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Catherine Willows might be a bit jealous. Alex Carter - best known as Catherine's love interest Detective Lou Vartann on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - is about to take on a decidedly different character in the Lifetime original movie The Secret Sex Life of a Single Mom.
He plays "The Duke," a mysterious man who intrigues titular divorcee Delaine Morris (played by True Blood's Ashley Jones) when they meet online. Alex recently joined BFTV to chat about the movie, and his long history as a dependable character actor we always enjoy seeing on TV.
"I'd worked on a movie that [executive producer] Pierre David had produced before, and he invited me into the talk and he told me that he had this thing coming up and he told me a bit about it and that was it," he said of signing up for the role. "It wasn't really a detailed process."
It might have been an easy casting, but it's definitely not an easy character, as the relationship between The Duke and Delaine explores topics that you wouldn't expect to find in a Lifetime movie, or any movie, for that matter. The film is also a chance for us to see Alex as more than Detective Vartann or the villainous Jason Bly from Burn Notice. Not that he minds being the guy we either love or love to hate.
"After you've been doing this for a long time, which I have, you just kind of keep moving. And a lot of times things that are done don't get seen. So at some point, I feel like you've covered a lot of territory, and sometimes you repeat yourself," he reflected. "But it's always a little different...It's always something that's a discovery."
One of his favorite scenes from The Secret Sex Life of a Single Mom actually didn't make the final version. "There's kind of a fun scene that we did in the kitchen and we cut the scene out," he laughed. "It was just her making breakfast, but it was kind of playful and it was a little bit dangerous."
"I just think it's more [about] the character's journey," he continued, "where she starts and where she ends up."
Being one of those familiar faces - his other credits include Nikita, Revenge, Beauty and the Beast, and Leverage, just to name a few of many - we asked Alex if he's recognized for any one part in particular.
"It depends," he told us. "I guess it depends on what's being streamed nowadays. I was in Boston recently, and it was amazing how many people asked me about one specific show, which was Burn Notice. I was like 'What the hell? I haven't worked on Burn Notice for a couple of years.'" Then he found out the USA series was on Netflix.
"Sometimes I'll get letters from people in a different part of the world...I think it was like CSI was airing in Asia. I think a lot of people recognize me from CSI," he continued. "Sometimes people will just say something that I'm like shocked [to hear]."
"I haven't watched my own performances in things that I've done in a long time. I'm not someone that looks back too often," Alex told us. "I've been writing and that's really what I'm working on right now. I just finished writing something and we're developing it.
"I'd love to do a play again," he added. "I haven't done a play in a long time, and I think that probably the best work I ever did as an actor was in a live capacity."
The Secret Sex Life of a Single Mom airs tomorrow at 9 PM ET/PT on Lifetime; stay tuned tomorrow for more interviews behind the scenes of the movie!
(c)2014 Brittany Frederick. Appears at Examiner with permission. All rights reserved. No reproduction permitted. Visit my official website and follow me on Twitter at @tvbrittanyf.


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This photo is circulating this morning on social media but with a wrong heading. Unfortunately, the vet could not recognize the lashing of a knife or machete from a wild animal attack. She should have reported it to the police, the same when she sees another form of animal cruelty.
What is wrong with people ? We perfectly know what happens in the next stage of animal cruelty. It graduates to people cruelty.
But denouncing it has to be done to the police. MAPAQ made it perfectly clear, it does not protect strays "because they are not owned". That kind of crap is making the life of stray cats in this province more and more terrific.
Stray cats are not safe in the streets and alleys, we know that. Traffic accidents, hunger and wandering helplessly are a day to day life for strays. These cats do not survive for many years. They need our help.
But just as Operation Felix was gathering the rescuing efforts and working on some solutions, MAPAQ shut it down with fabrication of proof, lies and perjury. The court case was a mascarade of justice and I believe it will happen to many other rescuers before we succeed to denounce it publicly.
Busybodies, HSI and private clubs are controlling the media while a bunch of girls, took pretty names for their rescues and are roaming the streets saving cats in peril. "C'est le monde à l'envers". As we say in Quebec.
If you have any idea how to save these cats and educate, please contact me. Something has to be done and NOW. If it is the last thing I do, I want to create some union between rescuers, stop the competition and bickering so the cats can find a real world to live in.


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Advance tickets are now on sale for TKO CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING, an action packed evening featuring some of the best young stars in the sport, on Saturday, June 26th at The MontBleu Resort Casino and Spa in Lake Tahoe, Nevada.
Presented by Guilty Boxing in association with TKO Boxing Promotions, TKO CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING is headlined by a WBO World Lightweight Youth Title bout featuring sensational prospect Terence Crawford.
Advance tickets, starting at $25, can be purchased through Ticketmaster (ticketmaster.com) or the MontBleu Box Office (775-588-3515).
Said Chet Koerner, President of TKO Boxing Promotions, "We're thrilled to return to Northern Nevada with another world class event. Fight fans in the Lake Tahoe/Reno region have showed their passion and overwhelming support to us over the last two years and we have a great evening planned for them in our first card at the MontBleu."
Since turning professional two years ago following an outstanding amateur career, the 22 year old Crawford has become one of the most highly regarded prospects in boxing. With his fast hands and laser like body shots, Crawford has thrilled fight fans all over the country while amassing a perfect 11-0-0 record with eight knockouts.
The Omaha, Nebraska native has stopped his last five opponents inside the distance, most recently destroying veteran Marty Robbins on May 1st in Iowa City, Iowa. Dropping Robbins three times, all from body shots, Crawford was awarded the knockout victory at the 0:51 mark of the third round.
Also featured at TKO CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING is Canadian superstar in the making, welterweight prospect Mikael Zewski. The all-action Trois-Rivières, Quebec native has quickly become a fan favorite in Canada with his first two bouts being broadcast on the "Super Channel".
The 21 year old Zewski, now 4-0-0 with three knockouts, received a hero's welcome in front of the huge crowd at the Pepsi Coliseum on May 28th. Fighting in Canada for the first time, Zewski brutally stopped veteran John Hoffman in the first round on the undercard of the ESPN2 televised Eric Lucas/Librado Andrade super middleweight showdown.
