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What is Membership?
Since the beginning, GreenStar's mission focused on making nutritious, whole food available to its members. But membership means more than just access to good, healthy food...
When you join the Co-op you become a Member-Owner of a locally-owned and cooperatively operated values-based business. We focus on the social and environmental impact GreenStar makes on our local and global community, as well as economic performance. We put our values first, and return all profits back to the Co-op or donate them to the community.
One Member – One Vote means your voice truly counts!
Like all consumer co-ops, GreenStar is owned and democratically run by the people who use the store. Unlike traditional corporations where the amount of a stockholder's investment determines his or her voting power, every member at GreenStar has equal voting rights. As a Member-Owner, you have an equal say in the future direction of GreenStar.
By investing and participating in your co-op, you're putting your values into action.
Through your Equity Share investment and patronage, GreenStar supports the health and well-being of our member-owners, our community and the planet by:
- Purchasing from local farmers and businesses
- Paying a livable wage
- Using clean energy and recycled office supplies
- Supporting organic agriculture and fair trade producers
- Offering health insurance to employees
- Donating to local charities and events
- Providing education on nutrition, health and sustainability
- Improving access to healthy food to those on limited budgets through the FLOWER program
Switch to Email, Plant a Tree, Change Lives!
Monday, 03 February 2014 00:13
By Alexis Alexander, Membership Manager
In February, GreenStar member-owners who haven't yet signed up to have required member-owner mailings sent to them via email will have an exciting opportunity to do so. Are you wondering how this could be exciting? For every member-owner who switches to email, GreenStar will make a donation to Trees for the Future; thus, a tree will be planted on behalf of our membership for each new person who makes the switch. Our goal is to have 1,000 member-owners switch to email, which would represent 1,000 new trees being planted!
To sign up for getting the required member-owner mailing by email, you can fill out a contact information form available at the Member Centers at either store.
Trees for the Future (TREES) plants trees with rural communities in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, helping them to restore their environment, grow more food, and build a sustainable future. Our goal of 1,000 trees would contribute to rebuilding forests for replenishing critical groundwater supplies to provide for future generations. TREES has helped revitalize lands degraded by illegal logging and unsustainable land management systems by providing farmers with tree seed, technical training, and on-site planning assistance. Since the eighties, TREES has assisted thousands of communities in 19 countries in planting millions of trees. To learn more about Trees for the Future, check out their website: www.treesforthefuture.org.
Super-Worker Volunteer Opportunities Abound — Become Involved Today!
Sunday, 05 January 2014 11:10
By Alexis Alexander,
Membership Manager
If you've been thinking about volunteering in the store on a weekly basis at GreenStar, you couldn't pick a better time! With a growing interest in cooperatives and our business going strong, our department managers have responded by creating more shifts, enabling more member-owners to participate in the everyday workings of the Co-op. Therefore, we currently have a wide variety of in-store super-worker opportunities.
Why volunteer?
Volunteering is an important co-op tradition that provides member-owners the opportunity to become actively involved in supporting the mission of the co-op. It's a great way for us, as member-owners, to connect with one another while supporting the business that we mutually help govern and own. Volunteering also yields a great member-owner benefit, since volunteers receive a higher discount at the register in return for their participation in the store.
What's the commitment?
We ask for a four-month commitment for super-worker shifts. Super-workers are assigned to a two-hour weekly shift in a specific department. The day and time is the same each week. Super-workers receive a 17½ percent discount, good for one week, for every two-hour shift worked.
How to volunteer?
All available super-worker shifts are posted at the Member Center in both the West-End and Oasis locations. To request a super-worker shift, simply choose one or two shifts on the board that work for you and fill out a "Member Labor Request Form." You'll receive a call from either Oasis or the West-End store, depending on which shift you sign up for. We fill super-worker shifts on a first-come first-served basis, so it's a good idea to request two shifts since there may be other people in line before you for a given shift.
Read more: Super-Worker Volunteer Opportunities Abound — Become Involved Today!
Thankful for Accomplishments of the Past and Looking Forward to Future Goals
Sunday, 01 December 2013 21:48
By Alexis Alexander,
Membership Manager
As I sit down to write this month's Membership Corner, Thanksgiving is quickly approaching and thoughts of all I'm grateful for come to mind. Needless to say, being part of the GreenStar cooperative community is one of the things I'm most grateful for.
Over the past few years, it's been exciting to watch our co-op evolve in so many significant ways. Member benefits such as FLOWER, BASICS, and 10% on the 10th sales days improved access to the healthy foods and products we sell for many people. An increase in opportunities offered through our member labor program enabled a growing number of member-owners to participate in the Co-op in fun and meaningful ways. Enhancing our community outreach, and expanding our partnerships, helped us to increase our participation in efforts to strengthen the local food distribution system and actively address important issues, such as food justice and racism. Our One-Minute Activist efforts in the past few years on hydrofracking and GM labeling yielded over 1,100 signatures each, sending a strong message to Governor Cuomo and other policymakers on what matters to GreenStar member-owners. Even our annual Kids' Halloween party has blossomed into a thriving see-and-be-seen event(though you may not be recognized!).
As I look forward to 2014, I see more exciting opportunities ahead for GreenStar and its member-owners. The expansion of our Deli and Bakery into a bona fide commercial kitchen operation will allow us to improve and expand our selection of prepared natural, healthy foods, thereby enabling us to better meet our member-owners' needs. It will also help us to grow our catering business and take the healthy food we sell into the community even more. This will enable us to reach people who may never have ventured into the co-op before and expose them to a more sustainable way of eating as they experience firsthand how great natural, organic food tastes and makes you feel.
And it is truly exciting to see that we now are in the position to change our 10% on the 10th sales days benefit to U-Pick 10% Off, whereby member-owners can choose any day of the month for their 10% discount day.
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YAMAGATA, Japan -- Smoke billowed from a building at Japan's crippled nuclear power plant Friday as emergency crews worked to reconnect electricity to cooling systems and spray more water on overheating nuclear fuel at the tsunami-ravaged facility.
Four of the troubled Fukushima Dai-ichi plant's six reactor units have seen fires, explosions or partial meltdowns in the week since the tsunami. While the reactor cores where energy is generated are a concern, water in the pools used to store used nuclear fuel are also major worries. Water in at least one fuel pool – in the complex's Unit 3 – is believed to be dangerously low, exposing the stored fuel rods. Without enough water, the rods may heat further and spew out radiation."We see it as an extremely serious accident," Yukiya Amano, the head of the U.N.'s International Atomic Energy Agency, told reporters Friday just after arriving in Tokyo. "This is not something that just Japan should deal with, and people of the entire world should cooperate with Japan and the people in the disaster areas."
Frantic efforts were made Thursday to douse a number of units with water, and authorities were preparing to repeat many of those efforts.
Friday's smoke came from the complex's Unit 2, and its cause was not known, the nuclear safety agency said. An explosion had hit the building on Tuesday, possibly damaging a crucial cooling chamber that sits below the reactor core.
Last week's 9.0 quake and tsunami in Japan's northeast set off the nuclear problems by knocking out power to cooling systems at the reactors. The unfolding crises have led to power shortages in Japan, forced auto and other factories to close, sending shockwaves through global manufacturing and trade, and triggered a plunge in Japanese stock prices.
Low levels of radiation have been detected well beyond Tokyo, which is 140 miles (220 kilometers) south of the plant, but hazardous levels have been limited to the plant itself. Still, the crisis has forced thousands to evacuate and drained Tokyo's normally vibrant streets of life, its residents either leaving town or holing up in their homes.
