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A mostly female jury has been chosen to hear the trial of a former legislator charged with sexually abusing a 17-year-old girl.
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It took about four hours Monday for prosecutors and defense attorneys to select the jury. Wilcox County District Attorney Michael Jackson said the jury is expected to begin hearing testimony Wednesday.
The 69-year-old Thomas, of Selma, served 28 years in the Alabama Legislature representing Dallas, Wilcox, Lowndes and Autauga counties. He was defeated in the Democratic primary in 2010.
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A 12th-century castle for £50? Only in Kilkenny.
The city's famous Norman Castle was home to the Butlers of Ormonde for nearly five centuries, before the 6th Marquess of Ormonde offered it to the city of Kilkenny for £50 in 1967!
A tour will bring you to the Picture Gallery Win, and around the nooks and crannies of the library, with its psychedelic colour scheme. Don't feel like doing a tour? No problem: 500 years of history is condensed into a 12-minute film in the Medieval Room in the South Tower, and it's free – you only pay to go into the rest of the castle.
The ancient Irish game of hurling has long links with Kilkenny ("Go the Cats"). The county's team colours – black and amber – will often be seen on flags flying from every window and car. If you want to get under the skin of the sport, then hook up with The Ultimate Hurling Experience Tour. Rated five out of five on TripAdvisor, the tour gives a great insight into the game of hurling, which according to tour guide Jim Croke has been compared to a "mixture of ice hockey and murder".
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The 13th-century Black Abbey is a world of candlelit serenity, with the largest rosary window of its kind in Ireland. Depicting the life of Christ, it contains an astonishing 10,000 pieces of ruby and sapphire glass – all taken out and restored by the Abbey Stained-Glass Company. That's a jigsaw we're glad they called in the experts for.
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More specifically, they found the Abbot's toilet, which revealed how he liked to spend his downtime. It turns out this guy lived pretty well, dining on swan and T-Bone steaks and washing it down with his favourite Bordeaux – we like his style.
Artists and craftspeople work in studios all around Kilkenny city. Renowned potter Nicholas Mosse creates his elegant pieces here, and the Kilkenny Design Centre anchors the city's retail scene with a stunning collection of jewellery, knitwear, Celtic gifts, china, crystal and pottery.
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The more things change in hockey, one thing remains the same: the object is to put the puck in a net that is six feet wide and four feet high. The men who stand in front of that net, though, keep getting bigger.
The NHL can tell goaltenders to cut down the size of their pads, something the league's general managers discussed at their meeting last week, but they can't do anything about the size of the goalies themselves. Going by heights and weights listed on NHL.com, the average goaltender in 2013 is 6 feet, 1.75 inches and 197.6 pounds. That's an increase of three-quarters of an inch and two and a half pounds since 2003-04. In the last half-century, the average goaltender has grown 3.3 inches — more than the size of a puck — and added 20 pounds.
The trend is only going to continue. Among the 48 goaltenders under the age of 30 who have played in the NHL this season, the average size is 6 feet, 1.98 inches and 198.7 pounds. Only four — Richard Bachman, Jhonas Enroth, Jaroslav Halak, and Anton Khudobin — are shorter than 6-0.
So, wouldn't it make sense, especially for a league interested in juicing up offense, to adjust the nets accordingly? The NHL's leading scorer does not think so.
"The nets are the size they're gonna be. I don't think you can punish goalies because they're athletic and they're 6-8," Sidney Crosby said. "You don't punish defensemen because they're 6-8 and have long reach. A guy like (Zdeno) Chara doesn't have to suffer because of that. I think the nets are okay the way they are. As long as we're, as a league and as players, making sure everybody's safe but making sure we put the best product on the ice, you look at the (goalie) equipment, that kind of thing, that's always something we should look at every year. Everyone's always looking to improve the game, and that will probably help with goal scoring."
For historical continuity, it also makes sense to keep the nets the same size. Basketball hoops remain 10 feet off the ground even though players can jump higher all the time. A pitcher's rubber has been 60 feet, 6 inches from home plate since 1893 even though the men on the mound get bigger and throw harder all the time.
Change is possible, though. Basketball added the three-point shot. Baseball lowered the mound in 1969. The size of the net in hockey might be sacrosanct, but the size of the rink is not. Giving skilled players more room to work the creative magic is another reason, on top of safety concerns, for the NHL to expand the ice surface to IIHF standards — if not for current arenas where modifications could prove costly and difficult, then for any new buildings that open.
Not that everyone will embrace change, no matter what it is.
"I honestly really hate when people fiddle with the game all the time," Capitals forward Brooks Laich said. "I think the game is as fast and as exciting as it's ever been, and I think there's a lot of people that don't play the game that are trying to make changes to it, and I really don't understand that."
The Washington Capitals, after a 2-8-1 start, remarkably find themselves back in the hunt for a playoff spot thanks to 13 wins in 22 games; Tuesday night's 3-2 defeat to the New York Islanders snapped a three-game winning streak. With their next six games all against teams currently outside playoff position, the Capitals still have a decent chance to make up the four-point gap between themselves and eighth place, if not the seven-point deficit they face against the Winnipeg Jets in the Southeast Division.
Two key factors have contributed to the Capitals' recent success. One is a return to health, as Tuesday night was Brooks Laich's fifth game of the season and Mike Green's fourth after missing three weeks. Each missed time with a groin injury. Then, there's the fact that the Capitals are playing for a new coach in Adam Oates whose style differs significantly from the bunker mentality employed by Dale Hunter at the end of last season.
"It's both," Oates said. "Obviously, Brooks and Mike are two guys that are a top-six forward and a top defenseman in the league. It's great to get those guys back in the lineup. And the system, we're playing good hockey and our guys know it. We're doing every little thing better and with confidence. When you win, you get confidence. (Braden Holtby) has been solid and we're in a good spot, got to keep it going."
That includes Alex Ovechkin, whose five-game goal streak ended on Tuesday, although Washington's captain extended his point streak to six games, and has 22 points (12 goals, 10 assists) in his last 17 games. When Ovechkin scores, the Capitals are 10-3. And for those who buy the theory that he's a coach killer, he and Oates are on the same page.
"I think it's like 50-50," Ovechkin told Sporting News. "Everybody healthy and everybody being ready is good, and when you learn the system, you understand what exactly the coach wants from you, and that's the most important thing. I don't think it's all about me. My line, it doesn't matter if it's Jo-Jo (Marcus Johansson) or Backie (Nicklas Backstrom) or Ribs (Mike Ribeiro) or Brooksie, we have to play the same way (Oates) wants us to play. Our skill level and intensity have to be at the same level. That's the most important thing, to keep doing the same thing."