Zewski dropped Hoffman three times before the carnage was brought to a halt by referee Gerry Bolen at the time of 1:45.
Making his first appearance in the United States, Filipino prospect Dodie Boy Penalosa Jr. will also see action at the MontBleu. The 19 year old Penalosa Jr. is part of Filipino boxing royalty with world champions counted among his father, uncle and grandfather.
After an amateur career that culminated in an undefeated record of 27-0 with ten knockouts, Penalosa started his professional career with a brilliant second round stoppage of Anthony Balubar on January 23, 2010 in Manila, Philippines.
Las Vegas based welterweight Bradley Blankenship will return to action at TKO CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING. Currently studying at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas where he led the boxing team and was the Nevada State Golden Gloves Champion in 2009, the 22 year old made his professional debut on April 2nd at the Rio Casino in Las Vegas.
Over four rounds against Abraham Espinoza, Blankenship thrilled the Las Vegas fight fans with a terrific debut that he appeared to win convincingly.
Scoring at will, Blankenship won all four rounds on one judges' card, but was scored even on the two others, resulting in a majority draw.
Heavy handed 18 year welterweight phenom Michael Finney also will appear on the undercard at TKO CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING. After winning numerous national championships as an amateur, the Smiths Station, Alabama native, now training in Las Vegas, has quickly made a huge impression on fight fans and boxing media with three stunning first round knockouts in his initial starts as professional.
In his last bout on May 1st in Iowa City, Finney overwhelmed Bobby Larson with a first round assault that was stopped at the 0:47 mark.
Rounding out the undercard will be the highly anticipated pro debut of 17 year old Trevor McCumby. Born and raised in Chicago where he was a three-time Chicago Park District Champion, McCumby went on to win five National Amateur Boxing Championships including the "Under 19" National Championships.
Competing as a light heavyweight, the current Phoenix, Arizona resident is one of only a handful of 17 year olds approved by the Nevada State Athletic Commission to box professionally.
More information on TKO CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING will be announced shortly.
Formed in early 2008, Chet Koerner's Las Vegas based TKO BOXING Promotions, originators of the "HOMETOWN HEROES TO WORLD CHAMPIONS" national boxing series, stable includes; heavyweight Lenroy Thomas, cruiserweight Andres Taylor, super middleweight Fedor Chudinov, middleweights Peter Manfredo Jr., Giovanni Lorenzo, Elvin Ayala, James Countryman, Dmitry Chudinov and J'Leon Love, junior middleweights Bastie Samir, welterweights Demetrius Hopkins, Bradley Blankenship, Mikael Zewski, Leti Leti and Eric Mendez, junior welterweights Francisco Contreras and Joseph Elegele, lightweights Edner Cherry, Rolando Reyes, Terence Crawford and Fidel Maldonado, featherweights Matt Remillard, Carney Bowman, Dat Nguyen, Delvin Placencia, Rafael Lora, Maxwell Awaku and Robert Rodriguez, super bantamweights Rafael Valenzuela and Dodie Boy Penalosa Jr., bantamweight Leo Santa Cruz and flyweights Rayonta Whitfield and Randy Caballero.
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Do I need one? And, if so, should I wait and buy one later?
First time buyer and am curious as to whether I need holster. Right now, I'm leaning towards SW 686. I don't plan on carrying it and instead will use it as a range gun and kept in my bedroom for home protection. So, is there something I am not taking into account? I've seen others warn about storing a gun in a leather holster so I am not sure when I would use it.
If I ever did decide on carrying, I would look to something much smaller and an appropriate holster for it.


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Category Barleywine Recipe Type Extract Fermentables 17-1/2 lbs pale dry extract 3 lbs crystal malt 1.5 lbs flaked barley 1.5 lbs wheat malt Hops 68 HBUs Chinook hops (boil) 20 HBUs Cascade hops (boil) 2.5 oz Goldings hops (finish) 10 grams Chinook hops (dry hop) 20 grams Kent Goldings hops (dry hop) 50 grams Cascade hops (dry hop) .5 grams Herbal hops substitute Other 1 tsp gypsum 1 tsp Irish moss Yeast Sierra Nevada ale yeast Procedure This recipe makes 5 gallons of full-strength barleywine plus 4 gallons half strength. Follow normal procedures, but brew in a 7-gallon kettle and then divide the wort into separate fermenters. The special hops substitute is a mix of hops repeatedly soaked and sparged in lukewarm water for at least 4 hours to eliminate water-soluble off-flavors. Special hops are added to the secondary fermenter about 1 week before kegging. Quantity used depends on quality of herbs/hops.
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Category Barleywine Recipe Type Extract Delicious at bottling.
Fermentables 14 lbs Alexander's pale malt extract 2 oz black malt 1 lbs golden brown sugar 1 lbs honey Hops 2.5 oz Hallertauer NB plugs (7.5% alpha 3--1/2 oz Fuggles plugs (4.2% alpha Other 3 tsp gypsum Yeast Vintner's Choice Champagne yeast (secondary ferment) Procedure Primary ferment with the Belgian ale yeast, 1 week at 63F. (Very vigorous primary fermentation that took off within 12 hours). Secondary ferment with the champagne yeast, 5 weeks at 66. Racked off trub and pitched champagne yeast. Not much activity. The Belgian must have done its trick. Still, some minor activity.
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Category Pale Ale Recipe Type Extract Fermentables 4 lbs Munton and Fison light DME 4 lbs Geordie amber DME 1 lbs crushed Crystal Malt Hops 1.5 oz Cascade leaf hops (boil 60 minutes) 1.5 oz Cascade leaf hops (finishing) Other 1 tsp Irish Moss Yeast Wyeast #1056 Chico Ale Yeast (1 quart starter made 2 days Procedure Add the crystal malt to cold water and apply heat. Simmer for 15 minutes or so then sparge into boiling kettle. Add DME, top up kettle and bring to boil. When boil starts, add boiling hops and boil for 60 minutes. 10 minutes before end of boil add 1 teaspoon of Irish Moss. When boil is complete, remove heat, add finishing hops and immediately begin chilling wort. Strain wort into fermenter and pitch yeast starter. Primary fermentation took about 4 days. Let the beer settle for another 2 days and then rack to a sanitized, primed (1/3 cup boiled corn sugar solution) and oxygen purged keg and apply some CO2 blanket pressure.