The Japanese government has been slow in releasing information on the crisis, even as the troubles have multiplied. In a country where the nuclear industry has a long history of hiding its safety problems, this has left many people – in Japan and among governments overseas – confused and anxious.
"I feel a sense of dread," said Yukiko Morioka, 63, who has seen business dry up at her lottery ticket booth in Tokyo. "I'm not an expert, so it's difficult to understand what's going on. That makes it scarier."
A senior official with the U.N. nuclear agency said Thursday there had been "no significant worsening" at the nuclear plant but that the situation remained "very serious." Graham Andrew told reporters in Vienna that nuclear fuel rods in two reactors were only about half covered with water, and they were also not completely submerged in a third.
Edano said Friday that Tokyo is asking the U.S. government for help and that the two are discussing the specifics.
"We are coordinating with the U.S. government as to what the U.S. can provide and what people really need," Edano said.
At times, the two close allies have offered starkly differing assessments over the dangers at Fukushima. U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Gregory Jaczko said Thursday that it could take days and "possibly weeks" to get the complex under control. He defended the U.S. decision to recommend a 50-mile (80-kilometer) evacuation zone for its citizens, wider than the 30-mile (50-kilometer) band Japan has ordered.
Crucial to the effort to regain control over the Fukushima plant is laying a new power line to the plant, allowing operators to restore cooling systems. The operator, Tokyo Electric Power Co., missed a deadline late Thursday but said Friday that workers hoped to complete the effort in 10 to 15 hours, said nuclear safety agency spokesman Minoru Ohgoda.
But the utility is not sure the cooling systems will still function. If they don't, electricity won't help.
The official death toll from the disasters stood at 6,405 as of Friday morning, with 10,259 missing, the national police agency said.
President Barack Obama appeared on television to assure Americans that officials do not expect harmful amounts of radiation to reach the U.S. or its territories. He also said the U.S. was offering Japan any help it could provide.
A utility official said Wednesday that the company has been unable to get information such as water levels and temperatures from any of the spent fuel pools in the four most troubled reactors.
Workers have been dumping seawater when possible to control temperatures at the plant since the quake and tsunami knocked out power to its cooling systems, but they tried even more desperate measures on Units 3 and 4.
On Thursday, military helicopters dumped thousands of gallons of water from huge buckets onto Unit 3, and also used military firefighting trucks normally used to extinguish fires at plane crashes.
Officials announced Friday they would not continue with the helicopter drops – televised footage appeared to show much of that water blowing away – but would continue spraying from the trucks.
Police said more than 452,000 people made homeless by the quake and tsunami were staying in schools and other shelters, as supplies of fuel, medicine and other necessities ran short. Both victims and aid workers appealed for more help, as the chances of finding more survivors dwindled.
At the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant, a core team of 180 emergency workers has been rotating out of the complex to minimize radiation exposure.
The storage pools need a constant source of cooling water. Even when removed from reactors, uranium rods are still extremely hot and must be cooled for months, possibly longer, to prevent them from heating up again and emitting radioactivity.
In Washington, the State Department warned U.S. citizens to consider leaving the country and offered voluntary evacuation to family members and dependents of U.S. personnel in the cities of Tokyo, Yokohama and Nagoya.
Yamaguchi reported from Tokyo. Associated Press writers George Jahn in Vienna, Elaine Kurtenbach, Shino Yuasa, Jeff Donn and Tim Sullivan in Tokyo contributed to this report.
Reuters reports:
The risk of radiation contamination from Japan's damaged nuclear power stations has sparked food bans across the globe and more surprisingly, a buying frenzy from South Korean mothers who fear their favorite Japanese-made diapers may suddenly become unavailable.
Cho Myung-jin, who organizes online group-buying for Japanese diapers, saw her website collapse on Tuesday under the weight of traffic as panicked South Koreans chased brands they believe are better quality than locally-made products.
Read more here.
Reuters reports:
Supply chain disruptions in Japan have forced at least one global automaker to delay the launch of two new models and are forcing other industries to shutter plants and rethink their logistical infrastructure.
Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T) said on Wednesday it would delay the launch in Japan of two new additions to the Prius line-up, a wagon and a minivan, from the originally planned end-April due to production disruptions from this month's devastating earthquake.
The world's biggest automaker has suspended production at all of its 12 domestic assembly plants at least through March 26 and has estimated a production loss of 140,000 vehicles until then.
Reuters reports:
The towering waves that splintered thousands of Japanese homes and lives has forced the country to rethink one of its most sacred Buddhist practices: how it treats the dead.
Desperate municipalities are digging mass graves, unthinkable in a nation where the deceased are usually cremated and their ashes placed in stone family tombs near Buddhist temples. Local regulations often prohibit burial of bodies.
Reuters Reports:
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.0 jolted parts of northern Japan near a quake-stricken nuclear power plant Wednesday, national broadcaster NHK said.
AOL spoke with Natalia Manzurova, a "cleaner" after the disaster in Chernobyl who suffered many side effects from radiation. Her advice to the people of japan was to leave quickly. She said:
Every nuclear accident is different and the impact cannot be truly measured for years. The government does not always tell the truth. Many will never return to their homes. Their lives will be divided into two parts: before and after Fukushima. They'll worry about their health and their children's health. The government will probably say there was not that much radiation and that it didn't harm them. And the government will probably not compensate them for all that they've lost. What they lost can't be calculated.
Read the rest here.
The Japanese tsunami cracked a vault wide open, leaving a perfect chance for an opportunistic thief. The AP reports:
The earthquake and tsunami that pulverized coastal Japan crippled a bank's security mechanisms and left a vault wide open. That allowed someone to walk off with 40 million yen (0,000).
The March 11 tsunami washed over the Shinkin Bank, like much else in Kesennuma, and police said between the wave's power and the ensuing power outages, the vault came open.
HuffPost blogger Simon Saradzhyan writes that despite the nuclear crisis in Japan, Russia presses on with it's nuclear program:
While Russian authorities saw the recent calamities in Japan as a chance to initiate a rapprochement with the country, Moscow's overtures to Tokyo have received a cool reception. However, Japan's nuclear crisis nonetheless represents an opportunity for Russian policy-makers to take a fresh look at the country's nuclear energy policies in order to ensure that both existing and future plants are protected against natural or man-made calamities, even those that may still seem unthinkable.
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While radiation continues to leak from the reactor, the source is known, says the International Atomic Energy Agency. Reports Reuters:
"We continue to see radiation coming from the site ... and the question is where exactly is that coming from?" James Lyons, a senior official of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), told a news conference.
Washington, D.C.'s Cheery Blossom Festival will seek to encourage aid to Japan this year. Reports the AP:
Organizers of the National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington are urging people to donate to the American Red Cross for earthquake relief efforts in Japan ahead of the festival that honors U.S.-Japanese relations.
Festival spokeswoman Danielle Piacente says they are working on plans to recognize the tsunami tragedy during the festival, which runs March 26 to April 10.
Reuters reports:
Japan's crisis will have macroeconomic repercussions beyond the country, the World Trade Organization (WTO) warned Tuesday.
Very small amounts of radiation have reached Iceland. Reuters reports:
Miniscule amounts of radioactive particles believed to have come from Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant have been detected as far away as Iceland, diplomatic sources said on Tuesday.
They stressed the tiny traces of iodine -- measured by a network of international monitoring stations as they spread eastwards from Japan across the Pacific, North America and to the Atlantic -- were far too low to cause any harm to humans.
Japan's human crisis is being compounded by an economic one. Reports Reuters:
The tsunami that hit Japan this month took such a huge toll on people, equipment and fish that supplies of some seafood could be cut off for a year or more, industry workers said on Tuesday.
