before.
"I have great respect for the military, of what they do best, which is to fight war, keep the peace, do all sorts of economic and civil reconstruction here in Iraq. I don't think journalism is the prime thing that we recruit them and pay them for."
Chris Matthews calls Obama "lean and mean, hitting that three-pointer from way outside."
"PUZZLEMENT" ON OBAMA DRESS CODE -- Politico's Carrie Budoff Brown and Ben Smith: "An Obama campaign ban on green clothing during the candidate's visits to Israel and Jordan has created wide puzzlement among observers of the Middle East. In a memo to reporters, described as 'a few guidelines we sent staff before departure to the Middle East,' [an] Obama … staffer … laid out rules on attire for Jordan and Israel. First among them: 'Do not wear green.'
"An Obama aide explained to reporters that green is the color associated with the militant Palestinian group Hamas. But while the color does appear on Hamas banners, there is no particular symbolism to wearing green clothes, experts said. Moreover, green is more generally seen as a symbol of Islam."
After his 10 a.m. Eastern avail, Senator Obama meets with His Majesty King Abdullah, then overnights in Jerusalem.
ABC's Jake Tapper previews the day: "The Temple of Hercules is just one of the stops Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, will make today when he comes to Jala al-Qalaa in Amman, Jordan, with his merry men, Sens. Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.) and Jack Reed (D-R.I.), fresh out of their V-22 Osprey from Iraq. … The scenic vista atop the mountain will offer pretty pictures for Obama's first official campaign-organized event of the trip, a press conference about his time in Iraq and Afghanistan. …Hagel and Reed will break off in Jordan."
TAPPER WRITES THE NEW YORK POST HEADLINES FOR THE REMAINING FOUR STOPS – "Oy-bama" -- "O-chtung!" – "Oui, nous pouvons?" – and "Tally O!"
Politico TV's James "Slash" KOTECKI (who saw "The Dark Knight" TWICE this weekend) reports: "BARACK OBAMA IS … TRAVELING." (Have we had that?) James says he's "a bit freaked out" by the possibility of a crowd of 1 million in Berlin: "A potential president who is BELOVED by Europeans? It just feels -- WRONG, somehow. If our staunch European allies aren't inflamed with anger, how do we know we're doing something RIGHT?"
TOP STORY – After Obama had met with top U.S. military commanders and members of the Iraqi government, Terry Moran of "Nightline" asked him: The surge of U.S. troops, combined with ordinary Iraqis' rejection of both al Qaeda and Shiite extremists has TRANSFORMED the country. Attacks are down more than 80 percent nationwide. U.S. combat casualties have plummeted – [five] this month so far, compared with 78 last July. And Baghdad has a pulse again. … If you had to do it over again, knowing what you know now, would you -- would you support the surge?
SEN. OBAMA: No, because -- keep in mind that, that …
MORAN: You WOULDN'T?
SEN. OBAMA: Well, no, keep in mind -- these kinds of hypotheticals are very difficult. You know, hindsight is 20/20. But I think that what I am absolutely convinced of is that AT THAT TIME, we had to change the POLITICAL debate, because the view of the Bush administration at that time was one that I just disagreed with.
MORAN: And so, when pressed, Barack Obama says he still would have opposed the surge.
THE McCAIN CAMPAIGN'S FRAME FOR TODAY -- Tucker Bounds, spokesman John McCain 2008: "Barack Obama admitted tonight that he would rather see failure in Iraq than concede that he was wrong about the surge. A candidate who places his political ambition ahead of our national interest does not pass the threshold to be commander in chief."
LOOK FOR GOP'ERS TO PILE ON ALL DAY. First out of the box will be House Republican Leader John BOEHNER (Ohio): "[T]o foolishly maintain he would oppose it again today calls into question whether he has the judgment and fortitude necessary to be president of the United States."
BUT DID THE Rs REALLY THINK HE WAS GOING TO SAY HE WAS WRONG?