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Category Lager Pale Recipe Type All Grain Fermentables 8 lbs 2-row Klages malt .5 lbs 2-row German Munich malt 2/3 cup corn sugar (priming) Hops 1.5 oz Perle hop pellets (6.2% Alpha - boil) 1 oz Hallertau hop pellets (finish) Other 1 tsp Irish Moss 1 tsp gelatin finings 1 tsp gypsum Lactic Acid Yeast Wyeast #2308 Procedure Mash grains at 152 degrees for two hours, or until conversion is complete. Sparge with 170 degree water to collect 6 gallons. Bring wort to a boil and let boil for 15 minutes before adding the boiling hops. Boil for one hour. Add Irish moss. Boil 30 minutes. (1 hour, 45 minutes total boiling time). Cut heat, add aromatic hops and let rest for 15 minutes. Force cool wort to yeast pitching temperature. Transfer cooled wort to primary fermenter and pitch yeast starter. Fine with geletin when fermentation is complete. Bottle with corn sugar boiled in one cup water.
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Category Pale Ale Recipe Type All Grain This beer is best when consumed young. It will acquire a drier character as it ages. Fermentables 11 lbs 2-Row Klages Malt 1 lbs crystal malt (40 Lovibond) .5 lbs toasted malt (see below) Hops 2 oz Northern Brewer hops (7.1% alpha - boil) 1 oz Cascade hops (6.0% alpha - finish) .25 oz Fuggle or Styrian Golding hop pellets (dry hop) Other .5 tsp gypsum (to harden water) Lactic Acid (enough to bring mash water to pH 5.2) 1 oz Oak Chips (optional) 1 tsp gelatin finings 1 tsp Irish Moss Yeast Ale yeast Procedure Toasted Malt: Spread 2-row Klages on cookie sheet and toast at 350 degrees until reddish brown in color. Mash grain in 12 quarts mash water (treated with gypsum and lactic acid) at 154 degrees until conversion is complete. Sparge with 170 degree water to collect 6 gallons. Bring wort to boil and boil for 15 minutes before adding hops. Add 1/2 of boiling hops. Boil for 30 minutes and add remaining boiling hops. Boil for another 45 minutes and add Irish moss. Boil for a final 30 minutes. Total boiling time is 2 hours. Cut heat, add aromatic hops, and let rest for 15 minutes, or until trub has settled. Force cool wort to yeast pitching temperature. Transfer to primary fermenter and pitch yeast. Add dry hops at end of primary fermentation. Transfer to clean, sterile carboy when fermentation is complete. Boil oak chips for one minute to sterilize and add chips and gelatin to carboy. Age until desired oak flavor is achieved. Allow bottled beer to age two weeks before consuming.
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Choosing a major can dramatically affect your college experience and future career. Economics and Business Administration are two majors that may appear similar because they both focus on companies and goods. However, while they do overlap, students in these fields focus on different areas of study.
Business Administration
Business administration is the study of how businesses function, and gives a broad introduction to the various areas of a business. These areas include marketing, finance, accounting, human resources and business development. A bachelor's degree in business administration is a special degree shortened to BBA. While business administration incorporates many economic ideas, a business administration degree tailors itself more narrowly than economics by focusing on how individual businesses run.
Economics studies the production and consumption of goods in society. It is a social science like anthropology or sociology. Economists may study how individuals in aggregate make decisions in a greater economy, called microeconomics, or how the economy works as a whole, called macroeconomics. While economics involves business, economists do not study how an individual business runs or could improve. Economics focuses on the broader implications of what many individual businesses choose to do.
Business Administration Degree
Business schools typically set up their BBA programs as a structured introduction to many areas of business, so students receive exposure to all these areas. Students may take courses in basic economics or math, although neither is a focus of the degree. If a student has a particular interest, she can typically concentrate in that area, taking specialized courses. Schools typically offer these concentrations in most of the basic business sectors. Anyone studying these subjects earns the same degree, so rather than earn a degree in marketing, you typically earn a degree in business administration with a focus in marketing.
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Colleges may offer two economics degrees, a bachelor's of arts and a bachelor's of science. The B.A. degree is generally more of a theoretical survey of economics, focusing on the history and ideas behind economic practices. A B.S. degree focuses more on the skills needed to do economic research and typically requires advanced-level math such as calculus. Master's programs in economics will typically require calculus or other high-level math classes as a requirement for admission. Both a B.A. and a B.S. will take classes like Microeconomics and Macroeconomics, Econometrics and History of Economic Thought.
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We depend on nature not only for our physical survival. We also need nature to show us the way home, the way out of the prison of our own minds. We got lost in doing, thinking, remembering, anticipating - lost in a maze of complexity and a world of problems.
We have forgotten what rocks, plants, and animals still know. We have forgotten how to be - to be still, to be ourselves, to be where life is: Here and Now.
Whenever you bring your attention to anything natural, anything that has come into existence without human intervention, you step out of the prison of conceptualized thinking and, to some extent, participate in the state of connectedness with Being in which everything natural still exists.
To bring your attention to a stone, a tree, or an animal does not mean to think about it, but simply to perceive it, to hold it in your awareness.
Something of its essence then transmits itself to you. You can sense how still it is, and in doing so the same stillness arises in you. You sense how deeply it rests in Being - completely at one with what it is and where it is. In realizing this, you too come to a place of rest deep within yourself.
Bring awareness to the many subtle sounds of nature - the rustling of leaves in the wind, raindrops falling, the humming of an insect, the first birdsong at dawn. Give yourself completely to the act of listening. Beyond the sounds there is something greater: a sacredness that cannot be understood through thought.
You didn't create your body, nor are you able to control the body's functions. An intelligence greater than the human mind is at work. It is the same intelligence that sustains all of nature. You cannot get any closer to that intelligence than by being aware of your own inner energy field - by feeling the aliveness, the animating presence within the body.