The magnitude 9.0 quake on March 11 and the 10-meter (30-foot) tsunami it triggered are known to have killed more than 9,000 people and more than 12,000 are still missing.
But the damage to the coastline north of Tokyo has compounded the human tragedy with devastating commercial woes.
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Power lines have been reconnected to all six nuclear reactor units. The AP reports:
The operator of Japan's leaking nuclear plant says power lines have been hooked up to all six reactor units, though more work is needed before electricity can run through them.
The plant's operator, Tokyo Electric Power Company, announced the hookup Tuesday but cautioned that workers must check pumps, motors and other equipment before the electricity is turned on.
Reconnecting the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear complex to the electrical grid is a significant step in getting control of the overheated reactors and storage pools for spent fuels. But it is likely to be days if not longer before the cooling systems can be powered up, since damaged equipment needs to be replaced and any volatile gas must be vented to avoid an explosion.
|@ Reuters : FLASH: Japan econmin Yosano: Power shortages likely to have serious impact on Japan economy
|@ Reuters : FLASH: Japan nuclear safety agency: White smoke rising from reactor no.2 of stricken plant likely to be steam from spent-fuel pool
Details from the U.S. Geological Survey.
|@ Reuters : FLASH: Official death toll from Japan quake & tsunami now exceeds 9,000 - Kyodo
From ABC News:
A top U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission official today said the nuclear crisis in Japan is "on the verge of stabilizing," even as Japanese workers were forced to suspend relief efforts temporarily after gray smoke billowed from two reactors.
|@ BreakingNews : Radiation 1,600 times normal level is detected 12 miles from Fukushima plant, IAEA reports - Kyodo News
Reuters reports:
Japanese authorities have taken a major step in managing a nuclear crisis by connecting all six earthquake-damaged reactors to power supply, but it's too soon to say the crisis has reached a turning point, experts said on Monday.
Power has been connected but not switched on to crank up most coolers and pumps, which may have been badly damaged in the quake and tsunami that on March 11 triggered the world's worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl. Only one pump has been activated.
Reuters is reporting that the Fukushima plant had a history of safety concerns that are now under review:
When the massive tsunami smacked into Fukushima Daiichi, the nuclear power plant was stacked high with more uranium than it was originally designed to hold and had repeatedly missed mandatory safety checks over the past decade.
The Fukushima plant that has spun into partial meltdown and spewed out plumes of radiation had become a growing depot for spent fuel in a way the American engineers who designed the reactors 50 years earlier had never envisioned, according to company documents and outside experts.
At the time of the March 11 earthquake, the reactor buildings at Fukushima held the equivalent of almost six years of the highly radioactive uranium fuel rods produced by the plant, according to a presentation by Tokyo Electric Power Co to a conference organized by the International Atomic Energy Agency.
Along with questions about whether Tokyo Electric officials waited too long to pump sea water into the plants and abandon hope of saving them, the utility and regulators are certain to face scrutiny on the fateful decision to store most of the plant's spent fuel rods inside the reactor buildings rather than invest in other potentially safer storage options.
The first confirmed death of an American in Japan has been announced. Teacher Taylor Anderson was killed in the earthquake, officials say. MSNBC reports:
An American family was in mourning Monday after learning that their daughter and sibling, a teacher and lifelong student of Japanese culture, had been found dead in Japan –- the first known American victim of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.
Taylor Anderson, a 24-year-old from Richmond, Va., had lived in Japan since August 2008. She was last seen after the powerful earthquake struck Japan on March 11, riding her bike away from the school where she taught after helping to get her students home.
Read the entire report here.
Grain cargoes are once again reaching Japan. Reports Reuters:
Grain cargoes are reaching Japanese ports after disruptions at terminals last week due to an earthquake and tsunami that held up shipments, shipping and trade sources said on Monday. Sources said vessels were using other ports that had not been affected to discharge cargoes.
The death toll from the earthquake and tsunami has been raised to 21,000. Kyodo reports:
The total number of people killed or reported missing as a result of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami that hit northeastern Japan stood at 21,459 as of 9 p.m. Monday, the National Police Agency said, while growing signs of reconstruction emerged, with access restored to all communities in the disaster-struck coastal prefecture of Iwate.
Read more here.
Food radiation contamination is more serious than was originally thought. Reuters reports:
The World Health Organization said on Monday that radiation in food after an earthquake damaged a Japanese nuclear plant was more serious than previously thought, eclipsing signs of progress in a battle to avert a catastrophic meltdown in its reactors.
Engineers managed to rig power cables to all six reactors at the Fukushima complex, 240 km (150 miles) north of Tokyo, and started a water pump at one of them to reverse the overheating that has triggered the world's worst nuclear crisis in 25 years.
Some radiation has been found in seawater in Japan. Reports Reuters:
|@ BreakingNews : Japan's nuclear plant operator says traces of radiation found in sea water nearby - Reuters
Miraculous survivor Jin Abe, who was found with his grandmother nine days after the quake, speaks here:
New estimates of the damage put the price tag at 0 billion. Reuters reports:
The Japanese earthquake and tsunami caused a total economic loss of up to 0 billion, about 5 percent of Japan's output, according to an initial estimate from risk modeling agency RMS.
The AP is reporting that smoke rising from two reactors caused workers to flee:
Gray smoke rose from two reactor units Monday, temporarily stalling critical work to reconnect power lines and restore cooling systems to stabilize Japan's radiation-leaking nuclear complex.
Workers are racing to bring the nuclear plant under control, but the process is proceeding in fits and starts, stalled by incidents like the smoke and by the need to work methodically to make sure wiring, pumps and other machinery can be safely switched on.
The AP reports that Yukiya Amano, the United Nations' nuclear chief, says government reponses to nuclear crisis are flawed:
The United Nations' nuclear chief says Japan's nuclear crisis has exposed serious problems in how governments respond to disasters, and how they must improve their responses.
Yukiya Amano says information must be transmitted more quickly by governments and that international experts must exchange information more rapidly.
He also said Monday in remarks to a 35-nation emergency meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency that the role of the agency itself may need to be reviewed.


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Knisley pitched a seven-inning shutout, allowing two hits and a walk while striking out five, in the Shockers' victory against Findlay Post 3, which was 14-0 entering the game.
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Just because Smilin' Tim Tebow is careful about how he exhibits pride doesn't mean he can't deliver a forceful stiff-arm to shame.
While walking away from the news conference held each Wednesday for the Broncos' starting quarterback, Tebow was informed how his 22 carries were a big deal.
"Why not?" he said. "I'm not going to hide from it."
The 22 carries are a big deal because as far as the NFL knows, it's the most carries ever by a quarterback. The caveat is that the NFL knows about such statistics going back to 1950. Far as Minnesota coach Leslie Frazier is concerned, 61 years is far enough. Frazier's Vikings play the Broncos on Sunday in the Mall of America Metrodome.
"It's almost like having a running back back there because those numbers are the kind of numbers we'd like to have for Adrian (Peterson) each week," Frazier said by phone Wednesday.
Peterson is arguably the NFL's top running back, averaging 1,446 rushing yards and 13 rushing touchdowns per season.
"It is amazing Tebow can take all that punishment," Broncos cornerback Champ Bailey said. "It just goes to show he's not a normal quarterback."
The previous known record for quarterback carries was 20, set by San Francisco's Billy Kilmer, who ran Red Hickey's shotgun-wildcat formation in a 1961 game at Minnesota. This was Kilmer a year after he was a single-wing tailback for UCLA, and a year before a fractured leg from a car accident turned him into a strong-armed, if wobbly, pocket passer.