Ovechkin also has benefited from Oates "doing the same thing" lately with regard to his linemates. While the Capitals have been hot, Ovechkin has played almost exclusively with Backstrom and Johansson, and the continuity is paying dividends.
The Blackhawks have the requisite cap space to acquire Iginla, and are on his reported list of acceptable teams, but there has not been much word on Chicago's level of interest. Even if they do want him, there are other teams, specifically the Bruins, who would seem a better fit from a positional standpoint. (UPDATE: Iginla was dealt to the Pittsburgh Penguins.) CSN Chicago's Tracey Myers outlined the case against the Blackhawks trading for Iginla the other day, including addressing the notion of Kane moving back to center. Her entire argument was spot on.
But, for the sake of argument, say the Blackhawks do wind up trading for Iginla, and do so without surrendering any roster forwards. Then what? Iginla's physical style isn't the best fit with the Blackhawks' top two lines anyway, so if he's on that team, at the age of 35, his best fit is probably on the third line occupied for most of this season by Bryan Bickell, Andrew Shaw, and Viktor Stalberg. Competition to stay on that line would be a healthy thing, and the trickle-down effect would be less of Brandon Bollig down the stretch and during the playoffs, when his particular skill set is less useful anyway.
Don't underrate injuries. Because of them, Tippett's most frequently used line — at 7.81 percent of 5-on-5 shifts for the season — has been Lauri Korpikoski, Boyd Gordon, and David Moss. Even the Philadelphia Flyers have been able to use their top line of Scott Hartnell, Claude Giroux, and Jakub Voracek 9.99 percent of the time, and Hartnell missed a whole month.
Throw in the fact that Mike Smith, now on injured reserve, has been a shadow of the goaltender he was last season, and a defense corps where everyone but Oliver Ekman-Larsson and Keith Yandle (granted, the Coyotes' best blueliners) has missed at least five games, and you've got a recipe for trouble.
Then there's the statistical background. Phoenix's PDO — shooting percentage plus save percentage, with anything well over or under 1000 indicating good or bad luck — is 982, the fifth-lowest figure in the league. Some of that goes to Smith, some of it goes to having less-skilled forwards filling in for injured players, but the fact of the matter is that with the fourth-highest rate of offensive zone faceoffs in the NHL, and at 11th in the possession metric of Corsi percentage, the Coyotes should expect better than 13th place in the West. Still, with one-third of a shortened season left, there's enough time to make up a four-point gap on the eighth-place San Jose Sharks.
The other thing is that the Coyotes have been brutal on the road, with three wins in 14 games. Only Colorado, at 2-10-3, has fared worse on its travels.
Should Tippett be concerned? Assuming that question is about his job security, the answer should be no. He took this team to a conference final last season, and putting him on the hot seat for 32 games in roster duress is hardly fair. If the Coyotes were foolish enough to fire one of the NHL's best coaches — and Don Maloney is not a foolish general manager — Tippett would be out of work for about 20 minutes.
The Stars just got a new owner last year and are not yet halfway through their 30-year lease at the American Airlines Center, so there is no reason to believe that they are going anywhere, especially considering that per-game attendance is up 21.3 percent over last season even after post-lockout projections of doom for non-traditional markets.
As for the front office, while the idea of Joe Nieuwendyk and Mike Modano in the Roger Dorn mold from "Major League 2" is worth a chuckle, if the Stars were going for sentimentality, they never would have traded Brenden Morrow. Although there is some risk in acquiring a first-round pick whose team was willing to deal him only 21 months later in Joe Morrow, it beats watching your captain leave through free agency, and clearly the Dallas brain trust had made the decision to move in a new direction — rightly so, given Brenden Morrow's career trajectory.
And not to say one way or the other whether Glen Gulutzan is the man to lead the Stars back to the Stanley Cup, but hiring an experienced coach is not a requirement. When Dallas did win the Cup in 1999, it was under Ken Hitchcock — in his first NHL head coaching job.


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2011 Ford Mustang GT - Quantum JumpWritten by Johnny Hunkins on August 1, 2010 Contributors: Ford Motor Company The '11 Mustang GT Is More Than Just The Vessel That Holds The Best V-8 Ford Has Ever Produced.
It's hard to believe, but just six years ago, I had to pinch myself the first time I drove the '05 Mustang GT. Refined handling, 300 hp from an all-aluminum V-8, looks that kill, and a price that anybody could afford. Forget the fact that Chevy wasn't even on the horizon with anything-the '05 Mustang GT was the best ponycar ever produced by anybody up to that time. That car was a watershed for performance, styling, and value. It was also arguably the catalyst for bringing back the Chevy Camaro and Dodge Challenger, so even if you don't care for Ford's Mustang, you've got to give them their props for bringing back everything that's near and dear to us hot rodders.
In those intervening six years, a lot has happened, much of it not good. Besides a monster recession, there was the tightening last year of fuel economy regulations, and increasing social awareness of environmental and safety issues. And in the ultimate irony, the tax money that Ford and the rest of us pay has been funneled for massive bailouts, including to GM and Chrysler. Nevertheless, in those six years, Ford's crack Mustang team has drawn strength from adversity to produce an all-new 2011 Ford Mustang GT that seemingly defies all odds.
For starters, there's the styling, which debuted with the 2010 model. A more aggressive, chiseled nose, a more sculpted bodyside reminiscent of the '69 Fastback, and a revised rear fascia with sequential turn signals is a logical styling evolution that references the Mustang's earlier history. The exterior manages to be sexy in a universally appealing way, and that's reflected in the interior as well. Excellent visibility, plenty of headroom, and loads of creature comforts-like Ford's Sync system-make you forget you're in a "muscle car." This will broaden the Mustang's appeal relative to its Chevy competition we think. The materials are also better than you'd expect from a factory hot rod, though not quite at the "luxury" level Ford is inferring.
