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Retired Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal said Monday he expects the U.S. military will maintain a presence in Afghanistan after the U.S. completes its withdrawal of combat forces in 2014.
McChrystal commanded U.S. forces in Afghanistan in 2010 and submitted his resignation after members of his staff were quoted in a Rolling Stone magazine article insulting Vice President Joe Biden and other members of the Obama administration.
Despite his resignation, McChrystal still keeps close contact with leaders throughout the Pentagon and Afghan President Hamid Karzai. Karzai hosted McChrystal and his wife in November 2011 at the president's palace. Karzai will join President Obama at the White House this week to discuss America's withdrawal and whether the U.S. will keep troops in Afghanistan past 2014.
"My guess is there will be a U.S. force presence, but I think it will be small enough where there is very specialized assistance to the Afghan government and Afghan military," McChrystal said in an interview with Military.com.
McChrystal said it will benefit both nations to keep U.S. troops in Afghanistan.
"I think some engagement with military forces on the ground is good. It helps them develop their military and actually it helps us do the same," McChrystal said.
The U.S. still has work to do to train the Afghan military and their government ahead of the withdrawal, McChrystal explained. U.S. forces have spent only three years "seriously" working to build up the Afghan National Security Forces.
"What I believe American policy now is to try to leave in place an Afghan government and security sector that is strong enough that withstands the kinds of pressure an insurgency gives," McChrystal said. "I think a lot of that has been done, but clearly it's not as far along as we would like, particularly in things like governance."
McChrystal spoke to Military.com on the day his memoir, "My Share of the Task," was released. The general chronicles the steps along his career with a focus on his commands in Iraq and Afghanistan. He led the secretive Joint Special Operations Command before taking command of U.S. forces in Afghanistan. He now leads his own consulting firm and teaches at Yale University.
McChrystal was the commander who recommended that Obama send 40,000 additional troops to Afghanistan to regain control of regions in Afghanistan retaken by the Taliban after the U.S. had focused more forces in Iraq.
Some called it Afghanistan's surge similar to the surge of troops retired Gen. David Petraeus led in Iraq to calm the growing sectarian violence in the city. McChrystal described in the book how he viewed the two surges differently. Petraeus needed additional troops in Iraq to provide security in Baghdad. He recommended the increase of troops in Afghanistan to provide a U.S. presence across the expansive terrain.
McChrystal's recommendation for 40,000 troops was a source of debate with Biden who had told the president he supported a smaller troop surge. Rolling Stone reporter Michael Hastings quoted anonymous members of McChrystal's staff at a bar in Paris insulting Biden. McChrystal issued his resignation to President Obama after the magazine article's publication.
The Army four-star took responsibility for the article saying he did not regret providing a journalist access to himself and his staff.
"I'm sorry what happened in my case, but I don't regret being as transparent as we were," McChrystal said.
He explained that the military's dealings with the media are a balancing act. Commanders have a responsibility to provide access and transparency while understanding they can't control what the media prints or broadcasts.
"People are going to write something and people are going to film something and people are going to think something. And the more transparency, the more likely they are to get it right," McChrystal said. "With that being said, there are times that it's just not going to go well. I think vetting is important, but you can only vet to a point."
McChrystal didn't work with the media often before taking command in Afghanistan. He spent his career in the secretive special operations world where reporter interviews and media embeds are rare. He took many of his media cues from his friend, Petraeus.
In 2009, he didn't want to do the CBS News 60 Minutes interview where he made his case for additional U.S. troops in Afghanistan. Petraeus talked him into it.
"He was right about that," McChrystal said about the interview that put Afghanistan back in national headlines.
Many will remember McChrystal's career for how it abruptly ended, and others will focus on his one-year command in Afghanistan, but many in the Army will remember him for his leadership of JSOC and the transformation the special operations community has seen in the last ten years.
Before Sept. 11, few American knew JSOC existed. Now, the command is probably the most well known in the U.S. military with its special operators the face of America's fighting force.
McChrystal fears the special operations community could get stretched thinner than it already has been in the past decade. An Army Green Beret, he worries politicians might extend special operations units beyond their limits.
"There's a danger right now that because special operations has been very effective that special operations will become the tool of choice and it will be used inappropriately. They will ask it to do things for which it's not designed and it will fail and everyone will be upset," McChrystal said.
He said the Army must work to further integrate conventional and special operations units. McChrystal said the U.S. military would have failed in Iraq had Special Forces and conventional units not worked together. However, Army leaders must work to prevent the dividers from coming back as deployment tempos slow down.
"Breaking down those walls was one of the biggest and best things we accomplished in Iraq," McChrystal said. "But it's not perfect and if you turn your back on that kind of thing, there's always some people who are building the walls back up and you're going to have those types of problems again."
The special operations community must continue to evolve after the completion of the Afghanistan withdrawal. McChrystal said special operations units will have to return to its roots and steer away from the laser focus on direct action missions.
"My sense is what happened after 2001 was that we hit a period where we got fixated on direct action operations," McChrystal said. "Almost the entire force was doing it. In some cases it was the right thing to be doing and in some cases we were missing opportunities to do other things."
He said JSOC leaders must work hard to keep special operators challenged when deployment tempos slow down. The units must also focus on developing a deeper pool of regional experts across the globe, not so focused on Iraq and Afghanistan, McChrystal said.
The former JSOC commander said he was especially proud of the focus on intelligence during his tenure. McChrystal spent more time guiding intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance assets than picking mission targets.