"I pull for Tebow every day," said Kilmer, who is 72 and playing a lot of golf near his home in Coral Springs, Fla. "I was similar to him in that everybody thought I was a runner and nobody thought I could pass. And I got labeled. And that's exactly what he's going through. I'm pulling for him 100 percent."
Tebow, with his 22 carries Sunday in a 16-13 overtime victory at San Diego, did something no NFL quarterback of record had done before. Yet, Tebow personally had done it many times previously.
In fact, there were five games at the University of Florida when he had 22 or more carries. There was one game against Ole Miss when Tebow had 27 carries with two touchdowns and 34 pass attempts for two more touchdowns.
"I remember I had something like 25 carries (actually 24) against Tennessee," Tebow said. "And in that game, I had about eight one-on-ones with (safety) Eric Berry. That was fun."
Tebow smiled at the recollection of his physical encounters with a safety who became the No. 5 pick in the 2010 draft and immediately became a starter for the Kansas City Chiefs.
Asked Wednesday if he sat back and smiled at what he and the team had accomplished in recent weeks (winning five of six, including their past four in a row), Tebow said, "I sit back and smile a lot just because I like to smile."
To think people are concerned about Tebow's safety and health because of all the hits he takes from running the ball. What those people need to realize is it's not all the Broncos coaches' fault that Tebow runs so much.
There weren't 22 quarterback runs called by offensive coordinator Mike McCoy on Sunday. There were pass plays that ended with Tebow running and read-option plays that ended not with a handoff to a tailback, but Tebow keeping the ball.
Tebow has an unconditional love for running the football.
"Honestly, I'm more sore from the workout I had (Tuesday) than I am from the game," said Tebow, who had six of his carries in the overtime.
"Teams have been running the quarterback for years," Broncos coach John Fox said. "Just not in this league. Cam Newton ran it and won a national championship (at Auburn University) last year. And that's not slouch football. Half those guys are playing in our league now."
Kilmer used to run. He later became a good enough pocket passer to lead George Allen's Washington Redskins to the 1972-season Super Bowl. He thinks that while Tebow is much bigger and faster than he was, the second-year lefty eventually will have to pass more and run less.
"You take a beating as a running back," Kilmer said. "Those guys will beat you down if you carry it too many times. But when I watch him, he doesn't take direct hits. Not that he slides, but as a running back, he knows how to give with the tackle. And he will get better at throwing the ball. He will."
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|I don't quite see it so, the history of the USCT was heavily downplayed after the war and they have never really been given their due by either side of the scrap.
I agree. But this hidden agenda would have been worse having blacks fight for the South.
As time goes on, there will be found more Black Confederate Soldiers.
The best respect they were given was by the men who fought beside them and those who commanded them.
That was the same with Southern soldiers and their Black compatriots
IMO the Lost Cause movement had to do everything possible to push the idea that slavery had anything to do w/ the war to the rear...
Which was pushed there by the yankee winners to save face about slaves fight for the South and reminds the South everyday about slavery.
and the myth of the Black Confederate does that.
You can't have it both ways. First you say there were 1200 at best and now you say it is a myth.


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CSU senior Greg Smith pushes through Nevada defenders on Saturday during the Rams' win against Nevada at Moby Arena in Fort Collins. / Dawn Madura/The Coloradoan
Next up: Fresno State vs. CSU, 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas
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LAS VEGAS — CSU doesnt have much to say about its recent postseason struggles.
The Rams dont deny wins in March have been hard to come by. Since Colorado State Universitys three four-year seniors Dorian Green, Greg Smith and Pierce Hornung made their way to campus in 2009-10, the Rams have made six postseason appearances, including three Mountain West tournaments.
Their record? 1-6.
CSU, the No. 2 seed at 24-7, has a good chance to improve that record when it faces No. 7 Fresno State (11-18) in the quarterfinals of the Mountain West Championships at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas.
They have losses three consecutive years in the opening rounds of the College Basketball Invitational, NIT and NCAA Tournaments plus losses in each of the past three years in the Mountain West tournament. They had their first taste of victory in the conference tourney last season. Maybe history hasnt been kind to this group of seniors, but at this point they really dont care.
Its hard in the postseason because everyone is so focused. A lot of teams have some goals they can go out and get, even if they didnt have a great season. Every time you go out there in postseason play, everyone is playing their heart out, because a lot of teams are playing for their life, Smith said. This is what we live for, these big spotlight games and having all eyes on this tournament. We have to go out there and not get too high or too low.
New coach, new philosophy, new key players; this might as well be a new team.
Colton Iverson, playing his first and only season after transferring from Minnesota, was named the Mountain West Newcomer of the Year on Monday and changed the way CSU does business on the floor. Unlike the previous two seasons when the Rams would live or die by the 3-pointer, now they go through Iverson at the post, which has opened up offense all over the court.
The leagues Sixth Man of the Year, Daniel Bejarano, is also a new addition. Like Iverson, while Bejarano was on the team last year, he was forced to sit out due to NCAA transfer rules after coming over from Arizona. Bejarano still practiced and said the cohesion with this group is head and shoulders above what it was just eight months ago, which helped lead to the team posting a single-season record 24 wins.
And finally, of course, theres first-year coach Larry Eustachy. Because of him, defense and rebounding have become the mainstays for CSU. The Rams are on pace to set a conference record for positive rebounding margin in a season (currently at 12.4). Perhaps most importantly hes built this team to be tournament-ready.
Eustachy has stressed from the beginning how the Rams need to steadily improve throughout the course of the year, building a toughness to grind out a postseason run. Fruits of his labor are starting to show.
I think every team Ive coached can say that. Barring any injuries, it makes sense, you should be better as the year goes on. Eustachy said. I dont like the word peak, or those type of things. I think what you do as a coach is come out and practice, take it one game at a time, and if you do that not worry about the opponent, but about yourself. Maturity and advancement will take care of itself.
So its common sense that the way we do it has us at our best.
But its more than Eustachy who feels that way. Wes Eikmeier, a senior guard for the Rams, has been promising members of the media during the highs and lows of this season CSU would be playing its best basketball in the month of March.
Despite the Rams last three wins all coming against the bottom of the Mountain West Fresno State, Wyoming and Nevada theres no doubt in Eikmeiers mind CSU is playing better than ever.
The problem the past three years has been a lack of focus, experience and even talent. Thats not going to be an issue with whats commonly thought of as the best team in CSU history.
Those times weve lost in the Mountain West tournament, we havent been the most talented. We were coming up. This is a completely different team; we have more depth and a plan for the postseason, Eikmeier said. Coach has broken down some of the past with us and he knows what hes doing.
Our defense has stepped up to a new level and weve been getting better every game. You have to take strides this time of year, and thats what were doing.
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Posted on: February 27, 2012 6:18 pm
Do high ratings mean Rory is the new Tiger?
By Shane Bacon
The ratings for the Accenture Match Play finals between Hunter Mahan and Rory McIlroy were the highest non-Tiger final since the tournament started in 1999. The numbers could have been for a few reasons (no real sports competitor with the rainout at Daytona and the NBA being on All-Star weekend), but what if it was simply because we've found the next Tiger Woods?
Now I'm not one of those guys that sits here and searches for that person. Rory McIlroy will never be 100 percent of Tiger Woods. Tiger changed the game of golf forever, and his ability to transcend sports was exactly why he was such a big deal. But eventually someone was going to come along to be the successor of Woods. A talent that wins early, wins by a lot, and does so in the big events.
Sure, McIlroy has fallen on his face as many times on the big stage as he has won (see 2011 Masters and the Accenture), but that many people coming to watch Rory play means that something is up, and it's a great thing for the game of golf.
