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Good Morning! Make it a great day and take good care of yourself!
Thought since sleep was elusive that I might as well start RC. We had no heat again at work yesterday, I was there 3 1/2 hours and couldn't get warm until almost 11 last night, and have been up three times since. I need to be sleeping, but am wide awake, so here I am. The boiler guy was there Thursday afternoon and I thought that that might be why we had no heat. DBoss was out until almost noon, so I had to stay and wait to connect with the boiler folk so they could get in to fix it. Dboss called me with the results, just as I had figured it seems the guy didn't get a screw in all the way so there was a contact issue, so now we should have heat. I cannot tolerate cold for that long anymore. I was miserable, and today isn't looking much better at the moment. I've got a conference today I have been looking forward to, so why have I been wide awake since 1:30? Tomorrow we are taking a drive for the day to explore the town of DD's college choice, so I guess I can sleep in the car.
Anyway, enough whining. Have a great day everyone, and I'm headed back to bed.
Morning ladies,
Off to get the Susie Homemaker chores done....be back later to catch up....
Hi ladies,
Reminds us of Mr. Bo Jangles
We will Stanley, we will, no doubt about it!
Had a nice Tuesday night after our nice shopping day....a yummy dinner, finished off our Raspberry Delight ice cream for dessert and I decided on Hunter, of course, I mean it was Tuesday LOL Added Renegade to the mix and got to watch two handsome fellows for the night.
Slept alright but woke up a number of times, as hubby was snoring pretty good. He said he was up a lot too, but guess not while I was up LOL
Had a full slate on my plate for Wednesday as had dusting to do, also cleaned the sliding glass doors from nose prints....hmmm wonder who those could be from LOL
Then I took a shower, did a quick dry of my hair as we weren't going anywhere else this week LOL ....have I said recently I hate having to dry my hair LOL But long hair is no longer an option. My already gaunt face would look worse!
Called my script in and found out that the doctor's office did call in the new 100 mg Metropolol Succ ER one as the girl informed me of it. Then I called Amy in hubby's doctor's office and left a message for her to call in his meds for the next 3 months. After that we have to go on the generic....not looking forward to that, but I did already find a place that has it or if we get lucky CVS will have it and it won't cost an arm and a leg there....we shall see. Plus hoping Chuck doesn't have issues with it, as he does well on the Lipitor. Ain't old age grand....NOT!
Then read the stories I hadn't the time to get to this a.m. We had lunch and called to set up my 2 week appointment with my doctor since she said she wanted to see me in 2 weeks. Well that ain't gonna happen cause when I called for an appointment on April 8th only to find out she was going to be out of the office till April 21st. Guessing she forgot about that when she told me to come back in in 2 weeks. So I told the gal, Alexis, to ask the doctor about it and see what she wanted me to do. I could go for my tests and then schedule once she's back. We shall see.
Well hubby picked Dukes of Hazzard and Wonder Woman for the CSBM network Wednesday night and a wonderful one it was. We both were full after our lasagna, however, our ice cream made us feel better LOL
Thursday did my vacuuming and since I stayed in bed for 25 minutes after hubby woke me up we had a very late start and didn't get our staples list done like we thought. Will try on Friday while we are cooking up some pasta dinners.
Got mail cleared and answered, on line stuff checked and then worked on some key wording in Lightroom and they went to work on my slide shows after lunch, but something got messed up as all the work I did on Wednesday was gone, so was NOT a happy camper.
I did call Alexis, in my primary doctor's office, after lunch and left a message about if she got to talk to the doctor. Also set up my dermatologist appointment. The lady I go to is very good and in demand so no appointment till May 20th. She does surgery on Wednesdays and Thursday is out of office work. Did get in at least before she went on vacay LOL
Heard back from Alexis when we got up from nap time and get this, my doctor told her to call and tell me she'd come in the office on April 11th at 1 p.m. or 2 p.m. for me so I could see her. Wow was I impressed. Unfortunately I can't do it on that day or time so had to call Alexis back Friday and left a message for her as she was out of the office on Friday. I knew that but wanted to call her. I, of course, said thanks thanks and how appreciative I was of the doctor doing it.
I also called Amy in Chuck's cardiologist's office as she called too and said she called in meds and should be here 7 to 10 days and then she would mail them, plus she also told us it was the last one. We already knew that from the company that Lipitor was coming out with a generic. So I called Amy on Friday and thanked her and told her we were aware but thanked her for letting us know.
So our phones were busy on Thursday and Friday. I worked on some more key wording in Lightroom and then I tried fixing the slide show but had some 'issues' and not a enough time by the time I started to deal with them.
Had our tomato/orzo/parsley/basil half can of soup with a slice of French bread for dinner on Thursday night. Plus I decided it would be a great comedy/family sitcom night...so watched Bewitched (my fav show of all time), Three's Company, Laverne & Shirley and then finished the night with Leave It To Beaver, so a fabulous night on the CSBM network.
Then had a nice night before bed time as Jimmy Fallon had on Billy Joel and also Chelsea Clinton too...it was a great show.
So we were up much later than usual but slept alright and plus had to get up a bit early and I did good only stayed in bed for 8 additional minutes.
Friday was a bit tired, but got my workout in, we got our pasta cooking done and also worked on our staples lists we wanted to make up, still more to do, but got it started at least.
Plus I called and thank Amy before we even started and after we finished I called Alexis in my doctor's office, then did up the list of bad Joe Trips and called Carlos since he is the person that can get him on my "DON'T USE THIS DRIVER" for me. Plus called my eye glass doctor to find out if they took the insurance Chuck has now and they do, we shall go together to that appointment and try and use Terri.
Then I read my stories I had saved links to this a.m. and did all my mail and answered all but one but did write and tell the person I would get back to her LOL
Then worked on the slide show till lunch which wasn't that long. I heard back from Carlos from Handyride called him and he will send a complaint form and I will fill that out and send it back.
Well something is up with the slideshow program, as I redid it yet again and saved it multiple times and it's not putting the pics in.
So Saturday I will start from scratch and will delete the other files, move the pics to another folder but save them all in another folder called problem files, so I can send it to the company tech and see what's up.
Unfortunately I can remember years back this kind of thing happening to both Word and WordPerfect files I worked on.
Such is life.
Castle should be in on Saturday. We did get the A-Team we ordered in and will check that soon too, have to finish the FREE Highlander we got in (from the FREE Amazon money).
Both of us had some of the Farfalle we cooked up in the a.m., except mine has some sausage and peppers in it LOL As for entertainment for the night, we watched Rocky 3...it was fantastic.
Saturday was part Susie Homemaker day.....got my dusting done, bathrooms cleaned, we fixed the cart, vacuumed the keyboards (well Chuck did that while I took care of the washes), I also made up my bag of popcorn, read my articles I saved, and cleared out my mail, along with doing my contests.
I added the shows to our TV list of DVDs and hubby made up a new form file up for printing as he didn't like the format as it wasn't keeping the disks in order...so while he did that I folded my rags and put those away.
Was shocked when I got the form in from Carlos in today's mail, so will take care of that on Monday or Tuesday.
Well I did redo the slide show from scratch and off to see if it actually opens and my pics and music are still there. I had to close it while I had the program open as I needed to cut and paste some other slides in and it was fine, but closed the program when we went to lunch, so we shall see. Wish me luck.
Hope to get some up to share with you all soon.
Well off to go see if my work stayed and if not will be sending stuff to the tech next week.
Hope you had a nice Saturday and same for the evening....plus be sure to take some "me time" on Sunday,
The conference was very nice, hitting a small squirrel on the way, not so nice! I called my neighbor and by the time she got to it the other neighbor had disposed of the poor thing. I was in tears when I arrived, but the day improved. I've never killed anything with my car before, didn't even feel a bump so I was hoping I had missed him. Poor baby.
