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Hi everyone, I'm new!
Please, set me in the right direction:
I'm currently looking to bring in Zimbra to replace a simple sendmail/pop3 setup. Currently everything is in the DMZ, but the general concensus here is that if Zimbra would be hosting internal documents and other sensitive, non-email items, it would be best to keep as much as possible in the internal network. We could easily allow smtp or lmtp to traverse the firewall inwards (either between the Zimbra MTA and the LMTP server on port 7025, or between an edge MTA relaying to a port 25 Postfix instance on the inside), but that fundamentally/theoretically compromises the DMZ.
The only (complicated) workaround I've thought up would be to let the edge MTA write to mbox/maildir on an nfs exported partition, mounting that partition from the inside and pulling the messages into a perl script to re-wrap them in smtp for delivery to the inside MTA. Or instead of doing this via mbox/maildir, writing a dummy smtp server that the edge mta could relay to that would accept mail and write the SMTP conversation to file on nfs, to be picked up on the other side and be simply replayed to the internal MTA. This is possible and wouldn't be too hard, but it doesn't seem like it's been done before, so it seems like it's the wrong path (and it's a serious kludge).
Has anyone faced this issue before? What is the best way to set this up securely?


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"Eating at the Inn at Little Washington is like watching a show," a server told us that a diner once commented.
What's a show without popcorn? That was chef-owner Patrick O'Connell's response.
His twist? Truffle popcorn, no less. Popcorn tossed in truffle oil, with fresh truffle shaved on top by a white-gloved waiter.
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Chilled Maine Lobster with Cucumber Sorbet, Shipwrecked in the Vegetable Garden: a whimsical name for a delicious first course.
Photos by Phyllis R. Sigal
A waiter shaves a fresh truffle over popcorn that has been tossed in truffle oil.
This special anniversary treat arrived at our table before our dessert course. The gold ribbon and chocolate enrobed a checkerboard terrine of white chocolate and pistachio ice creams. Also to mark our anniversary, printed at the top of the menu were the words, "Happy 30th Anniversary to Bruce and Phyllis."
Seared duck fois gras on a salad of frisee, house-made bacon and lamb confit with a poached egg from the restaurant's hen house and shaved truffle was my second course at the Inn at Little Washington.
And that, ladies and gentlemen, sets the scene for a beautifully staged dinner at the Washington, Va., restaurant.
O'Connell says he was "supposed to have become an actor," and now each night the restaurant allows him to be "producer, director, set designer and lead player," according to his website. He and the inn have won numerous awards, stars and accolades in the past three decades - four stars from the 2011 Forbes Travel Guide, the Five Diamond Award from the American Automobile Association, five James Beard Awards, and winemaker Robert Mondavi called O'Connell "the pope of American Cuisine."
What appears to be a historic inn was a gas station back in 1978 when O'Connell decided to open the restaurant. Joyce Evans, a British set designer, actually decorated the inn, we were told.
Fact Box
'A Shot
Of Liquid Autumn'
Apple Rutabaga Soup
From the Inn At
Little Washington
Makes 2 quarts,
6-8 servings
"I only recently rediscovered rutabagas and am so happy I did. They were something my mother used to prepare when we were kids usually as a puree and even though I thought they tasted a little weird, their gorgeous golden color made you want another mouthful.
"This soup looks and tastes like liquid autumn. All year long we look forward to serving it again in the fall. It's incredibly simple to put together and can be made well in advance and frozen.
"The elusive secret ingredient is a bit of maple syrup, which enhances the natural sweetness of the rutabaga.
"Water or vegetable stock may be successfully substituted for the chicken stock if you wish to make this soup vegetarian, or if you don't want to bother making chicken stock."
- Chef Patrick O'Connell
1 stick butter
1 cup onion, roughly chopped
1 cup Granny Smith apple, peeled, cored and roughly chopped
1 cup rutabaga, peeled and roughly chopped
1 cup butternut squash, peeled, seeded and roughly chopped
1 cup carrots, peeled and roughly chopped
1 cup sweet potato, peeled and roughly chopped
1 quart good chicken stock
2 cups heavy cream
1?4 cup maple syrup
Salt and cayenne pepper to taste
1. In a large saucepan over medium-high heat, melt the butter. Add the onion, apple, rutabaga, squash, carrots and sweet potato and cook, stirring occasionally, until the onions are translucent.
2. Add the chicken stock and bring to a boil. Simmer for 20 to 25 minutes or until all of the vegetables are cooked through and tender.
3. Puree the vegetables in a blender or food processor. Strain through a fine mesh strainer into the same pot you used to cook the vegetables. Add the cream, maple syrup, salt and cayenne pepper.
4. Return the pot to the stove, bring the soup to a simmer, and serve.
"I bought a shack at 21; I didn't know what I wanted to do when I grew up," O'Connell said. "I believe that everyone has a geographical spot, and as soon as you find it, everything falls into place."
Obviously, his geographical spot is Washington, Va., the very first town in America to be called Washington, which was originally surveyed by George himself in 1769.
"There's something about country life; staying warm and dry and having something to eat," he said from his kitchen at the inn after our indulgent dinner.
The kitchen includes two coveted chef's tables that can be reserved - at a premium price, of course - and an enormous Vulcan range that arrived a little over a decade ago after being built to order in France.
I also arrived at the Inn at Little Washington a little over a decade ago for the first time, to celebrate our 20th wedding anniversary. We returned for our 30th anniversary last month.
I must say, once every 10 years is just not often enough for a meal as exquisite as what they serve.
It was even better the second time.
We were led to probably the best table in the house - with the exception of the chef's tables - a cozy, cushy corner, with a salmon-hued fringed lamp shade above. The decor is as rich as the food, with lush tapestries and velvety, wine-colored banquettes and chairs. But as beautiful as the interior is, O'Connell's culinary creations take center stage.
The ingredients alone are enough to entice - fois gras, caviar, squab, lamb confit, shishito peppers, shaved black truffle, veal sweetbreads, salsify puree, Lilliputian shrimp dumplings - many from his own garden out back or from nearby farms. (He promoted "farm to table" long before it came en vogue.)
But it is the way Chef O'Connell puts them together that is sublime.
It certainly is way more than just "something to eat."
O'Connell told me that he opened his restaurant "not with any business plan in mind, but with a passion in mind."
Food is his passion - lucky for those who have the privilege of dining there.
A sampling of his masterpieces:
And, not only is the chef creative, he's got a great sense of humor, as proven by this selection:
There are more ... which is the problem. What to order? The choices are so difficult because everything sounds amazing.
When presented with three choices of foie gras, I knew I'd have to have at least one. Black truffle appears on the menu several times, kicking up even the most ordinary item a notch or 10.
Macaroni and cheese with Virginia country ham and shaved black truffle was a second-course item I would've have loved to have tried. Another diner reported it was incredible.
Shaved black truffle also turned our very first tidbit into something amazing, as I mentioned at the start. The popcorn, served in its miniature popcorn box, was delicious with our champagne.
Next, we were served A Shot of Liquid Autumn - a tiny cordial mug filled with apple rutabaga soup. A hint of maple syrup is the taste treat's secret ingredient. A miniature cheese biscuit accompanied the silky slurp.
Caviar Wafers - potato chips sandwiched around Ossetra caviar and creme fraiche - came standing on end on a piece of slate; shiny, black stones were strategically placed to aid in the display. The restaurant's maitre d' noted they glued the stones to the platter so patrons could not mistakenly snack on them.
After we enjoyed our little nibbles, it was time for the big decisions - our first, second and third courses.
Finally, with a little help from our very pleasant waitress, I decided on:
My husband Bruce chose:
We asked the staff to choose the accompanying wines. I wasn't quite ready for another glass when my duck fois gras dish arrived. "How about just a little splash of red," our waitress offered.
After a meal like that, there's really no room for dessert. But with the desserts offered, there's really no way turn them down, either.
More decisions. Sweet, sweet decisions.
The painter's palette of autumn sorbets or the warm chocolate bread pudding with almond ice cream perfumed with black truffle? The triple cream cheesecake with roasted figs and champagne-concord grape sorbet or the southern butter pecan ice cream sandwich with bittersweet chocolate and hot caramel sauce? The warm local granny smith apple and quince tart with calvados ice cream or the cocoa nib napoleon with caramelized bananas, chocolate mousse and coconut sorbet with caramel lime sauce?
Another choice is the fromager's cheese selection on a "mooooo-vable" cart.
It's a cow actually, a wooden cow named Faira with a tray full of cheeses on top. There is a "resident cheese whiz," who helps with the selections.
Well, as much as I do like cheese, it's no replacement for chocolate.
I decided on the ice cream sandwich; Bruce decided on the cheese cake.
But then, out came a gorgeous white pedestal platter. Sitting on top was a chocolate package, with gold leaf ribbons, and a marzipan ribbon with, in more gold leaf, "Happy Anniversary."
It was too beautiful to eat.
But we did.
Our waitress sliced it open to reveal a green pistachio and white chocolate checkerboard of ice creams.
We canceled the ice cream sandwich, but we still let her bring us the cheesecake with grilled figs.
I was glad we had a bit of a walk back to our inn.
We didn't order cocktails, because our waitress had offered the bubbly for our anniversary. But the cocktail menu is as creative as the dinner menu. A brief history of the how cocktails came to be named is explained on the menu, and the cocktails are divided into "Flutes," "Straight Up" and "On the Rocks."
I'm sure I would've gone with the Warm Welcome, listed under "Flutes." Green apple and sacred basil puree with a dash of St. Germain elderflower liqueur topped with Inn at Little Washington brut certainly would've been a warm welcome!
The Virginia Vesper, a "Straight Up" cocktail may have been my second choice: local Watershed gin and Cirrus vodka shaken with Lillet Blonde.
A couple of the "On the Rocks" choices sounded tasty: La Gitana manzanilla fino sherry, Bushnell VSOP calvados, lemon verbena syrup and fresh sage all are mixed together for the Andalucian Apperitif; The Four Horseman is Barbancourt Eight-Year Rhum, Luxardo maraschino, grapefruit syrup and fresh lime.
Despite every wonderful morsel of food, the piece de resistance of the evening was when Chef O'Connell invited us into the kitchen after our meal. We shook his hand, chatted a bit, and he showed us around the kitchen.
"Next time," he said, "You'll have to sit at the chef's table."
Great idea.
I am already looking forward to Chef O'Connell's encore.