If Rory can bring that many views to something like the Accenture, playing against Mahan, imagine what would happen if he found himself going head-to-head with a HUGE name in golf on the biggest stage? If Rory was to face Tiger, or Phil, or Lee or Luke in the final round of the Masters, we'd really see what the McIlroy movement would do.
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Tags: Hunter Mahan, match play, Rory McIlroy, Shane Bacon, Tiger Woods
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MMSC: Mahan, McIlroy and The Question Mark
By Shane Bacon
A Mahan masterpiece or a McIlroy mulligan?
The crazy thing about match play format is the fact that a lot of the times you don't get the best "TV matchup" when you get down to the final four players. We hardly ever get the two best players in the world going against each other, and a lot of the times one of the people in the finals isn't exactly warranting views, but it was a nice surprise when Rory McIlroy and Hunter Mahan ended up being the final two men standing in Marana.
Mahan is a talented American who has always been a golfer to watch, and has had marginal success on the PGA Tour. McIlroy, of course, is Tiger 2.0, a kid with curly hair, a desirable golf swing and the swagger to become the best at a very young age.
And while we didn't really pick this as one of our hopeful matches to begin the week, it was definitely satisfying. Mahan had played some of the best golf heading into the finals and McIlroy was searching for something that would have made all the headlines if it happened. But did it turn out to be Mahan's victory of Rory's defeat?
McIlroy admitted after his finals loss that grinding out a win against Lee Westwood in the semifinals might have taken more out of him than he initially thought possible, but I'm not so much into buying that as I am to think that he simply got beat by a guy playing better golf.
Mahan seemed to keep hitting the shot he needed at the right time, rolled in some clutch putts and would have beat McIlroy even worse if not for a nasty lip-out on the 16th green. Rory is the type of player that could go on Tiger-like runs with his game, but it sure doesn't seem like he's there quite yet.
For now, we can all enjoy the fact that an American with an equally impressive golf swing and flat-brimmed custom caps took down an incredible field and did it on his own terms.
McIlroy will have his chance to win this tournament when he's ready. For now, Mahan notched his third PGA Tour win in as many years, and second World Golf Championships trophy.
The Question Mark rookie
There is something incredibly brilliant about a good nickname in sports, and a rookie that outlasted a tour vet in an eight-hole playoff at the Mayakoba Classic might have the best nickname of them all.
John Huh is a big-time player, and in his fifth career PGA Tour event, won after Robert Allenby did just about everything in his power to give Johnny Question Mark the event before a playoff even ensued.
Allenby had a two-shot lead standing on the 18th tee, but knowing that it's 2012 and no lead is safe, hit driver into the trees and carded a double-bogey.
Ten holes later, Huh was the champion and Allenby was left wondering how the heck he didn't get his first PGA Tour win since 2001.
Note to just about everyone with a big lead on the final hole; it's okay to hit an iron off the tee. Nobody is going to make fun of the way you win if you win. Anything goes if it means you leave with the trophy.
One Last Tiger Note
I got a lot of messages from people that mentioned something about Tiger Woods not really looking into his matches this week at the Accenture. A few people mentioned that it almost seemed like he was just working on some stuff and getting ready for this week's Honda Classic.
But in our Tiger Vernacular Handbook, wouldn't that go against everything he has ever said when he talks about playing? He stays true to certain phrases, and "coming here to win" is one of his favorites. If he has some things to work on, that's fine, but I don't think Tiger is heading to a big event like the Accenture in hopes of practicing and "finding" something for the next week's event.
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Posted on: February 26, 2012 11:19 pm
Winners and losers from a great match play week
By Shane Bacon
Hunter Mahan -- Obviously. Mahan played some incredibly inspired golf, beating some big names in the game and stepping up to Rory McIlory, who was playing for something much bigger than just the Marana trophy. Also, with his recent Presidents Cup success, Mahan has shown he's a match play titan, and is music to Ryder Cup captain Davis Love III's ears.
Ping Golf -- They had three of the top four finishers rocking their new equipment, and the talk of the week was Mahan's new Nome putter that seemed to help Hunter knock in just about any big putt he needed to make.
Mark Wilson -- This guy needs to be known more than he is, and this week showed that no matter how short he hits it off the tee, his iron play and short game are second to none. Wilson has won three PGA Tour events in just over 13 months. People need to start acknowledging him as an A-class player in golf.
Sang-Moon Bae -- Look at the list of players Bae knocked off before losing to Rory Mcilroy; Ian Poulter, Charl Schwartzel, and John Senden. Sure, the last wasn't the biggest name possible, but Bae made McIlroy sweat, and showed that he's a name we must remember when major championship week rolls around.
Rory McIlroy -- Yes, he made it to the finals, and yes, he nearly became the top dog in golf, but if McIlroy wants to be The Man, he must close these types of tournaments out. He has played some incredible golf over the last few months, but winning is everything, and his game in the finals seemed shaky at best.
Tiger Woods -- Anytime Tiger isn't in the hunt he's considered a loser, but boy did he look lost this week with his golf swing. When the season started I thought Woods was close with his game. Now? I'm not so sure even he could be convinced he's ready to win a PGA Tour tournament.
Luke Donald -- You're the number one ranked golfer in the world, and no matter who you're playing, you can't lose in the first round of a tournament you're defending. Donald showed that while the rankings say he's the best, his game might not agree.
Rickie Fowler -- Another week, another disappointment. I think Fowler is a good player, but it seems his name rings louder than his game. Fowler lost in the first round to a veteran that admitted after his match that he'd spent the last week away from golf. Not the best endorsement for Fowler's time to win PGA Tour events.For more golf news, rumors and analysis, follow Shane Bacon and Eye On Golf on Twitter.
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Posted on: February 21, 2012 6:33 pm
Edited on: February 22, 2012 1:23 pm
Matches we'd love to see at the Accenture
By Shane Bacon
Graeme McDowell vs. Hunter Mahan (second round) -- I'm fairly certain Mahan would love a piece of McDowell in match player after what happened at the 2010 Ryder Cup, and it would be the featured round of Thursday.
Adam Scott vs. Dustin Johnson (third round) -- I just like the idea of zero University of Arizona girls going to class on Friday so they can head out and see Mr. Scott vs. Mr. Johnson.
Martin Kaymer vs. Bubba Watson (third round) -- I think just about everyone would be excited to see this rematch of the 2011 semi-finals, just as long as Kaymer leaves the scarf at home.
Rory McIlroy vs. Jason Day (quarter-finals) -- I have a feeling this will happen, and I'm absolutely jazzed about it.
Rory McIlroy vs. Tiger Woods (semi-finals) -- Do I really need to explain why this would be awesome?
Posted on: March 24, 2011 4:49 pm
Steady Mahan gets his kicks at Bay Hill
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Care to walk a mile in Hunter Mahan's shoes?
Not sure you could afford it.
Mahan, one of the most consistent players in the game over the early 2011 season, fired a 3-under 69 on Thursday to claim a share of the morning lead at the Arnold Palmer Invitational on Thursday and was quickly complimented on his flashy footwear, which has white leather and flashy black stripes.
"You should have seen what I had yesterday," the Californian said. "A blue, snakeskin look. Sharp."
You knew bluesnakes existed, right?
"You haven't seen those?" Mahan said? "I killed him myself. In Texas, we've got 'em."
Mahan, 28, is doing just fine hunting actual birdies and eagles. He already has four top-9 finishes this year and thus far this season has eliminated the ups and downs he's experienced in past years. Learning when to lay back and when to pounce seems to be a key to his success. With the wind swirling and scores going only moderately low, he throttled down.
"I really hit my spots," he said. "I played smart. There's so much water and trouble you've got to play it safe if it's not there."