Rose, glad Larry got you out of the house today, and you scored some great buys!
Sue, thanks for your update.
Candice, how's life?
Time to put the feet up for a while. Have a good night everyone!
Becky..sorry for the no sleep...that in itself makes things worse. And then no heat at work..oh my..I would be aching from head to toe! Have fun on your trip and yes sleep in the car if you can.
Rose...what a nice day...shopping, lunch on Adam, trip to the DQ and watching boats on the river...sounds wonderful to me! Pain is really bad today..almost can't stand it. I was on my feet kinda bent over trying to get the new printer to work right..it was eating paper and ink needed changed..I think that aggravated it more.
sue..getting lots done I see...cute comics the kitty one and the opener! Lol. Have a great me day! We watched Thor last night and Mudd with Matthew M tonight..I liked it but dh thought it was too slow..he likes action.


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Two hundred years ago the founders of Princeton Theological Seminary wrote that it is to be a place that unites the "piety of the heart…with solid learning." We who serve on the Chapel Office staff seek to create opportunities for students to grow personally and spiritually as they engage in seminary studies. Opportunities include participation in worship, music ministries, pastoral care, counseling, spiritual direction, holistic health initiatives, and much more. We invite you to explore the links and we welcome your inquiries in the Chapel Office, which is located in Scheide Hall.
A Spiritual Home
We hope that Miller Chapel becomes a spiritual home for you while you engage in Seminary studies. There are regular services of worship for the entire Seminary community, and the doors are open daily to all for personal reflection and prayer. There is a prayer box located in the narthex of the chapel. Please feel free to share what is on your heart and mind. Prayer requests will be read by the Minister of the Chapel and kept confidential.
Worship happens in many forms and in many places on our campus. In Miller Chapel, we hold regular worship services Monday through Friday at 11:30 a.m. when classes are in session. The Sacrament of Holy Communion is celebrated on Fridays throughout both semesters. Students are invited to participate in the Seminary Choir, which helps lead music during worship. Special services are also scheduled throughout the year, and can be found on the academic schedule and Seminary calendars. More info.
Pastoral Care
Recognizing that students at Princeton Seminary are often far from their home faith communities, the Minister of the Chapel, Jan Ammon, is available for pastoral care and support. This may include comfort in times of sorrow, prayer in times of need, and conversation about spiritual reflection and vocational discernment. Referrals for formal spiritual direction or counseling can also be made. The Minister of the Chapel coordinates the worship life of the chapel and is pastor to the students.
Counseling Services and Spiritual Direction
Nancy Schongalla-Bowman, the Director of Student Counseling, coordinates counseling services for students and spouses. Please refer to the student counseling web page and brochures for information about counseling, spiritual direction, retreats, and group opportunities for personal growth.
Students with musical talents and gifts are encouraged to contact Martin Tel, the Director of Music, about using these gifts in worship and/or in the Seminary Choir. Other ensembles, such as the Bell Choir, Gospel Choir, and instrumental groups, are generated by student initiative. The Chapel Office supports these groups and often schedules them for leadership in worship services. Practice rooms, located in the basement of Scheide Hall, are furnished with pianos and are available for student use. More info.
Daily Worship begins Monday, September 8 at 11:30 a.m.
Orientation Opening Worship will be Tuesday, September 2 at 4:00 p.m. in Miller Chapel.
Opening Convocation for the 2014-2015 Academic Year will be Thursday, September 4 at 8:00 p.m. in Miller Chapel.
Opening Communion for the Fall Semester will be Friday, September 5 at 11:30 a.m.
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Worship and Spiritual Life Overview Worship at Princeton Seminary Chapel Choirs and Music in Worship Musical OfferingsMiller Chapel and Scheide Hall Spiritual Direction Student Counseling
MIDDAY WORSHIP happens daily when classes are in session in Miller Chapel. Services are led by members of the Seminary community.
MILLER CHAPEL is open daily, 5:00 a.m. to 12:00 midnight, for personal prayer and meditation. Hymnals, Bibles, Devotionals and kneeling pads are available.
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"Ms. LaVette's bruised, caustic, adamant voice plunges into every line, coming through the songs as an unflinching survivor." - New York Times
"The magnificent Bettye LaVette's latest album, 'Thankful N' Thoughtful,' is an anatomy of bitter desolation, plunging deep to transform songs like Bob Dylan's 'Everything Is Broken,' the Black Keys' 'I'm Not the One,' Gnarls Barkley's 'Crazy' and the title song, from Sly and the Family Stone. The album arrives alongside her rip-roaring, hard-drinking autobiography, A Woman Like Me." - Jon Pareles, The New York Times
ROLLING STONE - JUNE 2012: "On her version of "I'm Not the One," soul survivor Bettye LaVette injects serious sass into the Black Keys original. As LaVette's voice slinks over seductive, reverb-drenched guitar strums, the clip zooms in close on battle-worn tour gear with bold lyrics zipping in and out of the frame.
"I find it interesting and thoroughly entertaining to add age and experience to young writers' songs and inhabit them myself," says LaVette. "I'm not sure what he was talking about, but I'm saying don't fuck with me."
"I'm Not the One" is from the Black Keys' 2010 album Brothers."
"Bettye LaVette gets classified as an R&B singer, which she is, of course, but her newest album, the Craig Street-produced, "Thankful N' Thoughtful", finds her taking her blues, gospel, and soul-influenced singing style into deep, swampy, and edgy American roots territory, and she makes it all work with a sting and bite to her phrasing that ranks her as one of the best living soul singers. She gives Neil Young's "Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere" a little jump of joy, moving the song away from being plaintive and lonely to something closer to anxious homesickness. Tom Waits' "Yesterday Is Here," complete with brass and reeds, loses some of its clang and becomes a poignant blues.
Thankful N' Thoughtful is a solid outing from an outstanding singer who knows how to growl, croon, grumble, praise, and jump for joy with her vocal phrasing - whatever makes the song live and breathe. She is still a marvel." - All Music.com
"Bettye LaVette's voice, sanded raw and consumed by emotion, is a powerful witness: strong, down and above all, real. Those attributes infuse Thankful N' Thoughtful with a truth in being, a delivery rendered from experience that declares "I know" just by the way she squares up to the songs. Again drawing on a canon of known rock and pop songs - including Dylan, Tom Waits, Sly & the Family Stone, The Pogues and Neil Young - LaVette deepens their meaning with a slow-burn commitment to the lyrical nuance and the emotional resonance in the melodies. Just when we're sure we know these songs, the gasoline-washed alto shows us how subtle the depths actually are." Paste Magazline
Hear Thankful N' Thoughtful full tracks at Paste Magazine: and then come back and get an autographed CD from Bettye! - which can include your name if you wish, although it may take a little longer when Bettye is on tour, but we will get it to you as quickly as we can.
On her new CD, Bettye brings the British invasion home to its American R&B roots, looking to the past for inspiration and uncovering common ancestry in seemingly divergent musical avenues. Throughout the new album, her performances are a revelation, inhabiting each song so completely as to make them her own. To that end, Bettye made some changes to the lyrics on a number of songs including the track, "Salt of the Earth", whereby she modernized "strange beauty shows" to "reality shows" and "polio" to "HIV."
Fittingly, Keith Richards has given Bettye some advance praise, noting: "When you hear a voice like Bettye LaVette's there's a sense of transportation (NOT to a penal colony!), but a certain freedom of movement and emotion, which is rare. Especially to me and I suspect other Englishmen who were so fascinated by the music that is so natural to Bettye while we were still getting our feet wet. The 'hands across the pond' aspect gives me a warm feeling. A connection! A great record. Put me in the fan club! How did Bettye LaVette slip thru the net for so long?"