VEEPS – Gerald F. Seib's "Capital Journal" in The Wall Street Journal, "Jack Reed Gives Obama Cover on Iraq": "Sen. Reed, even more than Sen. Obama, has helped shape the mainstream Democratic position on Iraq. And unlike Sen. Obama, he has done so with a background of personal experience, and with the benefit of a hefty investment of time on the ground in Iraq. Indeed, this week's trip is Sen. Obama's second to Iraq; it is Sen. Reed's 12th."
THE McCAIN CAMPAIGN, perhaps unsatisfied by the message being driven by their candidate riding in a golf cart with President Bush 41 at Kennebunkport, ENLISTED DRUDGE TWICE TO TRY TO DIVERT ATTENTION FROM THE OBAMATHON:
1) A little bird gave Drudge the full text of an 880-word McCain op-ed on Iraq that had been sent back for revisions that would make it more about McCain's policy, and less of an assault on Obama. That got a banner, "NYT REJECTS MCCAIN'S EDITORIAL; SHOULD 'MIRROR' OBAMA."
Karl ROVE told Foxy Greta "On the Record" VanSusteren last night: "I thought the decision by The New York Times was arrogant, condescending and stupid. It was arrogant because it said, We're going to dictate to you what you put in your op-ed. It was condescending in its tone that said, You have to mirror what Senator Obama said. And it was stupid because it gives people more reason to believe that they simply can't trust The New York Times to be fair and even-handed."
2) Robert D. Novak yesterday picked up on a four-day-old rumor that Senator McCain might announce his V.P. pick this week. (Last week, it was going to be July 28!) Drudge linked to the item, and caused a short-lived frenzy. It was immediately apparent this was a mischievous diversion.
When a campaign tells CNN, "There will be no announcement this afternoon," and in fact nothing is imminent, they're having a little fun. "A smart feint," one Republican source said.
Politico's Jonathan Martin learned on solid-gold authority that Senator McCain has in fact narrowed his choices, and there was some talk of doing it this week. But at the moment, the campaign still plans to announce the choice after Obama, before the convention.
McCain advisers say they would read an earlier announcement as a sign of panic. On adviser said the adults on the campaign aren't all that worried about the Obama trip: "Quite frankly, it is excellent for the press to get getting Obamamania out of their system."
McCain will meet Wednesday with Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, the WashPost's Chris Cillizza reported.
Take this as a consolation prize, since Jindal won't be VP. Too young – it would call attention to the age issue, not mitigate it.
PLAYBOOK X-RAY – The McCain V.P. list remains, in order, Romney, Portman, Thune, Ridge, Pawlenty, Crist and Cantor.
MORE OBAMA ABROAD: Bloomberg News, "Obama Gets Trappings of Presidential Visit in Iraq," by Julianna Goldman and Viola Gienger: "In addition to his meetings with government leaders, Obama got a helicopter tour of Sadr City, a Shiite stronghold in Baghdad, hosted by the U.S. commander in the region, General David Petraeus, according to pictures released by the Pentagon.
The Boston Globe's Sasha Issenberg, channeling Ken Vogel and Lisa Lerer, says Obama's "brand of charismatic internationalism" is likely to receive "a skeptical welcome" in Israel: "To Israelis, the election's outcome 'may be more crucial than any other in recent memory' given the 'existential threat' posed by Iran's leadership, and the disagreement between Obama and McCain on how to confront it, according to Michael Oren, a senior fellow at the Shalem Center, a Jerusalem think tank."
Newsday's cover goes for ostentatious balance, splitting the screen between Obama on his trip and file art of Senator McCain in his flak jacket, with the headline: "Can They Solve Iraq?"
Sunday-show announcements are getting as early as Christmas decorations. ABC's "This Week with George Stephanopoulos": "Our EXCLUSIVE headliner this Sunday: Senator John McCain (R-AZ). On our roundtable, ABC News political contributor Matthew Dowd, and ABC News' Sam Donaldson, Cokie Roberts and George Will join Mr. Stephanopoulos to debate the week's politics."
YA CAN'T MAKE IT UP: After landing yesterday on Air Obama, the N.Y. Post's Charles Hurt finds a Popeyes within walking distance of the press hotel in Amman.
On "Washington Week," GWEN IFILL catches onto the longtime Obama plane nickname for Jeff "Z" Zeleny: "Jay-Z." (Fishbowl DC's Patrick Gavin got the tackle.)