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Jun 02
Mears - GEICO Camry - 600 Recap
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CONCORD, N.C. (May 29, 2011) – A normal NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race averages 400 to 500 miles, 300 laps, and three hours. However, there is one event every May that lasts a little longer – The Coca-Cola 600. The longest race of the season puts strain on the drivers, teams, and equipment as 600 miles, 400 laps, and over four and half hours require top performance and endurance.
All of this action completes a full two weeks of racing at Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway, the home track for many teams including Casey Mears and the Mooresville, N.C. based GEICO Racing Toyota crew.
After three practices and a disappointing qualifying effort of 37th, Mears was hopeful to have a solid race and survive all 600 miles under the hot Sunday night temperature. Starting in the back of the pack, Mears knew he had ground to make up in the beginning stages of the race. By lap 25, the GEICO Toyota Camry had moved into the 31st position, however Mears quickly radioed to his team that he was not pleased with the amount of horsepower under the hood, as he would pass competitors only to have them chase him back down on the straightaway.
The first 170 laps saw Mears' Toyota get tighter as the green flag run continued but the California native clocked consistent lap times in spite of the engine woes. The third caution of the evening came on lap 172, as Crew Chief Bootie Barker instructed Mears to stay on the racetrack and regain a lap, placing the GEICO Toyota in the 30th position.
Unfortunately, the second gremlin found Mears on lap 188 as the No. 13 Camry received contact from Landon Cassill, cutting the left rear tire on the Germain Racing machine. The tire shredded the left rear quarter panel before Mears could make it pit road. The GEICO crew worked feverishly to repair the damage on numerous stops, and with hard work, Mears never lost a lap in the process. On lap 194, Mears restarted in 30th-place.
Over the course of the next run, Mears told his GEICO crew that his cooling hose that connects to his in-car air conditioning system had come undone, leaving the cockpit extremely hot. Immediately, the team began preparing ice bags, fresh water, and a new system to help relieve their driver. For the remainder of the event, the GEICO Racing team refueled Mears on each pit stop.
By lap 282, Mears had worked his way into the 26th position. The GEICO Toyota had become loose, hindering the ability to get in and get off the corners. A break finally came for Mears and the GEICO team as they received the Lucky Dog Award on lap 295 to regain their position on the lead lap.
The field took the green flag restart on lap 302, with less than a 100 laps remaining. Three quick cautions broke up the pace over the next 40 laps, but Barker brought his driver to pit road on lap 345 for four tires, fuel, and air pressure adjustments. Continuing to fight through the circumstances, Mears was scored in 24th-place with 50 laps to go.
Right away, Mears and Barker decided to start saving fuel, as they were four laps short and were going to try and stretch it to the end if no cautions ruin the plan. This strategy looked like it was going to work out perfect before Jimmie Johnson lost a motor on lap 397, setting the stage for a green-white-checkered finish. Mears returned to pit road under this caution for four tires and fuel, ensuring he could make it the remaining distance.
Going three laps past the scheduled distance, Mears brought home a 23rd-place finish for the GEICO Racing team. The effort put in by the entire team was unmatched and completely exhibited the reason to keep pushing through unwanted circumstances.
"It was a hot one out there tonight," said Mears, after the race. "We didn't have very much go our way, but we never gave up the entire race. The GEICO Racing team kept working on the damage and made it fairly decent for the amount of sheet metal that was tore up. To come home 23rd isn't the result we wanted, but for the circumstances we were dealt, it was a good night. One of the keys to a 600-mile race is having a car that can survive it and Germain Racing gave me a car that took the checkered flag, so I appreciate their hard work. We will go on to Kansas."
The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series heads to Kansas Speedway for the running of the STP 400 on Sunday, June 5th. All of the action can be seen live on FOX, as well as heard on MRN Radio and Sirius XM Radio.
To learn more about the GEICO Racing program, please visit: www.geicogarage.com <http://www.geicogarage.com/> You can also follow GEICO Racing on Twitter: www.twitter.com/geicoracing <http://www.twitter.com/geicoracing> Please visit the Casey Mears Facebook fan page: www.facebook.com/caseymearsracing <http://www.facebook.com/caseymearsracing>
Samantha Jones, Player Management International
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Gardening calendar
Gardening jobs
Garden type
Pruning is an important way of improving the growth and flowering of trees and shrubs.
The striking colours of spring flowering bulbs bring life back to the garden after the dull winter months. Here are some useful tips to help you make the most of your garden.
For many gardeners April is a good time for mowing the lawn, newly mown grass smells so fresh. Mow as often as you can, at least once a week.
April is often the most exciting month for many gardeners as it is right in the heart of the spring season. If you've planned well, your garden will be looking fresh with an abundance of colour from the spring flowering flowers. A time for everyone to enjoy the warmer days.
April is a great month for spending time in the vegetable garden. Here are some useful tips to help you make the most of your vegetable garden so that you can enjoy your very own 'Grow it and eat'. It is also fun!
Now is the best time to bring out any tubs and container plants that have been stored away for winter safe-keeping. So once again you can look forward to that extra colour on your patio or decking.


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By Siva Govindasamy
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia released a preliminary report on missing Flight MH370 on Thursday in which it recommended that the U.N. body overseeing global aviation consider introducing a system for tracking commercial aircraft in real time.
The document, dated April 9, also provided fresh details of attempts the authorities in Kuala Lumpur made to locate the Malaysia Airlines plane carrying 239 passengers and crew and of the exact flight path it is believed to have taken.
Flight MH370 disappeared off civilian radars while on a scheduled flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on March 8, and its fate remains a mystery despite the biggest search operation in aviation history.
In the report, Malaysia's Transport Ministry pointed to the disappearance of Flight MH370 and Air France Flight AF447 in 2009 as evidence that a system for real-time tracking would help to locate missing aircraft more easily in future.
"There have now been two occasions during the last five years when large commercial air transport aircraft have gone missing and their last position was not accurately known," it said. "This uncertainty resulted in significant difficulty in locating the aircraft in a timely manner."
The report called on the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) to "examine the safety benefits of introducing a standard for real-time tracking of commercial air transport aircraft".
Families of the missing passengers, the majority of whom are Chinese, have directed their anger largely at Malaysia's authorities and military for failing to do enough to track the aircraft after it turned back after takeoff.
The report confirmed that military radar tracked a plane as it turned in a westerly direction across the Malaysian Peninsula on the morning of March 8, and that it took no further action because the aircraft was deemed "friendly".
In an accompanying statement, Acting Transport and Defence Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said the military data was played back that morning and after he and Prime Minister Najib Razak were informed of the possible turnback, military ships and an aircraft were sent to look for MH370 in the Straits of Malacca.
The report also described what appeared to be frantic attempts to trace the aircraft, with air traffic control in Kuala Lumpur contacting counterparts in Singapore, Hong Kong and Phnom Penh, Cambodia, when something appeared to have gone awry.
Kuala Lumpur was initially informed of a problem when air traffic controllers in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, who were meant to take over monitoring MH370 around the time the plane disappeared, inquired about its whereabouts.
Released to the public for the first time were recordings of conversations between the cockpit of MH370 and Kuala Lumpur air traffic control and maps showing MH370's probable flight path.
According to the maps, after MH370 turned back from the South China Sea, it cut cross the southernmost tip of Thailand near the border with the Malaysian state of Kelantan and then flew across the Malaysian Peninsula.
It made a turn to the west in the Straits of Malacca near Penang and flew beyond the limits of Malaysian military radar.
After leaving Malaysian military radar coverage, it turned south and flew over the northern tip of Indonesia's Sumatra Island before heading for the southern reaches of the Indian Ocean off Australia's western coast where a massive underwater search is now concentrated.
Malaysia also released MH370's cargo manifest, confirming that the plane was carrying over 4.5 metric tons of mangosteen fruits and almost 2.5 metric tons of lithium ion batteries.
A stamp on the bill for the batteries states that they were packed according to International Air Transport Association (IATA) regulations.
Shortly before the report was issued, Malaysia Airlines urged families of missing passengers to return home where they would be updated with any fresh information.
Many relatives from China, Malaysia and elsewhere have remained in Kuala Lumpur to keep up with the latest progress concerning their loved ones.
The airline said it would close down its centers, where affected families were being assisted around the world, by May 7. The airline added that it would pay early compensation to those who qualified. The payments would not affect their rights to claim additional compensation at a later stage.
"Malaysia Airlines' thoughts and prayers remain with the families of all those onboard MH370," the company said.
(Writing by Mike Collett-White; Editing by Mark Heinrich)