Meanwhile, Joss Stone, who has shared the stage with Bettye, declares: "What a voice and what a soul to compliment such a talent. I believe every word, as does everyone that has had the pleasure of hearing Bettye LaVette sing. She's inspired a lot of great music. You can hear clearly that her influence is all over the new music today".
The Beatles' pre-psychedelic Rubber Soul classic "The Word" takes on an almost religious fervor, while Paul McCartney's "Maybe I'm Amazed" is transformed from a majestic pop song into a stark, almost desperate expression of devotion. Profound alienation becomes intense longing on Pink Floyd's "Wish You Were Here" and the wistful naiveté of The Moody Blues' "Nights in White Satin" matures into a deep and unshakeable lament. Bettye inhabits these songs, revitalizes them and exposes the humanity that makes these 13 tracks not just pop songs, but enduring works of art.
Such mastery hardly comes as a surprise to at least one legend featured here. Elton John (whose "Talking Old Soldiers" appeared on The Scene Of The Crime) offers this endorsement of Bettye's impassioned take on "Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me": "Bettye LaVette has always been a wonderful singer – I have been a huge fan for many years. To my delight and surprise she recorded an amazing version of 'Talking Old Soldiers' – a song that nobody else has covered – and made it her own. Now she has recorded 'Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me' and has done exactly the same – but this time with a much more familiar song. I am truly touched by her picking these songs and can only hope that this album brings more attention to this incredible artist."
"Wow! I got chills when I listened to Bettye LaVette's version of Choices", was country legend George Jones's unequivocal response upon hearing Bettye's version of the Billy Yates and Mike Curtis-penned track that Jones turned into a GRAMMY-winning hit in 1999. "I can only hope that my version created a similar sensation. Her interpretation is so soulful, and conveys the feelings I had when I recorded the song – the thoughts that I had about some of the mistakes or choices I had made. She did an incredible job, and she is truly a "singer's singer"
"These ten tracks... are gritty, loud, raw, and drenched in Southern soul, blues, and gospel-tinged R&B...Scene of the Crime...was the album she was born to make. It gets better with each listen, and stands so far outside the realm of anything her better-known peers are doing today that it's almost scary. They are not even in her league — any of them. And while one can only hope she makes records for a long time to come (she's in her early sixties and in fantastic health), if she never made another one, listeners would have the ultimate gift here." - AMG
"The Scene of the Crime" is ten tracks of stories, each one sounding torn from the shredded pages of LaVette's own life. She invests all of herself in the material...The Scene of the Crime is music without a shelf life. Gut-wrenching performances never go out of style." - POP MATTERS
"LaVette sings Scene as if she's been backed into a corner and relishes the sensation...A haughty interpreter with actorly instincts, LaVette...turns Eddie Hinton's "I Still Want to Be Your Baby (Take Me Like I Am)" into a master class on phrasing." - VILLAGE VOICE
"Old soul stars sang hard... Miraculously, the latest work from vintage soul star Bettye LaVette finds her continuing to sing at the high end of that hard-living style. Her vocals come from so deep in the gut, you could get a hernia just by listening. Yet LaVette's rip-roaring instrument also remains beauteous to behold." - THE NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
"That Bettye LaVette has spent most of her 44 years as a performer Is something of a secret among soul aficionados. She's had hits with: "My Man - He's a Loving Man" in the '60s and "Right in the Middle of Falling in Love" in the early '80s -- but never reached the level of acclaim of Aretha Franklin or Diana Ross. But that may be changing.
On her new album, "I've Got My Own Hell to Raise" (ANTI-), produced by Joe Henry, LaVette puts her stamp on a collection of songs by women composers ranging from Sinead O'Connor to Dolly Parton and with stunning results. Her triumphant show Monday night at the Knitting Factory celebrating the album's release was just as impressive.
LaVette has a classic soul shouter's voice. She may be from Detroit, but the singers she most closely resembles are Southerners such as James Carr or Otis Redding -- powerful yet tender, a little rough around the edges, just as effective celebrating to the heavens as she is damnation and hellfire. If anything, age has burnished her vocals -- when she turns Parton's "Little Sparrow" into a harrowing drama, her pain feels so unvarnished and deep, it causes involuntary shudders and makes the hair on the back of your neck stand up. She also turns Fiona Apple's "Sleep to Dream" (which gives the album its title) into a feisty declaration of independence.
She's aided by her four-piece band, which provides her with perfectly understated and flinty backup. But the hourlong show ends with LaVette onstage alone, transforming O'Connor's "I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got" into an a cappella spiritual, ending the night looking exultant -- her head held high, chin up and eyes closed. Earlier she told the audience, "It's been good, but it's never been good like this." The loving cheers from the audience let her know they felt the same way."
Steven Mirkin "LaVette is easily one of the very best female live R&B singers!"
"The Echo Cafe show confirmed that Bettye LaVette is indeed in the top three performers I've ever seen in my 40 years as a soul music fan, up there with '60s Aretha and Nina Simone. I watched intently as she delivered song after song from her upcoming album "I've Got My Own Hell To Raise", songs written by female artists which seem tailor-made for this woman who is finally finally coming into her own."
David Nathan -The British Ambassador Of Soul
"Well, here it is only March and I hold in my hand the CD that will undoubtedly be my "Best of the Year for 2003"; Bettye LaVette's new CD is perhaps the best female soul release in years. A Woman Like Me (Blues Express) was produced by Dennis Walker who also produced all the early Robert Cray releases. Walker was a major contributor as a songwriter on all of those early releases too, so it is no wonder that he has written nine of the 12 songs here, including two, "The Forecast (Calls For Pain)" and "Right Next Door (Because Of Me)" each appearing on one of Cray's Mercury releases, with the latter's lyrics being used to title Cray's "Strong Persuader" release.
Enough talk about Robert Cray, though, since this is a Bettye LaVette release all the way - and what a release it is. As mentioned in the album's liner notes, this release is only the second time her talents have been showcased in a full length album. She first recorded in the early 60s and has had numerous single releases over the years with limited success. As is the case with so many of our soul/blues performers, she has a large following in Europe, prompting a 2000 live release from Germany coupled with a fine French release of her complete Atlantic/Atco recordings from the late 60s and early 70s. Both of these releases are well worth seeking out, as I am sure you will want to do after hearing this new release on Blues Express.
Seconds into the opening track, "Serves Him Right", you realize that the years have been good to her. Her voice is as strong and convincing as ever. When she growls out the lines "...He can go to hell for all I care..." you know you are in for an emotional experience. 12 tracks later, you are in awe of this newly rediscovered diva, and are bewildered that she has not been a major star. Hopefully that will change. The previously mentioned second track, "The Forecast", rivals Cray's performance. It is a well crafted song that works well in LaVette's hands. The track that follows, "Through The Winter", is an absolute jaw dropper - a slow burner wrought with as much emotion as a singer can deliver. What a trip! Song number four is the other Cray song, "Right Next Door", a cheating song on a par with the best of that genre. When she sings "...I was just another notch on his guitar. He made me lose the man who really loved me, he made me break my baby's heart...", mine broke too. Jumping to the sixth track, "Thinking About You", a sensuous song about a woman longing for her man. When she moans "hot", I break out in a sweat. What passion in her voice!
Only halfway through the album and I am already in love with her. Jumping once again to track number eight, "It Ain't Worth It", you hear Bettye in a different light, a torch song very much in the Billie Holiday mold. This track has some fine piano by the great Rudy Robinson who unfortunately passed away shortly after recording this album.
Track number nine, "When A Woman's Had Enough", is a great Dennis Walker tune also recorded by Shemekia Copeland on her new CD. If you want to hear how sensational Bettye LaVette is, compare those two tracks. We all know how great Shemekia is. Well, Bettye's version leaves Shemekia's in the dust. "Salt On My Wounds" has a fine sax intro and is another intense slow burner about lost love. Whew!
