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An upcoming fair can help narrow down the choices.
At the Fellenz Family Farm, there is always something growing. "Every week is a little different because every week there are different things in season," says Farmer Andy Fellenz.
Starting on Saturday, he will be selling his skills. He's asking people to sign up for his CSA. It stand for Community Supported Agriculture. It's a chance for farmers to sell crops directly to people in the community. "Consumers become a member of the CSA and that means they receive a weekly share of sometimes produce, herbs, or fruits and it's really beneficial for the farmer it ensures they have a consumer market," says CSA Fair Coordinator Nicole Dennis.
Some upcoming community fairs will allow people to meet the farmers involved in the program. They can then select which CSA they'd like to join. Come spring, boxes of fruits and vegetables will be delivered to drop off sites around the area once a week.
"Every week they are getting access to the freshest local affordable food," says Dennis. Fellenz is always up for a new challenge. He says his customers have also helped him find new crops. "They're like I had this when I was a kid....can you grow that? And that's how we end up growing a lot of what we grow."
One of the things he's most proud of is the relationships he has cultivated with the families who buy his crops. "For me that's one of the things that makes the CSA's so much fun. It's the community aspect of it and I have a chance every week to meet with my members and get a sense of what's working with their share, and what isn't working."
If you would like to learn more about CSA's and meet the farmers involved, there are two opportunities coming up. The first is Saturday, February 16th from 1-3 at the Bausch and Lomb Public Library on South Avenue in Rochester. The second is in Canadaigua on February 24th from 2-4 at the NY Wine and Culinary Center on South Main Street.


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long-grain white rice
1 cup
fresh sliced mushrooms
1/2 cup
chopped green bell pepper
1/2 cup
chopped red bell pepper
1 cup
salted cashew pieces
1 cup
chopped green onions
1/2 pound
fresh bean sprouts
2 1/2 ounces
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1/2 cup
vegetable oil
1/4 cup
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1 teaspoon
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This is sooo good! It always gets rave reviews. I like to add the dressing just before serving, because it does tend to get soggy.
Good. However, I think that you could definitely let the flavors meld together longer with the sauce than just the 1 hour before. Also, I added water chestnuts and omitted bean sprouts- which was a good call for our family. Lastly, I would add more garlic to the sauce, lessen the amount of celery and green onions- since those two veggies somewhat overpour the dish. But other than that it's a very tasty rice dish. Will definitely try again with a few changes.
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I bring this salad to every potluck I go to and everyone always asks for the recipe. I sometimes alter the recipe to make it different, by adding a little sesame oil and using different vegetables. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
I omitted the spinach and upped the rice to 1c. When I added the oil/soy sauce/garlic mix-even with all the veggies/rice-it was too salty and oily for me. I then cooked another cup of rice..let cool and then added it. This gave it a neat effect b/c the soy sauce mix had already "darkened" the rice I had mixed in and the addition of the new white rice gave it a neat look. Now, with the 2c cooked rice, it was much less salty and I was able to enjoy it better. However, not my favorite salad recipe, but still a nice idea and change from the norm. Thanks Teri.
Simple and delicious. I used white and wild rice instead of just white. A new classic!
This recipe has been a hit at both a groom's rehearsal dinner and at a pot luck. I always get asked for the recipe.
My husband just stated that this is his new favorite salad. I made this exactly as printed, except I didn't add bean sprouts (couldn't get them) and I shortchanged the vegetable oil so that I could add 1 Tbsp. sesame oil. I found it a little salty. Next time, I'll either use less soy sauce and add a touch of rice vinegar, or I'll use kecap asin, which is very similar to soy sauce, but has a touch of sweetness.
Absolutely delicious! I served it with grilled tuna steaks and sourdough, it was a total hit. Everyone had additional helpings and kept commenting how yummy it was!
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Carroll advances, King falls in bi-district play
Win gives Tigers second-straight 1st-round victory
TILDEN - Carroll still isn't completely healthy, and yet it really doesn't matter right now.
It didn't for the Tigers -- who played the match with two starters trying to overcome ankle injuries -- Monday night, as they cruised past District 28-5A fourth place finisher San Antonio Warren, 25-22, 25-18, 25-23 in a Class 5A bi-district volleyball playoff match at Tilden High School.
Carroll earned its second straight first-round playoff win after defeating San Antonio Marshall in last year's bi-district round.
The District 27-5A champion Tigers (30-8 overall) advance to play either No. 14 San Antonio Churchill or Austin Bowie in the area playoffs later this week at a date, time and location to be determined. The Chargers knocked Carroll out of the area playoffs last season.
"We're tired of just getting to the (area) round," Tigers coach Doris Elizondo said. "I want to play Churchill again, and I have a feeling that's who we're to get (in the next round)."
Carroll senior MB Jessica Jimenez had a team-high three blocks and an ace Monday, despite rolling her ankle in a playoff warm-up match against Class 3A No. 1 Wimberley this past weekend. Tigers junior OH Hailey Gillis also played well Monday despite missing the District 27-5A finale against Victoria Memorial because of a sprained ankle.
Carroll used a 6-1 run to break open a one point game in the opener, as junior OH Melanie Steen had two of her team-high 13 kills, Carrillo added two service points and junior LBO Megan Wimbish (who had a team-best 13 digs) capped the spurt with a one-handed tip.
The Warriors (22-15) later closed within 22-20 on a kill by MB Brittney Malloy, before Steen answered with a kill and Carrillo a service point for the Tigers to help them close that game out.
Game 2 was tied 6 times, before Carroll used a 5-0 run to break an 8-all tie.
San Antonio Warren used a 9-6 run to pull within 19-17, before Carroll scored six of the game's final seven points to take a two-game advantage.
The Warriors held an 11-7 lead in Game 3, before the Tigers scored four straight points to knot the game at 11.
The Warriors closed within 22-20 on a kill by OH Katlyn Mullane, before Carroll used a kill by Jimenez, a service point by Humbach and an errant kill attempt by San Antonio Warren to put it away.
King falls to S.A. Clark
The District 28-5A runner-up Cougars raced out to commanding leads in each game Monday night to sweep the District 27-5A third place Mustangs in a Class 5A bi-district volleyball playoff match at Tilden High School.
San Antonio Clark (24-10) moves on to play No. 1 Austin Westlake or San Antonio MacArthur in the area playoffs later this week at a date, time and location to be determined. King -- which was denied in its quest to pick up its first volleyball playoff win since 2003 -- finished its season 21-12.
"The girls did a great job of fighting through adversity tonight we fell behind in every game but came back to make it a good match," Mustangs first-year coach Steven Jones said. "Not taking anything away from San Antonio Clark but we just didn't play our best game. We had an off night."