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The X Factor
3 Worst Performances From X Factor 2012 on December 5
Truth: every remaining performer on X Factor is 50 shades of fabulous. But their are only six acts left, and three of them just aren't cutting it. Mario Lopez's dimples are so stressed out that they've formed dimples-within-dimples, that's how tight this competition is. We've agonized over who the worst performers of the night were, but guys? We've come up with the bottom 3 contestants.
1. Fifth Harmony
This week, our sista-friends prepped for their X Factor performance with some girly bonding like getting their nails done and talking about life, and love, and traveling pants. But their acoustic performance of Adele's "Set Fire To The Rain" didn't have any harmonies. Their name is lying to us! Luckily, these ladies saved face during Demi Lovato's "Give Your Heart A Break" — in fact, Demi said Fifth Harmony sang the song better than she did!
2. CeCe Frey
We don't know what CeCe does in free time (other than painting leopard spots on her face), but keep it up, gurl. This lovely lady sounded glorious during her unplugged rendition of "I'm On The Edge" by Lady Gaga (despite Britney throwing major shade), but is her voice worth $5 million dollars? Judging from her rendition of "Part of Me" by Katy Perry, heck yeah. Unfortunately, the judges just aren't feeling CeCe. To quote Katy, they chew her up and spit her out like she is poison in their mouths.
3. Tate Stevens
We can't stop won't stop loving Tate. His heartfelt rendition of "Living On a Prayer" by Bon Jovi was all kinds of inspirational, but we didn't come away from it feeling like we wanted to shroud ourselves in an American flag and paint a bald eagle on our stomach. Which was a bummer. However, Tate redeemed himself during his performance of "If Tomorrow Never Comes" by Garth Brooks, which was simply gorgeous. Much like Tate's facial hair.


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This Week
Sudden death
Terrorists in Karachi, Pakistan, jumped from their car in rush hour traffic and fired at nearly point-blank range into a station wagon containing four American oil company workers. After riddling the wagon with bullets, the gunmen fled, leaving the Americans and their Pakistani driver dead. Police speculated that the attack was in retaliation for the recent conviction of a Pakistani in the 1993 killing of two CIA employees.
Blood money
Several parties who hoped to make a killing-financially-with the abortion-inducing drug RU-486 settled their lawsuits against each other. On Nov. 12, businessman Joseph Pike and a Los Angeles investment firm known as the Giant Group worked out their differences. Giant had sued Mr. Pike for fraud, accusing him of mishandling $13 million he had raised for RU-486 investment. Mr. Pike, in turn, had sued Giant for defamation. Giant also settled a suit against the Population Council, the nonprofit that holds the U.S. patent to RU-486. Despite settlement of the suits, which put the drug a step closer to U.S. distribution, some investors in RU-486 still aren't happy. One man who's put $500,000 in the enterprise said no one will tell him what's happening with his investment. "This was supposed be a wonderful drug for American women," he told The New York Times. "Now I think it's just people smelling a lot of money."
In brief
A Muslim militant who said he "wanted to make Americans feel terror" was found guilty of masterminding the 1993 bombing of New York's World Trade Center. Ramzi Ahmed Yousef, captured in Pakistan in 1995, faces a life term. Federal prosecutors in Manhattan said Mr. Yousef intended the parking garage blast to topple one of the center's 110-story twin towers and kill as many as 250,000 people. The jury also convicted Mr. Yousef's accomplice. In California, jury selection began in the trial of Theodore Kaczynski, the academic-turned-hermit accused of being the Unabomber. He faces three charges of murder. Prospective jurors were questioned closely about their views on the death penalty. FBI agents captured Mr. Kaczynski last year after a 17-year manhunt. Saying there was"absolutely no evidence" that a criminal act brought down TWA Flight 800, FBI officials suspended their investigation.
The money trail
In a swank Georgetown home, President Clinton schmoozed about 20 contributors (who paid $20,000 per couple for the privilege) on behalf of the Democratic National Committee, which is $15 million in debt. The Q Street mansion-which features marble pillars, tile floors, an exercise room, and an indoor pool-is home to Reynolds tobacco heir Smith Bagley. It was the first stop in a five-fundraiser, six-day tour from which the DNC expects to take $2 million. Meanwhile, The Washington Post reported another FBI misstep in the government's probe into Chinese attempts to buy political influence in Washington. Investigative reporter Bob Woodward quoted "senior U.S. government sources" saying that the FBI "acknowledged overlooking key intelligence information" pointing more clearly to an organized effort by communist officials to buy their way into U.S. politics. Mr. Woodward's story says Attorney General Janet Reno learned of the overlooked intelligence and was "livid" about it. She and FBI director Louis Freeh, the Post reported, apologized to the chairman of the Senate investigation, Fred Thompson, whose hearings ended Oct. 31. Earlier in the week, the President and Vice President answered FBI questions about their fundraising practices. The questioning took place Nov. 11 but was not disclosed until the next day, three weeks before Ms. Reno must decide whether to seek an independent counsel to look into and prosecute if necessary illegal fundraising by Mr. Clinton and Mr. Gore. Mr. Clinton's attorneys also dished it out. In Little Rock, Paula Jones faced two days of questioning. Parties to the case are barred by judicial order from discussing the matter publicly, but Mrs. Jones's friend and adviser Susan Carpenter-McMillan said she expected the questioning to be "grueling." The attorney general on Nov. 13 expanded her inquiry into Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt and whether he was illegally swayed by political influence when his department refused to allow a Wisconsin Indian tribe to open a casino. As with the preliminary inquiries about the president and vice president, Ms. Reno's investigation of Mr. Babbitt could lead to the appointment of an independent counsel. At issue in the Babbitt probe is whether the Interior Department's rejection of the casino was conditioned in any way on a subsequent $270,000 donation to the Democratic National Committee by a group of Indian tribes that opposed the new casino. The tribes hired Democratic fundraiser Patrick O'Connor to lobby President Clinton against the casino; the two discussed the matter briefly at a Minneapolis function.
White flag
Anxious to get out of town, congressional Republicans caved in to White House resolve and dropped measures to provide education vouchers to needy students in the District of Columbia and to keep taxpayer money out of the hands of international family-planning groups that promote abortion overseas. The House voted Nov. 13 to approve a compromise foreign-aid bill without the abortion restrictions, but that same measure cuts out $900 million earmarked to pay American "back dues" to the United Nations. Presidential spokesman Mike McCurry called the UN cut "ill-timed" and "utterly bone-headed" because of U.S. attempts to get the blessing of the UN Security Council to bomb Iraq. On abortion, the president refused to budge, maintaining he would veto the foreign aid bill if it included any restrictions on international family-planning groups. The week before, he refused to offer the foreign-aid abortion restrictions as a bargaining chip to win crucial support for his request for fast-track authority to negotiate trade agreements.
Targeting Cuba
In Miami, trial began in the first suit filed under a new federal law that allows American victims of terrorist nations to seek damages in U.S. courts. Families of three deceased members of the Cuban-American expatriate group Brothers to the Rescue are suing the government of Cuba for $79 million, hoping to receive damages from frozen Cuban assets. The three flyers died when Cuban military jets shot down two unarmed Brothers to the Rescue aircraft over international waters in February 1996. Cuba, refusing to recognize the court's authority, is not represented at the trial.
This present darkness
Italian authorities announced a crackdown on a multi-nation child-sex ring that had been trafficking in Chinese children. Prosecutors said ring members, operating in more than a dozen countries, were sending Chinese children, accompanied by phony parents, to the United States by way of Europe. A Japanese man and a Chinese woman were caught trying to smuggle a 12-year-old Chinese girl to Miami via Milan. The girl told police her parents had sold her.
Not so fast
Alabama attorney general Bill Pryor, calling a federal judge's ruling against religious expression in public schools a restriction of free speech, requested that enforcement of the ruling be delayed. Because of the constitutional issues raised by U.S. District Judge Ira DeMent's ruling, Mr. Pryor urged that it be put on hold until an appeal can be heard by the federal 11th Circuit Court of Appeals. Last month, Mr. DeMent ordered an end to public prayers at public school graduation ceremonies and football games and cessation of Bible-reading at school-sponsored events.
Gimme three steps
Facing a vote that would have effectively killed the nomination, Democrats employed a parliamentary maneuver on Nov. 13 to block the Senate Judiciary Committee from acting on the nomination of Bill Lann Lee to be President Clinton's top civil-rights enforcer. That tables the nomination for the year, but keeps it alive to fight another day-probably in January. Republicans on the committee oppose Mr. Lee's nomination because he supports racial quotas, which the Supreme Court has ruled unconstitutional. Democrats accused Mr. Lee's Republican opponents of racism, prompting committee chairman Orrin Hatch to invite any detractors to step outside: "Anybody who doubts that I'm doing this on principle, I'd like to see afterwards." A day before the committee action, the National Council of Churches weighed in. NCC general secretary Joan Brown Campbell denounced the GOP opposition: "We are deeply disappointed at the inordinate politicizing of what has every right to be a straightforward confirmation hearing." That's a turnaround from Ms. Campbell's fondness for "inordinate politicizing" of presidential nominees in 1991 when the NCC opposed the confirmation of Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court. The NCC has long been politically active: Last year, Ms. Campbell demanded government action on so-called greenhouse-gas emissions; in 1994, the church group opposed NAFTA; and the NCC called for U.S. military action to reinstall the Haitian socialist regime of Jean-Bertrand Aristide.
Crime-and punishment?
Although not totally absolving British au pair Louise Woodward of responsibility for the death of an 8-month-old child in her care, Judge Hiller Zobel said the earlier murder verdict had been a "miscarriage of justice" and that it failed to recognize that it was the young woman's "confusion, fright, and bad judgment rather than rage or malice" that led her to injure the baby. Ms. Woodward, released less than two weeks after the murder conviction, insisted later in a written statement that she was determined "to obtain total vindication.... I did not harm, much less kill, Matthew Eappen." In Missouri, meanwhile, a 21-year-old father who pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the shaking death of his 3-month-old son faces only probation and a requirement to attend classes on anger control and parenting. Prosecutors had asked that Eric Coffey be sentenced to 20 years. "If our system is not capable of punishing this man, then our system is failing, and failing dramatically," said frustrated prosecutor Claire McCaskill.
Iraq-UN standoff
Carrying out a repeated threat, Iraq expelled six American members of a UN weapons inspection team. For days, Iraq had refused to give the team access to what inspectors believe is a cache of illegal arms acquired by Iraq in defiance of the international agreement that ended the Gulf War. President Clinton called the expulsion "clearly unacceptable" and pledged "to pursue this matter in a very determined way." Even so, administration officials played down the possibility of an immediate response. The expulsion order came one day after the UN Security Council unanimously voted to tighten post-war sanctions imposed on Iraq in 1991.
Euthanizing states' rights
As supporters of Oregon's first-in-the-nation physician-assisted suicide law clinked champagne glasses in a victory celebration earlier this month, Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Rep. Henry Hyde (R-Ill.) were drafting a letter to Washington, D.C.'s top drug-enforcement official. They wanted to know whether doctors in Oregon who prescribed lethal doses of drugs to "patients" would be in violation of federal controlled-substances laws. Last week the two lawmakers, who chair the judiciary committees of the Senate and House, released the Drug Enforcement Administration's official reply. "'Delivering, dispensing, or prescribing a controlled substance with the intent of assisting a suicide is not a 'legitimate medical purpose' allowed by law," DEA administrator Thomas Constantine responded. In other words, doctors who prescribe drugs with the intent to kill risk losing their licenses to write narcotic prescriptions. Local DEA officials were already on the job. "Assuming that the medical examiner or whatever ruled this death to be suicide ... I don't think we would have any choice but to proceed," said the DEA's Arnold Lochner in the Portland Oregonian. Attorney General Janet Reno applied the brakes late last week at her weekly news conference, suggesting Mr. Constantine had spoken too soon: "I think it's important on a legal issue such as this the whole department review it, and we are in the process of doing it." The review should turn on the definition of "legitimate medical purpose" and whether one state's expression of what is "legitimate" overrides the federal government's definition. The same type of issues arise in California and Arizona, where "medicinal marijuana" was legalized, prompting drug czar Barry McCaffrey to threaten federal action. The Clinton administration backed off, and a U.S. district judge issued a restraining order against the government. All this creates a dilemma for states-rights advocates. Remember, it was federal government meddling-through the Supreme Court-that overrode abortion laws in all 50 states. But it's not as if these drug and euthanasia issues create a new precedent. The precedent is already set. The question is whether conservatives want to concede the point.