There isn't much more I can add to this review. If you aren't convinced by now, you never will be. Buy this CD. It will not leave your CD player. When you have sympathetic live musicians, an understanding producer and the great, great Bettye LaVette on board, the perfect CD can be created."
Alan Shutro - Blues Bytes
In 2004, The Blues Foundation selected "A Woman Like Me" as"Blues Comeback Album of the Year".
"I can feel the pain, Lord, it's raining in my heart", Bettye LaVette howls on "The Forecast", and it sounds like it. On this stunning comeback - her first American release in over 20 years - the feisty soul singer rips through an hour of music with the pent-up hunger of a caged tiger at feeding time.
Helped immeasurably by producer/songwriter Dennis Walker, best known for his breakout work with Robert Cray, LaVette moans, screams, shouts, pleads, and growls her way through a dozen tracks that'll leave even the most jaded R&B fan begging for more. One of the casualties of music biz politics, LaVette has a style that has only sharpened with age. In her mid-fifties at the time of this recording, the singer has a husky voice that tears at the edges, adding deeper emotion. Although the production leans toward the slick side, it leaves room for the singer to dominate each track. Walker, who wrote or co-wrote nine of these tunes, provides heart-tugging yet defiant material perfect for LaVette's take-no-prisoners approach.
The singer plays the part of the scorned, aggressive woman, left behind but strong enough to know she's better off without that no-good scoundrel. Song tiles such as "Salt in My Wounds", "Serves Him Right", and "It Ain't Worth It After a While" tell the story without having to hear a lyric. LaVette squeezes every ounce of emotion from this material, lashing into it with a barely contained explosive delight.
Like a stage actress, she builds up the tension gradually until igniting in a shower of yelps and repeated phrases similar to Otis Redding at his most impassioned. This is a powerful album - moving, intense, and honest - from an artist desperately making up for lost time. It's a success for everyone involved, and deserves to put Bettye LaVette back on American stages where she belongs. Hal Horowitz - www.allmusic.com
Veteran soulstress Bettye LaVette seems as giddy as a schoolgirl as she settles in for our chat. "I'm really going to play a club in New York!" says the resident of Detroit, in an authoritative, after-hours rasp that makes her unbridled enthusiasm seem even more out of character. Though admirably humble, LaVette's assessment downplays her résumé. It's true that her latest album, A Woman Like Me, is easily the finest of her nearly 40-year career, but perusing the highlights of her time in showbiz suggests that LaVette's gifts as an old-school R&B song stylist have been evident ever since the mid-'60s, when she hit the R&B charts with "Let Me Down Easy" and "He Made a Woman Out of Me." In the meantime, her skills have taken her through ill-fated contracts with Motown and Atlantic, among other prominent labels, and even landed her on Broadway in the 1979 revue Bubbling Brown Sugar.
If anything, the singer's obscurity - most of her recordings are only available in Europe - is something of a cautionary tale for those who think a worthy singer needs little more than good songs and the producer of the moment to strike gold. "At one time or another, I've recorded for every major label except Capitol and Mercury", LaVette says, even as she disses much of her output. "Yes, I've made some bad records, but there's no denying the quality of the songs, which I always handpicked myself."
A Woman Like Me finds the singer's track record for fine tunes intact. It's chock-full of songs written by co-producer Dennis Walker, whom pop fans will recognize as the catalyst behind soulful blues star Robert Cray's success. That's how LaVette came to turn Cray's "Right Next Door" from a tale of uneasy male braggadocio to one of unflinching female guilt. "It was the only song of Dennis' I knew when we made contact four or five years ago, and even though I had to tailor it to a woman's point of view, I knew I wanted to do it", she says. "I had to do the same for the title track because it had kind of a 'man done me wrong / if you leave me I'll die' thing that I just can't identify with. If you listen to the songs, they all say things like 'we are in love,' or 'cheat on me muthuh, and I will leave yo' ass!' When it came to altering them, Dennis just said, 'Do what you have to, baby.' "
However, LaVette has another explanation for the new disc's leap to brilliance. "I wanted a CD that captures me the way I do my show, which I've never done before", she explains. Appropriately, the disc plays like a hip night out at a contemporary juke joint, with a mix of mid-tempo boogie and ballads driven by Walker collaborator Alan Mirikitani's scintillating guitar. On riveting slow pieces like "Thru the Winter", "It Ain't Worth It After Awhile" and "Close as I'll Get to Heaven", LaVette's handle on the lyrics is so sure that her gritty timbre sounds strangely elegant. "My longtime keyboardist and music director Rudy Robinson died shortly after we finished the album", she says, "but I thank God he lived long enough to lay it down exactly the way we've been doing it for years on the road. What you hear is what people have always gotten when they come to see us live."
Interestingly enough, LaVette feels her lack of a commercial breakthrough thus far may have enhanced her live act. "I've developed a pretty big repertoire because the records never dictated my show", she muses, "so I didn't have to be Diana [Ross] singing something like 'Baby Love' forever, or Chubby Checker doing 'The Twist.' Plus, now I know that I'm really worthy of the treatment I thought I deserved decades ago, which is great because, like I said before, New York's a town that don't take no shit." Out comes an animated chuckle. "It's the one place where you've gotta be absolutely great - or at least be really great at the lie you're telling." A Woman Like Me is out on Blues Express. - TIME OUT, N.Y.
"Her use of vocal texture, of which she has lots of shades, is perfect and really involves you with the track. Worthy is well worth the wait." - Express (London)
"The life story of this soul singer is destined for the big screen… LaVette's candid story is also a window into the early years of Motown." – New York Post
Bettye LaVette is back with a new album and her long-awaited autobiography. You can buy signed-copies of both on here - and pick up a T-Shirt on the way.


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I sometimes find myself "examining my identity" as other people examine their conscience ... I scour my memory to find as many ingredients of my identity as I can. I then assemble and arrange them. I don't deny any of them. — Amin Maalouf, contemporary Lebanese author, from In the Name of Identity: Violence and the Need to Belong
In this workshop, participants share with partners their stories about a day in the life of someone whose racial/ethnic identity is "other," and reflect on the experience of composing them. Trying to view the world through the lens of a person with a different identity is a move toward developing what are called "multicultural competencies." Stereotypes and biases about certain racial/ethnic and other social group identities may emerge in the stories and pose a challenge for you and the participants. Should this happen, remember the covenant the group made together as you work to help participants identify examples of these biases without being judgmental of the people in whose stories they are present.
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Muslim appeaser John Brennan who calls Jerusalem 'Al-Quds' nominated by Obama to lead the CIA
As if Chuck Hagel being nominated to be Secretary of Defense wasn't bad enough, Obama has also nominated clueless, Muslim appeaser Jhn Brennan to lead the CIA. The same John Brennan who said that 20% or so of prisoners released from Gitmo is 'not bad' and the same John Brennan who referred to Jerusalem as 'Al-Quds' has been nominated to lead the CIA. Why does Al-Quds matter? Aside from it being the Arabic translation of Jerusalem, it also refers to the al-Quds Brigades which is the armed wing of the Palestinian Islamist organization Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ). Especially active in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. The al-Quds Brigades are receive orders from the PIJ leadership in Damascus, Syria. Again, to you 69% of Jews who re-elected Obama, be very proud of yourself.
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Sieg heil! Obama officially nominates anti-Semitic Chuck Hagel for Secretary of Defense (Video)
Jew haters rejoice! Obama has officially nominated anti Israel, Jew hater Chuck Hagel to be the next Secretary of Defense. Hagel, who claims to be a Republican campaigned for Democrat Bob Kerry during the past Senate election campaign. Chuck Hagel is best known for his anti-Israel rhetoric as Senator, which explains why the Marxist Obama picked him. Not all Democrat Democrats are thrilled with this pick, but I believe they will eventually cower to their mighty King Obama, and confirm this anti-Semite.