Morgan Camp and 6-foot-2 junior MB Anna Drewry combined for 15 kills to lead the Cougars, while Courtney Ritchey and Christina Jacinto also combined for six aces for San Antonio Clark.
Lydia Longoria and Brittany Downs led the Mustangs with eight kills and five blocks respectively.
Esther Longoria had a team-high 10 assists and 16 digs, and Nicole Warner added an ace for the Mustangs.
King used an 8-2 run in Game 3 to erase a 14-9 deficit and take a 17-16 lead on Lydia Longoria's ace.
San Antonio Clark responded with a 5-0 run, however, to regain the lead and command of the game.
CARROLL def. S.A. WARREN, 25-22, 25-18, 25-23.
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Aces Jessica Jimenez 1. Assists Ashley Carrillo 31. Blocks Jimenez 3. Digs Megan Wimbish 13. Kills Melanie Steen 13. Records Carroll, Overall, 30-8. S.A. Warren, 22-15.
SAN ANTONIO CLARK def. KING, 25-18, 25-15, 25-21.
Aces King: Nicole Warner 1. S.A. Clark: Courtney Ritchey 3, Christina Jacinto 3. Assists King: Esther Longoria 10. Ashley Healy 16. Blocks King: Brittany Downs 5. SAC: Anna Drewry 2 Digs King: Esther Longoria 16. SAC: Jacinto 25. Kills King: Lydia Longoria 8. SAC: Morgan Camp 8. Records S.A. Clark, Overall, 24-10. King, Overall, 21-12.
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Ranzenhofer asks Senate leaders to refocus priorities; Proposes Governor call Legislature back to work to deal with deficit
Amherst, NY – New York State Senator Michael H. Ranzenhofer expressed disappointment with Senate leaders for calling back the New York State Senate for special session without addressing Western New Yorkers' concerns.
"Residents all across my district have expressed their displeasure with the new 2% utility tax and the elimination of the STAR rebate checks. But neither of these issues are on the agenda for Thursday's special session," said Senator Ranzenhofer. "It's time for the Governor to call the Assembly and Senate back to work to seriously deal with these issues and the $2.1 billion State budget deficit. Western New Yorkers have already waited too long."
Senator Sampson has called the State Senate into special session for Thursday, September 10 at 2 o'clock. One of the bills on the agenda establishes a Green Jobs/Green New York program that is billed as an environmentally friendly economic development initiative, when in reality it is simply a tax giveaway to "community organizers" like ACORN and the Working Families Party.
"Western New York needs real solutions and real jobs, not another program that will not produce results and will cost taxpayers $112 million. Thursday's special session will mostly out to be a waste of time and money for taxpayers if it fails to eliminate wasteful programs. Enacting across-the-board spending cuts remains the only way to solve the State's fiscal crisis," said Senator Ranzenhofer.
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Moving in? Get a bin
This time of year thousands of new residents arrive in Orange County, some for the first time, some moving out of university housing into the community for the first time and some moving into university housing. Some are simply moving within the community. The one thing you all have in common – it's easy to recycle here and your local government and university can help you!
If you're moving into a single-family house in any of the three towns, look for blue recycling bins. If there are none or you need a second one or if the bins are badly damaged, come by the Solid Waste office at 1207 Eubanks Road in Chapel Hill during business hours (M-F 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.) to get replacements at no cost. If you can't come at that time, let us know and we'll arrange to leave you a bin.
If you live in Carrboro or Hillsborough, you may request bin delivery from your Public Works Department. If you live in the unincorporated area of the county, there is a 67 percent chance you will have bins as the rural curbside program serves two-thirds of houses.
Call the office: (919) 968-2788 or find out online: http://orangecountync.gov/recycling/ruralroutes.asp if your road has recycling collection and then you can get bins from our office. There is no delivery service. If you need more than two bins, you can buy them here for $7 each – cash or check only -- or use a similar size and shape container like a laundry basket or a tote for curbside recycling. If you have a lot of moving boxes, put out only 10 at a time at the curb each broken down to 3-feet-by-3-feet. Or take them to a drop-off site. Do not put them in the garbage. (Pizza boxes can be trashed.) The garbage will not be picked up.
If you are moving into an apartment, there is a 95 percent or better chance that there is at least one set of blue recycling roll carts there for your cans, bottles, paper and those plastic cups and tubs labeled #2, #4 and #5 (other types are just thrown out). For apartment recycling guidelines on recycling see: http://orangecountync.gov/recycling/apartment.asp or call us for a handy information card. Ask the manager where the recycling site is. Put all your cans, bottles, papers cups and tubs in but not your corrugated (three layer) cardboard. There is not enough room in the carts for all those boxes. Use the separate Dumpster provided for cardboard at most complexes or use the public drop-off recycling sites. Do not put cardboard in the trash Dumpster. That will not be picked up and the property owner may be penalized. Cardboard (except dirty pizza boxes) must be recycled in Orange County. The county cannot provide all apartments with bins or bags, the turnover is just too great. Find a small (say a 10-gallon) leakproof container and designate it as the recycling bin. Display it prominently at social gatherings and encourage its use.
There is a lot more to know about recycling here in the OC, but this will help you get started. You can always ask your neighbors. Most of them already recycle.
Orange County staff and volunteers spent two days on the streets of downtown Chapel Hill in the areas where there is a lot of student rental housing going door to door to educate newcomers about how to recycle and manage trash properly, especially cardboard moving boxes. Special thanks to our part-time staff Daniel Langham and Anna Peepers and stalwart volunteer Adam Hemminger.
Moving into a residence hall at UNC or coming back to campus? Check out their Move-In guide on how to live green in a dorm room, reduce, reuse, recycle during move-in and learn more about waste in general about the comprehensive reduction and recycling program at UNC at http://trashtalk.wastereduction.unc.edu/. This issue also contains useful information on littering, composting on campus and recycling while tailgating at football games.
Update on closing of Orange County Solid Waste Landfill. June 30, the landfill that accepted household and business waste closed permanently. Now the county, three towns and private haulers are trucking trash to transfer stations, primarily in Durham. This has added time and replacement or new equipment to routes for Carrboro and Chapel Hill. Orange County has had to add hours for trucking trash to the Durham Transfer Station from convenience centers, county government buildings and county schools.
We now recycle mattresses and received 250 for recycling in July. At the landfill we continue to accept construction waste, yard debris, appliances, scrap metal and cardboard too. Most residents and businesses should see no difference in their waste collection. So recycling and waste reduction are now more important than ever in reducing our trash that's going a hundred miles away for burial.