Then there's the 412hp 5.0L V-8. Simply put, Ford is outright lying. Preliminary chassis dyno testing puts rear wheel output at closer to 395 hp, which means this sweet mill is cranking out closer to 460 at the flywheel. Mat the throttle at any rpm in any gear, and the '11 Mustang GT flat runs away and hides. Based on the Ford Modular engine family, most of the 5.0L V-8 is new, and has been covered extensively in other publications. The big bump in output comes not so much from the extra .6 liter of displacement, but from the Twin Independent Variable Cam Timing technology (Ti-VCT for short). The 5.0-liter's dual overhead cams operate completely independent of each other, allowing engineers to optimize power and emissions at low rpm, while uncorking those new high-flowing four-valve cylinder heads at full song. As a result, the 5.0L V-8-code named Coyote-feels and performs like an engine that's far larger-larger, it so happens, than 6.2 liters. The new 5.0-liter is powerful, but it's also fuel efficient, turning in a guilt-free 26 mpg on the highway. In light of the engine's true output, all we can do is shake our heads in disbelief.
As much as we'd like to continue salivating over the Coyote 5.0L V-8, there are other important parts to this equation. Take for instance the dynamic duo of six-speed transmissions available for the first time in the GT. Both keep the snotty 5.0-liter in its power range when the loud pedal is down, while delivering great fuel economy. The manual six-speed-an evolution of the proven Tremec T-56-should be able to handle quite a bit more abuse down the line as these cars get modded with blowers and nitrous. We'll have to play a waiting game with the new six-speed automatic, but it looks promising.
All that beefcake in the powertrain is intoxicating, but it really shines when combined with the Mustang's steering, brakes, and suspension. All these systems are better and/or bigger for 2011. Ford has also added electric steering, which eliminates the hydraulics and mechanical pump, thus improving the efficiency and simplifying the engine dress. Electronic control also means engineers are better able to fine-tune the effort and feedback (electronic nibble compensation anyone?), which can essentially be different for an unlimited number of conditions.
Detractors will note the Mustang's solid rear axle compared to its Camaro and Challenger competitors. Turns out, that's the one solitary area they can crow about. That advantage is there on paper, but drive the car hard around corners and that advantage evaporates. We dare anyone to tell the difference; the Mustang GT handles so sweetly that if feels like an independent rear suspension. The '11 GT's less expensive 8.8-inch solid axle gives up nothing to an IRS around the twisties, while bringing to the table strength that more traditional drag racing Mustang enthusiasts demand. That's what we call a win-win-win situation.
On the suspension side of things, there are a lot of little refinements that add up to one big eye-opening experience on the open road. Counted among those changes are modified strut and shock tuning, a bonded front stabilizer bar with revised rate, an added frontend Z brace for reduced compliance and improved ride and structural shake, larger 13.2-inch dual-piston front brakes, stiffer rear lower control arms, revised spring rates, larger diameter rear stabilizer bar and drop-link bushings for better steering response, and modified upper rear control arm bushing and geometry for increased anti-squat.
Add up the fine Coyote 5.0L V-8, two flexible six-speed transmissions, bigger brakes, a more refined suspension, and a driver-centric cockpit, and unleash it on the curvy mountain roads that Ford had so graciously mapped out for us, and you get affordable, guilt-free, hot rodding fun. Cutting through the switchbacks, we were impressed with the precise handling and the responsiveness of the throttle, steering, and brakes. They all work together seamlessly and predictably. Ford has made its engineering compromises here so deftly, that you'd swear there were no compromises whatsoever.
Our ride and drive was capped by one farewell raspberry to the competition. In an ultimate act of confidence, Ford set up an eighth-mile dragstrip at Camarillo Airport. In attendance was a brace of automatic '10 SS Camaros. We raced them head-to-head against automatic '11 Mustang GTs and let the cards fall where they may. And while traction conditions were far from ideal on a runway tarmac, it was equal for both camps. As we reported in our July issue sneak peak, our best eighth-mile e.t. for the Mustang was an 8.62 at 86 mph, while the SS Camaro managed only 8.82 at 83 mph. Folks, that's what more horsepower and 250 pounds less curb weight will do for performance. And for what it's worth, the rest of the automotive press corps got similar results. In the real world, we suspect the Mustang will run low 13s in stock trim, and deep into the 12s with cheater slicks.
Ford has priced the '11 Mustang GT starting at $30,495. Some fully loaded variants will tip the scale as high as $48K, but when you consider some of the spectacular options that are going to be available (glass roof, convertible, satellite navigation, Brembo brakes, upgraded wheels and tires, premium leather interior, MyKey, Sync), it's easy to see how the price could go stratospheric. In talking with Ford engineers and PR reps, the subject of an LX 5.0 kept popping up. It seems that Ford has been giving serious consideration to a de-contented 5.0L V-8 version in six-cylinder trim, just like in the old days. That might make an appearance in a year or two, and we pressed them to keep the price under $28K. They sounded optimistic, so we'll keep our ear to the ground and report back.
The '11 Mustang GT can wear any hat it wants. You name it-fuel-efficient daily commuter, cross-country hauler, drag racer, open-track brawler, autocrosser-this hot rod can do it all. It's not just a quantum jump forward for the Ford faithful, or even the hot rodding population in general, but to the whole automotive world. It sends a message that we can have our performance, our efficiency, our safety, our budget, and our comfort all in the same car without guilt. If that's not a quantum jump, we don't know what is.
|rear-wheel drive
|(limited-slip differential)
|unitized welded steel body,
|aluminum hood
|Final assembly location:
|Flat Rock, MI
|5.0L 4V Ti-VCT V-8
|Manufacturing location:
|Essex Engine,
|Windsor, ON, Canada
|aluminum block and heads
|Intake manifold:
|composite shell-welded
|with runner pack
|Exhaust manifold:
|stainless steel
|tubular headers
|7,000 rpm
|DOHC, four valves per cylinder,
|variable intake, variable camshaft timing
|Valve diameter/lift (mm):
|intake: 37/12;
|exhaust: 31/11
|Ti-VCT operating range:
|50 degrees for both
|intake and exhaust
|cast aluminum
|Connecting rods:
|forged steel
|high-energy coil-on-plug
|Bore x stroke:
|3.63 inches x
|3.65 inches/92.2mm x 92.7mm
|302 ci /4,951 cc
|Compression ratio:
|11.0:1 (est.)
|Engine control system:
|412 at 6,500 rpm (est.)
|Horsepower per liter:
|390 lb-ft at 4,250 rpm (est.)