Mahan didn;t play last week and showed up wearing a scraggly beard and the beginnings of a goattee. He admits that he has trouble growing in the connecting parts between his chin and sideburns. He would if he could.
"Like Brian Wilson," he said of the San Francisco Giants relief pitcher. "I'd black it all out."
Red dye would be more fitting, considering he's been painting scoreboards in that hue all year.
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The Air Force's intelligence chief wants to use the stealthy, sensor-laden F-22 Raptor to collect information because spying isn't about specific platforms.
Lt. Gen. David Deptula made his case for a different use of the fighter during a speech before the Air Force Association, a civilian aerospace group that promotes air power and national defense.
"If I was king for a day, I'd get rid of these traditional, industrial-age labels" the Pentagon-wide aircraft designation system that puts the F in F-22 and use each aircraft for a wider variety of missions, said Deptula, deputy chief of staff for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance.
Deptula was firm in lobbying for the F-22 as an ISR tool, saying the jet that officials have called a "Hoover vacuum cleaner of information" could "absolutely" replace intelligence planes such as the RC-135 Rivet Joint, but pointed out a technical challenge getting the data off the fighter jet quickly.
Right now, the F-22 can share data only with other F-22s, using Intra-Flight Datalinks that can swap data undetected while over enemy territory. At last year's Joint Expeditionary Force Experiment, though, an F-22 shared IFDL data with several older fighter jets using a modified Northrop Grumman Battlefield Airborne Node data translator.
For Deptula, the F-22 would satisfy one of his biggest needs: a long-range, stealth spy plane that can survive the latest air defense systems being sold around the world by Russia and China.
Nonetheless, Deptula noted that large UAVs have "lots of potential." He showed a slide of a notional stealthy medium-sized UAV dubbed MQ-Xa, which could handle close-air support, ISR, electronic warfare, communications relay, collection, dissemination, specialized ISR and aerial refueling using a "modular payload" system sometime in the near future.
Deptula's comments Dec. 2 came two days before the Air Force acknowledged it is flying a stealth UAV, dubbed the RQ-170 Sentinel, in Kandahar, Afghanistan.
While sources in the Air Force and Sentinel's builder, Lockheed Martin, would not say anything more about the drone, there is widespread speculation that it is being flown from Afghanistan to spy on neighboring Iran, which has concentrated its air defenses on its border with Iraq.
Teal Group analyst Steve Zaloga, however, surmises the RQ-170 is simply a prototype. Flying the drone in Kandahar would let the Air Force "try it out in a more realistic environment than you could get in the U.S.," he said.
"I can't imagine the U.S. government would want a UAV [getting shot down] in Iran," since this would put the Air Force's latest stealth technology in Iranian hands, he said.
Instead, the RQ-170, nicknamed the "Beast of Kandahar" by the media, is likely the tip of the iceberg for a bevy of secret unmanned combat air vehicles, he said.
Aircraft such as the RQ-170, Zaloga pointed out, fulfill part of Deptula's call for stealthy planes that can penetrate 21st-century air defenses.
Zaloga said he sees stealth UCAVs as part of a project to build a replacement for the Air Force's retired F-117 stealth fighter in the suppression of enemy air defenses, known as SEAD.
The F-22 has its own mission, and it's not SEAD, he said. "Why are you going to waste an aircrew in the SEAD mission?" he said.
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Terone Johnson finished with a career-high 25 points Wednesday, leading Purdue to a 68-61 win over No. 11 Illinois.
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After matching the inconsistency of the team's 6-6 start, Purdue's two most experienced players stood up to be counted in a big way Wednesday night in the Boilermakers' 68-61 upset victory against 11th-ranked Illinois in the teams' Big Ten Conference opener in Mackey Arena.
Johnson, who led all scorers with a career-best 25 points, and Byrd, who added 15, each scored nine in Purdue's 22-4 game-winning run that began with a Johnson runner with 11:39 to play and was capped by two Johnson ...


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2014 JBFA Seattle Finalists Announced: Why It's a Big Deal
Finalists for the 2014 James Beard Foundation Awards have been announced, and it's a pretty good show for Seattle.
But before I present the short-list, let's talk about why this award is such a big deal. While it may not mean much to the average consumer, this accolade is a huge honor for folks in the industry. Here's why.
Josh Henderson, creator of the Huxley Wallace Collective, who's up for a JBFA for the design of his restaurant Westward, says it's a sense of accomplishment, "like, 'We did it!' It's a big deal for the restaurant, for the cooks and everyone involved. It's like a celebration — all your hard work has paid off. You work so hard, you need an excuse to celebrate every once in a while. It's important."
Important also, says Henderson, because the award is voted on by your peers (former JBA winners get to vote). Roux's Matthew Lewis agrees, saying there's something special about getting a nod of approval from the extra critical eyes of people in the industry.
Same with RN74's David Varley. "It matters because it's a recognition of something from your peers and it puts you on the map nationally. Not that it should matter, but it does."
"The guests don't know, it's all about the industry. The only thing a chef cares about are what his friends think. We're the most insecure…peer recognition is a big deal. It's the most important thing for us, especially when you're just starting out."
Starting out, like first-time restaurateur Eric Donnelly, who is still reeling (no pun intended) after getting onto the semi-finalists list with his restaurant RockCreek.
"When you're young and very ambitous, which I still am, it was always a goal of mine, 'Some day, I'm gonna bust my ass and get nominated for a JBA!' and then I get this phone call and I'm like, 'What? You have the wrong guy,' because all of the sudden my new restaurant — it almost isn't real to me."
And now, presented without interruption, the Seattle finalists for the 2014 James Beard Awards.
Best Chef Northwest
Renee Erickson, The Whale Wins
Jason Franey, Canlis
Ethan Stowell, Staple & Fancy
Rising Star Chef of the Year
Blaine Wetzel, The Willows in on Lummi Island
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Huxley Wallace Collective, Josh Henderson and Matthew Parker, Westward
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Gluten-Free Girl Every Day, Shauna James and Dan Ahern
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Craig Welch, The Seattle Times, "Sea Change: The Pacific's Perilous Turn"
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MINDEN - Creighton Hill Community Development Corp. will hold a workshop at 10 a.m. Saturday and again on May 10 at Greater Saint Paul Baptist Church, 510 High St., to offer home ownership tips.
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NATCHITOCHES - Cane River Creole National Historic Park will hold two free events Friday and Saturday commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Civil War's Red River Campaign.
Friday, a free, all-day Civil War Academic Round Table will be held at the National Center for Preservation Technology and Training featuring presentations from scholars, museum professionals and local historians. Among the speakers are Natchitoches residents Susan Dollar, Joe Darby, Thom Brennan, Rolanda Tea, and Buddy Maggio.
The event will also feature presentations from Louisiana State Parks employees and Arkansas historians. National Park Service Chief Historian Robert Sutton will deliver the keynote address, and Joseph McGill from the Slave Dwelling Project, will be at Magnolia Plantation from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. to visit with the public.
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Did they send me a book to review?
Dang nab it…NO!
They have artfully circumnavigated this common publisher's ploy by posting a slide show with select pages for you to view!
Visit No Guff Vegetable Gardening for your preview of the first No Guff Gardening book. (View it full screen to appreciate the cheerful artwork by Mariko McCrae)
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think pointless new products
think old theories passed off as new
think baseless over-the-fence tips
think greenwashing
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think about things that had you brimming with expectation…and let you down.
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Jeffrey Dalrymple and Stephanie Chase, both of Menasha.
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Ryan Voldsness and Susan Benoit, both of Neenah.
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Leon Crowder IV and Lani Cox, both of Oshkosh.