Annual statistical round-up. The figures below compare performance by tonnage of the two curbside programs, the apartments, commercial and drop-of sites from the past two fiscal years. There are some ups and downs in the tonnages collected. The fact that there were not universal gains means that we cannot attribute all the increases to the conversion to single stream (comingled) recycling, but that shift has certainly made recycling more convenient for many program users. REMEMBER: Thirty-five percent of what we throw in our trash is still recyclable papers, cans, bottles rigid plastics, metals and clothing.
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FY 11-12 (tons) 3,397 1,866 1,125 1,089 5,107
FY 12-13 (tons) 3,578 1,715 1,255 1,040 4,794
Difference 5% (-8%) 12% (-4%) (-6%)
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As most lenders' know, Prosper had been planning to execute a debt sale during the month of April. To this end, a "bid file" was cut on April 11th. This bid file contained all loans that were more than 120 days past due as of that date that did not have a bankruptcy indicator or an open "Promise to Pay".
In keeping with Prosper's debt sale process, this file was sent to a list of approved bidders who have expressed interest in buying charged off Prosper debt. In addition, this file was placed with one of the largest debt auction/broker firms in the business. This firm has been in business for more than 15 years and hosts one of the premiere debt sale auction sites. The firm averages five portfolio sales a week – with portfolio sizes ranging from $2.5MM to $500MM.
As a result of these efforts, Prosper received a record number of bids on the sale file (eight). Unfortunately, all of the bids were extremely low. As I mentioned in my last update, the debt market was "flooded" by credit card issuers in March. That backlog has not dissipated.
At this point, we have not accepted a bid to buy the portfolio. We are actively soliciting alternative bids and proposals and are working through the alternatives. We are working to get the best price possible and appreciate your patience in this matter. Without compromising the status of negotiations, we will keep you informed on the process.
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With the Canucks in full command of a series that they could just as easily be trailing two games to nothing, you have to like their chances to finish off the Bruins sooner rather than later.
No doubt the Boston faithful feel that their team is most unlucky to be returning to Beantown without at least a split. Both games have been tightly contested and decided by the slimmest of margins. With last night's tilt controlled almost entirely by a player, Alex Burrows, whom, many will argue, should have not been playing.
But if you're a Boston fan, you should be a little concerned that the Canucks' best player to date has been their goalie, who appears to be completely in a zone right now. Whether stopping pucks with his mask or attentively covering for his mates' mistakes, he seems unflappable right now. And if you're a team with as little relative forward depth as the Bruins, that should be a monumental cause for concern.
And what about the Canucks' elite forward group? Well, despite Burrows' dominance last night, Henrik Sedin declared that it was their worst playoff game as a line this post season. Indeed, if you were looking to identify the Canucks' best all around forward after two games, you might be looking at Jannik Hansen.
And such is the story of the Vancouver run this post season, who have adopted a hero-by-committee approach to their success, which really speaks to the team's tremendous depth. With equal but rarely coincident brillance from Ryan Kesler, Kevin Bieksa, Daniel Sedin, Roberto Luongo and now Alex Burrows, should the playoffs end today, the Conn Smythe Trophy award may be up for grabs like no time before.
So should Luongo continue his play, that, on its own, might be enough to ensure a Stanley Cup victory, but should the Canucks' high end talent start filling the net again, while Luo continues to tend to his business, the Bruins continued losses will have nothing to do with luck and everything to do with the Canucks being the better team.Tags: 2011 Stanley Cup Final, Alex Burrows, Boston Bruins, Conn Smythe Trophy, Daniel Sedin, Henrik Sedin, Kevin Bieksa, Roberto Luongo, Ryan Kesler, Vancouver Canucks


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Ambari Agent Registration Failure on RHEL 6.5 Due to OpenSSL
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Ambari Agent Registration Failure on RHEL 6.5 Due to OpenSSL
Symptom: If you are deploying HDP using Ambari on RHEL 6.5 you will likely see Ambari Agents fail to register with Ambari Server during the Confirm Hosts step in the Cluster Install wizard. After clicking on Failed link on the Wizard page to display the Agent logs. You will see a log entry that looks like this indicating the SSL connection between the Agent and Server failed during registration.
INFO 2014-04-02 04:25:22,669 NetUtil.py:55 - Failed to connect to https://<ambari-server>:8440/cert/ca due to [Errno 1] _ssl.c:492: error:100AE081:elliptic curve routines:EC_GROUP_new_by_curve_name:unknown group
- RHEL / CentOS 6.5
- Ambari 1.4 or later
Root Cause: The OpenSSL library available and installed by default on RHEL/CentOS 6.5 has a bug. Refer to https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1025598 for detailed information on the bug.
- Check the OpenSSL library version installed on your host(s):
rpm -qa | grep openssl openssl-1.0.1e-15.el6.x86_64
- If the output says openssl-1.0.1e-15.x86_64 (1.0.1 build 15) you will need to upgrade the OpenSSL library by running the following command:
yum upgrade openssl
- Verify you have the newer version of OpenSSL (1.0.1 build 16):
rpm -qa | grep openssl
- Restart Ambari Agent(s) and Click Retry Failed on the Wizard.
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YONKERS, N.Y. - The expected vote from the Boy Scouts of America's national executive board on whether to lift its longstanding ban on gay scouts and leaders was postponed Wednesday in Irving, Texas.
Do you think Boy Scouts of America should lift its policy that refuses gay members?View Results
Do you think Boy Scouts of America should lift its policy that refuses gay members?
Yes, I support the policy change as it is18%
Yes, and they should not allow local chapter to continue refusing gay members48%
No, Boy Scouts of America has a right to maintain the policy34%
The Boy Scouts of America released a statement saying it will take action on the resolution at its national meeting in May to allow its thousands of members a chance to offer input on what has become a controversial matter.
Yonkers residents were split on the issue with some saying the Scouts should not be pressured into changing policy and others believing the bias against gay members or leaders is unfair.
Stanley Howie, a former scoutmaster for Troop 4 in Yonkers, said he had mixed feelings on the issue. But regardless of how the board votes, Howie said it should create a uniform policy and not leave it up to local troops to set their own policies.
"I think it would be putting too much pressure on individual troops," he said. "The National Executive Board should have to decide one way or the other."
Westchester-Putnam Council Scout Executive Marc Andreo could not say what lifting the ban would mean for the local troops until the council is notified of the discussion's outcome.
"We're aware of the ongoing discussion among the national leadership of the Boy Scouts of America regarding the national membership policy and are encouraged by the ongoing dialogue," Andreo wrote in an email.
"Our goal has always been to provide the best youth leadership and development program with the best volunteer leadership to as many young people as possible."
In a poll on The Daily Voice, a majority of readers said they felt the Boy Scouts should lift the ban on gay members. Susan Garcin agreed in a comment on The Yonkers Daily Voice Facebook site.