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I'd like to know if the following scenario is possible:
We have:
- 1 Zimbra server
- 1 DNS server
- 2 internet connections from different providers both with static ip addresses
What I want to do:
- All outgoing SMTP traffic goes out using Provider1 link
- All incoming SMTP traffic is received using Provider2 link
What I thought was:
To have two MX records in our DNS server:
Provider2. 60 MX 10
Provider1. 60 MX 20
My intention is to force incoming smtp traffic through Provider2 by setting the MX record with the highest priority (10).
For the outgoing traffic I can force it to use Provider1 by setting this in my firewall.
Is this possible?


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How to get there
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Whatever your preferred means of transport, getting to Santiago de Compostela is easy thanks to its good transport connections with the main cities in Spain and Europe.
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A modern network of motorways (toll and free) lead to Santiago by road. The AP-9 motorway links Santiago with the towns and villages along the Galician coast and Portugal, from Ferrol and A Coruña via the Rías Baixas estuary area, Pontevedra and Vigo. From Madrid meanwhile, access is on the A-6, linking with the A-52. The A-8 Autovía del Cantábrico motorway connects Galicia with France (and links with Santiago de Compostela by way of the A-6 Autovía del Noroeste motorway).
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The international airport in Santiago de Compostela offers scheduled flights to and from major European cities such as London, Madrid, Barcelona, Seville and Bilbao. The airport is in Lavacolla, just 10 kilometres from the city centre. From the airport you can reach Santiago by taxi for a fare of about €21. You can also take the bus which will leave you in the historic centre, costing €3.
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There are bus services to destinations such as Madrid, Barcelona, Seville and Bilbao, and to other European countries like Portugal, Germany, France, Holland, Belgium and Switzerland. The bus station is conveniently located close to the historic centre.
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The train is another convenient way to get to Santiago. There are daily trains linking the city with Madrid, San Sebastián, Hendaye and Barcelona. With once change, there are also daily routes to Barcelona, Bilbao, Portugal and Paris and to almost all the major destinations in Spain. Another way to explore Santiago de Compostela is on the Transcantábrico sightseeing train. This is a scenic train that runs through northern and northwest Spain –Green Spain– from San Sebastián in the Basque Country to Santiago de Compostela. Renfe Spain Pass This pass offers the chance to travel around Spain for all non-residents. This system is very practical, as it can be used on all AVE long-distance and mid-distance high-speed trains. The Renfe Spain Pass is valid for one month from the first trip and comes in two formats (Business/Club and Tourist). It can be purchased up to six months in advance, and is available for 4, 6, 8, 10 or 12 journeys. More information: Renfe Spain Pass