|Recommended fuel:
|91 octane
|(unleaded 87-octane minimum)
|Fuel capacity:
|16 gallons
|Fuel delivery:
|sequential mechanical returnless
|Oil capacity:
|8 quarts with filter
|(10,000-mile service interval)
|Standard Six-Speed Manual
|Gear ratios
|Final drive:
|Optional Six-Speed AutomaticGear ratios
|Final drive:
|reverse-L independent
|MacPherson strut, 34.6mm tubular stabilizer bar
|three-link solid (limited-slip) axle
|with coil springs, Panhard rod,
|and 24.0mm solid stabilizer bar
|Electric Power Assist Steering (EPAS)
|with rack-and-pinion gear
|Turning circle:
|curb-to-curb 36.7 feet
|four-wheel disc brakes with four-sensor,
|four-channel antilock braking system (ABS)
|336 (13.2 inches) x 36mm vented discs,
|twin-piston 43mm floating calipers
|300 (11.8 inches) x 19mm vented discs,
|single-piston 43mm floating calipers
|235/50ZR18 on 18x8 wide
|five-spoke painted aluminum wheels
|245/45ZR19 on 19x8.5
|machined face aluminum wheels
|255/40ZR19 on 19x9 painted
|aluminum wheels (Brembo brake package)
|Coupe (Convertible)
|107.1 (107.1)
|Overall length:
|188.1 (188.1)
|Overall width:
|73.9 (73.9)
|Overall height:
|55.8 (55.8)
|Track, front/rear:
|62.3/62.9 (62.0/62.9)
|Seating capacity:
|4 (4)
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Now here's what we've been waiting for-a bulletproof six-speed manual trans. The trans and the billet shift knob is standard, as is the stability control system.Another Ford first is the all-glass roof. Again, it's an expensive option, and we could live without it, but the Mustang team knows its customers, and they say there's a need. Check out the center stack with non-nav version of Sync.The '11 Mustang GT in wicked-looking black paint and optional 19-inch wheels. Note the kick-up in the body line at the quarter-panel.Ford set up an eighth-mile dragstrip at the Camarillo Airport and brought out some 2010 SS Camaros for us to do some comparative testing. On average, the Mustang GT was two-tenths and 3 mph faster. We'll also note that Ford did not bring any manual trans SS Camaros out, which have the higher-rated 426hp LS3.Ford is putting their Sync system in most of its cars, including the Mustang. It's optional, it's expensive, and it does pretty much everything but wash your car for you. (We're kind of hazy on it, but it does Bluetooth, turn-by-turn navigation, 911 assist, music search, vehicle health report, news, sports, weather, business search, real-time traffic, and audible text messages. We finally coaxed it to play some MP3 files after gathering a team of Ford engineers at our test car.) We're not big on gadgets, but at least the version with the nav system gives you that option where the Camaro doesn't.


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Swinging back
Politics | After bringing Democrats to power in 2008, voters in the struggling states of Ohio and Michigan are preparing to register their regret at the polls
CANTON, Ohio and HILLSDALE COUNTY, Mich.-About 20 members of an East Canton (Ohio) Rotary Club somehow managed to stay awake one recent 7:30 a.m., listening to reports on deteriorating public restrooms, grants for new playground equipment, and the raffling off of a hog at a local fair.
It was the second day of my cross-country road trip to measure the pulse of America in advance of this November's mid-term elections. Yet these issues seemed far removed from the trillion-dollar debates that occur in Washington, D.C. Had I driven 335 miles just to hear about toilets, slides, and actual pork?
But attendees assured me after the meeting that they have greater concerns than updating the community's jogging track.
The economy is Ohio's top concern, which is not surprising since the state's unemployment rate reached 10.5 percent in August-one of the nation's highest.
The exodus of major employers is a problem that continues to plague the area. The northeastern Ohio congressional district that includes Canton has lost nearly half of its manufacturing jobs in the last 10 years.
Locals still talk about the 2007 closure of the Hoover Company's original plant in North Canton. (The upright vacuum was invented in Canton 102 years ago.) They don't think the party in power is helping matters. "If I were a politician running right now, I wouldn't want to be a Democrat," said Tom Nieschwitz, a 63-year-old banker.
Nieschwitz cringes at the record budget deficits being rung up by Washington due to such policies as the nearly $1 trillion stimulus package. Then, after thinking about the area's continued economic misery, Nieschwitz says, "I ask myself, 'What good did it do?'" Nieschwitz has supported Democrats in the past, but that will change: "I can't see myself voting for Democrats this year because they are lockstep with Obama."
This represents an about-face from just two years ago. It is not what the district's freshman House Democrat, Rep. John Boccieri, wants to hear. The positive energy around Barack Obama in 2008 helped propel Boccieri to an election win. The victory put Ohio's 16th Congressional District in the Democratic column for the first time since 1951.
Now a reverse anti-Obama wave threatens to wash Boccieri out of Washington. He is not alone.
Many of the 31 freshman House Democrats face uphill reelection battles this November. Most took over Republican-held seats in 2008. Now they have to explain to conservative-leaning voters their support for the healthcare overhaul, sweeping energy regulation, bank bailouts, and stimulus spending.
To retake the House majority, Republicans need to gain 39 seats. And GOP leaders have in their crosshairs new Democrats like Boccieri. These freshmen lack the often insurmountable combination enjoyed by long-term incumbents: a ramped-up political machine, high name recognition, and rich coffers. Almost three-fourths of the races involving freshman Democrats are competitive, according to the nonpartisan Cook Political Report.
The reelection quest is made even harder for Boccieri. He is one of eight Democrats who first voted against the House healthcare bill in November before switching his vote to support passage of the final version in March. Boccieri is one of four freshmen to make the switch.
Scott Sanders, a second-generation funeral director and lifelong Canton resident, still feels the sting from Boccieri's vote. It proved to Sanders that Boccieri followed the dictates of Washington more than Canton. "Somebody from above pushed a button, and he just flip-flopped," said Sanders, 47.
Since being elected, Boccieri has endured billboards in his district depicting House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as a puppet master pulling Boccieri's strings. Healthcare opponents flew a plane over Canton with a banner reading, "Tell Rep. Boccieri no abortion funding." All to no avail.
Boccieri, at a March press conference, announced he would change his vote even though "a lot of people are telling me that this could cost me my job."
"I'm not worried about the election," Boccieri said then. He is now.
Boccieri has been traveling his district explaining his loyalty to the Obama/Pelosi agenda. But a recent poll by the American Action Forum shows that his challenger, Republican businessman Jim Renacci, holds a solid 14-point lead.
This despite the fact that few people at the Rotary meeting I attended could give me Renacci's name. "Even if he gets in and doesn't do anything but slow down Democrats-that would be good enough," banker Nieschwitz told me.