"This shouldn't be an issue at all," she wrote last week. "Who cares if a person is gay?"


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I have been going here for a while now, sometimes every week. The food is excellent, the coffee is great but the orange juice is incredible. The food is why I go back. The place isn't big but for some reason the service is poor (except the bus boys--they are super attentive). We take breaks from this place because of this. If you want good food and don't care about service, I definitely recommend it.
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A friend had suggested grabbing dinner together here. I arrived early and asked the host if I could grab a table. She told me no she could not sit us unless the whole party was here. When my friend arrived and we got a table the waitress kept hovering over us. She dropped the check on us while we were still eating because her night was over. She said that she was transferring the table to another server but after we paid no one came to the table afterwards. Food was phenomenal. Bartender was great. Service was lacking.
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Was at the restaurant for dinner. Tab came out to $378 w/ $55 gratuity included for less then tasty food. Paid $400 and did not ask for change. Still sitting at table drinking and asking to order more drinks when we were advised to leave, 2 hr limit at the table, that is posted on the web site. I was completely appalled at this request, never experienced such service at any establishment.
Posted by Stephanie on 12/20/2011
My Husband and I heard about Yuca bar and decided to try it. We usually go to their competitor located about 1 block away.The service is 100 times better there( they treat you like family) but the food is better at Yuca Bar. The staff at Yuca bar seemed to be more concerned with catching up with their daily gossip then making sure we had what we needed.Thank god the food was amazing so it made up for the lack of service.I work in the hotel industry so service is important to me.I guess on my next trip to Yuca bar my tip will reflect that.
Posted by Anonymous on 12/06/2011
I've gone a few times for brunch and the food is tasty but the service is consistently slow and the waitresses all have poor attitudes - which I was able to look past and continue to tip well and bring friends - until this last time. I went with two other ppl on Saturday and the host said it would be a 10 min. wait. We ordered cocktails at the bar only after 25 minutes did we notice that everyone walking in (from 2-tops to 4-tops) were getting seated right away. Still in good spirits, we asked the host about our wait time and instead of apologizing for forgetting about us, he had major attitude and said that we were a 3-top and he couldn't seat us until our 4th got there. We said there was no 4th person, it was just us, and we're all here and ready. He walked away without a word. We sat back down at the bar and then it became apparent that he had no intention of seating us at all. Another 10 minutes went by and now there were some empty tables, plus ppl walking in and getting seated, and still nothing. He wouldn't look at us and seemed on a power trip. I have no clue why, we were nothing but polite. We finally left. There is no reason to ever treat good customers that way!
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hey, we,a group of about 10 go there on a weekly basis for happy hour. freddy makes the best mojitos ever. table service is a little spotty and snooty so we stick to the bar and appetizers near the open windows and we have a great time . even when it gets crowded the guests are polite and accommodating. a favorite by far.
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Speechless stretches of almost any length bored Natalie. She didn't hear, as I did, the beat of her own heart in the snick of the chain along the gears, in the tires singing on pavement.
Riding is not a hobby to me, not my sport, not my religion, nothing so easily explained. When I was a kid, the bike showed me a world outside my white-trash existence. In college, I sold my first great road bike to pay for my last quarter of schooling. Later, cycling saved my marriage (and my life's ambitions, if not my life) by teaching me about humility and sacrifice and trust and everything else that can be found in any bike race anywhere.
Natalie rides, but only for fun and only when bored with soccer and swimming and lying at odd angles across the furniture to announce she is bored. I'd always assumed she would love cycling; when she didn't, I realized that what mattered more was that she loved me—that she would indulge her dad often enough that we would have a few episodes of riding among the other memories of things we did together. But, still, when we rode, a granitic pebble of regret lodged between my throat and chest: She might understand that I loved cycling, it was true, but as true was that she might never really understand what it was I loved.
One day as we rode and talked, I thought we might be ready to take the tandem out of town, maybe to the first bumps of Mountain Road. I turned and told Natalie. She was wearing sneakers tucked into straps I'd installed on flat pedals, and jeans and a hoodie. Some strands of hair had come undone from her pigtails and, windblown, flashed in the sun. Her helmet was crooked across her forehead. She interrupted her thesis about the merits of mud as a clubhouse-floor mortar to say yes.
We rode onto our town's busiest street. To get to Mountain Road, we'd have to enter the stream of cars then turn left across traffic, diving into a blind, downhill screamer that bottomed in a shallow curve which feinted right before snapping left into a gentle, curved rise. It was an entry that scared first-timers, that some of us had wrecked on, that when wet caused even the brave to commit the heresy of braking on a downhill. I signaled left and leaned the bike over and we dropped in.


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Jennifer Trefelner: Daughter's birthday is great reminder of importance of community
Today is a special day in my world: my daughter's seventh birthday!
We get pretty excited about events (big or small) in our home. Olivia stretches her celebration into days of festivities, and because she shares a birthday with my brother, there's a double celebration to anticipate.
Our daughter is a gift I don't take for granted. We hope she maintains her sweet spirit, generous heart, love of adventure and quick wit as she continues to grow up in our community.
Here are my favorite memories we have created in St. Lucie County.
Fortunately, Olivia loves the water as much as we do, and spending our days at the beach, Dynamite Point, walking our area docks or swimming in the pool are activities we all enjoy doing together.
And we all love visiting our local restaurants. I remember the first time Olivia learned to use chop sticks at a sushi restaurant downtown, a skill I thought was essential for her to know as a 4-year-old!
As the years have progressed, she has started making her own requests for dinners out based on service, menus or location. For example, she knows that if we eat at 121 Tapas on the water, she will most likely be treated to gelato at Uncle Carlo's.
And months later, we still are talking about our morning excursion to ride horses on South Beach in Fort Pierce. We went through Tours on Horseback, and it was an exhilarating experience. (You can find the information at St. Lucie County's tourism website, www.visitstluciefla.com.)
One of the things my husband and I most love is seeing Olivia do the things we did growing up in Fort Pierce. It is a joy to see Olivia on stage at the First United Methodist Church Music and Art Camp performance, just as we did. We also never miss an opportunity to drive over "Tickle Tummy Hill."
Attending our area festivals definitely created special memories, too. Every year, we visit the Taste of the Sea/Sandy Shoes Festival, Friday Fests, the Sights and Sounds Festival and Parade and others. We always find something for each of us to enjoy.
And, just as our parents did for us, we are trying to instill a passion for community service in our little one. Olivia has sung Christmas carols at nursing homes, sorted clothes at Hope's Closet for Children, helped to build a playground and completed boxes for Operation Christmas Child.