"Everybody wanted to learn more. Everybody wanted to understand that enemy. And that became powerful," he said.


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The Schools of Theology currently offer several different diplomas and are preparing to expand their programmes from August 2014.
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JoAnna and Madeline were determined to have a wedding celebration that not only made their long-time union legal, but also honored and celebrated all the family and friends who had supported them over the 17 years they had been together…but not able to get married in the eyes of the law. This was no long white gown, father gives away the young bride wedding. Instead, it was the joyous celebration of a long-standing same-gender couple's commitment to one another, reveling in the fact that their relationship was now on equal legal footing to anyone else's.
Madeline says the choice to get married at O.Henry was an easy one. She and JoAnna had heard that O.Henry and Proximity Hotels are open to same-gender weddings, and the O.Henry had enough space for their ceremony and reception, as well as luxurious and thoughtful genuine service for the folks whom traveled from out of town. The pair credit Jacob Bennett and the other staff at O.Henry with making the days leading up to their wedding – and of course, the wedding day itself – comfortable and special.
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Perfectly orchestrated and in keeping with the couples' personalities, the wedding was casual and fun, with a simple, intimate ceremony performed on what became the dance floor after dinner. Just a few of the personal touches Madeline and JoAnna organized with the help of O.Henry staff:
- The brides entered the ceremony to "Somewhere Over the Rainbow," and their first dance was to the Rod Stewart version of "Time after Time."
- The pair's granddaughters, Sophia (8) and Tenley (5), were the ring bearers and an essential part of the festivities.
- Owing to the brides' different taste in music, the reception playlist was filled with fun, energetic tunes from two different eras. Guests cut a rug to everything from "She Loves You," by the Beatles to "Can't Take My Eyes Off You, by Frankie Valley and "Girls Just Want to Have Fun," by Cyndi Lauper. They also made sure to play "Tarantella," the classic Italian wedding song. And to keep things fun for all ages, the couple requested classics like the Hokey Pokey and The Twist.
- Santa Claus was in attendance! With their families spread far and wide, the couple rarely get to celebrate Christmas with everyone…so they made sure Santa came to deliver favors and gifts to their guests.
How They Met
Originally from New York City, Madeline was living in Virginia Beach; Joanna lived in the Albany area. In 1998, a mutual friend in New York state insisted that Joanna and Madeline should make a connection, and the pair began writing one another letters. (Madeline says that Joanna has the most beautiful handwriting.) Letters turned into phone calls, and phone calls turned into the first in-person weekend visit. The women arranged to meet at the airport, but unfortunately, neither was wearing the outfit she had said she'd wear. Families reunited, couples paired off, and eventually, they were the last two women left in the terminal! Joanna says, "I loved her right away."
The Proposal
Joanna and Madeline moved to North Carolina to be near Madeline's daughter (from a previous marriage) and their grandchildren. For 17 years, the pair never imagined they could get married in North Carolina. After serving as witnesses for friends' wedding in Washington, DC, where same-gender marriage was legal, Joanna and Madeline discussed the idea of traveling to DC or New York to have their own wedding. However, it was important to them to stay in NC — a state where they wouldn't have the legal rights accorded to married couples — so they resigned themselves to never being married and pursued the avenues they could to ensure their medical rights and legal connections to one another.
Then, the unexpected happened: On October 14, 2014, a federal court decision found North Carolina's denial of marriage rights to same-gender couples unconstitutional. That day, Joanna was in New York, and she received a text with the news from Madeline, who was at home in Kernersville. As Joanna says, "Then, the pressure was on! They kind of proposed for us!"
The Food
Hors d'oeuvres passed after the ceremony included:
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Contemporary long wavelength infrared (LWIR) technology offers potential improvements in Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) systems. The Designating Optical Tracker (DOT) program being developed for the BMD Advanced Technology Center (BMDATC) is the latest sensor in a series of development and flight test programs. A DOT flight consists of an exoatmospheric probe launched from Kwajalein Missile Range (KMR) engaging a reentry vehicle train in the downrange portion of its flight from the Western Test Range (WTR). An essential step in preparing for each flight is calibration of the LWIR sensor sub-system. Basic performance and functional tests are performed by the supplier, Hughes Air-craft Company, and by Boeing during integration and vehicle-level tests. Detailed radio-metric calibration was performed at the McDonnell Douglas Advanced Sensor Evaluation and Test (ASET) facility. Tests were performed to determine the DOT sensor subsystem performance parameters, typical of those required by other LWIR sensors, to investigate sensor/ detector phenomenology, and to evaluate the proposed sensor timeline to be used during the mission. This paper describes the specific sensor parameter under investigation/calibration during each ASET test, the type of data collected, and the results of the data analysis.