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Susan Rice withdraws from consideration for Secretary of State to replace Pantsuits Hillary Clinton
Obama shuts down Susan Rice's bid for Secretary of State to replace Pant Suits Hillary Clinton? What a racist! Yes, SUsan Rice has withdrawn her name from consideration for Secretary of State to replace Pantsuits Hillary Clinton. So who's likely to replace her? Probably John Kerry. Rice will continue to serve as US Ambassador to the UN.
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RINO Chuck Hagel 'likely' to be nominated as Secretary of Defense says Bloomberg news
Chuck Hagel is a flaming RINO and calls himself a Republican. But he's about as 'Republican' as Colin Powell. He worships the ground Obama walks on, and dissed the tea-party regularly. While I don't like Chuck Hagel, if this story is true, you have to consider the alternatives. The epic failure of Leon Panneta is on his way out and has been a disaster. The previously rumored replace would have been John Kerry-Heinz, who would have been worse than Panneta. While Hagel sucks, he's probably about as good as it's going to get under Obama. Hagel is one nominee I could stomach.
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Susan Rice's net worth between $23.5 and $43.5 million – significant investments in more than a dozen Canadian oil companies including TransCanada (Keystone XL Pipeline)
First of all, how is someone like Susan Rice worth between $23.5 and $43.5 million? If the media did their jobs, maybe we'd know how a UN diplomat could amass so much wealth. Funny how leftists, who hate the rich never utter a word about Susan Rice's net worth. Not only is Susan Rice worth so much money, but she has significant investments in over a dozen Canadian oil companies. She even has a conflict of interest with her ownership stake in TransCanada, you know that Keystone XL pipeline that Obama nixed? Remember during the campaign how 'bad' it was to have investments out of the United States?
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Republican Senators now 'more disturbed now than before' with Susan Rice-a-Phony
I still say the Republicans will cave like they always do. But after Susan Rice met with three Republican Senator (Old codger McCain, Lindsey Graham and Kelly Ayotte), they came away feeling more 'disturbed now than before' about Susan Rice-a-Phony, the Washington DC treat.
Report: Computer owned by Paula Broadwell had 'substantial' classified data
And the beat goes on. The media is bumbling and stumbling around the cover the 'sex-scandal' rather than the implications of Benghazi and four dead Americans. Now, there are reports that Paula Broadwell's computer had 'substantial' classified data. Drip..Drip..Drip.. (and I don't mean Petraeus' body parts either.)
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Arrogant Obama gets testy with ABC hack over Susan Rice during first press conference in 8 months – admits he told her to lie on Sunday shows (Video)
Who knew? Apparently the liar Susan Rice has represented the United States with 'skill, grace and toughness.' I guess that's how those from Chicago refer a liar like Susan Rice. Like the first term Obama doesn't like being challenged on what he does, 0r who he picks. His snotty response to ABC hack Jon Karl was angry, arrogant, and vintage Obama. There was also a moment of clarity from Obama. He flat out admits that HE is the one who told Rice to go on five Sunday news programs after the Benghazi terrorist attack and lie to the American people.
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Batshit crazy Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar threatens to 'punch out' reporter
Awfully quiet about Ken Salazar. Had this a Bushie, this would have been given as much coverage as Petreaus' sex scandal. But Ken Salazar is a Democrat, and part of the Obama corrupt regime, so it doesn't even register with the corrupt lapdog media. According to The Blaze, Salazar threatened to 'punch out' a Colorado reporter during an election day event last week in the state. As usual, it was kept quiet, and we are just learning about it now, AFTER the election.
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Obama considering John Heinze Kerry for defense secretary?
Swiftboat Lurch John Kerry for Secretary of Defense? We all heard the rumors that he might replace Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State, but Secretary of Defense? Isn't that currently Leon Panetta's job? Maybe the walnut farmer Panetta is up to his eyeballs in dirt over Benghazi and the cover-up of Petraeus' sex scandal and is going to resign? The good news? That takes a Marxist Heinz boy out of the Senate. The bad news? Kerry will be in charge of this country's security and Massachusetts will just elect another Marxist to replace Kerry. I guess you can call it a wash if it's true.
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Obviously, Earth Day is only one day of the year (though in our group we like to think we honor it everyday), but it is a day we can utilize to highlight our commitment to the earth. To pass our commitment on to our guests, we have gone one step further: we are sending every customer home with a little piece of our sustainable spirit. Every customer who dines with a B&B restaurant on Earth Day will take home a custom BBHG seed packet of the versatile Italian staple, arugula, to grow in his or her home or garden. "Will this cure Earth's problem? Of course not," says Mario Batali. "But is it an easy introduction to do-it-yourself Save-the-Earth 101? Most definitely! And don't forget, arugula is delicious."
For Carnevino Italian Steakhouse, the following will be our featured specials:
Ramp and Coppa Salad - Charred ramps coming from California farms, house made ricotta made from Sarah farms dairy and our housed cured Coppa
Tagliolini with asparagus and prosciutto - first of the season gilcrease farms asparagus shaved and tossed with housemade pasta,prosciutto and lemon finished with ricotta salata.
Wild striped Bass - Spring vegetable puree(peas, favas, artichokes, asparagus all from california farms) finished with fresh shucked shelling peas,favas and poached artichokes and fresh pea tendrils from herbs by Diane.


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Last year we reviewed the Thecus N4200 just days after its release. The N4200 is still to this day the only consumer NAS that offers dual status display screens, but more importantly, the only consumer NAS to include a battery backup system. When Thecus first marketed their N4200 a lot of emphasis was placed on the new dual display feature, but we felt that the battery backup feature was the real standout feature.
In an enterprise environment power is regulated to a degree unseen in our homes. Businesses regularly spend a portion of their budget on keeping clean, consistent power flowing to their servers. In our home power fluctuates and in many places across the country you can expect at least one power outage a year. Here in the Midwest where I'm at you can expect several brief outages in winter as ice builds on power lines and trees, and again in the spring when severe storms disrupt the flow. One of the easiest ways to take out a hard drive is to remove power abruptly without a proper shut down sequence.
The Thecus N4200 PRO is based on the award winning N4200 design, but has a faster internal processor, now an Atom D525, and gets industry leading DDR3 memory. Thecus' new firmware, now up to revision 5, is also included and has been updated significantly since we started reviewing Thecus products.
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The Kootenay Rockies region offers a superb selection of more than 25 championship golf courses, including many award winners.
It is marked by a spectacular alpine landscape with dramatic elevation changes, thick forests, abundant wildlife and rugged peaks.
Between rounds, check out the region's many hiking trails, river rafting trips and mountain biking routes, or sit back and admire the mountain scenery. Muscles aching after playing 18 holes? Go for a soak in one of the natural hot spring pools in this region post-game.
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Greywolf Golf Course at Panorama Mountain Village was ranked #2 in SCOREGolf magazine's list of British Columbia's Best Public Golf Courses in 2009, and was awarded 4.5 stars by the prestigious Golf Digest. Greywolf's signature hole, the aptly named "Cliffhanger," involves an island-like green with rocky vertical drops on three sides.
Also on SCOREGolf's list of BC's top public courses are Invermere's Eagle Ranch Golf Resort and The Springs Course at Radium Resort. Both wind alongside the mighty Columbia River and showcase gorgeous mountain views.
Fairmont Hot Springs and Copper Point Golf Club in Windermere each boast two beautiful championship courses. At Fairmont Hot Springs, don't miss the signature hole at Riverside Golf Course – it crosses the headwaters of the Columbia River twice!