They say it takes a village to raise a child, and we have been blessed to become part of the community family.
Happy birthday to our sweet Olivia Grace and to my brother, Erik Melville. And happy Friday to you all.
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I would love to know what is going on in Rio Ferdinand's mind right now.
Today, while his England team-mates are playing against San Marino, a squad he was called up for, Ferdinand finds himself in Qatar, talking about the game on the Al Jazeera network.
A couple of years ago, due to his inconsistent form, it wouldn't have been a stretch to conceive Ferdinand entering retirement and pursuing a career in the media. However, such is his current form - guiding Manchester United to the verge of a record 20th and his sixth individual Premier League title - the defender is currently sat on the periphery of ending his international hiatus. Roy Hodgson had no choice but to give Ferdinand, the man he dropped prior to Euro 2012 in favour of John Terry for "football reasons", a reprieve.
The head coach described Ferdinand as the "the right man to do the job for England" and as such he invited the defender to be part of his England squad for the games against San Marino and Montenegro.
The stage was set for England to welcome Ferdinand back - but hopes were dashed, despite guarantees from Rio's club manager, Sir Alex Ferguson, that Ferdinand would "join up" with the Three Lions set-up.
Ferdinand's refusal to play, due to a 'unique personal program' that protects his injury-prone back, has given Hodgson his own back (line) nightmare. John Terry has now retired, Gary Cahill is injured and the remaining options aren't seen as international quality.
It now looks like the power has shifted, with Ferdinand seemingly calling the shots. Hodgson's Euro snub and now this latest episode illustrates that the player and manager aren't afraid to air their 'football laundry' in public.
Ferdinand's justification for withdrawing seems even more bizarre given that he has made the 15-hour round trip to Qatar to be a pundit. This is further reinforced by the fact that only months previously, he was almost pleading for Hodgson to end his 21-month international exile.
Ferdinand, almost in desperation, said: "If I get picked I'd pack my bags and go straight there". Hodgson took his time but delivered on his part, only for Ferdinand to snub him, making it 1-1 between manager and player.
So was Hodgson too late or was Ferdinand exacting revenge?
Both parties have been quick to dismiss this as a disagreement. Ferdinand has ironically kept the door ajar for future call-ups, and Hodgson has praised Ferdinand's honesty and reinforced the player's desire to win more caps.
But staying in the international wilderness could possibly be the best decision.
Ferdinand has to look no further than team-mates Paul Scholes and Ryan Giggs to see how international retirement can prolong careers.
Scholes and Giggs are 37 and 39 years old respectively, and find themselves defying logic by still competing at the highest level.
Ferdinand could and probably should follow their lead, safe in the knowledge he was wanted by the national set-up.
It will be interesting to see what unfolds in the forthcoming weeks and months. It's hard to call what happens next.
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The tournament, which runs through March 29, preys on St. Louis' classic-rock obsession by pitting artists against one another in an effort to crown the Most Supremely Rocking Band Ever in the History of the Universe. (Bracket sheets are available at www.kshe95.com.) "It's a spin on the NCAA basketball tournament," explains veteran rock jock and KSHE program director Rick Bayless, who organized the tourney. The system's simple: Matchups play out three times daily, at 4, 4:30 and 5 p.m. KSHE plays two songs by each competitor and invites listeners to call in and vote. Despite the dumb name -- and the fact that Bayless didn't take the trouble to seed the bands, which led to first-round matchups such as Hagar-Hendrix and Pink Floyd-Van Halen -- the tourney is making for some interesting office arguments around town. "It's been a hoot," Bayless reports. "People are copying the bracket and doing their own pools."
Several perennial powerhouses made it to the big dance: Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, AC/DC (upset in the first round last week by Stevie Ray Vaughan), the Stones, Rush, Van Halen, Lynyrd Skynrd, Def Leppard and Judas Priest. Plenty of pretenders, as well: Collective Soul (yeah, right), Foreigner, Puddle of Mudd, Billy Squier (but don't be surprised if he makes it to the Sweet Sixteen) and Montrose.
Unreal, who has been known to wager a week's pay on a VFW hall mouse race, quickly filled out our bracket while downing the day's first PBR. We've got our office-pool buckage on a Led Zep-Van Halen championship, with Rush and Hagar rounding out the Final Four. But that's just us. "Without a doubt, Pink Floyd will dominate from start to finish," one of our Stag-drinking cronies predicts. "They still tour, they still release albums. Dads who get high to Dark Side beget kids who get high to The Wall. Fathers and sons can watch The Wall while toking up, then finish off the night with that Wizard of Oz/Dark Side trick. No real competition here, Floyd is too strong."
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This Friday at 10 a.m., in front of the Craft Alliance building on Delmar Boulevard, University City officials will unveil two "colossal sculptures" by German artist Dietrich Klinge. The pieces, six-and-a-half-foot-tall human forms titled "Grosser PfuBrub" and "Polyanthe," are on loan from the Gateway Foundation, a local philanthropic organization that fosters cultural and artistic activities in the Lou. According to U. City public relations manager Monica McFee, the city is hoping to make the temporary installment a permanent one.
Not so fast, bureaucrats: Unreal cornered Herr PfuBrub for a little pre-unveiling Q&A, during which the surly soon-to-be U. City resident issued the following statement:
"Waschen Sie Ihren Esel mit einem Federwisch? Ich. Ich kann nicht duschen, denn ich aus Stein bestehe. Wer schickte mich zu dieser Allee? Ich verstehe dein 'Toasted Ravioli' nicht. Ich bin nur eine enorme deutsche Statue. Sie ist langweilig. Ich starre entlang des 'Schmelzenden Topfes' aller Tag an und es gibt mir hemorrhoids. Mein Esel wird an Kalkstein verriegelt, der an Kleber verriegelt wird. Die Einzelhaft hat nichts auf geklebt werden zum Gehweg in dieser klitzekleiner beschissener Stadt. Am nominalwert hat St. Louis eine französische Assoziation. Aber sehe ich hier keine Franzosen. Noch schlechter ist mein Schwanz lange nicht und steif nicht genug, das lecker Polyanthe durchschneiden. Sie ist bis jetzt von mir hier. In Stuttgart waren wir hautnah. So hautnah. In St. Louis sind wir abgesondert. Ich bin angebohrt. Ich bin einsam. Holen mich mein Agens ab."
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Now that the Missouri Supreme Court has opened the door for concealed weapons, many businesses around the state are saying, Mike Myers-style, "Shah!" via signs posted on their front doors.
Unacceptable, according to missouricarry.com. The Web site, which posts daily listings of gun shows, law enforcement events, shooting matches for women, etc., is calling for a boycott of Missouri businesses that don't allow guns on the premises. They're starting with the enemies-of-liberty at Cosentino's Sun Fresh food stores in Kansas City. But next on the list is Dierbergs.