The playfulness and joy of a dog, its unconditional love and readiness to celebrate life at any moment often contrast sharply with the inner state of the dog's owner - depressed, anxious, burdened by problems, lost in thought, not present in the only place and the only time there is: Here and Now. One wonders: living with this person, how does the dog manage to remain so sane, so joyous?
When you perceive nature only through the mind, through thinking, you cannot sense its aliveness, its beingness. You see the form only and are unaware of the life within the form - the sacred mystery. Thought reduces nature to a commodity to be used in the pusuit of profit or knowledge or some other utilitarian purpose. The ancient forest becomes timber, the bird a research project, the mountain something to be mined or conquered.
When you perceive nature, let there be spaces of no thought, no mind. When you approach nature in this way, it will respond to you and participate in the evolution of human and planetary consciousness.
The plant that you have in your home - have you ever truly looked at it? Have you allowed that familiar yet mysterious being we call plant to teach you its secrets? Have you noticed how deeply peaceful it is? How it is surrounded by a field of stillness? The moment you become aware of a plant's emanation of stillness and peace, that plant becomes your teacher.
Watch an animal, a flower, a tree, and see how it rests in Being. It is itself. It has enormous dignity, innocence, and holiness. However, for you to see that, you need to go beyond the mental habit of naming and labeling. The moment you look beyond mental labels, you feel that ineffale dimension of nature that cannot be understood by thought or perceived through the senses. It is a harmony, a sacredness that permeates not only the whole of nature but is also within you.
The air that you breathe is nature, as is the breathing process itself.
Bring your attention to your breathing and realize that you are not doing it. It is the breath of nature. If you had to remember to breathe, you would soon die, and if you tried to stop breathing, nature would soon prevail.
You reconnect with nature in the most intimate and powerful way by becoming aware of your breathing and learning to hold your attention there. This is a healing and deeply empowering thing to do. It brings about a shift in consciousness from the conceptual world of thought to the inner realm of unconditioned consciousness.
A great silent space holds all of nature in its embrace. It also holds you.
Only when you are still inside do you have access to the realm of stillness that rocks, plants, and animals inhabit. Only when your noisy mind subsides can you connect with nature at a deep level and go beyond the sense of separation created by excessive thinking.
Thinking is a stage in the evolution of life. Nature exists in innocent stillness that is prior to the arising of thought. The tree, the flower, the bird, the rock are unaware of their own beauty and sacredness. When human beings become still, they go beyond thought. There is an added dimension of knowing, of awareness, in the stillness that is beyond thought.
Nature can bring you to stillness. That is its gift to you. When you perceive and join with nature in the field of stillness, that field becomes permeated with your awareness. That is your gift to nature.
Through you nature becomes aware of itself. Nature has been waiting for you, as it were, for millions of years.
Taken from "Stillness Speaks" by Eckhart Tolle.
Shared out of love of nature. ~Zia


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Picture this. A man comes into a South African hospital with his penis stuck in his zipper, and no, this is not the beginning of an indecent joke. Evidently, it is so lodged in his zipper that not even he, with all of his masculine might, can arrest his appendage from its metal grasp.
The manly man needs a surgical team to extricate the beast from its cavity. The sight of this incident prompted a medical technician to come up with an invention to shield against rape. Sonettte Ehlers, hears in an echoic voice, the torment of a rape victim she had spoken with in the hospital as the victim cried, "Oh, if only I had teeth 'down there', if only." A light bulb goes off.
Hmmm, she surmises, "Teeth down there, similar to the teeth of the zipper?" Bingo. A medical device to prevent rape! She would give it a name; Rapex. Because rape in South Africa has become an endemic, Sonettte Ehlers begins to try to develop a product that will pain, but not maim a man's private parts if he were to do try the unthinkable - rape.
The Rapex device is to be inserted into a woman's vagina similar to an applicator with a tampon. If a man tries to enter her, he would impale himself on the barbs, needing to go to an emergency room, quickly! Because of a superstition that has been going around the continent that having sex with a young woman will cure a man of HIV, it is urgent more than ever, that this type of medical apparatus be devised so as to stop these sexual crimes, especially among the young.
This device would be similar to an American woman carrying Mace in her purse, or even a small knife. It may not inflict severe harm; harm enough to cause significant and lasting injury, but an attack with time enough to help the woman get away. Many women in South Africa, especially the economically poor, have to walk alone on dark roads, so this device would be more like an insurance theme. They could use it as part of their own personal security system, protection for her.
The "trap" would be very painful indeed, but only enough to disable the rapist long enough for the victim to make a quick escape. Other critics state that it borders on the restrictive use of a chastity belts and that it would only compel rapists to kill their victims, which seems to be a valid argument. But this being the progressive movement that it is, it is certainly a step in the right direction, although it may be deemed primitive by some standards.
It is highly unlikely that the males in South Africa, along with their superstitions, are not going to go discard these myths anytime soon. The problem is that severe. South Africa has the highest per capita rate of rapes in the world, and if the unreported rapes continue to be unreported, it could be nine times higher than that.
There are critics that are quick to point out the severity of the device, which they proclaim border on the medieval, and when they do, Ehlers replies rather sternly, "A medieval device for a medieval deed." Amen.


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While some assert Jesus never claimed to be the son of God there are many places within the New Testament where he calls himself. "I AM" a name God used for himself in the Old Testament.
Moses learned first hand God's chosen name. While out, tending sheep God came to Moses, in a burning bush. He called Moses to go and free His people from slavery in Egypt. Moses, instead of just picking up his sandals and going where God called him to go argued with God.
In the midst of the argument,in Exodus 3:13. Moses says to God these words, "If I come to the people of Israel and say to them, 'The God of your fathers has sent me to you,' and they ask me, 'What is his name?' what shall I say to them?"
God in verse 14 replies to Moses, "I am who I am." And he said, "Say this to the people of Israel, 'I am has sent me to you.'"
Jesus, many centuries after Moses comes to mankind as God in the flesh. He does not shout from the mountain tops "I am God, come worship me," but He did many times, through His words, give clear indications of who he was and though His deeds He demonstrated the truth of His words.