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Date Published: 4 October 1979
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Proc. SPIE 0187, System Aspects of Electro-optics, (4 October 1979); doi: 10.1117/12.965588
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System Aspects of Electro-optics
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Proc. SPIE 0187, System Aspects of Electro-optics, (4 October 1979); doi: 10.1117/12.965588
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E. J. McCool, Ballistic Missile Defense Advanced Technology Center (United States)
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I am the founder and administrator of 911Lifeline.org, We are a forum, support, and resource center for public safety professionals who work as telecommunicators at 9-1-1 emergency dispatch centers. We provide our services via our Yahoo group, and our web site. We recently started drawings to recognize and reward our members. In particular, we are holding our first drawing to celebrate National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week. NPSTW is an annual event that takes place during the first full week in April. It was officially created by a proclamation signed in 1994 by former U.S. president Bill Clinton. If you are interested, you can read the proclamation at http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/print.php?pid=49952 Our members enter the drawings via email. At first, it was not clear how to fairly pick the winners, but then I became aware of Random.org. Each email is assigned a sequential number as it is received. Your random sequence generator is then used to randomize the entries. The first N numbers in the sequence, typically three, determine the winners. Thank you for your fine resource, and public service. Sincerely, Michael Wallach
From: Pat Cassady in Arlington, Virginia, USA
Date: 22 July 2006
I found your rng under "google - I feel luck" search and used the integer generator for pick 3 sets of lottery numbers and won on one of them. What the heck, it worked! Thanks for the generator, it's fun.
From: Cody Jones
Date: 13 September 2004
Just thought I would let you know that I use random.org to generate Lotto numbers for my Clan (Drake Knights) on Mech Crusaders. It's perfect for a small Lotto situation, great site, thanks.
From: Fred Glendening
Date: 1 September 2004
Mr. Wizard is a monthly contest based on a pretty neat on-line card trick. A $50 cash prize is awarded each month to both the winner and person who referred the winner to our site. The winner is chosen by first sequentially numbering each entry as it arrives then using the Web interface at random.org to select one of the numbers.
From: Tom Housley who is a Producer and Director for WHIO TV
Date: 17 August 2004
I produce a high school quiz show in Dayton Ohio (USA). Each year we can only choose 36 high schools, & we typically get about 70 schools who wish to play. I assign a number to each school, then use random.org to generate the field of teams that will compete. It's a completely fair way to choose the schools.
From: Scott Paterson
Date: 8 August 2004
Donation: Mads's Amazon Wishlist
I use the random number generator to pick winners in the various raffles I hold on The Saab Network web site. It's a group of Saab owners (250,000 visitors each month) that originally began on the Internet as a mailing list in 1988!
From: Thomas Andersen from the Australian Trade Commission
Date: 2 July 2004
Donation: Six bottles of very nice Australian wine :-)
Dear Mads, This is an expression of thanks for making your random number generator available. We use it to randomly draw winners in sweepstakes to promote Australian wine in Denmark! These sweepstakes will usually attract thousands of participants and we have found the generator, in addition to being extremely simple and quick to use, is a good reference if participants wish to know the method with which we draw winners.
From: LT William Marks, Executive Officer of the USS CONSTITUTION
Date: 4 May 2004
USS CONSTITUTION, known better as "Old Ironsides". The oldest commissioned warship afloat in the entire world. We use your program to choose winners for our July 4th lottery. We get thousands of entries from across the world each year and only choose 150 winners. Winners receive an invitation to be onboard the ship during our Turnaround Cruise in Boston Harbor. Thank you for a great program.
From: Carolyn Childs who is Managing Director for the Travel Research Centre
Date: 30 April 2004
We used it to generate the winner of 105,000 frequent flyer miles in a draw for an on-line survey conducted for a major international airline. That will get someone from Europe to Asia in Economy or Business Class to the Middle East/North Africa. Someone is pretty happy now! We normally do it internally on our own computer generator but the person who does that is on compassionate leave. So thanks for the use of your random.org. I'll make sure I credit you to our client..... Best regards from sunny Sydney
From: Teresa Maldonado from the Secondary Literacy Support Network (SLSN) in WestEd, Sacramento in California
Date: 4 March 2004
Greeting Mads, I'd like to thank you for having shared your random sequencer with the world and with me today! I am part of a statewide committee that is organizing the Secondary Literacy Summit IV, California's only conference for teachers and school principals dealing with literacy issues for middle schools and high schools. Finding your random sequencer was great today, and it will come in handy to create a raffle for our 410 participants. Visiting your website, I really enjoyed reading about your Smart Couch and wish you and your team luck in finding needed uses for this very unique concept.
From: Kelly Kennedy, who is the guidance technician at Chesterfield Community High School
Date: 5 December 2003
We are a charter high school in Chesterfield, Virginia, USA. I use random.org to assign numbers to student applications. We always have more applicants than positions available, so the most fair way to determine who gets offered a position at our school is using random.org to generate random sequences for a lottery. Thank you for making this process so easy for me; no one can question the fairness of your truly random numbers.
From: Sarah Bender from Make It Direct in Chicago, USA
Date: 5 December 2003
Hello and thank you. You have provided an easy, unbiased and scientific format for me to pick sweepstakes winners. We are a full service direct marketing and promotions company in Chicago and often have the need to handle a sweepstake pick. We've used your site to pick sweepstakes winners of airline travel, baseball games, pool tables, and various other prizes. So for all those lucky winners - you really are randomly selected! Thanks again.
From: Lyn Ashby
Date: 30 October 2003
I am a medical librarian and yesterday I hosted an open house at the library to celebrate all the changes we have made recently. As part of our celebration (and for incentive to drop in) I offered door prizes. A friend in our tech dept helped me set up and configure an extra time clock so that all visitors had to do to register was swipe their employee badge. After downloading this to excel, I used your generator to generate 3 numbers to determine winners of our door prizes. Easy peasie, one two three-sie!
From: Nancy Milstone
Date: 16 October 2003
I just came upon your website while trying to generate random numbers on a spreadsheet. I hadn't installed the feature and I was too lazy to look for the CD! My purpose is rather lame, I suppose, but I'm in a monthly contest to win yarn from PT Yarn and I have to choose 15 of 31 yarn names for a lottery every month. Your number generator made it quick and simple.