After that? Banks, including Commerce Bank in St. Louis. Unreal doesn't claim to be a supergenius of the caliber of, say, Jerry Berger, but allowing guns in banks does seem a bit counterintuitive.
Not so, says Zachary Bauer, a St. Louis native who runs missouricarry.com from Orlando, Florida, where he studies computer animation and digital media.
"There are at least four instances where concealed-carry permit holders stopped bank robberies," says Bauer, citing one in Salt Lake City in which the Second Amendment utilizer "held the suspect at gunpoint until the police could arrive."
Regardless, Sara Foster, senior vice president at Commerce Bank, won't be allowing gats in her joints anytime soon. "Commerce Bank strives to provide a safe and comfortable environment for its customers and employees, and we feel this is the most appropriate decision for our organization," says Foster.
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When does a rebel movement become a state?
Scholars have been wrestling with that question for decades, but it's not just an academic exercise. Thanks to the rapid advance of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), now rebranded as the Islamic State, state creation is an urgent matter of national security.
"The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria has probably undergone the quickest transformation to statehood in modern history," wrote Raed Omari, a Jordanian journalist, in an essay for the Saudi-owned Al Arabiya network. "In less than two months, it has gone from a militia to a self-proclaimed caliphate."
The distinction between a terrorist group and a state seems like it should be obvious, but it's not. As the sociologist Charles Tilly pointed out, "banditry, piracy, gangland rivalry, policing, and war making all belong on the same continuum." Usually, bandits remain bandits and never manage to acquire the monopoly on force that defines a state.
But some groups do manage the transition, developing essential state institutions – like a tax system.
Earlier this year, ISIS managed to consolidate military control over large sections of Iraq and Syria. Its rise, however, has been defined by more than just military success. ISIS has also tried to establish administrative and civil control in its conquered territories.
"Unlike al-Qaeda's vague vision of a borderless world run by extremist jihadis, the Islamic State has a plan to build a viable state right now," wrote Thanassis Cambanis, a fellow at the Century Foundation. "In less than a year, it has secured a de facto country and acquired an arsenal of American weapons as war booty. It has formed alliances with non-jihadi Sunni leaders, including Baathist allies of deposed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. And crucially, it has laid out a blueprint for a viable self-funding Islamic state, drawing a steady income from a commercial tax base and the crucial energy industry it has captured."
Indeed, income lies at the heart of state-building. More precisely, the method and machinery of money collection is critical to the rise of any functioning and durable government. States must do more than simply extort money from their subject populations.
But extortion is still part of the process. As Tilly observed, "If protection rackets represent organized crime at its smoothest, then war making and state making — quintessential protection rackets with the advantage of legitimacy — qualify as our largest examples of organized crime."
Of course, many things distinguish state-making — and its subsidiary activity, tax-making — from criminal activity. But these distinctions largely rest on matters of degree, not kind. "Since governments themselves commonly simulate, stimulate, or even fabricate threats of external war and since the repressive and extractive activities of governments often constitute the largest current threats to the livelihoods of their own citizens, many governments operate in essentially the same ways as racketeers," Tilly wrote.
Welcome to the modern tax state.
Much of the media coverage devoted to ISIS has focused on its brutality, both on the battlefield and as a nascent civil authority. But it's important not to let that brutality cloud understanding of the group's advance. "Many observers see ISIL [an alternative acronym for ISIS] at best as an organized crime syndicate, at worst a terrorist group so viciously anti-Shiite that even al-Qaeda has disowned it," wrote state-building scholar Ariel I. Ahram in a Washington Post opinion piece. "Both descriptions are correct, but incomplete, as they overlook ISIL's ambition to be a state (and the extent to which all states resemble organized crime rackets)."
For ISIS, the process of state-building has included some tax-building. Initially, the group depended on outright violence to raise cash. But as ISIS made the transition to IS, its revenue extraction became more sophisticated. "Despite a rocky beginning, ISIL today in many ways looks and acts like a state," noted Ahram. "In Mosul, according to reports, ISIL enforced taxes on a variety of commercial activities, including telecommunications companies that had relay towers in ISIL-controlled zones. Those who refused to pay risked abduction or murder. In Syria's Raqqa province ISIL imposed the jizya (poll tax), the same tax the prophet Muhammad placed on non-Muslim communities in return for protection."
The New York Times has noted the extent to which ISIS is regularizing its civil control, including the tax process. Raqqa's Credit Bank is now functioning as the city's tax authority, the paper reported, with employees collecting $20 every two months from business owners in exchange for electricity, water, and security. "Many said that they had received official receipts stamped with the ISIS logo and that the fees were less than they used to pay in bribes to Mr. Assad's government."
These forms of taxation lie near the banditry end of the spectrum, barely rising above the level of extortion. But they increasingly carry the trappings of regularized tax collection.
It's easy to overstate the lineal relationship between taxes and extortion. But it's also vital to keep in mind how states evolve. Time and external recognition can provide the imprimatur of legitimacy, but not every state is old and established. If we hope to understand the process of state-building — and recognize it when we see it happening — then we can't lose sight of what state-building and tax-building look like in real time.


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In this movie, I'll show you how you can change the color balance of an image by applying levels on a channel by channel basis. So many of you will recognize this badly balanced version of my children here from chapter eight. I'm going to drop down to the black white icon, click on it, and choose the levels command. And notice that in addition to correcting the composite image, meaning all channels at the same time You can correct each one of the channels independently, and we have keyboard shortcuts to switch between them as well. Of Alt-2 through 5 here on the PC, that's option+2 through 5 on the Mac.
And so for example, if I thought there was too much red in this image, I could switch to the red channel, and I could go ahead and drag that gamma triangle to the right. Then if I feel like I've got too much green then I could switch to the green channel and drag it's grey triangle as well. Thing is that's kind of a pain in the neck to have to switch between channels and just make guesses about what it is you're supposed to do. Which is why Photoshop includes these little eyedroppers here. For example, if you sleect the black triangle and click on a dark detail, it'll clip that detail to black on a channel by channel basis.
So you're making channel by channel modifications. So you can see here in the green channel, the black point value switched 20. Whereas in the blue channel, it switched to 17. You can do the opposite with the white eye dropper. For example I can click here on the pillow, if I wanted to clip the heck out of my colors, and you can see that the white point value is now 174, in the blue channel, whereas say in the red channel, it's 220. I'm not very fond of those two tools, I have to admit. I never use them. Except for illustration work, so they're not really very useful for correcting photographs.