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On 25 October, IBM's board of directors elected Virginia M. Rometty
president and chief executive officer of IBM, effective 1 January 2012. Ginni,
as she is known to many, is currently IBM senior vice president and group
executive for sales, marketing and strategy. She succeeds Samuel J Palmisano, who
currently is IBM chairman, president and chief executive officer. Mr. Palmisano
will remain chairman of the board.
In a written statement, Mr. Palmisano said, "Ginni Rometty has successfully led several of IBM's most important businesses over the past decad - from the formation of IBM Global Business Services to the build-out of our Growth Markets Unit. But she is more than a superb operational executive. With every leadership role, she has strengthened our ability to integrate IBM's capabilities for our clients. She has spurred us to keep pace with the needs and aspirations of our clients by deepening our expertise and industry knowledge. Ginni's long-term strategic thinking and client focus are seen in our growth initiatives, from cloud computing and analytics to the commercialisation of Watson. She brings to the role of CEO a unique combination of vision, client focus, unrelenting drive, and passion for IBMers and the company's future. I know the board agrees with me that Ginni is the ideal CEO to lead IBM into its second century."
As IBM's global sales leader, Ginni, oversees IBM's sales community including the Global Business Partners and Midmarket organisation. She is accountable for revenue, profit and client satisfaction in the 170 global markets in which IBM does business. She is responsible for IBM's worldwide results, which exceeded $99 billion in 2010. She also is responsible for leading IBM's global strategy, marketing and communications functions. Previously, Ginni was senior vice president of IBM Global Business Services. In that role, she led the successful integration of PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting—the largest acquisition in professional services history, building a global team of more than 100,000 business consultants and services experts. She has also served as general manager of IBM Global Services, Americas and of IBM's Global Insurance and Financial Services Sector.
I have known and worked with Ginni for many years. She is an exceptional leader and an expert in the disciplines that are critical to our future success. She is a proven advocate of our Business Partner community and understands the importance the channel brings to IBM. I look forward to her continued support and leadership as IBM moves into its second century.
Rich Hume
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IBM Global Business Partners & Midmarket
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Sep 21 2011
Building a House: Where to Begin?
Have you found yourself asking, "I want to build my dream home, but where do I start?" If so, you've come to the right place. There is a wide range of resources available to help you get started on your home building project. Most of these resources are easy-to-access and will offer insight and knowledge about the construction project you are about to tackle. Below are just a few of the house building resources available to you.
- Talk to family members and friends who have built a home or completed another residential construction project such as building a garage. These people will speak from experience and have a wealth of knowledge to share. Ask them what worked, what didn't go so well, what that would have planned better and what things they would do differently if they were to build again.
- Spend some time talking to professionals at local lumberyards. These people are especially knowledgeable about building materials.
- Take time to check with your local building department or building inspector. Find out what is required in your city, town or municipality for new home construction. Ask about building permits, building codes and other regulations you'll be expected to follow.
- Contact local building professionals that have experience with residential construction and ask lots of questions. Some of these people include builders, contractors, residential designers, carpenters, electricians and other various professionals.
- If you need to get a loan, check with various mortgage lenders. Find out what steps you need to take to qualify for a loan and what the lender expects throughout the lifetime of the construction loan.
- Use the Internet. There are all sorts of construction and building websites that offer a wealth of information about the building process from beginning to end.
- Don't forget about The House Plan Shop! We have an extensive resources page with many articles and tips to help you through the home building process. Also, you can follow us on Twitter and check out our Facebook page for current postings about building a house, residential construction, green building and other related information.


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The Salt of Life
|Release Date: March 02, 2012
|Running Time: 90 mins.
|MPAA Rating: None
|Box Office: $315,307.00
|Genre: Comedy, Foreign
Gianni DiGregorio
Valeria De Franciscis
Alfonso Santagata
Elisabetta Piccolomini
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Summary:A retiree is burdened mid-life with a spendthrift mother, a romantically indifferent wife, a daughter with a slacker boyfriend and an exotic neighbor who, sadly, sees him as just her dog walker. Tired of seeing his aging counterparts snag beautiful young women, he puts on his best manners in an effort to spice up his love life.


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How to Use the Interactive Reef
How to Use the Interactive Reef
As you move your mouse to hover over the painting, ten of the species will 'light up' as you pass the mouse over them. By clicking on these species, a feature page is brought up. The page includes a photograph of that species, a fact about it, its role in a reef ecosystem, and a threat to the species. To view information on another species, simply click on the red 'X' at the top of the feature page to return to the main image.
Plans for the future include providing feature pages for the remaining species depicted in the painting, so check back often for updates.
In celebration of International Year of the Reef 2008 (IYOR 2008), the CRCP created this interactive product to engage visitors at the Ocean Today Kiosk in the Sant Ocean Hall at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History in Washington DC. The original touch screen version was also available on Ocean Today Kiosks that are located at other zoos, museums, and aquariums around the US. The Interactive Reef was available on the kiosks for three months in Spring of 2008 and may be available again in the future.
The main image of this product is 'Year of the Reef,' Wyland ©2008, which was created to commemorate IYOR 2008. A Giclée of the oil painting hangs in the entrance of the National Aquarium in Washington DC. The image of the painting is used for this project with the artist's permission.


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Tigers BAN-nished in Detroit!
Corny, but true after another great win for the Royals!
Today, Kansas City turned to Brian Bannister and Banny did not disappoint – leading the Royals to a clean 4-0 victory over Detroit! The right-hander threw a gem with seven scoreless innings, allowing just two hits and no walks. Relievers Leo Nunez and Joakim Soria closed the deal for the Royals, who are 2-0 to start the season. Check out the full box score if you haven't already!


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Sara Paxton was born on April 25, 1988 in Woodland Hills, CA. She was the only child of Lucia, a dentist, and Steve, a businessman. Her father was a distant relative of actor Bill Paxton. The future star began modeling and acting at a young age, appearing at age eight in the Jim Carrey comedy "Liar, Liar" (1997) as a young child at a party. She graduated from El Camino Real High School in Woodland Hills in 2006 before pursuing a full time acting career.
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Christmas Eve is right around the corner so we have rounded up some traditions that are easy and fun! Would love to hear about YOUR Christmas Eve traditions in the comments!
Click "read more" below to see the gallery and links:
by Lisa
Lisa manages the day to day operations of LBB, advertising, customer service and more! You can read her "Behind the Scenes" posts here.
Ohio Girl says
Every year we spend Christmas Eve (of the day right before) baking goodies. When night falls we gather up our goodies, head to the car and go to the fast food place of chioce. As we eat our dinner on the go, and look at all the pretty lights from here to there, we deliver our goodies to unsuspecting families. I love the happiness and suprise it brings. At midnight we don our Santa hats and go deliver presents to a needy family, ring the doorbell or go somewhere else and call to let them know that Santa was there. No one has figured out yet who we are.
Now that my children are older they don't generally go but it is a tradition that I hope they will carry on with their children – and one that will begin soon with grandchildren!
Tori says
I wrote about our family tradition here: http://www.lilmrstori.com/our-new-family-christmas-tradition.html 🙂
shelley says
Lisa, You are a wonderful blessing to Ashley, her family and staff!! I love your perennial upbeat attitude, love and "can do" spirit!! You have been one of our greatest cheerleaders thru this tough past year! Thank you so much for a wonderful 2012! You have richly blest us! I give you my eternal gratitude, Ashley's devoted mom
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Awww…thanks Shelley! xoxo


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I'd like to add to my post. The main reason I'm looking for an outfitter is because number one I live in kentucky and I don't know the state at all. This fall will be my first visit to wyoming doing an antelope hunt with my buddy in gmu 67, two I will be by myself as my hunting buddies never put in for preference points and I will have seven of them next year, and three I don't have all the gear to do a DIY hunt by myself. My buddies have all the tents, cooking supplies, etc and I refuse to borrow them. I want this to be a once in a lifetime experience so I figure if I go with a competent outfitter/guide my chance for that will greatly improve. This will be my one good chance for a quality bull for several years. To be honest the wife and I really enjoy the meat and I have no problems cow hunting if it will fill my freezer. But I would like a chance at a trophy quality animal. Plus I have the means to afford an outfitter. Most of my big game hunting is Ina tree stand here in kentucky and upland bird hunting all over the USA. I'm no rookie at hunting but I know very little about trophy elk hunting.
I didn't mean to start a fight or cause bad blood I'm just looking for help from the hunters on here that are willing to give me some help.
I thank everyone here for your responses. I learn a lot from forums like this.