Boccieri is not the state's only freshman Democrat facing voter backlash for being an Obama soldier in Congress. In 2008, Rep. Mary Jo Kilroy became the first Democrat to be elected in the Columbus area's 15th Congressional District in 42 years. Despite winning by just 2,311 votes, she went on to vote in favor of the stimulus, cap and trade, and healthcare packages. Now Kilroy and fellow freshman Rep. Steve Driehaus, who represents Cincinnati, are locked in tight rematches with the Republicans they narrowly defeated in 2008.
This freshman trouble isn't confined to Ohio: About 225 mostly interstate miles northwest of Canton you'll find Michigan's Hillsdale College.
Around campus, statues of conservatives like former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher decorate the lawns. A statue of Ronald Reagan is set to be unveiled next spring.
Inside the college's library, oak-colored walls and leather chairs dominate the Heritage Room, where books like Thomas Paine's Common Sense are enclosed in glass. Not surprisingly, the college teaches core principles of the Constitution like limited government.
But what is surprising is that this conservative area's congressional district now belongs to Democrats. "If you had asked me six years ago, I'd have said no way a Democrat wins this district," said Mickey Craig, a professor of politics at Hillsdale.
But everything went right for Democrats in 2008: Local economic hardships created both voter exhaustion with the Bush administration and hope for Obama's promise of change. When GOP presidential hopeful McCain pulled out of Michigan just a month before the election, the abandonment had a trickle-down effect on other Republicans on the ballot.
Incumbent Rep. Tim Walberg, a former nondenominational minister and a free-market Republican, lost the district by 2 percentage points to Democrat Mark Schauer. Now, in yet another congressional rematch, Walberg and Schauer are at it again.
But Schauer, the first Democrat to hold the traditionally Republican seat in 16 years, has given voters something new to chew on: "Schauer was basically an unknown, and now he has a voting record," said Gary Wolfram, a Hillsdale College public policy professor. "That record is supporting Obama."
Like his fellow Ohioans, Schauer, despite his narrow victory, supported all of the Democratic Party's big-ticket items.
But the problem for Schauer is that those policies have not abated an unemployment rate that hit 18 percent in Hillsdale County. In the district's seven counties, unemployment now ranges from 9.3 percent to 15.4 percent.
"People are saying you can't blame it all on Bush at this point," said Wolfram.
Michigan's 14 percent statewide unemployment rate was the highest in the nation at points this year. This is bad news for Democrats who pledged that their expensive economic stimulus package would push unemployment to below 8 percent: Schauer trails Walberg by 10 percentage points. Meanwhile, another Michigan freshman, Democratic Rep. Gary Peters representing the state's 9th District, is in trouble as well.
The Cook Political Report lists 73 House Democrats as vulnerable, with almost all of them residing in counties where the unemployment rates exceed the national average.
"Obama just keeps driving down the left lane, and the American people are asking, 'How can you pay for this without hurting my retirement and my children?'" says Hillsdale's Craig.
With so many freshman lawmakers showing loyalty to party over state, one wonders if they did not fall on their political swords to advance a bigger government agenda. Over often strong constituent objections, did many Democrats push ahead, figuring the current congressional majorities gave liberals the best chance in generations to spawn new federal bureaucracies? "Schauer got swept into office," said Hillsdale's Greg Stuchell, 55, shaking his head, "and we got our change, whew."
If these lawmakers meet with defeat this November, conservatives hope that surviving Democrats will be less likely to soldier on with party leaders. Conversely, the survival of freshmen like Boccieri and Schauer would give Democrats a shot in the arm-bolstering their agenda as they conclude that voter unrest is not as bad as they feared.


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ATLANTA -- People who commute from US-78 to Upper Midtown and Buckhead consider North Druid Hills Road an essential thoroughfare.
But families who live in subdivisions in and around the corridor just think of it as home.
That's why they are asking for help from DeKalb County officials to slow down speeders on North Druid Hills.
They say there have been countless accidents to residents both entering and exiting their neighborhood. They need help and they want the County to listen.
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Scenic Route (2013)
Scenic Route SynopsisMitchell (Josh Duhamel) and Carter (Dan Fogler), life-long friends who have drifted apart, are on a road trip when their old pickup breaks down, leaving them stranded on an isolated desert road. Nobody can pick apart a man like his best friend, and as the relentless elements of the desert grind them down, they start to attack each others life decisions with unwavering brutality. As they question who they are and who they could have been, their agitation leads to physical confrontation and ultimately knife-wielding madness, and what begins as an inconvenience becomes a very real life or death struggle.
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Starring: Josh Duhamel and Dan Fogler
Written by: Kyle Killen
Directed by: Kevin Goetz and Michael Goetz
Produced by: Scott Freeman, Brion Hambel, Paul Jensen, and Luke Rivett
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May 31, 2016
As the East Coast continues recovery efforts following Superstorm Sandy, Mississippi sent more help to the region.
About 50 members of the Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol's Special Operations Group left Sunday heading for New Jersey, after a request was made by Gov. Chris Christie to Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant.
Department of Public Safety spokesman Warren Strain says the effort is not costing Mississippi any extra money. He said there is emergency fund money available to New Jersey, which will be reimbursed to the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency through FEMA.
Strain says the troopers are prepared to spend as long as 15 days in New Jersey.
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Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - The Dallas Cowboys scored touchdowns in
all three phases of the game in the second half, as they came from behind to
upend the reeling Philadelphia Eagles, 38-23, at Lincoln Financial Field.
With the New York Giants losing earlier Sunday, the winner of this NFC East
tilt would pull within one game in the loss column of the division leaders
despite being under .500.
The Cowboys (4-5), coming off two straight losses, took advantage of the
opportunity with a memorable 2:35 stretch, starting with Dez Bryant's
highlight-reel catch in the end zone on the last play of the third quarter.
Dwayne Harris then returned a punt 78 yards for a go-ahead score 1:25 into the
fourth, and Brandon Carr picked off a Nick Foles pass and took it 47 yards for
a TD a little later.
Foles made his NFL debut after Michael Vick left in the second quarter with a
concussion. The rookie threw a touchdown pass to Jeremy Maclin and completed
22-of-32 passes for 219 yards, but also lost a fumble that was recovered by
Dallas in the end zone.
Tony Romo was an efficient 19-of-26 through the air for 209 yards and two
scores, while Felix Jones amassed 93 yards from scrimmage and caught a
touchdown pass in the victory.
The Eagles (3-6) have lost five straight games for the first time in Andy
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Hi All
Running on Ubuntu 11.04 32bit, and the prompted update route still doesn't work properly and after downloading and attempting to run it crashes out with a please download manually.