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After the retirement of Manchester United keeper Edwin Van der Sar in the summer of 2011, Sir Alex Ferguson had the daunting task of finding a replacement that would be enough to help United retain its glory in the EPL as well as keep them in the game in all their Championship matches. David de Gea has stepped into the role this season and performed very admirably so far this season. Don't get me wrong he is no Edwin, but he has the potential
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Marek Hamsik made his Serie A comeback, but admits Napoli's Scudetto ambitions are over. "We should look at second place."
The Slovak midfielder had not played in the League since November, but even his presence couldn't prevent a last-gasp 2-2 draw in Bologna.
"We should've avoided giving away free kicks and corners in the final minutes," Hamsik told Sky Sport Italia.
This result has left Napoli 12 points adrift of leaders Juventus after 20 games and four behind Roma, while fourth-placed Fiorentina have closed the gap to just three points.
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There are a few key signs that you may be hyperthyroid, and learning what they are can help you catch the problem early. Watch this video from About.com to see what the warning signs are.See Transcript
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Hi, I'm Dr. Mary Ann Block, Physician, Author and Medical Director of The Block Center in Dallas/Fort Worth. here for About.com. In this video, I'll give you the main symptoms of hyperthyroidism.
What Is the Thyroid?
The thyroid is a gland located in your neck. It's also known as the master glad of metabolism, that's because it releases thyroid hormones that help control metabolism and growth of the body.
Overactive Thyroids
If your thyroid produces too much hormones, it's overactive, and that's also called hyperthyroidism. An overactive thyroid causes your body's functions to speed up, meaning that organs and processes in your body work faster. And because the body's metabolism is increased, many changes can take place in your body.
Signs of Hyperthyroid
Here are some main signs of hyperthyroidism:Since you have a higher metabolism, you can feel warmer than those around you. An overactive thyroid is also likely to cause weight loss, despite eating more. So if you have a hard time gaining weight, despite eating a healthy amount of food, it could be a symptom of a problem with your thyroid.
People who are hyperthyroid often feel tired during the day, and they can have problems sleeping at night. Hyperthyroidism in severe cases can lead to shortness of breath, weakness in muscles, and chest pain. The most common cause of hyperthyroidism is Graves' disease, an autoimmune disease that causes the thyroid to produce too much hormones. Graves disease is most common in women age 20 to 40. As you can tell, the health of your thyroid can affect different parts of your health and well-being. If you're concerned about being hyperthyroid, talk to your doctor.
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text: OTTAWA - Rugby Canada is proud to announce the Women's roster for the 2012 NACRA 7s Championship, a 2013 Rugby 7s World Cup Regional Qualifier, in Ottawa.Canada will battle it out with Guyana, Jamaica, Cayman Islands, Mexico, Barbados, St Vincent and The Grenadines and Trinidad & Tobago for the last open World Cup spot in the NACRA region. Canada, Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago are heavily favoured going into the competition.Rugby Canada sent a team of Womens selects to Barbados last year for the 2011 NACRA tournament. Though it was the first time a Canadian Womens team participated in the annual 7s competition, The Maple Leafs had a strong showing at the competition and took the tournament after defeating Jamaica 38-0.The stakes are much higher this time as the winner of the tournament will qualify for the Rugby 7s World Cup in Moscow next year. Canada will have no room for error, as each nation will be sending in the strongest teams they can put together. Head Coach John Tait commented on Canada's goal in the competition."First and foremost is to qualify for the R7WC 2013. Secondary it will provide an opportunity to a few younger players that impressed in the recent East-West trials, to show that they are ready to factor in this year's 7s series and build to Moscow next June."Tait assured that Rugby Canada is sending in the best available players, emphasizing the calibre of the players that were chosen by the National 7s program."There are some potential world-class players in this group that are continuing to improve all the time, the likes of Magali Harvey and Bianca Farella are two examples of this," Tait said. "Leading from the front and captaining the team will be Jen Kish, who I believe, has quickly become the best two way player in the world of women's rugby. She checks all the boxes of what a coach could ask of a player in her position and most of the others on the field as well.""Sevens is the kind of game that you'd be foolish to take any opponent lightly. We are favoured to win qualification and will do so by focusing on our game and what we want to achieve every time we take the field regardless of who will be the opposition," added Tait. The competition takes place on August 25 and 26 at Twin Elm Rugby Park in Ottawa, Ontario. To buy tickets to the NACRA 7s Championship, visit tickets.rugbycanada.ca.For more information on the event, visit events.rugbycanada.caFor more information on NACRA, visit the region's website at www.nacrugby.comCanada's NACRA Womens Team RosterBritt Benn - Fergus Highland Rugby Club (Guelph ON) Guelph University Arielle Dubissette-Borrice - Toronto Scottish (Ajax ON) University of Western Ontario Bianca Farella - Town of Mount Royal Rugby Football Club (Montreal QC) Lisa Gauthier - Ottawa Irish (St-Bernardin ON) St. Francis Xavier UniversityMegan Gibbs - Markham Irish Canadians (Barrie ON) Julia Greenshields - Sarnia Saints Rugby Club (Sarnia ON) Magali Harvey - Club de Rugby de Québec (Quebec City QC) St. Francis Xavier UniversityJen Kish - Edmonton Rockers (Edmonton AB) Kayla Moleschi - Williams Lake Womens Rustlers (Williams Lake BC) Karen Paquin - Club de Rugby de Québec (Quebec City QC) Université Laval Amanda Thornborough - Brandon Barbarians (Brandon MB) Julianne Zussman - Town of Mount Royal RFC (Verdun QC)StaffJohn Tait- Head CoachSandro Fiorino- Assistant CoachClaudine Tyrell -Team ManagerJason White Athletic Therapist -30-


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By Donna MilesAmerican Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sept. 15, 2008 The Afghan National Army Air Corps has made big strides, with 27 operational aircraft – three times the number it had a year ago –flying 350 percent more missions in direct support of Afghan security forces, a senior military official reported today.
Air Force Maj. Gen. Jay Lindell, commander of the Combined Air Corps Transition Force in Afghanistan, told Pentagon reporters via teleconference from the Afghan capital of Kabul that the Afghan air corps is developing capabilities needed to assume missions currently carried out by coalition forces.
The air corps is taking on more of these helicopter and fixed-wing missions, which include medical evacuation support, casualty evacuation, general logistics support and general battlefield mobility, he said.
"We've made great progress in the last year," he said, improving capability that has "got this air corps into the fight."
Lindell noted that a year ago, NATO International Security Assistance Force members were flying nearly 90 percent of the Afghan National Army's passenger load. Now, the Afghans fly nearly 90 percent of those missions. During August alone, the Afghan air corps flew more than 100,000 kilograms of cargo in direct support of the Afghan National Army. It also conducted 50 medevac and casualty evacuation missions, he said.