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Food stamps surge
The dramatic rise in recipients of U.S. supplemental nutrition assistance may be more about selling the program than feeding the needy
Until now, most children in the United States on Thanksgiving could look forward to a food-laden table that would visually represent the bounty of God brought to them by the hard work of parents. That is no longer the case.
A thoughtful study by Washington University professor Mark Rank projects that half of U.S. children are or will be in a household that uses food stamps at some point during their childhood. The study, "Estimating the Risk of Food Stamp Use and Impoverishment During Childhood," published in Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, also forecast that more than 90 percent of children with single parents will spend time in a household receiving food stamps.
Those are projections, but the facts themselves are ominous. Between 2002 and 2011 the number of Americans in the food stamp program-recently re-named the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP-rose from 18 million to 47 million, Given the rise in unemployment from 6 percent to 9 percent during those years, we could expect some change in the number of people using food stamps-but more than two-and-a-half times as many?
Two Houston residents, Jean Solis and Scott Wesley, exemplify the uses and abuses of food stamps. Seven years ago Jean Solis, then 48 with a 10-year-old daughter, lived in a battered women's shelter. Eventually she entered a training course at The WorkFaith Connection, a Christian program in Houston that prepares motivated people to get jobs and persevere in them (see "Punching paper walls"). Four years ago the only job she found right away was in a distant part of the city: With no car, it took three hours by bus each way to get there and back. She worked four hours per day.
That was when Solis reluctantly joined the millions on welfare. She had grown up believing that dependence on government was a sign of failure, but "I needed food stamps to feed my daughter." She worried about her daughter's perceptions: "What are you teaching your children when you don't stand up for yourself?" When Solis finally garnered a full-time position, she kissed food stamps goodbye: "I stopped on April 1, 2008. That was a good day for me."
For Solis, welfare worked the way it is supposed to work: temporary help that saves children from destitution and gives a work-seeking parent time to get on her feet.
The experience of Scott Wesley was different. At age 20, while heavily using cocaine and alcohol, he impregnated his girlfriend, and over the subsequent 12 years they had four children and lived off numerous welfare programs, including food stamps. He felt no pressure to work: "I knew the rent would be paid and the children wouldn't go hungry."
Wesley and his girlfriend never married, in part because that would have reduced their welfare income. He stole goods that they wanted and traded food stamps for drugs, a common tendency: "When the police raided drug dealers' houses they'd find caches of food stamps." Later Wesley started manufacturing and selling meth. He eventually went to prison, falling upwards because God changed his thinking there. When Wesley came out three years later he found a job and has been employed for four years now. He criticizes use of food stamps by those capable of working: "They allow you to be irresponsible."
It's hard to know how many of the 46 million Americans now enrolled in SNAP are, like Solis, using food stamps for temporary help, and how many like Wesley are using them as an aid to irresponsibility. This is not an argument against SNAP's existence, since those working hard to find full-time jobs-and unable to do so since the 2008 recession-need help, and often more help than they currently receive. But the drive to enroll more and more people in SNAP is part of an ideological campaign that has gone unreported.
The marketing of food stamps includes four elements:
1. Advocates arguing that food stamps should be seen as equivalent to Social Security, something that everyone in a particular demographic receives regardless of need.
2. Advocates arguing that those who turn down food stamps hurt their local economies. Because of perverse incentives, they are right.
3. States competing to increase the number of residents on food stamps, with journalists lauding the "winners."
4. SNAP advocates working to break down resistance from the elderly and other resistant populations, including the Amish.
Those four elements add up to trouble in two ways. First, the easy availability of governmental funds sucks in some and creates a dependent attitude with long-range detriment to them and their children. Second, given budget pressures, we are likely to end up with watery soup, with some desperately needy families not getting enough to provide good nutrition to children.
The Brookings Institution in 2005 developed a new way to look at food stamps. Its report, "Leaving Money (and Food) on the Table," spoke of "unclaimed benefits" when eligible individuals did not sign up for food stamps. Brookings argued, "State and local leaders need to now get serious about boosting participation in the food stamp program." Later that year and in 2007, other activists and think tankers, such as the Food Research and Action Center and the National Priorities Project, offered similar messages.
The message soon spread around the country. In Vermont, the Burlington Free Press opined, "The food stamp benefit is not a welfare program; it's an entitlement program. Those who qualify are entitled to receive these government benefits." In California, Food for People leader Deborah Waxman told the Eureka Times-Standard, "This is something you've paid into just like Social Security or Medicare."
Since wealth is no barrier to receiving Social Security payments, states such as New York and Ohio waived limits on the amount of savings an income-eligible person can have and still receive stamp benefits. States did away with "stamps" for food and issued cards that look just like credit or debit cards. Poverty advocates-food bank employees in San Antonio and San Diego, AmeriCorps volunteers in New Jersey, students at California State University and other institutions-raced to sign up food stamp users, interpreting guidelines as broadly as possible.
Other organizations jumped in: H&R Block gave tax preparation clients food stamp applications and instructions on filing them. The New York City Central Labor Council, the umbrella organization for 400 member unions, made a big enrollment push. A Business Wire article last year described how "the Greater Chicago Food Depository equipped food stamp outreach coordinators with Sprint 4G-powered laptops. They crisscrossed Cook County, going from food pantries to city agencies to churches to community centers to ... speed up the sign-up process."
A journalistic reversal from the late 1990s also aided the food stamp surge. From 1996 to 2001 stories often stated that states with the lowest percentages of people on welfare were winning the competition to help people become independent. Recently, newspapers have turned that thinking upside down by viewing the greatest dependency-creators as the winners. For example, a decade ago the Star-Ledger (Newark, N.J.) might have headlined one story, "New Jersey has 6th-best independence rate." Now it was, "New Jersey has 6th-worst participation rate."
Similarly, the Miami Herald reported, "Florida ranked 12th worst in the United States, with 43 percent of the state's low-income residents receiving food stamps." An alternative report could have been, "Florida ranked 12th best in the United States, with 57 percent of the state's low-income residents working to put food on the table instead of becoming dependent on government." The 1990s message-Don't get onto welfare. Don't be dependent on government-has flipped to Welfare is your right, and if you have qualms, don't think of food stamps as welfare. Think of them as an entitlement like Social Security.
Despite such pressure and financial logic, opposition to increasing dependency has popped up in places. In 2006, even before the latest surge began, a former Maine state employee, Shannon Leary, wrote in the Kennebec Journal, "The state should not take more people accepting benefits as a victory. ... During a meeting of public assistance supervisors and administrators, the person running the meeting told us that 83 percent of those who met the eligibility criteria for food stamps were receiving the benefit. We were told that was good but the goal was to have 100 percent receiving the benefit. It struck me as odd then, and still does today. Should we not be striving for less usage of benefits?"
Leary continued, "As a self-employed adult with a young family several years ago, I found myself eligible for food stamps. But I had the same determination as my parents not to use them. ... The state should not be in the business of pushing so hard to get people to take public assistance. ... We need to promote a culture that gives people the ability to be independent rather than maintain a culture where benefits are easily attainable."
The Cleveland Plain Dealer reported in 2006 that the Ohio Department of Job & Family Services was ordering officials in two counties that "feature the state's largest Amish populations to lift dismal food-stamp participation rates." County official Tim Taylor said, "No matter how much we do, the Amish won't sign up," and Amish farmer Levi Miller said his poor neighbors would just say no: "We believe that we are our brother's keeper." After discussing putting up a billboard within an Amish enclave to promote food stamp use, state and county officials agreed that the attempt would be fruitless.
The Obama administration has tried to speed up new food stamp enrollment. On Nov. 20, 2009, just before Thanksgiving, the Department of Agriculture sent a letter to state administrators complaining that some of them were running their food stamp programs in a way that was "problematic and resulted in a more complex and difficult enrollment process." That year in southern Ohio, Warren County commissioners threatened to pull out of SNAP because new rules made a family with more than $400,000 in assets and savings eligible. Contacted this fall, Commissioner Dave Young recalled, "They were literally driving up in Mercedes [to collect SNAP cards]. I think there's something inherently wrong with that."
That is unusual but possible, since Ohio applicants for food stamps may own their own homes and surrounding land, motor vehicles, furniture, jewelry, and pension funds, with no limits to their value. Young said his county did not pull out of SNAP, yet "Nothing changed." Administrators have made growing the welfare rolls a priority: Young says he's been told that if food stamp applications were checked, "the program would slow to a standstill." Young says concerning his protest, "We were not trying to be inhumane. Everybody needs a helping hand occasionally. It shouldn't be a way of life. It should be a last resort."
Food stamp proponents have tried to break the will of those among the elderly who, following American traditions of independence, are reluctant to sign up (see next page). The Boston Globe reported, "Advocates for the elderly are pushing hard to get area senior citizens in need of assistance to apply for the federal food stamp program, but pride and embarrassment stand in the way." The Globe quoted officials in Newton, one of Boston's affluent and liberal suburbs, emphasizing that SNAP is "like Social Security or Medicare-something that seniors have paid taxes into and have earned the benefits in return. ... We educate seniors that this is a program they are entitled to."
Some conservatives have attacked food stamps because of the cost: $68 billion this year. That is a lot of money in a battered economy, but a greater problem is the change in consciousness, with welfare changing from temporary assistance for the desperate to a normal part of life. In 1868 the key sentence of a popular song was, "He'd fly through the air with the greatest of ease, that daring young man on the flying trapeze." Today officials croon, Flop into the safety net. You're entitled to it.
Living on a food stamps budget is certainly not steaks and salmon. The maximum benefit for a family of four is about $8 per meal, and the average is about $6 per meal. Some could use more than they get, but the House of Representatives wants to cut SNAP expenses as part of a plan to reduce deficits. If political leaders and media continue the push to add millions more to the rolls, they are likely to diminish the resources available for the truly needy, create cynicism about the program as a whole, and accustom millions more to a life of unnecessary dependency.
New Orleans food bank director Briane Greene told the Times-Picayune: "Food stamps are the first line of defense against hunger. Food banks are the last line of defense." That has it backwards. Americans generally and the poor specifically would be far better off if church and community programs came first and federal programs were the last resort.
Listen to Marvin Olasky discuss the food stamps surge on WORLD's radio news magazine The World and Everything in It.
Helping by hurting
Can food stamps be regarded as economic stimulus?
By Marvin Olasky
The Department of Agriculture in recent years has announced that every $5 billion spent on food stamps generates $9 billion in economic activity-which means that we purportedly help others by going on welfare. The Eureka Times-Standard reported that "the local economy" could be saved, "one food stamp at a time."
Newspapers uncritically accepted that figure, which originated with a 2002 study, "Effects of Changes in Food Stamp Expenditures Across the U.S. Economy." But are food stamps truly an economic stimulus? A closer look at that report shows that they are only if Washington borrows the money and increases our gargantuan federal deficit. Otherwise, they hurt the economy and increase unemployment.
Department of Agriculture publicists have ignored some crucial findings in their own study. First, authors Kenneth Hanson and Elise Golan concluded that borrowing by the U.S. government to expand food stamps would "allow recipients to shift cash income previously spent on food to nonfood spending, recipient households increased their spending on nonfood items by $3.7 billion."
In other words, three-fourths of food stamps made no difference in the quantity or quality of food that families had: Instead, parents would save money on food and use that money to buy other things.
Second, Hanson and Golan concluded, "If the same recession-driven increase in [food stamp] benefits is financed through increased taxes or other budget-neutral means, the stimulus effect of the increase in expenditures is dampened or even reversed." In their simulation, "Low-income households increased spending on non-food goods, but mid- and high-income households reduced spending by even more."
More money for government, but less overall household income and spending, led to less economic activity. In this scenario household income fell by $1 billion and 14,400 jobs were lost. So much for the food stamp stimulus.