Is this still an intended design for Linux version? If so, the auto update message should say please download and manually update rather than chuck another 108MB download process on your servers on a doomed update attempt!
Or perhaps I am just blessed with some other problem?


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Date: Nov 30th, 2012
Sharing the fun and magic of books and reading with needy children in Anoka County is a great way to celebrate the winter holidays! Your donations of new, unwrapped books for children and young adults should be brought to any Anoka County Library, the Anoka County History Center or the Columbia Heights Public Library November 1 through November 30, 2012.
Donations to Project Bookshelf will be accepted at all Anoka County Library and Columbia Heights Public Library locations throughout the entire month of November. Project Bookshelf has been an annual library project since the 1980s.
"The joy of reading is a lifelong gift," said Anoka County Commissioner and Library liaison Jim Kordiak. "Sharing that gift with a child in need is a gift that makes an impression for life."
Owning books can help a child learn to enjoy reading and find success later in life! Help make this possible by participating in Project Bookshelf. Books collected will be given to Anoka County food shelves, including ACBC, CEAP, Centennial Community Food Shelf, NACE and SACA for distribution to kids in need.
For further information about Project Bookshelf go to your library or call Ava Larsen at 763-567-4695.


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Francesca Zambello is the Artistic Director of Washington National Opera. She has directed many WNO productions, including Of Mice and Men (debut in 2001), Fidelio (2003), Die Walküre (2003 and 2007), Billy Budd (2004), Porgy and Bess (2005 and 2010), Das Rheingold (2006), Siegfried (2009), Salome (2010), Show Boat (2013), The Force of Destiny (2013), and the world premiere children's opera The Lion, the Unicorn, and Me (2013). Since September 2010 she has also been the Artistic and General Director of The Glimmerglass Festival in Central New York. An internationally recognized director of opera and theater, her work has been seen at the Metropolitan Opera, Teatro alla Scala, the Bolshoi, Royal Opera House, Munich State Opera, Opéra National de Paris, New York City Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, and English National Opera. She has staged plays and musicals on Broadway, at the Royal National Theatre, BAM, the Guthrie Theater, Vienna's Raimund Theater, the Bregenz Festival, Sydney Festival, Disneyland, and Berlin's Theater des Westens. She began her career as the Artistic Director of the Skylight Opera Theatre and as an assistant director to the late Jean-Pierre Ponnelle. She has been a guest lecturer at Harvard, Juilliard, and Yale. An American who grew up in Europe, she speaks French, Italian, German, and Russian. She is a graduate of Colgate University in Hamilton, New York. She has been awarded the Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres by the French government for her contribution to French culture, and the Russian Federation's medal for Service to Culture. Her theatrical honors include three Olivier Awards, two Evening Standard Awards, two French Grand Prix des Critiques, Helpmann Award, Green Room Award, Palme d'Or in Germany, and the Golden Mask in Russia. She is married to Faith Gay, a senior partner at Quinn Emanuel.
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Recently, we showed you a very popular trend among couples in Korea. In an effort to publicly show their relationship, many couples will go for the "couple look." They will match with the same color, shirt, shoes, or even go to extreme lengths and match head-to-toe in identical his-and-hers versions of an entire outfit.
There are many reasons for this phenomenon. Some couples use this as a way of showing affection. Others use it as a clear sign that they are off the market. Some have even reasoned that it makes a big fashion statement because it is so easily noticed.
Whatever the reason may be, matching couple outfits are getting more and more popular everyday. WWD wandered the streets of Seoul on Valentine's Day to catch a glimpse of the "couple look."
Sure enough, the matching outfits popped up everywhere during the romantic holiday. One couple argued that they didn't need Valentine's Day to be cute with one another. "We dress the same every day," said Shin Seung-Chul and fiancée, Bae Jung-a.
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FALLS CHURCH, Va. (WUSA) -- Fairfax County police say that an old owl that flew into cars, signs and buildings, then had to be rescued from a wire is at a rehabilitation center.
According to police, Animal Control officers had gotten calls for four day about an owl widely flying around in the area of Richmond Highway intersection near Sacramento Drive. Last Friday, after more than an hour officers were able to rescue the owl at approximately 11 a.m. He had perched on a wire about 20 feet high. Citizens, patrol officers and fire department members helped officers throw towels at him to bring him down. He landed on a parking lot and they netted him.
Animal Control Officers reported that the owl was very ill and malnourished. He was also missing one eye. The other eye was covered in cataracts.
Officers say the owl would not have been able to hunt and may have to live in captivity after his recovery period at a raptor rehabilitation center in Falls Church.
See photos of the owl above, courtesy of the Fairfax County Police Department.


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Books and Movies 2006 | Debbie Maken and Connally Gilliam discuss how to obey God when marriage doesn't happen
Most girls grow up thinking that they will marry and have children. What happens when that expectation isn't met, when temporary singleness stretches well into a woman's 30s or even later? That's the subject of two very different new books: Getting Serious About Getting Married by Debbie Maken, and Revelations of a Single Woman: Loving the Life I Didn't Expect by Connally Gilliam. Their authors recently answered questions about singleness and the state of Christian marriage formation.
WORLD: Why did you write your books?
MAKEN: It was born out of my own frustration with being single by default, and hearing nothing but glib, pithy answers to my dilemma. In my research, I learned our beliefs about singleness today are radically different from what Christians used to believe. Our current teachings do not comport with Scripture, and validating singleness (as opposed to celibacy-a rare gift) is only helping push along a social deviancy.
GILLIAM: I was writing primarily for women, most likely in their mid-20s to early 40s, who find themselves "unintentionally single"-because even in a life where the personal and/or cultural landscape looks far from what was expected, God is real, and good, and showing up.
WORLD: Connally, how is your book different from Debbie's?
GILLIAM: From my vantage point, metaphorically, Debbie is writing about the supremacy of democracy, and I'm writing about how to live well in Iraq! She's in essence saying WHY democracy is the supreme form of government (and really speaking to those who shape public policy), and I'm in essence talking about how to discover the goodness of God's presence and leading when there's a civil war-which you don't fully (if at all) control-raging around you.
WORLD: Debbie, would you add or change anything about that metaphor?
MAKEN: Interminable singleness is the sinful byproduct of a culture war. We shouldn't allow notions of destiny, a marriage-maimed infrastructure, or the whims and caprices of random young men to "control" the outcome of the question. The real enemy here is Satan, the destroyer of families through divorces and wayward children, and through ambushing the formation of Christian marriages.