THE PRESIDENT TODAY – East Room event: Remarks in Honor of Colombian Independence Day. Then he makes a quick trip down to Atlanta for a Goddard-Georgia Victory Committee Reception at – wait for it – a private residence. (Wynn Radford: press lead!) Rick Goddard is a former Air Force officer challenging Rep. Jim Marshall (D-Ga.). Rick graduated from the University of Utah in 1966. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution says the event is in tony Buckhead. Vice President Cheney appeared for Goddard last month.
The 4th Yearly Kos, now with its new name: "Netroots Nation organizers announced today that the fourth annual gathering of the online progressive community will be held August 13-16, 2009, at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh, PA."
STRAW POLL RESULTS, from release: "Progressive bloggers and activists are most concerned about solving basic economic problems and our country's energy crisis as well as ending the war in Iraq, according to a straw poll of participants at this year's Netroots Nation conference conducted by the Campaign for America's Future and Democracy Corps. Those polled also believe that ending the war in Iraq and solving our energy and health care crises should be top priorities for the next president."
HRC ALUMNI NEWS – Chris "The Fix" Cillizza: "Nick Clemons, the highly coveted New Hampshire operative who was widely credited with delivering Clinton a come-from-behind victory in the Granite State primary, has decided to move across country to manage the gubernatorial exploratory effort of San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom. And, Clinton field director extraordinaire Robby Mook is moving to New Hampshire to manage former governor Jeanne Shaheen's (D) rematch against Sen. John Sununu (R)."
N.Y. Post "Page Six" "SIGHTINGS": "GERALDINE Ferraro rummaging for bargains at the East Hampton Antique Show."
BUSINESS BURST – Financial Times: "Yahoo bought some breathing space on Monday in its long struggle to remain independent, agreeing a ceasefire with Carl Icahn in return for giving up three board seats to the activist investor. However, some investors and analysts warned that the pact would not put an end to the bruising battle with Microsoft that has transfixed the consumer internet business for much of this year."
SPORTS BLINK – WSJ A1 – "New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez has signed the William Morris Agency to handle his career and execute a strategy for burnishing his image. Scott Boras will continue to represent him in any baseball-related negotiations. "
ESPN The Magazine, on EA's "Madden '09" video game: "A feature called Backtrack highlights what would have been your best option following broken plays. It also gives the success rate of the play you called against the defense you called it against. The game also arms players with a variable number of rewinds—0, 1, 3, 5 or unlimited—that enable them to attempt a play again. Rewinds are available to your opponent on the other side of the ball, too, granting the ability to do over, say, Devin Hester's 80-yard punt return so the ball can be booted out-of-bounds like it should have been in the first place.
"That's not the only way EA is leveling the field. Each gamer's profile is assigned a performance-based IQ that accounts for everything from QB efficiency to the number of picks logged by your defensive backs. "When you set up a game, you're no longer picking a skill setting," says Frazier. "Instead, the game adjusts its difficulty to your ability. Best of all, the individualized IQ number puts an end to the I'm-better-than-you-in-Madden debate. Now you can know for sure whether your opponent is even in the same league."
DESSERT – "Jay Leno to end run at 'Tonight Show' on May 29," from Reuters: "Comedian Jay Leno will make his last appearance as host of NBC's "The Tonight Show" next May 29, setting the stage for Conan O'Brien to replace him on America's top late-night TV show June 1, the network said Monday. But even as they announced the exact date of Leno's long-planned 2009 departure, NBC executives said they were looking for ways to keep him at the General Electric Co.-owned network in a role other than as a late-night host. … Leno's future has been the subject of speculation since NBC surprised the television business four years ago by announcing that he would step down at some point in 2009 to be replaced by O'Brien. Leno's last show will be a Friday night. …
"ABC is widely seen as Leno's most likely destination if he leaves NBC altogether, and executives of the Walt Disney Co-owned network said last week they would be interested in speaking with him. Other entities said to be discreetly courting Leno, 58, before the negotiating window on his NBC contract opens include the Fox network and Sony Pictures Television. … NBC has named 'Saturday Night Live' veteran Jimmy Fallon as O'Brien's successor to host NBC's "Late Night" show. Fallon will test some of his material on the Internet before his program moves to NBC's late-night schedule in 2009, NBC said."