From: Kevin Waite, President of InstaPhoneCard
Date: 19 September 2003
Donation: Mads's Amazon Wishlist
Just wanted to send you a thank you for the random number website. [...] Random.org was the perfect solution for us. We use your site to randomly select monthly winners for our free AT&T prepaid phone card contest.
From: Jeff Pepper from Touchtown, Inc.
Date: 1 June 2003
Dr. Haahr, just a quick thank-you for your random.org website. I run a weekly contest for elderly residents of retirement homes in the US, and I have to select a prize winner from all the people who submit correct answers. So every week I assign sequential numbers to all the correct entries, and use your website to select the winner! Just thought you'd like to know your website is a valuable resource for us. Thanks again.
From: Carl Warrent
Date: 16 September 2002
I run a local nightlife site called Norwich Tonight. We give away free cinema tickets every month and use Random.org to choose the winners.
From: Steve Berry, Entertainment Producer with Channel Four Television
Date: 22 August 2002
Channel 4 Interactive uses random.org to generate winners of the regular competitions we run on the site. As there can be anything up to 15,000 entries, it helps to have something genuinely random, so we don't get accused of bias.
From: Nathan Cain from Web Magnets
Date: 7 June 2002
I am using random.org to choose a winner from the subscribers to my newsletter. Every month I choose a winner of 500 FREE Magnetic Business Cards. Thank you.
From: Dave Spada from Bridgewater Catholic Youth Ministry
Date: 5 March 2002
Thank you for your website. We run a youth ministry program that has about 110 teens involved. During the month of March we decided to do a calendar, with prizes for each day, as a fund raiser. We sold 600 calendars. Instead of the traditional pulling numbers from a hat we decided to use your website to draw the daily winners. It is working out wonderfully. In a letter that we sent out with each calendar we mentioned your website and included a link. Thanks again for providing this service and may God Bless You.
From: Dorette from the online savings guide Abusaki's Corner
Date: 24 September 2001
We run monthly contests on our site and I must say Random.org has been very helpful. We use it to choose our winners and it has been fair and just fine.
From: Chad Gilley from Around Town
Date: 19 August 2000
I am local content editor for our local on-line service. We use Random.org to select a winner for our weekly trivia contest. We give full credit to Random.org on the page. We've also used it to select winners of other contests for the web site.


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The Lost & Found is dedicated to celebrating the good things in life. Tucked in a comfortable corner of North Portland, it's the perfect spot to gather with close friends, reconnect with those you've lost, or find new ones altogether. While you sip fresh-made signature cocktails, craft beer, or local wine, you can enjoy the truly unique atomic Northwest atmosphere, custom made works of art, great music, delicious snacks, and a huge patio. And you can rest easy knowing you are in the care of the friendliest and hardest working staff in the entire city.The world is huge. Life is a journey. The Lost & Found is a destination.
UpperCase Studios is all about making. Making stuff for fun or making stuff because you just gotta do it. Inspiration comes from a variety of sources and experiences enjoyed here in the great Northwest. Bringing the outdoors inside has been a recurring theme, first as a glass artist and large canvas painter. A stint as a model maker and set dresser for a local stop animation shop blew open the doors by adding power tools to my arsenal. The SuitCase Lamps are an extension of this process. Come in or visit uppercasestudios.com to view or purchase these awesome SuitCase Lamps.


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text: Cowes Week – Isle of Wight Cowes week is a spectacular sailing event that takes place in August each year and is regarded as one of the UK's longest running and successful sporting event of its kind. Although sailing is the top billing this is also a great day out for everyone with live music, street entertainment, stores and food available. The event has been running since 1886 and now host over 1,000 boats taking place in up to 40 sailing events daily. Traditionally, Cowes Week takes place after Glorious Goodwood and before the Glorious Twelfth (the first day of the grouse shooting season) – occasionally the traditional dates are changed to ensure optimum racing, taking account of the tides or, as in 2012, to avoid a clash with the Olympic Games. Over the years the event has attracted British and foreign royalty, and many famous faces. Although the regatta is over 180 years old, it is only in recent times that the Week has become an integrated series of races organised by a single body. During the post-war era, each day of racing was run by a different Cowes or Solent mainland club. Every club printed their own sailing instructions and ran their own programme for the day. By 1964 however, the clubs had realised that there were significant benefits in having one central body to coordinate the racing. They agreed to combine resources and establish Cowes Combined Clubs (CCC) to run the racing as a single organisation. CCC has 10 member clubs, and on each day of the regatta an individual club presents its own trophies prizes. The race teams are arranged on what has become known as the 'triumvirate' system – three combined teams of race officers representing the various clubs. 2014 was a fantastic year for Cowes week with some great racing and superb weather. For those enjoying the week from the shoreside there was a multitude of activities to watch and take part in such as: Sailing taster sessions with UKSA, Panoramic views across the Solent could be found at on the big wheel at Northwood House.A display by The Blades aerobatic display team, Family day included a screening of "The Goonies" took place at Northwood House, Visitors were able to nominate their "boss" to be harnessed at the top of a mast to raise money for UKSA , Exhibition racing, Ladies day, RAF Typhoon demonstrated full range of the Typhoon's performance to the watching public, The iconic Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team, the Red Arrows, The famous Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week Fireworks Display plus so much more… All images above are by Photographer Rick Tomlinson – Copyright ]]>