In John there are seven "I AM," by Jesus which affirms to others His deity as the Son of God the Most High.
- "I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst. (John :35).
- "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life." (John 8:12).
- "I am the door. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture," (John 10:9).
- "I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep," (John 10:11).
- "I am the resurrection and the life.[b] Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live," (John 11:25).
- "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." (John 14:6).
- "I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. (John 15:1).
Seven declarative I AM statements, seven references Jesus offers to reveal His divinity and if people still didn't get what He was saying about himself Jesus has this to say
"I and the Father are one." John 10:30.
There is no doubt in His words Jesus wanted others to know He was God's promised, the One who would come to save His people from the effects of the fall of mankind in the Garden of Eden.
The sad part is many times people reacted to Jesus declaration of being I AM with anger. In John 10:30, after He declared he was equal with God the people tried to stone him to death, which was the punishment for blasphemy. In the end Jesus died on a cross for putting himself on the same level with God. It was only after His resurrection did some come to believe in His divinity.
Today, there is still some debate over the true nature of Jesus, a man, a liar, a lunatic or truly the Son of God. In the end the truth will set the heart free.


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Great quality helmet from AGV. Awesome design, a must for Guy Martin fans. Fits perfectly and is very quiet. Just great & the service was awesome too.Paula - Sevenoaks
It's the start of a new mind actually......
Nothing clever needed. Just excellent service from Sportsbikeshop and a great product. That's all we want. Thank you.Ilford - dorset
By 'eck chief.
Fantastic looking Guy Martin replica helmet. Lost count how many times I measured my head before ordering a large but it fits perfectly. Very easy to use the quick release chin buckle. I haven't found it to be noisy. Visor is very easy to use, does not mist up lots of air vents. A pleasure to deal with Sportsbikeshop, ordering and delivery excellent as always.Stewart Hale - Walsall
Questions & Answers
What's the official safety rating if this helmet?? I would like 1, however I wanted a 5 sat safety rating! Thanks - 04/08/12
This helmet has a 4 star Sharp rating.
Is this a quiet helmet? - 28/05/12
We have mixed reviews on the K3 regarding noise levels. Some customers find them a little noisier than their previous helmets while others find them quieter! Obviously, many variables affect a helmet s noise level,ie naked or faired bike, screen level, neck tube etc.
Is this helmet gold or orange? - 23/05/12
The helmet is supplied in 'Guy Martin yellow'.
Where it states the helmets are sold with clear visors as standard, are the dark visors also included? - 19/04/12
The AGV K3 Guy Martin is supplied with a clear visor only. Dark tinted visors are available to purchase separately through our website.
Is this the helmet featured in MCN this week ? Yellow/Black with Skull/Spanner and House Martin logos. Thanks. - 10/04/12
Yes, its the same helmet.


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May 21, 2012 10:50 AM
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A client has a new website and has been working on SEO for his site for around four months is frustrated because his website is not ranking fast enough, and he is now in the mindset that Google is the problem. He begins doing research into search engine optimization and finds many different and confusing strategies that each seo company claims to be the correct one, and naturally begins to doubt his own company's strategy. He will also read about penguins, pandas, hummingbirds and a slew of other names for algorithm updates that have changed the landscape of seo, brutally doing so by de-ranking websites that are considered "low quality." He will read articles from seo companies who were sued or went out of business when Google changed the ranking factors, or articles from angry businesses who have lost customers when they lost their rankings. While it seems like Google is the bad guy here, seen in articles like this one from a blog called Small Business Savings: http://www.savingsmallbusiness.org/, in reality Google has actually done something very good, and is benefiting good websites by clearing out all of the cheaters. Naturally, the cheaters are angry about it and are taking to the airwaves to talk about how Google ruined them with unfair policies, and in reality they are simply cheaters who got caught and who are complaining as they are being thrown out of the party.
What follows is an email response to a client going through this frustration, who is blaming Google and quoting from articles like the one mentioned above.
"I completely and 100% disagree, this article is a spin, written by an angry seo cheat who got his seo business destroyed because he was employing tactics that were against Google's terms in order to artificially inflate their rankings over good sites. Now, because his actions have cost him his business, he writes things like this that claim that Google is responsible for ruining him. That's exactly like a thief getting arrested and then claiming that his victims are to blame and that they had a responsibility to inform him that stealing is wrong.
Let me explain my stance on this. Basically up until the release of Panda (and Penguin) Google had stated that their motivations were to have the "highest quality information on a subject" be the reason that a website ranks. This means that searches for "t-shirts" would supposedly return the websites that had contained the highest quality of information on t-shirts. The problem was that this was not the way it worked, because Google used inbound links to determine "quality." Google believed that if someone from another website would link to you, it must be a vote of confidence that the information on your site is good. In Google's eyes, this meant the more links the better the site. SEO companies were employed by ecommerce websites to build thousands of links to their sites, and pump their rankings up, even though most of them had absolutely no information on t-shirts on their sites, let alone THE BEST INFORMATION. The best rankings belonged to the companies who could get the most links, and this generally meant buying them. SEO companies created blog farms, where they controlled thousands of blogs that had lots of text on them and were manipulated to look like good websites to Google. You could pay for links on these sites, and this doesn't prove quality, it only proves that you can write a check.
When Google unleashed Panda, almost 20% of ecommerce sites were wiped out, and they lost their rankings because they were based only on this single strategy, which Google has ALWAYS stated is against their terms of service. What they should have been doing all along was concentrating on creating good information and being the best in their field….but instead they wanted to cheat their way to the top quickly and without any work. When Panda de-ranked the sites, the ecommerce websites called their SEO companies and demanded to know what happened. Basically, many SEO companies ended up going out of business by being sued by their customers or just plain losing them all, because they had destroyed their businesses by ruining their rankings. Boo hoo….cheaters got caught and went out of business….good riddance.