Cranbrook and Kimberley are home to some incredibly scenic golf courses, with the Purcell Mountains visible to the east and the Rockies to the west.
Cranbrook's Shadow Mountain was named one of 2010's Best New Courses in Canada by SCOREGolf. It features 19 holes and has one of the longest layouts in BC (7,405 yards).
Also in Cranbrook is Wildstone Golf Course, opened in 2011, which stretches 7,127 yards against a Rocky Mountain backdrop, and St. Eugene Golf Resort, which celebrates local Aboriginal culture at the Ktunaxa Interpretive Centre and throughout the resort.
Kimberley's Trickle Creek and Bootleg Gap Golf take full advantage of their natural scenery. Trickle Creek received an honorary mention in SCOREGolf's list of BC's Best Public Courses (2009) and was also named Best View of the Rockies.
Among the eight golf courses that make up the Kootenay Golf Trail are Redstone Resort, a Les Furber Signature Course in Rossland that was named one of the Best New Courses in 2010 by SCOREGolf, and Castlegar Golf Club in Castlegar, which hosted the 2010 BC Amateur Championship.
Along the peaceful shores of Kootenay Lake, discover Balfour Golf Course, located 15 minutes south of Ainsworth Hot Springs. And across the lake in Crawford Bay is Kokanee Springs Golf Resort with panoramic views of the Kokanee Glacier.
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Bootleg Gap Golf is a 27-hole facility designed by Les Furber. Bootleg Gap Golf features an 18-hole Championship Course, a unique 9-hole Course & one of the best practice facilities in the region.
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A visit to historic Fernie is never complete without a round at the beautiful Fernie Golf Course.
The classic course, which dates back to 1918, is a long-standing favourite. It's a pleasant walking course featuring 18 quality golf holes and panoramic mountain views throughout. The par-70, 5,995 m (6,556 yard) track is the kind of layout you never tire of playing. However, as popular as the course is with Fernie's fun-loving residents, it is always welcoming to visitors.
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11 Here's something else I've seen on this earth. Races aren't always won by those who run fast. Battles aren't always won by those who are strong. Wise people don't always have plenty of food. Clever people aren't always wealthy. Those who have learned a lot aren't always favored. God controls the timing of every event. He also controls how things turn out. | 11 I have seen something else under the sun: The race is not to the swift or the battle to the strong, nor does food come to the wise or wealth to the brilliant or favor to the learned; but time and chance happen to them all. |
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Prasar Bharati (Broadcasting Corporation of India) is the public service broadcaster
in the country, with Akashwani (All India Radio) and Doordarshan asits two
constituents. It came into existence on 23rd November 1997.
Prasar Bharati Board functions at the apex level ensuring formulation andimplementation
of policies of the organization and fulfillment of the mandate interms of the
Prasar Bharati Act, 1990. The Executive Member functions as the Chief Executive
Officer (CEO) of the Corporation, subject to the control and supervision of the
Board. The CEO, the Member (Finance) and the
Member (Personnel) perform their functions from the Prasar Bharati headquarters at
Parliament Street, New Delhi.
All important policy matters relating
to finance, administration and personnel are submitted to the CEO and the Board
through the Member (Finance) and the Member (Personnel) as required, for the
purpose of advice, implementation of proposals and decisions
thereon. Officers from different streams working in the Prasar Bharati
Secretariat assist the CEO, the Member (Finance) and the
Member (Personnel) in integrating actions, operations, plans and policy
implementation aswell as look after the budget, accounts and general financial matters of theCorporation.
Prasar Bharati also has a unified vigilance set up at the headquarters, headed
by aChief Vigilance Officer.
facilitate decision making, the Policy & Executive Committee (earlier known
asManagement Committee) chaired by the CEO, has been constituted for bothDoordarshan
and AIR.
The Directors General heads the
Directorate General of All India Radio and theDirectorate General of
They function in close association with
theMember (Finance), the Member (Personnel) and the CEO, in carrying out the
day-to-day affairs of AIR and Doordarshan. Both in AIR and Doordarshan, there
are broadly four different wings responsible for distinct activities viz.
Programme, News, Engineering and Administration & Finance.
(All India Radio)
All India Radio comes under the Ministry of Information and BroadcastingGovernment
of India. A secretary and four joint secretaries who are supposed to dothe
following jobs assist the minister of information and broadcasting:
•Financial Advisor and
Radio stations come in all
sizes and generally are classifies as being either small,medium or
large market outlets. The size of the community that a station servesusually
reflects the size of its staff. For example, the station in a town of
fivethousand residents may have six to eight fulltime employees in the station.
Medium markets are set up in more
densely populated areas and in this type of station; there are twelve to
twenty employees. Mostly, overlapping of duties
occur in the larger stations, positions are usually limited to specific areas of responsibility.
Large stations may employ as many as sixty to hundred people andas few as
twenty depending on the nature of their format.In All India Radio, Director
General is the head of the organization, and
thereforeit is a sensitive post requiring a wide cultural background, initiative, tact,administrative
abilities, sound judgment of matters and people, a deep commitmentto
broadcasting and qualities of leadership of a high order.
Occasionally, Indian Administration
Service Officers are assigned an additionaltask of Director General of All
India Radio and since independence; there have been around 15 IAS officers
who have performed the task of Director General of AIR.
There are Additional Director General
and Deputy Director Generals also who help the Director General is
assisted by Director of Programmes.
A Director whose rank is
equivalent to Deputy Director General heads news Division. The Director is assisted
by Chief News Editor, News Editor, Joint Director, etc. others employed in the
news department of the radio station are the News Readers, Announcers, Translators
and others.
The Engineering Division of AIR is
looked after by Engineer- in-Chief and is assisted by Chief Engineer and
Regional Engineers. The Regional Stations of AIR is under the control of Station Director who
is assisted by Assistant Station Directors and Programme
B.G. Verghese Committee has
also proposed an organizational structure for AIR, which has the following
posts of General Managers:1.GM Legal Services2.GM Planning3.GM
InformationThe committee also proposed a Central News Room consisting of a GeneralManager, Editor, Foreign Editor, Editor Monitoring. This committee has also proposed
the creation of the posts of Station Manager, Accounts and Personnel Officer,
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We are pleased to introduce the September issue of Current Pharmacogenomics and Personalized Medicine (CPPM) and share with you the editorial vision of the Journal as an integrated new title addressing both pharmacogenomics and personalized medicine readership effective 2008. CPPM has a unique focus on the complex challenges and promises emerging from the fusion of knowledge domains in therapeutics and diagnostics (i.e., theragnostics) in postgenomics medicine. The Journal covers issues relating to individual and population variability in drug treatment outcomes and disease susceptibility. A firm understanding of these variability questions is a prerequisite and essential foundation to achieve the overarching goal of personalized therapeutics [1-4]. We bear in mind the increasingly globalized nature of health research and services, and the diverse technologies, stakeholders and interdisciplinary expertise that collectively drive the rapidly evolving knowledge frontiers in personalized medicine.
The September issue in front of you features articles that offer a transdisciplinary synthesis of the recent developments in the field. Tikki Pang asks the question if it is "too soon", or "just-in-time" for the developing countries to consider the applications of pharmacogenomics in dealing with priority health problems. In the face of genomics research that now extends well beyond the laboratory bench to global society [5, 6], and pandemics that do not recognize national and geographical borders [7], this article makes a timely contribution at the unique intersection of personalized medicine and global public health. Following on the latter theme, Muin Khoury provides an in-depth account of the public health genomics, a multidisciplinary field concerned with the effective and responsible applications of genome-based knowledge and technologies to improve population health.


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Now, That's a FINE Ass!
Man, I'm a sucker for a muscle hunk with a gorgeous butt, and this shot from The Male Form shows off what this well-built piece of man has, and then some!