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text: Websites & Internet Marketing You Rank High In The Martial Arts, Right? But Does Your Website Rank High Enough To Bring You The Amount of New Students You Deserve? First: Watch this Quick Video... So you have a great website but is it getting you new students? Is it helping you renew existing ones? Is it dominating the searches for your school in your area? Don't Let Your Competitor (Who is Probably Not As Good As You) Get More Students Simply Because They Have a Better Website & Out-Rank You in The Search Engines… If Your Martial Arts School Website is not Coming Up on the First Page of Google and Other Searches then it's Costing You Students! You need Search Engine Optimization. Why not optimize your current website or let us help you put together a brand new one? Either way we'll help your site be found by your Prospective Students using the Latest Search Engine Optimization Strategies. Throughout the years Martial Arts Business Websites has tried a variety of different Search Engine Optimization solutions in order to come up with the most cost-efficient, result-driven package for martial arts school owners. The winner is our monthly package that constantly evaluates, tests and adjusts to achieve results. Getting ranked on the first page in a search engine like Google for your desired keywords such as "karate and your city" or "Martial Arts in your area" is not something that happens overnight – and once you are there you can get knocked off in a second. Search Engines are looking for long-term relationships not "One night stands." Any web designer that promises you'll be ranked overnight and will stay there without constant maintenance is lying to you! Do you really need this? Yes, you do!! Recent studies reveal…If you are not listed on the first page of let's say, Google…your chances of generating new internet business declines by 90%!! Are you coming up on the first page of search engines like Google? Are you getting enough prospective students visiting your website? Do you know how to tell if you are? Are you getting at qualified leads for your school? The goal of any martial arts school is to steadily and consistently increase its new student influx and one of the best ways to do this is with a website that is optimized for Page 1 Search Engine Dominance. We Can Help Your School Win The Search Engine War & Virtually Eliminate All of Your Competition! And…we can also help you increase your retention.., The Next Piece of The Puzzle… A "Members Only" Website For Your Students Done right, a Members Only Student Website Can Add A Ton Of Value and Convenience to Your School. Face It– Your Students Want to Be Exclusive. Your member website will make it easy for you to communicate with your students and set them up for success in your martial arts program. Increased communication and success equals higher retention! 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Elite launched their brand new Turbo Muin, a direct drive turbo trainer, at Eurobike last month. Mat went in for a closer look in this video.
The new Elite Turbo Muin's resistance unit is driven directly by the chain, as pioneered by the LeMond Revolution. Instead of mounting the bicycle into a frame and the tyre resting on a roller, the rear wheel is removed and the bicycle frame is fitted to the trainer, which has a cassette installed. The advantage of such a design is increased stability and there's no tyre slippage. You're also going to save wear on your rear tyre too.
Elite have used a fluid flywheel to keep the level of noise to a minimum. The background noise in the video doesn't really do it justice, but up close the quietness is impressive. A lot of noise from a trainer is the sound of the tyre on the roller, so that's reduced instantly with the direct drive approach. We'll be keen to test it away from the noise of the show to see how it really stacks up. Fluid trainers also offer a very realistic pedalling feel, and the resistance is progressive - the harder you pedal, the greater the resistance.
Elite have used a large 6kg flywheel with a maximum power resistance of 2,500 watt output at 60kph. That should be more than enough for most people this side of Sir Chris Hoy. You have to install your own cassette and the trainer is compatible with Shimano and SRAM 9/10/11-speed as well as Campagnolo. It'll also work with 135mm axles in case you're fitting a disc-equipped road bike in there. That also means you could fit a mountain bike too, as the trainer isn't wheel size-specific.
Elite have given the new trainer full wireless connectivity. With their own app the trainer will display all sorts of data via ANT+, including power, on an iPhone, iPad or iPod. The Elite Turbo Muin will cost £499.99 when it's available in October.
And here's the offiical Elite video.
David has worked on the road.cc tech team since July 2012. Previously he was editor of Bikemagic.com and before that staff writer at RCUK. He's a seasoned cyclist of all disciplines, from road to mountain biking, touring to cyclo-cross, he only wishes he had time to ride them all. He's mildly competitive, though he'll never admit it, and is a frequent road racer but is too lazy to do really well. He currently resides in the Cotswolds.


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Ratha's Courage now available in large print!
I'm very excited to announce that Ratha's Courage is now available in large print in five different sizes!Ratha's Courage is the fifth book in Clare Bell's Named series, about a clan of sentient prehistoric cats and their female leader, Ratha. My company, Imaginator Press, recently…
Ratha's Courage demand exceeeding availability: where to find it
The good news is that Ratha's Courage has been selling well. The bad news is that it's running out of stock in many places, including Amazon.com. If you're trying to locate a copy, it is still possible to find one. Here are some suggestions: Check your…
Book Giveaway for Teen Read Week!
This week is Teen Read Week, an annual event created by YALSA, the young adult division of the ALA. In honor of Teen Read Week, I'm going to be giving away a set of three books from the Named series, by Clare Bell: Ratha's Creature (book 1), Clan…


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Holiday camps
Our Holidays Camps are great fun for any age from 4 up to 16 years. Our aim through the holidays camps is to provide a fun and safe environment where the children can develop their tennis skills and make new friends.
We provide all rackets and equipment (unless you have their own). Children need to bring a packed lunch (full day only), a drink, plenty of snacks, warm clothes, sun cream, a sun hat & a rain coat. It is ideal to bring a water bottle which can be refilled.