WORLD: How do you balance the desire to be content in a given circumstance and the desire to pursue marriage?
MAKEN: Contentment has become a buzzword in the church today to mean do not question, do not try to change your marital state, and do not complain. One can be content in the Lord and yet miserable in circumstantial singleness, an unnatural state for adults. A wrongfully imprisoned person need not marvel at bread and water to demonstrate contentment. Similarly, the single's dissatisfaction is not only understandable, but may be the Holy Spirit's prompting to get serious about marriage.
WORLD: Connally, your emphasis is a bit different . . .
GILLIAM: My book focuses more on how God shows up in the suffering of the unplanned single life, the redemptive nature of that suffering, and what it is to walk well with that suffering (i.e., when doing the right or prescriptive things doesn't get us a visa to leave Iraq). The book also offers hope and glimpses of the real joy that can be present even when our lives look little like expected. While I've worked like crazy-if unsuccessfully-to find Mr. Right (and will continue to do so), God has been faithful to keep joy coursing, in ever stronger measures, through my veins. That makes me smile.
WORLD: Have you come up with a good answer for "so, why aren't you married?"
GILLIAM: I really haven't, except to say: I don't know. I've stopped asking "why" but instead now ask, "God, what do You want to do in and through me, today?" I figure if I'm willing to ask that question (and be obedient to God's lead in response), then a lot of small daily steps are, over time, going to lead me down the very best path possible.
WORLD: But what if there are more Christian women desiring to be married than there are men wanting to be married?
MAKEN: This probably is not the only time in history when there is a shortage of good men-consider post WWII. God is not bound by statistics-a young woman does not need a large sample pool, she only needs one candidate. My advice to young women wrestling with thoughts like this is to have faith, for it is impossible to please God without faith. Faith does not require one to sit like a bump on a log waiting for some giant scheme of theologized serendipity to work out, but it does require thoughtful action to bring about a desired result.
WORLD: And that action would be?
MAKEN: Single women should not sit on their laurels somehow believing they are "waiting on the Lord." Scripture prescribes a normative-to marry "in our youth," when the full rights, privileges, and benefits of marriage are enjoyed. Unfortunately, today the attainment of marriage comes from playing dating roulette, and all of the unintended consequences are nicely repackaged as "God's will." We should reject the disorganized mating pattern bequeathed us, and instead reactivate our fathers or other Christian surrogates to assist us in the quest to find a worthy spouse and to keep the young men who do pursue us from squandering our time and our youth.
WORLD: Debbie, do you believe that unmarried people without the call to celibacy are living outside of God's will?
MAKEN: "God's will" is determined by what is written in His Word, not by our circumstances. God expects the timely marriage of Christian adults who have not the gift of continence. For those who don't marry there are consequences-being vulnerable to sexual sin, infertility, and missing out on the covering, protection, and intimacy from a spouse.
WORLD: If you could give a guy one piece of dating advice, what would it be?
GILLIAM: A lot of guys hang back out of confusion about roles (Who opens the car door? Who pays?). Some are confused about where they fit (Do women really need us? She already owns a home or has a great job, what can I offer her?). Sometimes they fear blowing it (What if I'm too this or too that, or she rejects me?). If I could encourage the guys to do anything, it would be to cling to the confidence that in Christ, they are enough.
WORLD: How many times can a mother ask "met anyone interesting lately" without driving her daughter crazy? What practical suggestions do you have for parents who want to help, as Debbie suggests, but not be seen as meddling?
GILLIAM: First, prayer-praying your dreams for your child AND praying your child's dream for themselves. To be able to do the latter, a parent might need to ask a daughter what she wants at this stage of the game, and then ask if there's anything you might do-in addition to prayer-to help. Parents can ask their sons the same. Some folks want parents' active involvement; some don't. Some want their parents' inquiry; some don't.
WORLD: On a lighter note, what's the worst line a guy ever used on you?
GILLIAM: I have had them all! After talking to a guy about art, he asked, "Would you like to come to my room and see my sketches?" (At least it wasn't his "etchings"!) And then, there was the guy at the fraternity party who, sipping his beer while I tried to share Jesus by building connections around our common interest in guitar, declared, "I know this sounds like a line, but I really do mean it: I really do think we could make beautiful music together!"
MAKEN: I would rearrange the alphabet to put U and I together.


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Union of Comoros
Area: 2,171 sq. km. (838 sq. mi.); slightly less than half the size of Delaware. Major islands--Grande Comore (1,025 sq. km.), Anjouan (424 sq. km.), Mayotte (374 sq. km.), and Moheli (211 sq. km.).
Cities: Capital--Moroni (pop. 30,000); Mutsamudu (pop. 20,000).
Terrain: Rugged.
Climate: Tropical marine.
Nationality: Noun and adjective--Comorian(s).
Population (2001 est.): 596,202. Mayotte (1990 est.)--70,000.
Annual growth rate (2001 est.): 3.02%.
Ethnic groups: Antalote, Cafre, Makoa, Oimatsaha, Sakalava.
Religions: Sunni Muslim 98%, Roman Catholic 2%.
Languages: Shikomoro (a Swahili-Arabic blend), Arabic, French.
Education: Attendance--60% primary, 34% secondary. Literacy--57.3%.
Health: Life expectancy--60 yrs. Infant mortality rate--84.07/1,000.
Work force (1996): 144,500. Agriculture--80%.
Type: Republic.
Independence: July 6, 1975 (Mayotte remains under French administration).
Constitution: Adopted by referendum on December 23, 2001.
Branches: Executive--national president; regional island presidents. Legislative--National Assembly. Judicial--traditional Muslim and codified law from French sources.
Political parties: 17 political parties.
Suffrage: Universal adult.
GDP (purchasing power parity): $419 million.
Annual growth rate: 0.5%.
Per capita income: $720.
Agriculture (40% of GDP): Products--vanilla, cloves, perfume essences, copra, banana, cassava, coconuts.
Services (56% of GDP): Commerce, tourism.
Industry (4% of GDP): Types--perfume distillation.
Trade: Exports (1999 est.)--$7.9 million: vanilla, cloves, perfume essences, copra. Major markets--France, Germany. Imports (1998 est.)--$35.84 million: rice, petroleum, meat, wheat flour, cotton textiles, cement. Major suppliers--France 38%, Pakistan 13%, Kenya 8%, South Africa 8%.