Good job Senator O !!!!!!!!!
Represent Americans who believe invading and occupying a country is contemptable.
Represent Americans who believe there should have never been a 'surge' in the first place. If no Iraq War, no surge and more soldiers lives would have been needed. We cowboyed into Iraq without the consent of the UN and NATO.
Represent Americans who believe in alternative ENERGY INDEPENDENCE. Say, BIOFUEL.
Represent unselfish Americans who look out for our future generations and out global standing.
Represent Americans who realize the Iraqis have had tribal wars and instability before we invaded; so it is not our fault if they continue this behavior after we leave. Their problem, not ours. Haddam is gone, so let them rebuild their country their way.
For the humorous spirit only: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v... align=left class=signaturehr_forum>No more red, republican BLOOD Kool-Aid for me. It's all about the grape Kool-Aid now. "Factor O". Flavor CHANGE IS soooo SWEET!
Who's Haddam ?
I hope every body got the messages . DO NOT WEAR GREEN . TURN DOWN THE POLITICAL VOLUME DIAL . Obama's $845 billion GLOBAL POVERTY TAX added to the U.S. tax payer above what is already given .
GOOGLE IT : OBAMA's Global Poverty Tax
See, McCain's stupid *** should have left Obama alone concerning the trip to Iraq and Afghanistan. Now Obama has gone and has looked FAR more presidential than McCain looked on his trip. You get what you ask for sometimes. It's a good thing that the voters and the MSM are taking notice. I'm proud of Obama, coming from humble beginnings and (as the conservatives love to say) pulling himself up by his own bootstraps to be the 44th president of the United States. It seems the best presidents usually come from humble packgrounds. All of you "Obama-haters" out there can say what you want, but he's living the American Dream. This is a great time in American history and something that we can all look back upon and be proud... But I have to keep in mind there were people who hated Washington, Lincoln, FDR, King, Kennedy, and Reagan... Thanks God they weren't in the majority, just like you're not! Get used to it. The President of the United States, Barack Hussein Obama!
Obama's Geopolitical Paradigm --
Senator Barack Obama is charting a new and improved course in America's geopolitical relations. In less than 48-hours he has managed to constructively engage and convince leaders in Iraq and Afghanistan of a new American paradigm in foreign policy. Iraqi prime minister Nouri al-Maliki was so convinced, he affirmed in a German media interview that Mr. Obama's insights about a post-Bush Iraq and U.S. troop withdrawals complement his own goals beyond our Election Day. The Bush White House was not amused, and covertly attempted to pressure the Iraqi leader for a retraction. Apparently, Bush league diplomacy no longer has credibility even with bought and paid Iraqi and Afghan leaders.
Surely, the early headway candidate Obama is making is not indicative of someone simply in search of a global photo opportunity. It is definitely not "Amateur Hour" in the Illinois politico's plan of new jack diplomacy and velvet brinkmanship. Predictably, President Bush and Senator McCain have resorted to sophomoric innuendo, schoolyard rationalizations and trash talk as a response. Previously, John McCain chided Mr. Obama's so-called "lack of experience" and fewer frequent flyer miles to Iraq. But now he wants to downplay his opponent's 2-day accomplishments. Expect Mr. McCain to book another flight and take the low road back to Iraq before the first McCain-Obama debate.
Nevertheless, Senator Obama needs to make a greater effort to disseminate all the who, what, where, why and how about his foreign policy objectives, He must more clearly connect the dots to our increasing concerns about the price of gas, joblessness, paying bills, and other national economy challenges. Perhaps it's time for a simple 12-page reader-friendly keep-it-real brochure to appear in our mailboxes with definitive words and images about where America is, and needs to go. Despite the high-tech wonders of the Internet and new media, using a low-tech solution to explain complex issues brings higher value when you can hold it in your hand. Even Publishers Clearing House knows that direct mail still gets direct results.