Man, I'm a sucker for a muscle hunk with a gorgeous butt, and this shot from The Male Form shows off what this well-built piece of man has, and then some!
If there is one, double penetration is probably the golden chalice of gay sex. Cock-hungry bottoms dream of it, but few of us are able to achieve it. No other gay porn site out there has more double anal penetration videos than Staxus, they have 27 different videos and they even have a triple fucking session, and yes, the bottom does take three dicks up his ass.
In reality, if you've ever tried taking two cocks up your rear as the same time. It's incredibly difficult, not only for the bottom, but for everyone involved. First, only the horniest of butt boys can achieve this; if anal sex is constantly a chore, never stops hurting or feels uncomfortable, or you're whining, "Please stop, I've had enough," double penetration probably isn't for you.
But if you've got a limber hole that can take a super large dildo and a couple of willing tops, then it's always fun to try. In order for this to work, the tops really have to communicate because if they both shove their dicks in a guy's ass and start pumping away, someone's bound to slip out. Double penetration seems to work best when one top lies relatively still with his hard-on in the bottom's ass, and the second tops slides his dick inside and does all the fucking. So the tops really have to sort out who is doing what, how, and when.
And if you're up to try getting two dicks in your hole at the same time, studying these videos from Staxus will give you some pretty good inspiration for the positions that work the best, and like I said, there are 27 of them for you to study. Have fun!
How did you get into the industry? Who approached you - or who did you approach - and what made you want to decide to go for it?
I kind of got into the industry by accident really, I never actually intended to end up doing porn or more importantly, if I was the right type of guy to to porn. 7 years later and I'm still doing it. I got into it via one of my friends who was already doing porn, I knew him when I was 17 and we had a bit of fun every now and then, so he knew what I had down my trousers as it were. Anyway, he suggested that I get into porn when I'm 18 and that people would love me etc. I just laughed him off thinking he was joking, so I played along and said "yeah why not". After about a week I'd forgotten about it and life continued as normal. The week after my 18th birthday however I got a phone call from my friend to say that he'd recommended me to the porn company he worked for and that I had a photo-shoot and solo film shoot booked in for the week after. At first I was petrified and didn't want to do it, but then I thought "hell, why not you only live once right?" And that's how I got into porn.
What was it like doing your first porn shoot - scary, interesting, sexy? - And what's different for you about doing porn now that you've had experience?
My first solo shoot, as I mentioned before, was actually quite scary but I eased into it fairly quickly as it was pretty much just a wank in a brightly lit room. However, my first duo scene was terrifying. The guy I was working with had done a lot of porn and was very experienced, I on the other hand was a scared newbie who he had the bad luck to end up working with. I fumbled my way through the scene, not really knowing what I was doing and it was at that moment and the only moment in my porn life where I've thought "what the fuck am I doing here?!" The scene was moderate and I was glad when it was over, part of me didn't want to do anything ever again, but the other part got rather turned on and excited by the idea that people would be watching and seeing me do what I do....even if I did look like a virgin having sex for the first time.
Are there any videos you've made, or directors or performers you've worked with who stand out for you, and can you tell us about them?
There are so many people in this industry who stand out to me, not because they've done the most work or have the biggest cock, but because of who they are and how they effect the industry. Directors like Chi Chi La Rue who are keeping the market going with exciting new products and also the promotion for safer sex in films. Performers like Brent Everett, Michael Brandon and Chad Hunt who have stood the test of time and are still as popular and genuinely nice guys today as they were when they started. And the legends who carved the way for new talent to come shining through in the past few years like it has done. So all in all I can't really pick a singular person from each category and only a single person. There are many inspiring and hard working people in this industry, even the blogging websites and the alike, because without them we wouldn't get that connection between the fans and the performers...and I like that so thank you. Also I do realise this was a very "Miss World" style answer but it was the best way I could put it across haha!
If you had to thank one person in the adult industry for helping with your career, who would it be, and an you tell us why?
That's a difficult one to be honest because there are two people I'd like to thank. The first person is the director who first took that chance with me and kept booking me for work which in turn built up my confidence and ability to perform on camera. Without him I'd be, well...not in porn. S I have to say thank you to him. And the second person I'd like to thank, is everyone who put me down and said I couldn't do it, or I was ugly, etc...the haters. As without them, I wouldn't strive so hard to keep doing porn. Their put downs and rejections simply make me want to do porn more and prove them all wrong. They make me want to fight to be here. So a big fat thank you to them as well.
What's the funniest or weirdest thing that's ever happened to you during a shoot or during sex?
I've actually been lucky to not have anything really bad happen to me on set, touch wood. The closest thing I can remember was when I was bottoming for Gabriel Ross on a film which didn't get released due to the company closing, I was on my back ankles behind my head and Gabriel was fucking me. All of a sudden the bed gave way, I fell through the bed so all you could see we're my legs and ass coming through and my head was on the floor underneath. Gabriel was still fucking me at this point and couldn't do anything for laughing. Another time on set, I had to do some acting and I had to get stage punched, the guy punching me got a little too close and actually punched me straight in the nose, needless to say there was blood everywhere and a slightly broken nose lol.
What do you do when you're not shooting porn? Got any hobbies, favourite TV shows, websites or things you like to read?
When I'm not shooting porn, I like to spend my time with family, friends, because that time is precious. My family mean the world to me and they come before anything else. I have to say I'm a bit of a geek and I do like all things Star Wars and comic based so you'll often find me reading comics or doing something Star Wars based. I'm also a huge theme park and roller coaster fanatic. Yeah ok, I'm a big geek! I've actually just finished reading The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells. I think by now you can tell I love my Sci-Fi.
What advice would you give a newbie who's just starting in the industry - any suggestions on what to do or avoid?
I think the main thing is to really sit and think about it before you do it, is it something you want to be known for? What goes on the Internet stays on the Internet and can always be found, long after you've stopped doing porn. Also do your research, look at what websites and film studios you want to work for, how they treat their models etc. It would be beneficial to a newbie to see if they can find a porn model who has done a few films and websites and ask them if they can give then any advice on studios, but be wary as not all porn "stars" are helpful and don't particularly want to talk to their fans or have the time to bother with them. Twitter is a great way of connecting with your favourite porn actors and finding out who is doing what and their experiences.
Do you friends or family know you're a pornstar? If so, how did they react when they found out? If not, how do you think they'll react when they find out?
My friends know I do porn and they're ok with it, I don't actively tell them about it, if they want to know they ask. I don't force it down their throats. My family on the other hand kind of know but not from my mouth, I had a stalker about 2-3 years ago who, because I wouldn't sleep with him, decided to tell my mum that I did porn and send her links to some of the stuff I'd done. That caused a big rift in mine and her relationship and we didn't speak for about a year. But it's all been swept under the table and we don't talk about it. I think they've forgotten about it to an extent, that or it's selective memory. I don't intend on telling my family about it as its not something that I feel the need to tell them about, there are certain things you don't discuss over the dinner table. And being a good Catholic boy from a good Catholic family (lol yeah right) I have to be good and proper.
What's in store for you in the future - any projects on the way? Will you still be in porn in 5 years, and if so will you still be a performer or do you plan to be doing something else?
So far I have nothing huge planned for the future, I'm not the flavour of the month at the moment so I don't actually have any work coming in. The next big thing I will be doing will be Hustlaball Berlin in October but that's about it. I've been having talking with a website who I recently shot for about doing some more scenes with them but that's it. I've turned my hand to potentially doing a website and seeing how that goes, I've pretty much got the design and how it will work etc all planned out and built, I just need to get it all up and running. Porn is a fickle world and it changes so quickly, I hope I'll still be doing it in 5 years time and I hope I'll be a bit musclier and all that as well, but we shall see. I have already been behind the camera and done that side of the industry before, but part of me keeps getting drawn back to performing and being in front of the camera. I suppose it's the exhibitionist in me. If the opportunity came up where I could do both, work in front and behind the camera and have a creative input, which was a full time job then yeah I'd snap it up straight away.