We will never cancel due to rain. We have fabulous indoor facilities where we can teach tennis strategy and game play for older children. We have a table tennis table, arts and crafts materials, puzzles and games.
The camps run for 2 weeks at Easter, May Half Term, 4 weeks throughout the summer and October Hlaf Term. We have a big group warm up each day where the children have chance to interact will all other children attending the camp. We then split the groups based on age and ability and each group will be look after by their coach. We have 7 courts so there is plenty of room to spread out.
There are lots of options for booking. You can either book:
Mornings 9am-12 noon
Afternoons 1-4pm
Full days 9am-4pm
All courses run from Tuesday – Thursday. You can book all 3 mornings/afternoons or full days or single morning/afternoons/full days but not on Thursdays as this is the day tournaments are played and the week builds up to this day. It is beneficial to book 3 consecutive days.
We also offer early drop off at 8am for £6 per day and laste pick up at 5pm for £6 per day.
All courses are run by our highly-qualified coaches, who are all DBS checked. Coaches will be supported by tennis assistants and leaders (training to be coaches) We aim for a ratio of 1 coach per 8 children.
Whilst our courses obviously focus on tennis, we also play some fun team sports including kwik cricket, volleyball, rounder's and uni hoc.
For all dates, times and cost please select either Easter School to Summer School from the top menu.
A typical day at camp:
8.45-9.00am Arrive and register in the clubhouse
9.00-9.45 Fun group warm up to help develop teamwork, agility, balance and coordination which are keys to developing their tennis.
9.45-10.30 Tennis activities and drills to develop technique and this will incorporate the shots used in tennis. Different shots may be worked on each day.
10.30-10.45am BREAK and a snack
10.45-12.00 Tennis activities and drills to develop technique and this will incorporate the shots used in tennis. Different shots may be worked on each day.
12.00-12.45 LUNCH or Home time for those on the half day camp
12.45-13.30 Team Games
13.30-14.30 Tactical development and match play for the older children
14.45-15.45 Fun Tennis games to put into practice the skills learnt
15.45-16.00 Tidy Up and home time
The 3rd day of each week is competition day as we run a tournament in the mornings and then some fun competition in the afternoons.


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I've missed you.
Our move is finally done. We are in, boxes are unpacked, pictures are hung… and the smell of quinoa cooking in my rice cooker fills this new house – and it's a smell that takes this house from just a 'house' to our home.
We are home.
Being settled at home means I can now get back to my loves: my love of cooking, my love of writing, my love of connecting with you and sharing this adventure we call life. And what better why to kick off the return to my loves then with this: a little spot on AM Northwest!
Yep, this morning I had the pleasure of talking about my 'must haves' from one of my favorite stores in the world: Cost Plus World Market. (I am so humbled to be called a 'lifestyle expert', but if that title means I get to tell you about what warms my spirit and my home, so be it!) See, being from Guam where the seasons never changed and I never, in a million years, would have thought about lighting a candle for anything more than light during a power outage, Fall is HUGE to me. It means cozy, crackling fires and vibrant colors, hot chocolate and spicy teas. It means entertaining and guests, long conversations and lots of laughs. It means sweaters and fuzzy slippers and wrapping up in a blanket to read a book. And, more than anything, it means it's time to PRACTICE HOSPITALITY… the art of having people into our home and making them feel loved on, welcomed, and appreciated.
(And isn't that what we all hope for? To be welcomed and appreciated?)
So, here's the segment; and, I hope you are inspired to practice hospitality and make your home the best darn hot-chocolate house on the block. (Don't forget the homemade whipped cream, too!)
By the way, right after the segment aired I received a Facebook post from a good friend saying, "I need the list!" Well, no worries – I've got it all beautifully logged on Pintrest for you. As for the Droste cocoa, it's not on the World Market website for some reason, but it is in the stores. So – go grab it!! Seriously, you'll never drink grocery store hot chocolate again.
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Element14 Signs Agreement To Become Largest Global ARM Distributor
This agreement marks the next phase of element14's successful relationship with ARM, which last year saw the distributor announced as the first third party services partner for mbed, the development platform that allows developers to quickly create products based on ARM microcontrollers. The partnership brought the ARM development platform and tools to a much wider range of boards and products, with element14
Robin Colman, Global Head of Software Businesses at element14, said: "ARM is
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Stina Nordenstam (born Kristina Ulrika Nordenstam, 4 March 1969)[1] is a Swedish singer, songwriter and musician.
Nordenstam was born in Stockholm. As a child, she was highly influenced by her father's classical and jazz music collection. Her voice led to early comparisons with artists such as Rickie Lee Jones and Björk. Her early albums, Memories of a Color and And She Closed Her Eyes were jazz-influenced with elements of alternative rock. 1997's Dynamite began a more experimental path—most of the album was filled with distorted guitars and unusual beats. A 1998 cover album, People Are Strange, followed in the same vein. In 2001 Nordenstam went with a more pop-influenced sound on This Is Stina Nordenstam, and features guest vocals from Brett Anderson. Nordenstam's 2004 album The World Is Saved continued the path set on This Is..., but presents a more realized sound and acknowledges her earlier jazz influences.