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For projects in the U.S., you are responsible for your round-trip airfare/transportation to the project location and transportation on the project. For overseas trips, you are responsible for your round-trip travel/transportation to the city that corresponds to your location. Adventures will provide ground transportation upon your arrival.
Generally, we require a minimum of 20 participants to operate a project. The 20 participants can be made up of groups and individuals.
Participants must be at least 6 years old for US and Mexico projects and 14 years old for overseas trips and American Indian locations. All participants under 18 years old must be accompanied by an adult.
We offer a 30 percent discount for children under the age of 12 that are accompanied by a paying parent. This discount is available on our adult and family trips only. You may only receive one discount per each paying parent on the trip. After the child's deposit ($75.00 domestic and $150 international trips) has been paid/applied, the 30% discount will be subtracted from the remaining balance.
We are not doctors and have no medical training so we are not qualified from a medical perspective to say you should or should not get certain shots. We suggest that you determine which shots you may need by visiting the CDC website or consulting your local travel health specialist and reviewing their recommendations based on the country(ies) you will be visiting. Some countries require a Yellow Fever Certificate to enter, so pay particular attention to that.
You may or may not choose to receive all the immunizations recommended by the CDC or your physician. It is your personal decision what immunizations you receive, but we recommend you seek a medical professional's advice concerning that decision.
Do not purchase your airfare until you are directed to do so by your Admissions Representative. If a trip cancels due to lack of interest, Adventures will refund all money paid to Adventures but is not responsible for airfare and will not refund it.
Your Project Leader will be wearing an Adventures t-shirt, similar to the one you will receive prior to your departure date. You will be sent additional information from your Project Leader directing you to a central meeting location.
On the field, you will probably sleep on the floor. Bring a sleeping bag, pillow, and air mattress (if applicable). Males and Females will be separated for lodging. You will receive more information regarding your housing arrangements prior to your trip.
Yes, but it may not be in a traditional shower. You will have access to clean water.
Yes, but please evaluate your reasons for going on this trip. You are on the trip to minister and develop a deeper relationship with God. iPods or other electronic devices may be a distraction to what God is trying to tell you. Your cell phone may or may not have reception in overseas locations. Adventures is not responsible for any lost, stolen or damaged electronic devices.
How much spending money you bring depends entirely on your personal spending habits and financial situation. Remember, all your meals will be covered by Adventures. So, extra personal money would be entirely at your discretion.
Remember when you're on the field in ministry, you represent God, Adventures and local missionaries. Modesty is the key in guiding decisions of what clothes to pack; a good rule of thumb: when in doubt, don't bring it. A general packing list and dress code can be found in your online profile. Depending on your location's cultural norms, we may need to adjust the dress code. If this is necessary for your location, you will be sent a packing list applicable to your ministry location.
Be prepared to cover up tattoos or remove piercings if the host cultures/ministries find them offensive. If this is necessary, your leaders will let you know this when you get in country.
For information on applying for a passport for the first time, visit this website or make an appointment at your local post office. Generally, it takes approximately 4 - 6 weeks from the time of application for you to receive your passport. We must have your passport information before airline tickets are purchased so please get your passport ASAP. Sometimes it may take longer than 6 weeks to receive your passport, so apply now.
Generally, leaders are adults who have lead or participated in previous Adventures trips. We perform background checks on all leaders prior to their acceptance and they participant in a leader training program. During your trip, your Project Leader will coordinate daily ministry schedules, monitor and address safety issues, and facilitate nightly debrief sessions. You will have contact with your Project Leader roughly 14 days prior to your trip.
Adventures stays aware of the political situations in and around our project locations. We also partner with local ministries to ensure the safety of our ministry locations in country. Adventures would never send a team if we felt it put our participants lives at risk. We do not allow participants to go anywhere alone or without a leader while on the trip. We strive to ensure safety on all of our trips but we cannot control all situations. Please be in prayer for your team's safety while on the mission field.
A $75.00 per person for domestic trips and $150 per person for international trips is required to secure each participant's space on the mission project. The remaining trip balance will be due in two equal installments. The first payment is due approximately 75 days prior to your trip start date and the second payment is due approximately 45 days prior to your trip start date. Please refer to our Financial Policy in your online profile for specific any additional financial deadlines and policies.
The Adventures Short-Term Missions program offers a variety of opportunities for individuals, families and groups to step out of their routine and into a life transformed while serving the needs of strangers. Participants move beyond the familiar comforts of home into remote foreign villages to care for and comfort the lonely and listen to the stories for a people who have never known a loving God.
Our desire is that God would use Adventures to raise up a generation of radically committed disciples of Jesus Christ.
Short-Term Missions Leadership Development aims to train well-qualified leaders to hear God's voice, facilitate quality ministry interactions, project professionalism, and provide the best logistical and spiritual leadership possible in each of our field locations. Each year, our volunteer Project Leaders serve in more than 40 locations around the world. They work with Adult Trips, Family Trips, Youth Trips, Ambassador Trips, Disaster Relief Trips, Adventures Treks and Custom Trip Requests.
Want to join our top-notch leadership team and help participants take the Gospel to the lost, hopeless and hurting around the world?
Project Leaders serve as point people, directing both the spiritual and logistical aspects of a mission project. They work in teams to facilitate groups of 15-50 participants or under the leadership of a Project Director to help even larger groups.
Crew Leaders are trip participants who have the additional responsibility of cultivating relationships with a group of 5-7 same-gender participants. They also assist Project Leaders with various tasks, including facilitating small group discussions, leading prayers and handling daily chores. Crew Leaders raise 100% of their support.