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If you're lucky enough to live near a Vietnamese supermarket then take full advantage of it and experiment. They're usually a one-stop shop for everything: soy sauce, fish sauce, every kind of chilli sauce, herbs, spices, fresh vegetables, noodles, fish and meat.
If you find a particularly large Vietnamese supermarket you can usually pick up a great selection of cheap, sharp meat cleavers, perfect for Vietnamese cooking and not just for meat. The other great thing is that they tend to stock a good range of tofu along with a serious amount of fresh and frozen herbs and greens, offering plenty of variation. Look out for Thai holy basil or purple basil. This is such a distinctive herb with a strong aniseed taste to it and is great with Tom Yum, spicy Pad Thai or uncooked in salads.
Tom Yum is a personal favourite: really easy and super quick to make. Part of its appeal is that you can add whatever vegetable you have knocking about, along with as much chilli as you can handle. I made this with a generous side of garlic and courgette egg fried rice.
Tom Yum Goong with garlic, courgette & egg fried rice:
Feeds: 4-6
Cooking Time: 20mins
Top Tip – Take a trip to your Vietnamese supermarket ( a regular supermarket will often stock this too) for the Tom Yum paste – double check you don't pick out one with shrimp paste.
3 x tbsp of Tom Yum paste added to 2 pints of water.
Vegetables :
1x Fresh tomato (sliced into 6)
Handful of button mushrooms
6 x Baby corn
Handful of Spinach
Fennel- Finley sliced (not traditionally used but I think it's a great addition)
1 x Fresh lime
Thai basil- left whole
Coriander – finely sliced to garnish
Spring onion-finely sliced to garnish
If you're feeling adventurous and want to make your own paste; Add the below to your water when beginning to cook.
1 1/2 tablespoons Nam Prik Pao (Thai roasted chili paste)
1 x Lemongrass stalk (crushed and added whole)
1 x Fresh red chilli – medium for medium heat, small (birds eye) for serious heat
2 inches Galangal / or ginger if you can't find this (they're from the same family)
1 x Fresh lime
1x tsp of chilli powder
5 x Kaffir lime leaves -you can buy these frozen and they're as good as fresh, they have such a strong fragrant flavour, these are a must
Thai basil – left whole
Coriander – finely sliced to garnish
Spring onion – finely sliced to garnish
Vegetables as above.
Add all of the above (NOT the veg at this stage) to 2 pints of water and bring to the boil before turning the heat down and simmering. Once the paste or herbs and spices have infused (after about 10 mins) and your rice is cooked add the veg. I make sure I add the veg a max of 3/4 mins before serving so it remains as fresh and crunchy as possible. This is traditionally served with fresh seafood but don't be put off by this. This can be a fantastic vegetarian dish, full of flavour and packed full of any vegetables that you fancy. You can add tofu too and I would recommend a smoked tofu to go with this dish.
Garlic, Courgette Egg Fried Rice
I can't deny that I'm a big fan of this dish too…
Serves 4-6
Cooking Time 20 mins
1 x Cup of basmati rice (cooked in 1.5 of water)
4 x Large cloves of garlic – crushed and chopped
1 x Spring onion
1/2 Courgette – finely sliced and cubed
2 x Eggs
1 x splash of dark soy sauce
2 x Glugs of sesame oil
First cook the rice by bringing it to the boil then simmering for 20 mins. Add half a clove of garlic to the water to infuse the rice. In the meantime, crush and finely slice your garlic. Add the courgette and gently cook it in the sesame seed oil until the garlic's golden before making a well in the middle of the courgette and garlic.
Add your pre-whisked eggs, allowing them to cook for a moment before scrambling/breaking up with your spatula. When your eggs are nearly cooked add the cooked rice, a glug of dark soy sauce and your finely sliced spring onions and coriander. Mix thoroughly and serve. Make sure you save some coriander and spring onion to garnish alongside your Thai basil. The flavour of the garlic and sesame seed oil combine both a nuttiness and warmth which really makes this dish. I could eat this every day and nothing else. So simple but so good!
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"Love Behind Bars"
It is often said that there is someone for everyone. But what if that someone is a murderer – who's already been convicted? Across America, women are falling in love – and even marrying – men who face spending the rest of their lives in prison. Why do they choose someone they may never be able to share their life with?
Tamara Robinson always knows where her soon-to-be husband, Troy West is, because he is serving a life sentence for murder at Louisiana State Penitentiary. Their wedding will take place in the prison chapel in front of family with no bells and whistles, not even a honeymoon. Tamara doesn't think a prison marriage is ideal, but if a couple loves each other it's great. Troy also hopes that his marriage will show a lighter side to him and maybe help him with his appeals.
Zayd Rashid is serving a 20 years to life sentence for murder, and for the past 10 years has been married to Asha Bandele, who has written a book about their relationship. Asha met Rashid when she was reading poetry to inmates at a New York State penitentiary. Although they tried to lead as normal a life as possible - they even have a daughter, conceived on a conjugal visit - it is not easy. The couple has separated.
Sheila and Dave Chenevert have known each other since they were kids. Dave is serving a life sentence for killing two people. 16 years later, after two failed marriages, Sheila divorced her second husband to marry Dave. Despite the fact that they will not be able to consummate their marriage, Sheila says she is still a sucker for romance, and that the physical aspects of love are not everything.
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Lakas–CMD (Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats) is a center-right political party in the Philippines. Its ideology is heavily influenced by Christian and Islamic democracy. The current party originated in 2009 with the merger of the original Lakas–CMD party with the Kabalikat ng Malayang Pilipino (KAMPI); it was known as Lakas Kampi CMD until 2012. The party produced one president, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, who was president when the two parties merged in 2009.
With Arroyo unable to run for a new term due to term limits, the party lost the 2010 presidential election with Gilberto Teodoro as its presidential nominee. The party retained its two senators, both incumbents, in the Senate election and became a part of the Liberal Party-led majority coalition; in the House of Representatives election, it won 47% of the seats contested in the district election, but most of its members were split into three groups, with many defecting to the Liberal Party, some formed the National Unity Party, and the remaining members were split into the majority and minority blocs, with its members heading the minority. On May 11, 2012, the party decided to revert to its original name and drop Arroyo's KAMPI from the coalition.[1] Lakas–CMD is currently one of the parties in opposition. In 2013, Sen. Bong Revilla assumed the new chairman of Lakas party. He is supposed to be the standard bearer of the party in the 2016 Presidential Election prior to his detainment at PNP custodial center at Camp Crame due to pork barrel allegations.[2][3]
Domination (2009-10)[edit]
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on June 18, 2008, confirmed the historical merger of the Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats (Lakas–CMD) and the Kabalikat ng Malayang Pilipino (KAMPI) parties. Both parties adopted the "equity of the incumbent" principle, as the merger would account for almost 200 national and 8,000 local officials, amid Mrs. Arroyo's prediction of 2010 elections victory. Prospero Nograles, Lakas President and Kampi Chair Ronaldo Puno signed the covenant at the Davao City regional caucus.[4][5] Former President and Lakas–CMD Chairman Emeritus Fidel V. Ramos announced on February 6, 2008 that Lakas–CMD would be the surviving entity after its merger with KAMPI.[6]
On August 9, 2009, Former House Speaker Jose de Venecia, Jr. and Former President Fidel V. Ramos led fifty members from the Lakas Kampi CMD in objecting to its merger with Kabalikat ng Malayang Pilipino (KAMPI) on May 28, 2009. The faction made de Venecia its President with Ramos as the Chairman Emeritus of the new party, Ramos refused the offer of Chairman Emeritus of Lakas-Kampi after being named in interim party organization. De Venecia has filed a resolution at the Commission on Elections to declare null and void the merger.[7] However, the Supreme Court ultimately upheld the legality of the merger,[8] citing the failure of de Venecia "to sufficiently show that any grave abuse of discretion was committed by the Commission on Elections in rendering the challenged resolution."[9]
Decline (2010-present)[edit]
Since Benigno Aquino III was sworn in as President of the Philippines on June 30, 2010, the majority of the former legislative member of Lakas-Kampi were sworn as a members of the reborn Liberal Party traditionally part of the Padrino System. In 2011, the legislators led by Pablo P. Garcia established the neutral National Unity Party, which has many similarities with the Nationalist People's Coalition. In 2013, the party suffered its largest decline, due to the arrest of the party's matriarch, Rep. Glora Arroyo; however the remaining party largely supports the United Nationalist Alliance, with candidates from among its former members such as Migz Zubiri, Richard Gordon and Mitos Magsaysay.