Her guest appearances include collaboration with David Sylvian's band "Nine Horses", including tracks from the album Snow Borne Sorrow and the Money for All EP. She also provided vocals for Vangelis' song "Ask the Mountains", Yello's "To the Sea", and a collaboration with Anton Fier. In 2000, Nordenstam featured on a track from Danish prog-rockers Mew's second album Half the World Is Watching Me. The track was later re-recorded for the band's international debut Frengers. Nordenstam's vocals on her track "A Walk in the Park" were used as a sample for two songs by the Canadian electronic duo Crystal Castles, "Violent Dreams" and "Vietnam".
Nordenstam is also accomplished in fields such as photography and music video directing. She is known to be reclusive: she gives very few interviews and she hasn't performed live since the Memories of a Color tour. She even alters her appearance using wigs and make-up for album covers and magazines.[2] During the promotion for The World Is Saved, however, she gave more interviews than usual.
- Memories of a Color (1991)
- And She Closed Her Eyes (1994)
- Dynamite (1996)
- People Are Strange (1998)
- This Is Stina Nordenstam (2001)
- The World Is Saved (2004)
Solo singles and EPs[edit]
- "Memories of a Color" (1992)
- "Another Story Girl" (1993)
- "Little Star" first release (1994)
- "Little Star" remixes (1994)
- "Something Nice" (1994)
- "Dynamite" (1997)
- "Little Star" (1997), re-issued after use in the movie soundtrack Romeo + Juliet
- "People Are Strange" (1998)
- "Lori Glori" (2001) (promotional single release only)
- "Sharon & Hope" (2002) (promotional single release only)
- "Get on with Your Life" (2004)
- "Parliament Square" (2005)
- "Walk" with Fleshquartet, Freddie Wadling (1993)
- "The Photographer's Wife" EP with Anton Fier (1996)
- "Ask the Mountains" with Vangelis (1995)
- "To the Sea" with Yello (1997)
- "Aberdeen" soundtrack with Zbigniew Preisner (2000)
- "Her Voice Is Beyond Her Years" with Mew (2000)
- "Into the Wasteland" with Filur (2006)
- "Wonderful World" with Nine Horses (2006)
- "Birds Sing for Their Lives" with Nine Horses (2007)
- ^ Stina Nordenstam at AllMusic
- ^ Kristin Lundell (2 November 2007). "Stina Nordenstam redo att rädda världen | Kultur | SvD" (in Swedish). Svd.se. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
Rough Guide to Rock (2003) entry on Stina Nordenstam by Peter Mills


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Though not as impressive as his earlier run, which became an instant YouTube classic and was dubbed "Beast Quake" because the crowd's reaction at CenturyLink Field registered on seismographs, scientists said after the game that early indications are that seismograph readings exceeded those from his earlier run. The national media was out in force Saturday for the game and is weighing in on Lynch's performance and an entertaining YouTube video even is out. First the video, called "Feed the Beast" which was posted in comments on one of our Seattle Times stories. It includes a rap song of the same name that is said to be the debut release by Northwest recording artist GooPah, who said to be from Monroe. The song can be downloaded here. Here's national media reaction from The Seattle Times and national media. Jerry Brewer, The Seattle Times The weather conditions turned this game into a street fight, a game of will above skill. So it figures that Lynch, who is addicted to crashing into people, was the standout. His fingerprints are all over the Seahawks' 23-15 victory, mostly because his hand had to land somewhere after all those vicious stiff arms. Beast Mode, the soft-spoken, hard-charging running back, set a franchise playoff record with 140 rushing yards on 28 carries. He scored the Seahawks' two touchdowns. When the game got close in the fourth quarter, when Seattle couldn't afford to be conservative in the bad weather anymore, Lynch sealed the win with a 31-yard dash that local seismologists anticipate will register greater than his famous Beast Quake run three years ago against the Saints. In 2011, Lynch's 67-yard, earth-moving rumble clinched an epic Seahawks upset and symbolized that the soft Seahawks of the past were in the process of a rugged makeover. This Lynch run? It was merely the latest confirmation that the Seahawks are not the team you want to see in a dark alley — or in a Biblical storm. "I don't run to get tackled," Lynch said. Jim Trotter, SI.com Lynch's performance couldn't have come at a better time. The Seahawks use the run to set up their passing game, and entering Saturday, Lynch had gone six straight games without reaching 100 yards. He had not gone more than three consecutive games in a season without reaching that mark since 2011, so questions of "What's wrong?" were simmering beneath the surface. Lynch answered resoundingly Saturday. He consistently showed great vision, patiently waiting before planting his outside foot and turning upfield. He did an excellent job with cutback runs, getting clean through openings or running through off-balance defenders who had over-pursued. Next week Lynch will play in his first NFC Championship Game, against the winner of Sunday's 49ers-Panthers game. He gained 43 yards on 17 carries in a season-opening win at Carolina, and rushed for 98 and 72 yards in games against San Francisco this season. The long-range weather forecast is for morning clouds and afternoon sun, not that it matters. If there's one certainty, it's that Lynch will get plenty of opportunities to make the game his own. Dan Hanzus, NFL.com Marshawn Lynch's name rarely comes up when putting together a short list of the best running backs in the NFL. His game doesn't have the easy grace of Adrian Peterson, the flash of Jamaal Charles or the style of LeSean McCoy. He certainly doesn't lean on the media for self-promotion. Lynch is just a throwback — a punishing bulldozer who goes through opponents rather than around them. Lynch was in vintage Beast Mode against the New Orleans Saints in Saturday's divisional playoffs, wearing down an otherwise game Rob Ryan defense in a 23-15 win at CenturyLink Field. Lynch finished with 28 carries for 140 yards and two touchdowns. Of those yards, 108 came between the tackles, according to ESPN. He did it on a day when the weather was