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Volunteer State has adopted policies that comply with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, which sets out requirements designed to protect the privacy of parents and students. The statute governs the access of educational records and the release of such records. In brief, the statute provides: that institutions must provide students, and in some cases, parents of students, access to official educational records directly related to the students and an opportunity for a hearing to challenge such educational records on the grounds that they are inaccurate, misleading or otherwise inappropriate; and that institutions must obtain the written consent of students, and in some cases parents, before releasing personally identifiable data about students from records to other than a specified list of exceptions. The bill does provide for release of "Directory Information" such as: student's name, address, telephone number, major fields of study, participation in officially recognized activities and sports, weight and height of athletic team members, dates of attendance, degrees and awards received and most recent educational institution attended. Directory information is treated as public information and will be released to the public unless otherwise requested by the student.
The law provides for the release of information to authorized college personnel and other institutions engaged in research (provided information is not revealed to any other parties), and certain federal and state government officials. Students have a right to file a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education if he or she believes the college has failed to comply with the Act. Copies of Federal and State laws concerning student records are available in the Office of Records and Registration.
If you have any questions regarding the provisions of this Act, contact the Director of Records,and Registration.
Confidentiality of Student Records
Notification of Rights Under FERPA
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) affords students certain rights with respect to their educational records.
They are:
- The right to inspect and review the student's educational records within 45 days of the day the College receives a request for access. Students should submit to the registrar, dean, head of the academic department, or other appropriate official, written requests that identify the record(s) they wish to inspect. The College official will make arrangements for access and notify the student of the time and place where the records may be inspected. If the records are not maintained by the College official to whom the request was submitted, that official shall advise the student of the correct official to whom the request should be addressed.
- The right to request the amendment of the student's educational records that the student believes are inaccurate or misleading. Students may ask the College to amend a record that they believe is inaccurate or misleading. They should write the College official responsible for the record, clearly identify the part of the record they want changed and specify why it is inaccurate or misleading. If the College decides not to amend the record as requested by the student, the College will notify the student of the decision and advise the student of his/her right to a hearing regarding the request for amendment. Additional information regarding the hearing procedures will be provided to the student when notified of the right to a hearing.
- The right to consent to disclosers of personally identifiable information contained in the student's educational records, except to the extent that FERPA authorizes disclosure without consent. One exception which permits disclosure without consent is disclosure to a school official with legitimate educational interests. A school official is a person employed by the College in an administrative, supervisory, academic or research, or support staff position (including law enforcement unit personnel and health staff); a person or company with whom the College has contracted (such as an attorney, auditor, or collection agent); a person serving on the Board of Trustees; or a student serving on an official committee, such as a disciplinary or grievance committee; or assisting another school official in performing his/her tasks. A school official has a legitimate educational interest if the official needs to review an educational record in order to fulfill his/her professional responsibility.
- The right to file a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education concerning alleged failures by the State Colleges to comply with the requirements of FERPA. The name and address of the office that administers FERPA may be obtained from the Director of Records and Registration. Directory information concerning students is treated as public information and is released to the public unless otherwise requested by the student. Directory information includes the following: name, address, telephone number, date of birth, major fields of study, participation in officially recognized activities and sports, weight and height of athletic team members, dates of attendance, degrees and awards received, and most recent educational institution attended.
If you have any questions regarding the provisions of this Act, contact the Director of Records and Registration.


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BELLAIRE - A new Green Day is dawning.
Jason Merryman is the new coach at St. John Central. He replaces Fighting Irish grid legend Paul Rose.
Merryman is a former Shadyside High athlete and coach. His most recent duties were as a Buckeye Local assistant, where he is also a teacher. He brings a wealth of coaching experience and loads of optimism.
Much of the season's tone may be established in tonight's opener against Bridgeport in the OVAC McDonald's Kickoff Night at Wheeling Island Stadium. The Irish and Bulldogs are renewing rivalries after a two-year hiatus.
''I want to thank Coach Rose. He is obviously the architect of what we are trying to build here,'' Merryman said. ''His kids played with a lot of heart and great resiliency. That is a credit to him.''
Merryman also relishes his opportunity at being a head coach.
Fact Box
*Aug. 23: Bridgeport5 p.m.
Sept. 1: Conotton Valleynoon
Sept. 7: at Paden City7 p.m.
Sept. 15: at Bishop Donahue7:30 p.m.
Sept. 21: at Clay-Battelle7:30 p.m.
Sept. 29: Torontonoon
Oct. 5: at Valley7:30 p.m.
Oct. 13: Sherman, W.Va.noon
Oct. 20: Cameronnoon
Oct. 27: Beallsvillenoon
*-at Wheeling Island Stadium
Win 4, Lose 6
''I have waited 20 years to get my shot. It is nice knowing I will be able to put my stamp on what we are doing," he said. ''Things are going well and the players are buying into what we want to do.''
Merryman inherits a squad that went winless in its nine starts a season ago. The Fighting Irish lost one nugget from a season ago. Athletic Travis Ogden has graduated after excelling as a quarterback, running back, receiver and defensive back during his career.
Merryman has cultivated nice numbers for his initial season. Rose was forced to go to battle with, at most, 16 players. St. John's now boasts a roster with 28 players, enabling it to have a reserve schedule, a lost commodity for many years.
Increased numbers lead to increased optimism.
''Our theme is 'Believe.' We want our kids to believe in their teammates and believe in their coaches,'' Merryman continued. ''A big key for us is dealing with adversity and playing through times.
''We are stressing to win as many plays as we can. If we lose a play, we try and win the next one. After we win so many plays we want to win a series," he said. "We want to make winning series into winning quarters and eventually into winning games. The kids are buying into it really well."
Merryman enters the season with "cautious optimism."
"Having 27-28 players has made practices much more productive. It's nice to be able to break up into individual groups and teach," he said. "The scrimmages will tell us a lot of where we are at and who we are. But so far, I am happy with the progress we are making."
Ogden's departure creates a void at the all-important quarterback position. It is one being capably filled by junior Dario Paolina. The 150-pound letterman gained valuable game experience a year ago, serving as Ogden's understudy.
Freshman Kyle Ogden is cast in the role of backup.
The Fighting Irish will feature a stud of a tailback in DJ Shoemaker. The 6-foot-3, 225-pounder earned All-Ohio honors at Shadyside last year. His infusion into the Irish lineup will be a major shot-in-the-arm to the program. Shoemaker will provide the Irish attack strong inside running with an ability to bounce it outside.
He will be joined at running back by Devon Hennessy. The scrappy 155-pound fullback has been a two-year regular for at St. John.
Freshman Anthony Busack (125) is also a running back aspirant.
Paolina will have a deep and talented receiver pool as targets.
Senior standout John Alvey is a big-play threat. The 180-pound three-year letterman possesses good speed and soft hands.
Two other Shadyside transfers will also bring talent to the wideout picture. Levi Spencer and Alex Francis both joined Shoemaker in his ingress to St. John and both inject athleticism and toughness to the team. Spencer is a 185-pounder and Francis is a 175-pounder and joins with Alvey for a big-time wideout unit.
Additional depth is supplied by battle-tested Kyle Whorton. The quality 160-pounder is a two-year letterman at wideout.
Sophomore Jacob Jones (150) and freshman Kyle Coppa (130) are also in the receiving hunt.
Tight end is an Irish stronghold with Nick Cervelli and Darren Palmer on duty. Cervelli is a 220-pound junior who moves from running back from where he started for two years. Palmer, meanwhile, is a tough-minded 200-pound senior. Jared Keiser is a 150-pound freshman hopeful.
The offensive line figures to benefit from extensive offseason time in the weight room. The O-line has good size and nice experience. With three four-year starters leading the way, the offensive line should prove a highly efficient and possibly a dominating unit.
The guard tandem is top-notch as a pair of four-year regulars return in Kasey Opic and Kolin Melko. Opic is one of the Irish's strongest performers. He is a 6-1, 250-pounder. Melko, meanwhile, is a nice blend of size and athleticism. He is a 6-3, 200-pounder.
Guard depth comes in the form of three sophomores: 170-pound Quinn Myers and twin brothers Greg and Nick Wilson, both checking in at 170 pounds.
Gage Tiber is a force at one tackle. The 210-pound mainstay is also a four-year regular. He will be joined at tackle by ever-improving Jonathan Bossell, a 180-pound junior letterman.
Other tackles in the mix are senior letterman Tyler Buttersworth (235), junior Zachary White, a 305-pound transfer from Wheeling Park, 230-pound sophomore Landon Gray and freshmen Murray Brycen (225) and Bryce Zonkowski (160).
Center is the one line spot still up for grabs. Nick Petho, a 185-pound frosh, is likely to get the opening game call.
Merryman has opted to go with a 4-3 look defensively.
"Right now, I am real happy with how our defense has looked," he said. "They have been physical and getting to the ball. We have 11 guys on defense who I would have no problem giving the ball to on offense. It is an athletic bunch."
The defense's strength begins up front.
Four battle-tested linemen are back in the fold.
The ends will be Melko and Cervelli, the former possessing relentless pass-rushing ability. Cervelli was a starter at linebacker the last two falls.
Anchoring the inside will be Tiber at one tackle. A rotation of Buttersworth, White, Gray and Myers will handle the other post.
The linebacking trio is exceptional.
Opic and Spencer will open on the outside while Shoemaker is the anchor in the middle. When they need an occasional breather, Palmer and Bossell will deliver.
The secondary also takes on a solid look, with Alvey returns as a lock-down corner, while also being strong in run support. Wharton will be the other corner with Paolina in reserve.
The deep zones will be adeptly patrolled by Francis and Hennesy, supported by Jones.
Paolina - with a strong soccer background - provides the Fighting Irish with a potent placement weapon. Shoemaker will handle the punting.
St. John's held a pair of preseason scrimmages, visiting Hemlock Miller while hosting Millersport.
The Fighting Irish make their home debut in week two against Conotton Valley.
Merryman's staff consists of Jeff Paolina, Neal Zaccagnini, Steve Wharton, Sean Zeakes and Kevin Lahna. Zeakes quarterbacked St. John's to an 8-2 record in 2001 and the OVAC title.


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