Now businesses who simply employed an SEO company without researching the METHODS that were being used, and who got de-ranked, are trying to figure out how to save their businesses. They are now realizing that they needed to be employing companies like mine, that concentrate on content and website information value (and always have,) and are very mad at Google because they cannot simply apologize and get a clean slate to work from. They have been penalized and now it is going to be far more difficult and expensive to get them rankings, because we are working from a penalty when everyone else is working from a clean slate. Many quality SEO companies won't even touch penalized sites, because either the job will be too difficult to provide results that are expected or the website owners believe that they can still somehow cheat their way in, just using a different seo company or strategy. Sorry, it doesn't work that way. Whether you knew what was going on or you didn't, your SEO company was violating Google's terms IN YOUR NAME. That is a reflection on your business, and Google doesn't believe that you have changed your ways just because you say you have. You have to prove it.
Google has no responsibility to rank any site just because it is an important revenue stream for a business. Google makes the rules at their party, and you can either play by them and participate in the benefits or you can complain about it and leave. Cheaters aren't welcome here.
Attached is a screenshot of one of our clients analytics. It not only shows the same timeframe this guy shows in his graphic (when his business lost all rankings and was destroyed) but additionally it shows how traffic has continued to grow as Google expands their attempts at making QUALITY the priority of rankings, and not just cheating. Kind of interesting how my clients ended up BENEFITING FROM PANDA. What do I have to say to all those people crying about how Google ruined their lives? "Now go get your shinebox."
Google wasn't the problem. People cheating Google were the problem. Now that the people who play by the rules are getting the benefits, the cheaters are crying foul.
Raymond Santopietro is the President and Lead Strategist For Focus Internet Services


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Blood Pressure Rise in Kidney Donors
July 31, 2006 -- Kidney donors appear to have higher than expected blood pressure years after donation, according to an analysis of the existing research.
The findings suggest kidney donation is associated with a slight, but potentially significant, long-term increase in pressure.
However, researchers say better studies are needed to confirm this link and to adequately counsel donors about any potential risks.
"The 48 [reviewed] studies of living donors varied greatly in rigor, methods of blood pressure assessment, and conclusions about whether donation increases blood pressure and the subsequent risk for hypertension," the researchers wrote in the Aug. 1 issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine.
Little Follow Up
Currently, 67,000 Americans with ailing or failed kidneys await transplants.
Only 16,477 kidney transplants were performed in 2005, with 6,896 involving living donors, according to figures from the United Network for Organ Sharing.
More than 80,000 people have donated kidneys worldwide. Medical ethicist James F. Childress, PhD, says the lack of medical follow-up of these donors has made assessment of long-term risks impossible.
Childress chaired a committee on organ donation sponsored by the National Academy of Science's Institute of Medicine. The committee focused mainly on ways to increase the available pool of organs from deceased donors.
But in its report, published last May, it also called for "a careful review and assessment" of the practice of living donor transplants.
"We don't have a registry of living donors or any long-term follow-up in any meaningful sense," Childress tells WebMD. "How can potential donors give voluntary informed consent when we don't have enough information to tell them what they need to know?"
Blood Pressure Rise
In the newly published analysis, researchers reviewed 48 studies involving 5,145 living kidney donors from 28 countries. Their average age was 41 immediately before donation.
Before donation, the donors' average systolic blood pressure (the top number of a blood pressure reading) was 121 mm Hg, and their average diastolic reading (the bottom number) was 77 mm Hg.
A blood pressure of less than 120 mm Hg systolic and 80 mm Hg diastolic is considered normal by most guidelines, including those of the American Heart Association.


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Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409 left Rafik Hariri International Airport in Beirut about 2:30 a.m. and was headed to the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa. A bad storm was in effect as the plane took off.
Within minutes after takeoff, the aircraft plunged into the sea off the coast of southern Lebanon into a great ball of fire according to witnesses.
Emergency crews were ordered to begin a "search and rescue" operation", which signalled that the Lebanese authorities have not yet abandoned hopes of finding survivors.
Of the 83 passengers and seven crew on board the stricken aircraft, 54 were Lebanese nationals and 22 were Ethiopians. Two passengers carried British passports, while Canadian, French, Russian, Iraqi and Syrian nationals were also listed on the passenger manifest. Among them was the wife of the French ambassador in Beirut, Marla Pietton.
Government-owned Ethiopian Airlines is one of the largest in Africa. And, according to CNN, the airline has such a commendable safety record that some expanding airlines in Asia have lured away its pilots at high pay, The New York Times reported in 2006.
Lebanese President Michel Suleiman said terrorism was not suspected in the crash. "Sabotage is ruled out as of now," he said. Prime minister Saad Hariri called today a National day of mourning for the victims aboard the flight and said "We are working to find the black box that will tell us what really happened on the plane."


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The 2010 U.S. Nationals is the most prestigious North American championship in the Arabian show horse industry. The event provides halter, native costume, reining, working cow, cutting, trail, show hack, sidesaddle, park horse, driving, english, western and hunter classes to Arabians, Half-Arabians, and Anglo-Arabians. It takes place October the 22nd through the 30th at the Expo Square in Tulsa, Oklahoma. There will be approximately 1,750 horses there this year, showing in three arenas, the Ford Truck arena, the Mustang arena, and the Pavilion. The Arabian Horse Association offers Halter Futurities and Breeders Sweepstakes prize money.
Don't miss this chance to get up close to some of the most famous Arabian horses in America, enjoy world-class shopping, visit with different barns from all around the nation and check out their elaborate barn decorations. This year there are six brand new, private patron suites available for renting in the Ford Truck arena. Chesapeake Training Center will be attending the show with some great horses, so be sure to cheer for your local Arabian Horse barn. For more information regarding the U.S. Nationals, visit the Arabian Horse Association's website.


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Lupins are one of the traditional flowers of the early summer border, coinciding with the first flush of roses. Plants have a characteristic appearance, with foliage radiating out from the tip of leafstalk like spokes of a wheel, and tall, upright spikes densely packed with rows of small pea flowers, which in this variety are rich pink. Flowering continues for 6-8 weeks, but if plants are deadheaded straightaway, they will often produce a few late flowers in early autumn. Lupins are fairly short-lived, especially if grown on limy soil.