Where can fans find you and follow you on the web?
People can find and talk to me online at a few places:
Twitter: @KieronKnightXXX
Facebook: Kieron Knight
Instagram: Kieron Knight
Vine: Kieron Knight
The list goes on haha.
When I called in at Vintage Gay Media History, the blog/site was running a piece on the 40th year of Playgirl magazine, which just goes to show that this site takes its subject matter seriously. It's a fascinating place to pop over to, for a read about the history of gayness in the media. There were pieces paying tribute to Superman, in light of the new film, and there was even a cross-article, you might call it, about Christopher Reeve, as Superman, on the cover of Playgirl in 1979, which was titled '1979 Vs 2013 Cultures.'
But don't think that it is all about only those two subjects. There's a wide spectrum of interesting articles that come with appropriate images. The archives date back to 2009, so there's a lot to catch up on. Back then I found articles about subjects as diverse as Dark Shadows (the TV series) and The Marquis de Sade. The blog also has a section for porn site reviews and links off to other blogs of interest. It's serious, well written and well worth a visit.
Sexy Colby London's on holiday in Quebec, and what could be hotter than vacation sex? When Colby and Beni Rousseau see each other, these two tattooed love boys can't wait to go inside and get it on - and that's just what they do! The two go crazy sucking and tonguing ass, before horny bottom Beni takes Colby's dick in his ass for the Video Boys cameras, and he loves every thrust!
Ginger models are so rare in the industry that they always cause a stir. This week was no different when COLT Studio Group released the first photo set and interview from sexy redhead Seth Fornea. Sure, Seth is hairy and built, but it's his sweet personality that shines in his Q&A with the crew. The newly minted COLT Man tells how he was "discovered" working in a bar in New Orleans when a savvy photographer spotted him and made an offer to pose. Seth's first session was in Chicago, and he says that he always felt "natural" in front of the camera. Thankfully, this led to his new gig with COLT in NYC. "I was very flattered," he says of shooting for the historic studio. "I enjoy being naked for the camera...if the lighting is good," jokes the bearded muscle stud, who works out six or seven times a week. Though fans only get to see some straining jockstrap and butt action this time, Seth hints that more might be on the way. "The longer I do this, the more comfortable I become on camera. I could see myself doing most everything on camera." Everything?! Hmmm, maybe he should audition for the next season of Big Brother! For more information, visit Colt Studio Group.
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Marc Angelo is one handsome hunk of man with a beefy body and he showed up this week on Hairy and Raw. Jack-off videos can be a little ho hum, but the way this bear looks into the camera and talks dirty, well, it's like he was sitting on the couch right beside my desk giving me a hot, private jack-off show.
We've seen a lot of horny public gang bangs over at Bound in Public, but this week they're pulling out all the stops. They filmed their latest group fucked in front of 100 men during their Pre-Dore Alley Party. Hot southern stud Jordan Foster is a cute, bearded and furry stud and he's the main attraction.
He's blindfolded and tied up while everyone gets to touch and grope him. And with 100 men all feeling him up, he gets pretty aroused and precum soaks through his underwear. The crowd rips his clothes off and the fun begins. He's forced to crawl through the bar and beaten with a flogger. Jordan finds three dicks to suck and someone fucks him from behind while the horny crowd watches.
Bound to a net of chains, the pleasure part of Jordan's ordeal is over and the pain begins with clothespins clipped to his sensitive skin. One nasty task master flicks each one off with his riding crop and this helpless sub bellows in pain. The crowd soothes his sensitive body with their hands, then he's fucked some more. And one after another, the men line up to douse him with their cum loads. With cum dripping all over his face, Jordan crawls into the back room where the real party is just getting started.
Oh fuck, Master's home and you didn't do your chores! Meaning, the laundry, cleaning, cooking, ironing, recycling, and silver polishing (the silver in question being the lovely silver butt plug on the mantle). Whatever are you to do?
Don't panic. Just expose yourself like this and maybe he won't notice the massive mess behind you. Thank goodness the one thing you didn't forget was the brutally intense workout program he assigned to you. If you follow up this greeting pose by lovingly and greedily pleasuring him with your mouth and ass and hands and toes, you stand a chance of avoiding serious punishment. Although as soon as you're done pleasuring him with your mouth and ass and hands and toes, you're in for it.
Oh wait. You like punishment. Enjoy!
My Straight Buddy features raucous and rowdy straight guys in all kinds of nude horseplay. Sometimes they're playing naked drinking games, other times they're having jack-off contests to see who can shoot the furthest, the most, or the fastest. And sometimes you'll just find the guys jacking off together, fucking sex dolls, and even some sucking and fucking. If you like military guys, then My Straight Buddy should get you pretty revved up, click the link to read GayDemon's full review.
Spanish Cruising brings together two of my favourite things: Latin men and amateurs. This site is actually one of my all-time faves out of all the sites I've reviewed for Gay Demon. Spanish Cruising features real amateur Argentinian guys hooking up for sex, sometimes in hotel rooms and sometimes outdoors for some fun in cars, parks, and parking lots. One of my favourite things on the site is their Gay Truck series that films truckers picking up guys and having sex in their trucks.
Lucas Entertainment brings together all their hunky executives sucking and fucking at the office in one site called Sex in Suits. While the men are pretty sexy with lots of big cocks and uncut ones, too, the site has an irregular update schedule based on the release of new office sex DVDs. But the great thing about Sex in Suit is that members get access to the entire network of Lucas Entertainment's 800 videos.


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8 Good Reasons to Pick Up Your Coffee Cup
I love coffee and when I can find more reasons to drink it, I gotta pass it on. Here come 8 good reasons to pick up your coffee cup.
Hey Fort Collins, Finish This Line, "My Bloody Mary Isn't Complete Without"[POLL]
I try and try to figure it out, why do I like brunch so much. Do I like brunch because of the great places to choose from in Fort Collins or is it the Bloody Mary's or can it truly be the Egg's Benedict (my favorite)


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Low-lignin and tannin-containing alfalfas are just two examples of alfalfas being developed using biotechnology along with traditional plant breeding methods, said Joe Bouton, director of the Forage Improvement Division of the Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Ardmore, OK. He spoke at the National Alfalfa Symposium last month.
Low-lignin alfalfa has been estimated to produce a 10% increase in fiber digestibility that could increase milk or beef production by $350 million/year and decrease manure production by 2.8 million tons/year, according to U.S. Dairy Forage Research Center (USDFRC) studies. New varieties with this trait may be commercially available to seed producers in 2012.
Tannin alfalfa, now in an early stage of development, could reduce bypass protein problems and cause less bloating in animals. It could reduce protein feed supplementation by 60% and nitrogen losses by 25%, bring up to a 12% increase in net return for dairies and increase alfalfa silage value by $23/ton, according to a USDFRC dairy model.
For more on Bouton's presentation, visit: hayandforage.com/alfalfasymposium/coverage/biotechnology-delivers-better-alfalfa/. For recaps of other symposium talks, visit: hayandforage.com/alfalfasymposium/coverage/.


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The public is invited to a Mardi Gras party at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church on Fat Tuesday, March 4th beginning at 5:30 p.m. The event will feature traditional Cajun food, music and attendees are encouraged to wear Mardi Gras finery including masks.
Tickets for the event are $15 each and all proceeds benefit a scholarship program for mentally and physically challenged individuals to attend a special camp at Camp Mitchell in Morrilton, Arkansas.
For more information or to purchase tickets, contact the church office at 425-3560.
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