The Air Corps flies about 800 sorties a month. "We have a growing capability," the general said. "We continue to grow every month and progress."
Ultimately, the Afghan National Army Air Corps will grow to about 7,500 members, with 125 rotary and fixed-wing aircraft. "This air corps will grow and expand its capability as the national army grows," Lindell said.
The general called 2011 the "benchmark year" for the air corps' development. "At that time, we plan to have this air corps fully operational, capable and independent for the mobility mission sets," he said. These include medevac, general logistical support and battlefield movement capabilities.
Beyond that, the campaign plan calls for continued growth through 2016. "At that time, we will develop the intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance capability that's needed for the insurgency fight and we will develop an attack capability for this air corps," he said.
The biggest challenge in forging the way ahead boils down to leadership, he said.
"We can provide a lot of infrastructure training [and] acquire the right aircraft," he said. "But it's the Afghan leadership and their ability to command and control this air corps knowledgeable about air power that is our biggest challenge."
Lindell credited his 175 soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines and civilians, as well as their Canadian counterparts, with providing the example of leadership and professionalism needed for the Afghan air corps to develop. He expressed confidence the Afghans will continue increasing their air corps' capability.
"They're warriors at heart," he said. "They want to do this mission. They want a national air corps. They want to provide security for their country."
Related Sites:Combined Security Transition Command AfghanistanCombined Joint Task Force 101NATO International Security Assistance Force


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"I've excited about the Kentucky race for a few reasons. I love night races and we've got ACE Bandages on the car and the black car will look really good under the lights Saturday night. Kentucky has been a tough track for us, but I have a lot of success there in Truck and Nationwide. We're hoping for a good run Saturday night."
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Why is Bible engagement down in the digital age? Bible Gateway's Rachel Barach shares some insight.
Matthew 11:7–15
John Calvin says the new covenant minister's preaching is greater than John the Baptist's because "it holds out Christ as having rendered complete and eternal satisfaction by his one sacrifice, as the conqueror of death and the Lord of life, and because it withdraws the veil, and elevates believers to the heavenly sanctuary." John the Baptist was blessed, but we are more greatly favored to live in an era more cognizant of God's grace in Christ.
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The job crisis has hit baby boomers hard: more than 5 million people over 45 are out of work – more than doubling in the past year. And it takes this age group longer to find a new job: more than six months for 44 percent of them.
No doubt the job market is challenging for everyone right now, but what I'm most impressed with among boomers is a refusal to give up. Statistics show discouraged workers throwing in the towel on their search in every age group except this one. There's no official explanation, except perhaps because boomers can't give up. There's a mortgage and college tuition to pay. There's that dwindling retirement savings. Some younger people may opt to go back to school fulltime and crash on mom's couch. But for boomers, instead of saying, "Nobody's hiring" or "I can't find work", they say, "I must find work and I will."
In the last few weeks I've talked to many people 50 and over who've done just that, and I've compiled some of the lessons they shared.
Explore options based on your current (and often evolving) interests.
Don't assume you have to do what you've always done. Unemployment offers you the chance to move in a new direction. Take stock of your lifestyle and interests, which have likely shifted over the years even though your job during that time had always remained the same. Have your personal passions changed? Can you spot a career opportunity that's connected to your future dreams instead of to your previous responsibilities?
Check with the Career One Step in your area.
Even though there's often lots of red tape connected to government assistance, you should make a visit to the state-run unemployment office in your area to inquire about the educational benefits and financial assistance you may be eligible for. Find the location near you at CareerOneStop.org. Many counselors have the inside scoop on dynamic programs that could be right for you.
Research resources specifically for workers 45 and over.
Civic Ventures Encore Careers provides grants to community colleges that develop training programs specifically for people 50 and over who are looking to switch or advance their careers. Career Voyages, run by the government, provides links to community colleges and training programs throughout the country where you can research and inquire about opportunities in your desired field.
AARP has online content and resources specifically for older workers. Experience Corps engages people over 55 in serving their communities. The Serve America Act offers incentives for those 55 and over to volunteer. Many local community groups—churches, the YMCA and other non-profits—offer programs to mature workers, so network in your area to discover what may be available.


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Re: Which drum sticks? Nylon or wood tip for V drum mesh heads.
I have used wood tip 5A's on my mesh head e-kit for about 4 years. No splinters, no damage to heads or any other part of the kit. The sticks have very little sign of damage despite my playing the kit pretty much every day of those 4 years.
I do keep the same two pairs with the e-kit rather than mixing sticks across kits. That was originally just because the kits are in different places, but I guess it has avoided any wear on the sticks.
The mesh heads are really pretty durable. I would just suggest you use the same sticks as you normally use, and keep one or two pairs dedicated to the e-kit.
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Back from Tour: Tony D
Blues ambassador Tony D talks about his tour and why it's good to be back teaching.
Ottawa's own Tony D has just gotten back from a whirlwind tour of Canada.
"It's really amazing, all of this came from a weekly gig at Irene's Pub on Sunday night." Tony is talking about the Cinderella story that is MonkeyJunk, an Ottawa based blues band that started less than 3 years ago and is making a huge splash in the blues world.
Of course, Cinderella didn't have super-seasoned-stage-veterans Steven Marriner and Matt Sobb. These two, along with Tony form the power house trio that caught the attention of judges along the way to the International Blues Challenge held in Memphis Tennessee where the band took third prize in 2009.
The real prize has been their first album 'Tiger in your Tank.' Not only is the band working off of their third pressing of this fast selling disc, but it has caught a number of awards along the way including:
- 5 Maple Blues Awards: Entertainer of the Year, Electric Act of the Year, Guitarist of the Year (Tony D), Male Vocalist of the Year (Steve Marriner), and Harmonica Player of the Year (Steve Marriner),
- Memphis Blues Award (Formerly the WC Handy awards): 2010 Best New Artist
- Canadian Independent Music: Best Blues Band (Beating Colin James!)
Can we expect more from Monkeyjunk this year? "Most certainly," answered Tony.
Speaking of new Albums, expect an all instrumental recording from Tony D sometime in 2011. Word on the street is that it will feature collaborations with a lot of other Ottawa based musicians including fellow OFC sax teacher Zeek Gross.
When asked about the recent purple patch he quipped, "It only took me 30 years to become a (best) new artist. It's nice though, to be back teaching. I learn a lot from my students; teaching totally helps my live playing. [The students] force me to learn new things and a lot of it winds up on stage with me."
Tony D teaches at the Ottawa Folklore Centre School of Music and still has a few spots open in his schedule.


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