For the 2016 Presisential Elections, Lakas will possibly supports either Vice President Jejomar Binay or Sen. Grace Poe-Llamanzares.
Party officials[edit]
- Chairman Emeritus: Former President Fidel V. Ramos
- National President: Ferdinand Martin Romualdez
- Co-Chairmen:
- Minority Floor Leader and Representative Danilo Suarez, 3rd District of Quezon
- Representative Simeon A. Datumanong, 2nd District of Maguindanao
- Representative Rolando G. Andaya, 1st District of Camarines Sur
- Executive Vice President: Governor Arthur Defensor Sr., Iloilo
- Secretary-General: Representative Jose S. Aquino II, 1st District of Agusan del Norte
- SVP for Internal Affairs: Representative Bernardo Vergara, Lone District of Baguio City
- SVP for External Affairs: Representative Arthur Yap, 3rd District of Bohol
- SVP for Finance: Representative Aurelio Gonzales, Jr., 3rd District of Pampanga
List of Party Chairmen[edit]
- Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (2008–2009)
- Gilberto Teodoro (2009–2010)
- Amelita Villarosa (2010)
- Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (2010–2011)
- Edcel Lagman (2011-2012)
- Bong Revilla, Jr. (2012–Present)
Candidates for the Philippine general election, 2010[edit]
- Gilbert Teodoro – Presidential Candidate
- Edu Manzano – Vice-Presidential Candidate
- Senatorial Slate (6)
- Silvestre Bello
- Ramon Guico
- Raul Lambino
- Rey Langit
- Lito Lapid
- Bong Revilla (also Guest Candidate of PMP and Nacionalista Party)
- Guest Candidates
- Miriam Defensor Santiago (from People's Reform Party also guest Candidate of PMP and Nacionalista Party) (won)
- Tito Sotto (from Nationalist People's Coalition) (won)
Electoral performance[edit]
|Number of votes
|Share of votes
|Outcome of election
|Gilberto Teodoro
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Vice president[edit]
|Number of votes
|Share of votes
|Outcome of election
|Edu Manzano
|Edu Manzano
|will support Bongbong Marcos or Gringo Honasan
This chart shows the electoral performance of the Lakas Kampi CMD in Senate elections since 2010.
|Number of votes
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|Seats won
|Seats after
|Outcome of election
2 / 12
4 / 24
|Split; PMP-led coalition, lost
|Did not participate
0 / 12
2 / 24
|Liberal Party-led coalition
House of Representatives[edit]
This chart shows the electoral performance of the Lakas Kampi CMD in House of Representatives elections since 2010.
|Number of votes
|Share of votes
|Outcome of election
107 / 287
|Split; Liberal Party-led coalition, lost
14 / 292
|Split; Liberal Party-led coalition, lost
- ^ [1] The Manila Times: Lakas drops GMA's Kampi from coalition
- ^ Boncocan, Karen (31 January 2013). "Bong Revilla a strong contender in 2016 – Lakas-CMD". Philippine Daily Inquirer.
- ^ "Bong Revilla off to surrender to anti-graft court". Rappler. https://plus.google.com/+Rappler. Retrieved 2015-11-11.
- ^ "Manila Standard Today - Latest News in the Philippines". Retrieved 19 April 2015.
- ^ "Lakas-CMD, Kampi merge". GMA News Online. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
- ^ "Ramos: De Venecia to remain president in Lakas-Kampi merger - INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos". Retrieved 19 April 2015.
- ^ "Lakas-Kampi-CMD merger in peril - INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos". Retrieved 19 April 2015.
- ^ "Manila Standard Today - Latest News in the Philippines". Retrieved 19 April 2015.
- ^ "Taxi hinoldap". philstar.com. Retrieved 19 April 2015.


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College students Callie Read and Haines Bennett rub each other the wrong way. And that's the way they like it. But there's an undercurrent of sexual interest that has their mutual friends betting that it's only a matter of time before they're doing it the right way.
But after a typical Friday night partying at the local campus pub, Hainsey takes is upon himself to teach Callie a much needed lesson about teasing the wrong guy. For her own good, of course.
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IOWA CITY, Iowa - The Iowa City Police Department is investigating an early morning taxi cab robbery and trying to determine if it's related to another robbery earlier this month.
Police took a report of a taxi cab robbery at 2:43 a.m. Monday. The victim told police he drove to 1929 F St. at the request of a fare. When the driver arrived at the address, he was allegedly approached by two black men.
Police said one of the men got into the cab and pulled a gun on the driver. The other man pulled a gun on the driver through the window of the cab. The driver handed over cash and the men fled the area in a silver car, police said.
The man who entered the cab was described as being skinny, in his early 20s and wearing a dark hoodie and stocking cap. The second man was also described as being in his early 20s and wearing a stocking cap, but with a more athletic build.
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The cost of farm items such as diesel and anhydrous ammonia is up considerably from this time last year. With the threat of war in Iraq and a crude oil strike in the South American country of Venezuela, it's unlikely that prices will fall anytime soon.
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The following letter to the editor, explaining how our health insurance premiums will rise under Obamacare, has been to submitted to newspapers around the state.
With the recent launch of Obamacare, we are certainly seeing the future of government-run healthcare. There have been hundreds of so-called "glitches" including delays, website problems, verification issues, and more.
And the implementation of this health insurance system will surely cost us more than just higher taxes and more government spending.
This fall, many Kansans will see their insurance premiums increase in cost. ObamaCare piles thousands of pages of rules and regulations upon on insurance market and requires insurance companies to provide a new, lengthy list of services. Unfortunately these benefits don't come without a cost; forcing all of us to pay more for health insurance.
Estimates suggest a 40 year old male in Kansas will pay more than double to buy insurance next year; an incredible sum for hardworking Kansas families.
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Nick Swisher has come to be defined as a classic Moneyball player. One of Billy Beane's picks in the draft that the book chronicles, Swisher is a power hitting outfielder that sees a ton of pitches and draws an obscene number of walks. He is a decent defender but not particularly fleet of foot, and...
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I'm a big fan of some of the Skaven models. The crew of the war engines, the lords, even the Stormvermin. being humanoid mutants, they fit the role of degenerate humans and they share a similar flavour with their dirty, experimental technology.
Warlord Spinetail arrived today, so I put the putty and scalpel to work. He's made up of all sorts of bits from all sorts of ranges and the claw is from an AT-43 model! See if you can guess them all.
In other news, while I quietly shake my head at the unoriginality of Mantic's races, I am very happy to see their 'Space Skaven' previews. They, as you can guess, will make great Dark Mechanicum models once I get my hands on them! Kudos, Mantic.
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The Kiwanis Golf Classic is set for April 26 at Highland Oaks in Dothan.
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