Expect the Democratic senator to receive exceptional responses from leaders and citizens as he tours Europe. It's no secret that people in Britain, France and Germany have been seeking a justifiable opportunity to welcome an American leader without resorting to mass street protests and flag burning. Also, a trip to one of the 53 African nations would speak exponentially about the continents critical geopolitical and economic importance in Americas global policy strategy. Besides, dropping in on the new U.S. AFRICOM commander (www.AFRICOM.mil) and Mr. Obama's Kenyan grandmother is a good enough reason.
However, the crucible of trips to talk with Jordanian, Israeli and Palestinian leaders will be equally critical. In the meantime, here's an easy prediction: the fact that the Obama campaign has proactively and strategically engaged most of mainstream media for this global fact finding foray will result in the kind of coverage that draws more sour grapes criticism, scripted distortions, phony distractions and moronic logic from McCain, Bush and the usual Republican Party sycophants. Even in politics there are "player haters."
Dennis Moore, Chairperson -- email@example.com -- District of Columbia Independents for Citizen Control Party (DCICC) -- www.DCIndependents.org -- Proud Member of CUIP (Committee for a Unified Independent Party) -- www.IndependentVoting.org
Obama is going to make us all feel completely embarassed in front of any sensible people left in the world, as he rips off his fake Ronald Reagan act at the Victory Column in Berlin.
Represent Americans who believe invading and occupying a country is contemptable
Speak for yourself, punk.
No media and press allowed with Obama in Iraq and Afghanistan! - and once again the American people are provided propaganda by the Pentagon. No different from the Bush administration.
Dems for McCain!
#10Jul. 22, 2008 - 10:55 AM EST
Obama is going to make us all feel completely embarassed in front of any sensible people left in the world, as he rips off his fake Ronald Reagan act at the Victory Column in Berlin.
Oh, so now you are able to predict the future. Wow! And what are you going to say it Obama gives a great speech that is aclaimed by the entire world? Will you say that you were wrong?
Why do you post, Dems for McCain! when you identify yourself as NA? Last time I checked NA meant not affiliated. Can it be that you are being a little bit dishonest?
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Visiting Branch Congressional delegations with Gaza and Peace is Possible Post Cards
I've just completed a ten day period in Washington D.C. (Feb 19 to 29). I want to report to you on the visits, in which Tzili Mor of AHR/CEDAW and Ellen Barfield of DISARM! Dismantle the War Economy also participated. Ellen Thomas served as a collection point in D.C. for post cards, and she and Elisabeth Leonard in Philadelphia provided hospitality.
Our most significant meetings were on behalf of AHR/CEDAW national committee and their wonderful shadow report on the child soldier protocol. These meetings should be of particular interest to all Branches working on counter recruitment in our schools and deserve a second blog on their own. That should follow shortly.
But first I want to let Branch members know that we did lots of Gaza and Peace is Possible post card deliveries,(/strong> and made contacts with staff on your behalf as well. In addition to deliveries to staff noted below, we also had significant meetings with aides from California, Michigan Texas and Wisconsin delegations.
I especially want WILPF members in California, Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, Missouri and New Jersey to know that we delivered your post cards calling for the U.S. to press for an immediate cease fire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. The text also urges the US to demand that Israel lift the inhumane Gaza blockade and fulfill its obligations under international law as an occupying power.
We hope more of you sent your cards directly to your members in Congress. If not, please do so now. It is very difficult at present for the Philadelphia office to manage hand deliveries to Congress, and these post cards are actually appropriate for individual posting. Cards get through to Congress relatively quickly. It is letters that are still taking a couple of months, ever since the "anthrax scare" in 2001. (We have long understood that the anthrax used in those letters originated from Fort Detrick. It may be far fetched to think this was a "plot" on the part of some deranged soul or group in the military or elsewhere in government, but it certainly has cut off a significant channel for citizen communications with Congress!)
We had intended to deliver the actual WILPF statement on Gaza, printed on letterhead, to members of Congress and the State Department, but that proved impossible. I had formatted the statement and planned to print it out on letter head obtained in the WILPF Philadelphia office. However, as you know, the office is now closed for most purposes, and the kind volunteer who met me there did not know any better than I how to access a computer and printer.