brutal, the passing game was non-existent and Percy Harvin's return was temporary. Pete Carroll needed Lynch more than ever, and his star delivered. Terry Blount, ESPN.com Apparently, all that exhaustive talking to the media the past two weeks didn't tire out Marshawn Lynch. He carried the load all day, rushing for 140 yards on 28 carries and scoring two touchdowns, a 15-yard run in the second quarter and a 31-yard scamper that put the game away late in the fourth quarter. Tim Booth, The Associated Press When he got around the edge, there was no one for Marshawn Lynch to hit. Directly ahead was open field, the end zone and the Seattle Seahawks' place in the NFC championship game. Once again, Lynch overpowered the New Orleans Saints in the postseason. ''That was maybe 'Beast Mode II.' I don't know but it was a very cool way to end that game and give us the score that we needed,'' Seattle coach Pete Carroll said. Ryan Wilson, CBSSports.com We've long beaten the "running backs are fungible" drum but we feel confident in writing that Marshawn Lynch is on the very short list of exceptions. He put the sputtering Seahawks offense on his back and still managed to run through the Saints' defense all afternoon. Lynch had 69 yards in the first half and finished with 140, including a 31-yard fourth-quarter run that should have put the game out of reach earlier, but a late botched onside kick gave the Saints one last chance. Turns out, that didn't matter and now the Seahawks, thanks largely to Lynch's ability to get into the end zone, are headed to the NFC Championship game. Brian Howell, Newsday On that final run, he had a stiff-arm against Saints cornerback Keenan Lewis that was typical of his tough running style. "It's a part of the game," said Lynch, who spent a couple of minutes with the media after the game only because he's obligated to do so. Lynch was reprimanded by the NFL this past week for avoiding the media all season. His postgame answers were all short and soft-spoken, and after a couple of minutes, he said, "Thank you, I appreciate it" and ducked out of the locker room. His teammates were more than happy to talk about him. "That's what makes him one of the best, if not the best, running back in the National Football League," Russell Wilson said. Vinnie Iyer, Sporting News Lynch, despite creating more playoff tremors against the Saints, had a quiet regular season by his thundering standards. He picked the best time to power back up to 'Beast Mode.' It had been six long games since we saw his full wrath. Before Saturday, Lynch's most recent 100-yard performance was on Nov. 10, Week 10 at Atlanta. After putting up such games in 11 of 18 total games in 2012, he was just 3 of 16 this season. The much-needed boom against New Orleans had less to do with eating Skittles and a lot more to do with his blocking. A big reason was the reshuffling the Seahawks had to do up front because of injuries. Left tackle Russell Okung missed eight games and right tackle Breno Giacomini missed seven. Center Max Unger was out for three and right guard J.R. Sweezy was out for one. They also changed things up again at left guard for the playoffs, as versatile backup Michael Bowie started there. James Dator, SB Nation We're accustomed to seeing impressive rushing performances week-in and week-out, but these games are decidedly more difficult to find in the postseason. This was Lynch's third playoff game with over 130 yards rushing; Dallas Cowboys legend Emmitt Smith achieved that feat only twice, according to ESPN Stats and Info, and only Terrell Davis (five) and Thurman Thomas (four) did it more times than Lynch has. That's good company to keep. Without that last score, the result of the game — and the NFC playoff picture — could have been different. 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The after-effects of drinking excessive alcohol, referred to as a hangover, can be both physical and psychological and also are typically experienced the morning after an evening of heavy drinking.
Various people will experience different negative effects of overindulging. However usual signs and symptoms include increased heartbeat, stress, and anxiety, body discomfort, dizziness, bad breath, frustration, lethargy, nausea, photophobia, the level of sensitivity to loud audios, irritation, tiredness, stomach ache, erratic electric motor functions, puking.
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Aim to consume at least 8 to 10 glasses of water throughout the day. Along with water, you can consume a couple of glasses of electrolyte-replenishing sports beverages.
Keep in mind: Do not drink caffeinated drinks, as they add to dehydration.
2. Lemon
Lemon can help remove the after-effects of too much consuming like a sick stomach, wooziness, level of sensitivity to light as well as audio, as well as muscle mass discomfort. Lemon aids rebalance the physical body, by regulating the blood sugar level degree and modifying the pH degree.
Add two tsp of fresh lemon juice as well as one teaspoon of honey to a glass of warm water.
Stir well as well as consume it down slowly.
Do this as soon as you wake up, as well as two or 3 times more throughout the day.
One more superb remedy for hangover signs is honey. Being rich in potassium, honey assists neutralize the effects of drinking too much liquor. On top of that, honey contains fructose, a sort of sugar that assists metabolize the extra alcohol in the body, then minimizing hangover symptoms.
Take 3 to four teaspoons of honey at one-hour intervals until the hangover symptoms are decreased.
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Also, you could disperse honey over a piece of completely dry bread or a cracker and eat it many times during a hangover.
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Plus, the carbon in the charred part of the toast acts like a filter to assist get rid of the impurities from the physical body. The egg supplies cysteine that breaks down the liquor in the physical body and lowers poisoning.
The morning after a night of heavy drinking, have a morning meal of two or three pieces of bread and also eggs. Before consuming your breakfast, do not forget to drink one to two glasses of water.
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