Family: Papilionaceae
Genus: Lupinus
Cultivar: Judith Chalmers
Plant type: Hardy perennial
Flower colour: Pink
Foliage colour: Mid-green
Feature: Flowers
Sun exposure: Full sun, Partial shade
Soil: Well-drained/light, Clay/heavy, Acidic, Chalky/alkaline
Hardiness: Hardy
Skill level: Beginner
Height: 75cm
Spread: 45cm
Time to divide plants: March to July
how does one deadhead lupin before its to late mine look like there starting to go to seed .


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"The Longer You Travel, The More You Love"
Tanzania is one of those countries that grow on you, the longer you travel, the more you love it. In other words, don't just go to Tanzania to see Mt. Kilimanjaro, holiday in Zanzibar or visit the Serengeti. Go to Tanzania to experience its diverse landscapes, its people, and its culture. Let the magic of Tanzania seep through your skin and into your soul.
Of the 120 different tribes that call Tanzania home, one of the more fascinating are the Maasai, who live in Northern Tanzania and Southern Kenya. Years ago, visiting a Maasai village was a unique and invaluable experience. Travels could learn about their local customs and traditions first hand. However, times have changed and the Maasai people have learned the value of the tourist dollar, making it nearly impossible to have an authentic experience. That being said, Tanzania (and the Maasai people) still hold a lot of appeal.
Visiting a village or marketplace is fabulous, but sitting down and 'people watching' is almost as fun. Clothing in Tanzania is bright and bold, and during the dry season people seem to 'pop' out of the landscape - particularly the women in their bright reds, oranges, yellows, blues and various bright coloured patterns.
Every town you pass offers a new glimpse into life in Tanzania. Due to the number of different tribes in the country, the houses and main buildings change from town to town. Many of the towns and villages look small, old and very worn down. Garbage litters the side of the road and vendors set up shop along the road to sell fruit, vegetables, sunglasses, candy and more.
In the marketplace you'll be surrounded by all kinds of sights and smells. Vendors will try almost anything to get you to come into their shop to look and then start to pitch their wares in ernest. Fruit and vegetable sellers will sit in their stalls, watching you as you walk. Don't let either of those things keep you from going. A marketplace is often the heart of a village or town. Sure, there may be some souvenir stalls set-up, but there are also many stalls selling kitchen supplies, fruit, vegetables and hardware. The marketplace is where the locals go and although your price will always be higher than theirs, it's still a lot of fun to bargain.
In order to explore Tanzania and receive a full experience (without spending a lifetime within the country) your itinerary should be as diverse as the country itself. The Ngorongoro Crater, Serengeti National Park and Zanzibar are a must, but so are village markets and drives through the countryside. Dry season, or wet, Tanzania is a country that will capture the heart.
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Today is day one at Napa Valley's very first music festival, BottleRock. We're staying in a beautiful home not far from the grounds. It's peaceful and relaxing — just what you need after a day surrounded by live music. This morning we set out early to set up our Free People and Lorenza Wine tent — Lorenza is made by our good friend and Free People model Michele Ouellet and her mom. The tent looks amazing; fun and colorful with lots of activity going on inside. People started to flow in around 11 and the festival has now started to fill up. Tonight I'm looking forward to seeing the Violent Femmes and The Avett Brothers perform. I can't wait to see what this festival evolves into over the next few days! Stay tuned for more photos from BottleRock, and follow us on Twitter and Instagram for live updates!
BottleRock Day One Diary
- -May 10, 2013, 3:10AM
It sounds like so much fun! I said I'm definitely going to festivals next year! They look so fun and creative and free!
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An Exclusive Extract from 'A Discovery of Witches' by Deborah Harkness plus fantastic UK Giveaway & Competition!
by Carolyn • Posted in Giveaways, Uncategorized
I am very happy to present the first part of Chapter One of 'A Discovery of Witches' by Deborah Harkness. This debut novel will be published 8th Feb 2011 by Headline. If you wish to read Chapter One in it's entirety then you must follow the trail 😉
Part One you can read exclusively here on Book Chick City (below), but head on over to Floor to Ceiling Books for Part Two, Dot Scribbles for Part Three and My Favourite Books for Part Four!
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Chapter 1 (part one)
The leather-bound volume was nothing remarkable. To an ordinary historian, it would have looked no different from hundreds of other manuscripts in Oxford's Bodleian Library, ancient and worn. But I knew there was something odd about it from the moment I collected it.
Duke Humfrey's Reading Room was deserted on this late-September afternoon, and requests for library materials were filled quickly now that the summer crush of visiting scholars was over and the madness of the fall term had not yet begun. Even so, I was surprised when Sean stopped me at the call desk.
'Dr Bishop, your manuscripts are up,' he whispered, voice tinged with a touch of mischief. The front of his argyle sweater was streaked with the rusty traces of old leather bindings, and he brushed at it self-consciously. A lock of sandy hair tumbled over his forehead when he did.
'Thanks,' I said, flashing him a grateful smile. I was flagrantly disregarding the rules limiting the number of books a scholar could call in a single day. Sean, who'd shared many a drink with me in the pink-stuccoed pub across the street in our graduate-student days, had been filling my requests without complaint for more than a week. 'And stop calling me Dr Bishop. I always think you're talking to someone else.'
He grinned back and slid the manuscripts – all containing fine examples of alchemical illustrations from the Bodleian's collections – over his battered oak desk, each one tucked into a protective gray cardboard box. 'Oh, there's one more.' Sean disappeared into the cage for a moment and returned with a thick, quarto-size manuscript bound simply in mottled calfskin. He laid it on top of the pile and stooped to inspect it. The thin gold rims of his glasses sparked in the dim light provided by the old bronze reading lamp that was attached to a shelf. 'This one's not been called up for a while. I'll make a note that it needs to be boxed after you return it.'
'Do you want me to remind you?'
'No. Already made a note here.' Sean tapped his head with his fingertips.
'Your mind must be better organized than mine.' My smile widened.
Sean looked at me shyly and tugged on the call slip, but it remained where it was, lodged between the cover and the first pages. 'This one doesn't want to let go,' he commented.
Muffled voices chattered in my ear, intruding on the familiar hush of the room.