For the same reason I was unable to print out the materials on letterhead we had planned to deliver on behalf of DISARM! Dismantle the War Economy committee re nuclear weapons abolition, ratifying the CTBT as a first step, and once again zeroing out funding for the Reliable Placement Warhead and rebuilding the entire nuclear weapons complex. We urge you to take Branch and individual action on these issues in any case. You will find background information under the focus issue on our January-February DISARM UPDATE.
In D.C. we also delivered at least two hundred Peace is Possible post cards on H Res 146 and a variety of other issues. Once I am back home next week I plan to send key members in each of your Branches the names and email addresses for staff in those offices. Your most important contacts are with local offices and the Congress people themselves, but it is the aides in D.C. that you sometimes need to contact re questions on specific issues and when you want to share important information. It is good to build positive relationships with them as well as with local staff. They are the eyes and ears of the Congress people, do the research, and have the most knowledge on specific issues.
One suggestion for all of us: we need to educate those who sign their cards about their own Congressional delegation. We received cards addressed to lawmakers no longer in Congress, and others asking Senators to support House bills and vice versa. Many were addressed to no specific person and in that case I simply printed in the name of a Senator. Although it is possible to track Representatives by zip code on FCNL, Vote Smart, Thomas and other internet sites, I had limited internet access and too little time to do that.
I would suggest every Branch have at least one copy of a Congressional Directory on hand, and especially when tabling. Very good ones can be obtained from FCNL cheaply, or even without cost. Every citizen should know who represents them in Congress, and cultivate positive relationships when possible. For your Branch the legislative correspondent could check zip codes of members and find who represents them in Congress. This knowledge can be very useful for particular issues, as well as knowledge of the committees on which your members serve. Some of you actually have very influential committee chairs in your districts!
And when working on DISARM issues please email Val Mullen of DISARM EYE on Congress about your experiences, or send copies of your communications! You can also ask her for help on rounding up specific information.
If you want to accompany us on the next DISARM team visit to D.C. in April, whether it be on a DISARM issue or a primary concern of your own Branch, please contact Carol Urner. Dates will probably be April 21 and 22.
We also urge those of you who can manage the time to join some of our DISARM team for the Alliance for Nuclear Accountability D.C. Days April 13 to 16. ANA organizes some of the best lobbying in D.C. This is your chance to join in effective action and also learn a great deal from citizen lobbyists who serve as dedicated watch dogs at nuclear sites around the country.
In peace,
Carol Urner
Co-chair DISARM! Dismantle the War Economy Campaign


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PORT ST. LUCIE — Mayor JoAnn Faiella and Councilman Ron Bowen spoke on the phone with each other for more than 1,000 minutes over a three-month period, according to an investigation by the State Attorney's Office into alleged violations of Florida's open meeting laws.
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The first '10 Shelby GT500 I drove was Nelson Whitlock Jr.'s for the KOTS. After driving Nelson's Shelby, a stock GT500 would probably be a bit like meeting Kobe Bryant after meeting Michael Jordan. A stock GT500 is cool (Bryant), but one with a Kenne Bell supercharger and almost 700 hp at the wheels (Jordan) trumps a stock GT500 any day. Making this much power with a mostly stock vehicle should be illegal in all 50 states, but that's where technology has brought us.
Thanks to the Kenne Bell, the GT500 is ready to go at the mere thought of hitting the gas. Once you do hit the throttle, you're gone. Like the throttle response, everything about the car was right on. In my notes, I had no complaints on the car. Everything worked like factory. Nelson's GT500 already had a cage, but it was equipped with swing-out door bars so entry and exit was easy. Since it was a '10 GT500, the brakes and handling were superb.
The car was a blast to drive, so it did well in the Ride & Drive category with a 9, but 689 hp scored it in the bottom half with a 4. Since the exterior and engine were mostly stock, the Fit & Finish and Engineering scores were on the low scale with 6s in both categories. With an 11.08/133-mph pass, Evolution Performance's Nelson Whitlock Jr. nestled it in with a 7 in the Drag Race category. It scored well with the Mustang public too-a 7 in the Popular Vote category.