The Comorians inhabiting Grande Comore, Anjouan, and Moheli (86% of the population) share African-Arab origins. Islam is the dominant religion, and Koranic schools for children reinforce its influence. Although Arab culture is firmly established throughout the archipelago, a substantial minority of the citizens of Mayotte (the Mahorais) are Catholic and have been strongly influenced by French culture.
The most common language is Shikomoro, a Swahili dialect. French and Arabic also are spoken. About 57% of the population is literate.
Over the centuries, the islands were invaded by a succession of diverse groups from the coast of Africa, the Persian Gulf, Indonesia, and Madagascar. Portuguese explorers visited the archipelago in 1505. "Shirazi" Arab migrants introduced Islam at about the same time. Between 1841 and 1912, France established colonial rule over Grande Comore, Anjouan, Mayotte, and Moheli and placed the islands under the administration of the governor general of Madagascar. Later, French settlers, French-owned companies, and wealthy Arab merchants established a plantation-based economy that now uses about one-third of the land for export crops. After World War II, the islands became a French overseas territory and were represented in France's National Assembly. Internal political autonomy was granted in 1961. Agreement was reached with France in 1973 for Comoros to become independent in 1978. On July 6, 1975, however, the Comorian parliament passed a resolution declaring unilateral independence. The deputies of Mayotte abstained. As a result, the Comorian Government has effective control over only Grande Comore, Anjouan, and Moheli. Mayotte remains under French administration.
The Union of Comoros is ruled by former Army Col. President Azali Assoumani. The political situation in Comoros has been extremely fluid since the country's independence in 1975, subject to the volatility of coups and political insurrection. Colonel Azali seized power in a bloodless coup in April 1999, overthrowing interim President Tadjiddine Ben Said Massounde, who himself had held the office since the death of democratically elected President Mohamed Taki Abdoulkarim in November 1998. In May 1999, Azali decreed a constitution that gave him both executive and legislative powers. Bowing somewhat to international criticism, Azali appointed a civilian Prime Minister, Bainrifi Tarmidi, in December 1999; however, Azali retained the mantle of head of state and army commander. In December 2000, Azali named a new civilian Prime Minister, Hamada Madi, and formed a new civilian cabinet. When Azali took power he had pledged to step down in 2000 and relinquish control to a democratically elected president. Instead, in 2001, Azali resigned from the military and ran as a civilian candidate for the national presidency. He was elected in 2002 in flawed but fair elections.
In a separate nod to pressure to fully restore civilian rule, the government organized several committees to compose a new constitution, including the August 2000 National Congress and November 2000 Tripartite Commission. The opposition parties initially refused to participate in the Tripartite Commission, but on February 17, 2001 representatives of the government, Anjouan separatists, the political opposition, and civil society organizations signed a "Framework Accord for Reconciliation in Comoros," brokered by the Organization for African Unity (OAU), now the African Union. The accord called for the creation of a new Tripartite Commission for National Reconciliation to develop a "New Comorian Entity" with a new constitution. Although the commission set June 2001 as its goal for completing the constitution and December 2001 for the national elections, disagreements over procedure and goals delayed completion of the draft constitution. On December 23, 2001, the draft constitution was adopted by referendum.
The African Union and the Francophonie organization have encouraged continued negotiation over the outstanding fiscal and political issues dividing the national government and the regional island authorities. The principal disagreements concern distribution of national revenues and authority over law enforcement and national security. Elections for the individual island assemblies and the National Assembly were completed in March and April 2004, respectively, and were deemed generally free and fair by international observers. The National Assembly is tasked with finalizing a constitution.
Principal Government Officials
President--Azali Assoumani
Minister of Foreign Affairs--Souef Mohamed El-Amine
Representative to the United States and Ambassador to the United Nations--Mahmoud M. Aboud
Comoros maintains a mission to the United States at 336 E. 45th St., 2d floor, New York, NY 10017 (tel. 212-750-1637).
Comoros, with an estimated gross domestic product (GDP) per capita income of about $700, is among the world's poorest and least developed nations. Although the quality of the land differs from island to island, most of the widespread lava-encrusted soil formations are unsuited to agriculture. As a result, most of the inhabitants make their living from subsistence agriculture and fishing.
Agriculture, involving more than 80% of the population and 40% of the gross domestic product, provides virtually all foreign exchange earnings. Services including tourism, construction, and commercial activities constitute the remainder of the GDP. Plantations engage a large proportion of the population in producing the islands' major cash crops for export: vanilla, cloves, perfume essences, and copra. Comoros is the world's leading producer of essence of ylang-ylang, used in manufacturing perfume. It also is the world's second-largest producer of vanilla. Principal food crops are coconuts, bananas, and cassava. Foodstuffs constitute 32% of total imports.
The country lacks the infrastructure necessary for development. Some villages are not linked to the main road system or at best are connected by tracks usable only by four-wheel-drive vehicles. The islands' ports are rudimentary, although a deepwater facility functions in Anjouan. Only small vessels can approach the existing quays in Moroni on Grande Comore, despite improvements. Long-distance, ocean-going ships must lie offshore and be unloaded by smaller boats; during the cyclone season, this procedure is dangerous, and ships are reluctant to call at the island. Most freight is sent first to Mombasa, Kenya or the island of Reunion and transshipped from there.
France, Comoros' major trading partner, finances small projects only. The United States receives a growing percentage of Comoros' exports but supplies only a negligible fraction of its imports (less than 1%).
Comoros has an international airport at Hahaya on Grande Comore. Comoros has its own currency, the Comorian Franc, which is currently valued at 437 CF = U.S. $1.
The military resources of the Comoros consist of a small standing army and a 500-member police force, as well as a 500-member defense force. A defense treaty with France provides naval resources for protection of territorial waters, training of Comorian military personnel, and air surveillance. France maintains a small maritime base and a Foreign Legion contingent on Mayotte.
In November 1975, Comoros became the 143rd member of the United Nations. The new nation was defined as consisting of the entire archipelago, despite the fact that France maintains control over Mayotte.
Comoros also is a member of the African Union, the European Development Fund, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the Indian Ocean Commission, and the African Development Bank.
The United States recognized the Comorian Government in 1977. The two countries enjoy friendly relations. The U.S. closed its Embassy in Moroni in 1993 and is now represented by a nonresident Ambassador in neighboring Mauritius.
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Deputy Chief of Mission--Stephen Schwartz
Management Officer--Judith Semilota
Public Affairs Officer--Marjorie Harrison
Political Officer--James Liddle
Economic-Commercial and Consular Officer--Dewitt Conklin
Regional Security Officer -- David Walsh
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