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Bore: 3.552 in
Stroke: 4.165 in
Displacement: 330 ci
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Camshafts: Stock
Heads: Stock
Intake: Stock
Power Adder: Kenne Bell Mammoth
Throttle Body: Evolution Performance
Fuel System: Stock
Exhaust: Stock
Transmission: T6060 six-speed
Rearend: Stock 8.8
Engine Management: Stock computer, Evolution Motorsports-tuned
Ignition: Stock
Gauges: Stock
Tim Bronchetti
A veteran of the KOTS, Tim Bronchetti came this year with his '07 Shelby GT500. Like the Fox GT he brought a few years back, his GT500 was black. Thankfully, the GT500 didn't have a red interior like his prior KOTS Fox car. Similar to Nelson's GT500, Tim's GT500 was pretty much stock, but with a TVS supercharger. We wanted to see how the TVS would stack up against the other power adders represented in the KOTS.
It compared well to its boosted brethren. In my notes I wrote that the car accelerated like crazy. I shouldn't have been surprised: Combine a positive-displacement blower with 3.73 gears and you're going to have crazy-like acceleration. However, the gears were a little on the noisy side, and the clutch was a little grabby coming out of First. That's to be expected, but it was also the only time you noticed the clutch's grab.
Like Jeff Schmell's GT500, Tim's Shelby sounded pissed at the world under throttle, but when just cruising around, it was a more subtle. Tim might be able to sneak through town back home in New York.
What's amazing about cars like Tim's is that other than the TVS supercharger, the exhaust, the 3.73 gears, and the tuning, the car's stock; yet it made 694 hp at the wheels on Modular Depot's Dynojet. There are not too many readily available, affordable cars capable of that.
Since the car was easy to drive, Tim's GT500 scored an 8 in the Ride & Drive; even with 694 hp at the wheels, that still put him in the bottom tier with a 5 in the Horsepower category. With its stock exterior, Tim's GT500 scored a modest 6 in Fit & Finish, but rebounded with an 8 in the Engineering category. With a 10.86 at 132 mph, Tim's GT500 finished with an 8 in the Drag Race category, but not too many were impressed with the car since it only earned 2 votes in the Popular Vote category. Tim's final score was a 63.5.
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The Board of Commissioners of the Liberia Telecommunications Authority was before the legislative Joint Committee on Public Accounts on Friday, answering questions on the ten month period in 2009 during which the entity spent US$ 1.177.062.59 without a signed budget.
The periods included three months under the Bropleh Administration; six weeks under the helm of Commissioner Lamini Waritay and a period under the leadership of current Chairperson Angelique Weeks.
Chairperson Weeks and former Commissioner Waritay explained that during their tenures the LTA did indeed operate without a signed budget, but the expenses incurred and funds disbursed were to re-occurring expenses and to do otherwise would have caused the LTA to cease operation.
The committee, however came down hard on the fact that the expenditure was unauthorized but acknowledged there was no fraud or corruption in the period under review. Chairman Weeks acknowledged the LTA has yet to complete its Fixed Assets Registry, which is an important criteria for public accountability. LTA is about 5% away from completion of the registry.
When asked if she would take responsibility for the $1.177.062.59 LTA spending, which includes periods when she was not at the helm, the LTA Chair told the committee that she could not take responsibility for expenditure prior to her taking over. The LTA also responded to the PPCC's letter exposed in last week's Truth F.M. Radio Broadcast.
Chairman Weeks said she appreciated the fact the letter came to light because she maintains she had never seen it prior to the publication in the newspaper. She acknowledges the LTA may have received the letter at its 12th Street Office where it was signed in, but, it did not get to her office at the V.P. Road location on the Old Road.
The contents of the PPCC letter in question Chairman Weeks maintain posed questions the LTA could have swiftly answered. The Procurement Plan requested in the letter LTA claims had already been submitted on August 29, 2013 and the LTA has a receipt indicating it was received by PPCC employee Ruby Nabie.
Other questions in the letter printed in the paper the LTA maintain were answered through the Expression of Interest documents submitted to the PPCC earlier. 'We have taken the necessary steps to tighten our internal controls' LTA Public Affairs Director told our reporter at the Capitol Building after the Public Accounts Committee Hearing, 'The LTA is continuing its internal investigation to determine where the lapse occurred and the appropriate measures to avoid such occurrences going forward.'


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Accountability goal of Tennessee's judges discipline panel
NASHVILLE -- Tennessee is about to adopt a new method for disciplining judges that supporters say contains more accountability and should help restore the public's faith in the judicial system.
"We got a lot of things in it that we wanted," said state Sen. Mae Beavers. "I think it ended up being a fairly good piece of legislation. There's more accountability than there is at the present time."
The Mt. Juliet Republican has long been an outspoken critic of the Court of the Judiciary, which she said has dismissed too many citizen complaints against judges accused of serious misconduct.
The proposal that overwhelmingly passed both chambers of the legislature and is being reviewed by the governor would terminate the court in July and replace it with a 16-member Board of Judicial Conduct that would have a similar mission of ensuring that judges are ethical and fit to serve on the bench.
The difference, however, is that it has new provisions to hold judges more accountable, such as making it more difficult to dismiss complaints against jurists.
Beavers and Court of Criminal Appeals Judge Jeff Bivins shared their opinions about the disciplinary panel at a February forum sponsored by the Tennessee Press Association and The Associated Press.
While they had their differences, they did agree there have been problems with the Court of the Judiciary.
Public records show that the court disposed of 334 complaints against judges last fiscal year, with the overwhelming majority dismissed. The panel issued nine public reprimands, six private reprimands and three deferred discipline agreements.
Beavers said she wanted fewer judges on the panel, but Bivins -- who is also a member of the judicial disciplinary board -- said it was necessary to have a majority of judges because the panel has to conduct hearings that are in compliance with legal rules. He also said it's customary for members of the same profession to discipline their own, the way doctors, architects, pharmacists and others do.
"So, we're simply asking to be treated like the other professionals," Bivins said at the time.
That viewpoint ended up carrying the day in the legislature. Of the 16 people on the new panel, 10 will be judges. There will be six non-judges. Of those, three will be lawyers and three will be lay persons.
The 10 judges will be appointed by judicial organizations, rather than by the Tennessee Supreme Court and the Tennessee Bar Association. The six who are not judges will be appointed by the governor and the speakers of the House and Senate, each having two appointees.
However, the bigger impact is expected to come from the way complaints are handled.
Under the old system, most complaints were dismissed by the court's disciplinary counsel selected by the judges on the Court of the Judiciary. The new system will have a three-member panel investigating each complaint, and its action will be reviewed by a six-member panel.
"The fact that the disciplinary counsel doesn't have the authority to dismiss cases on its own is very significant," said Sen. Mike Faulk, a Kingsport Republican and sponsor of the new plan.
"I think folks who have complaints with judges will perceive that they've had a fair shake when they file those complaints."
Under the proposal, the board must report four times a year to the chief clerk of each legislative chamber. Board members are to relay information that includes "complaints opened, closed or pending" and "the number of complaints for which probable cause has been found."
Proponents of the new system say a current problem in Knox County underscores its need. Despite reports of complaints filed against him, many people didn't know former Knox County Criminal Court Judge Richard Baumgartner had a drug problem until he stepped down from the bench and pleaded guilty last year to a single count of official misconduct.
A Tennessee Bureau of Investigation probe found the judge was buying pain pills from a man convicted in his drug court.
Now, another judge has tossed out the convictions for a high-profile murder case and two other trials in which Baumgartner ruled, and bids for new trials are pouring in from people convicted in Baumgartner's court.
When hearings were being held to discuss changes to the Court of the Judiciary, Janice Johnson helped organize witnesses to testify, many of whom she said were attorneys who "testified about judiciary retaliation when they tried to defend their client or tried to uphold the law."
Johnson, who calls herself a citizen activist, said she experienced first-hand the conduct of one judge. She said her attorney was trying to explain to him what the law says on a particular subject, when the judge interrupted the woman and said: "I decide what the law says."
"I had no idea they had so little accountability," Johnson said. "They're out of control."
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