'Did you hear that?' I looked around, puzzled by the strange sounds.
'What?' Sean replied, looking up from the manuscript.
Traces of gilt shone along its edges and caught my eye. But those faded touches of gold could not account for a faint, iridescent shimmer that seemed to be escaping from between the pages. I blinked.
'Nothing.' I hastily drew the manuscript toward me, my skin prickling when it made contact with the leather. Sean's fingers were still holding the call slip, and now it slid easily out of the binding's grasp. I hoisted the volumes into my arms and tucked them under my chin, assailed by a whiff of the uncanny that drove away the library's familiar smell of pencil shavings and floor wax.
'Diana? Are you okay?' Sean asked with a concerned frown.
'Fine. Just a bit tired,' I replied, lowering the books away from my nose.
I walked quickly through the original, fifteenth-century part of the library, past the rows of Elizabethan reading desks with their three ascending bookshelves and scarred writing surfaces. Between them, Gothic windows directed the reader's attention up to the coffered ceilings, where bright paint and gilding picked out the details of the university's crest of three crowns and open book and where its motto, 'God is my illumination,' was proclaimed repeatedly from on high.
Another American academic, Gillian Chamberlain, was my sole companion in the library on this Friday night. A classicist who taught at Bryn Mawr, Gillian spent her time poring over scraps of papyrus sandwiched between sheets of glass. I sped past her, trying to avoid eye contact, but the creaking of the old floor gave me away.
My skin tingled as it always did when another witch looked at me.
'Diana?' she called from the gloom. I smothered a sigh and stopped.
'Hi, Gillian.' Unaccountably possessive of my hoard of manuscripts, I remained as far from the witch as possible and angled my body so they weren't in her line of sight.
'What are you doing for Mabon?' Gillian was always stopping by my desk to ask me to spend time with my 'sisters' while I was in town. With the Wiccan celebrations of the autumn equinox just days away, she was redoubling her efforts to bring me into the Oxford coven.
'Working,' I said promptly.
'There are some very nice witches here, you know,' Gillian said with prim disapproval. 'You really should join us on Monday.'
'Thanks. I'll think about it,' I said, already moving in the direction of the Selden End, the airy seventeenth-century addition that ran perpendicular to the main axis of Duke Humfrey's. 'I'm working on a conference paper, though, so don't count on it.' My aunt Sarah had always warned me it wasn't possible for one witch to lie to another, but that hadn't stopped me from trying.
Gillian made a sympathetic noise, but her eyes followed me.
Back at my familiar seat facing the arched, leaded windows, I resisted the temptation to dump the manuscripts on the table and wipe my hands. Instead, mindful of their age, I lowered the stack carefully.
The manuscript that had appeared to tug on its call slip lay on top of the pile. Stamped in gilt on the spine was a coat of arms belonging to Elias Ashmole, a seventeenth-century book collector and alchemist whose books and papers had come to the Bodleian from the Ashmolean Museum in the nineteenth century, along with the number 782. I reached out, touching the brown leather.
A mild shock made me withdraw my fingers quickly, but not quickly enough. The tingling traveled up my arms, lifting my skin into tiny goose pimples, then spread across my shoulders, tensing the muscles in my back and neck. These sensations quickly receded, but they left behind a hollow feeling of unmet desire. Shaken by my response, I stepped away from the library table.
Even at a safe distance, this manuscript was challenging me – threatening the walls I'd erected to separate my career as a scholar from my birthright as the last of the Bishop witches. Here, with my hard-earned doctorate, tenure, and promotions in hand and my career beginning to blossom, I'd renounced my family's heritage and created a life that depended on reason and scholarly abilities, not inexplicable hunches and spells. I was in Oxford to complete a research project. Upon its conclusion, my findings would be published, substantiated with extensive analysis and footnotes, and presented to human colleagues, leaving no room for mysteries and no place in my work for what could be known only through a witch's sixth sense.
But – albeit unwittingly – I had called up an alchemical manuscript that I needed for my research and that also seemed to possess an otherworldly power that was impossible to ignore. My fingers itched to open it and learn more. Yet an even stronger impulse held me back: Was my curiosity intellectual, related to my scholarship? Or did it have to do with my family's connection to witchcraft?
I drew the library's familiar air into my lungs and shut my eyes, hoping that would bring clarity. The Bodleian had always been a sanctuary to me, a place unassociated with the Bishops. Tucking my shaking hands under my elbows, I stared at Ashmole 782 in the growing twilight and wondered what to do.
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Michael Vick rumors have the New York Jets possibly interested in the free agent quarterback. These Vick to Jets rumors make sense, as the offensive coordinator in New York is Marty Mornhinweg, who was his former offensive coordinator with the Philadelphia Eagles. According to a report from NFL.com on Monday (Feb. 24), it is clear that this could be a good place for the veteran quarterback to play during the 2014 NFL season.
The idea with a signing like this would be to have him compete with Geno Smith for the starting job during the preseason. The veteran could push Smith to be better at the position and a worst case scenario for the organization is that they end up with a suitable backup on the roster. The former Eagles quarterback has already stated that he wants to be a starter in the league again, likely ruling out a return to Philadelphia unless no other organization offers him that shot.
As the 2014 NFL Draft draws closer, there are likely to be more Michael Vick rumors popping up. He is the best free agent quarterback about to become available this season and could be competing with former Chicago Bears QB Josh McCown for the pending openings around the league. Both guys have different styles, so it could come down to which one is the best fit for a given organization. At the moment, it makes the New York Jets look like a better fit for Vick.
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ALAMEDA, Calif. (AP) — The Oakland Raiders have hired Steve Hoffman as special teams coordinator, the same position he held with the Kansas City Chiefs the past three years.
The Raiders announced the move Friday.
Hoffman joins the staff of new coach Dennis Allen after 22 seasons as an NFL assistant, including 16 as kicking coach of the Dallas Cowboys from 1989 to 2004. He also was a special teams coach for two seasons with the Miami Dolphins and one season with the Atlanta Falcons.
Hoffman will lead one of the NFL's most dynamic special teams units in Oakland, which features the strong legs of kicker Sebastian Janikowski and punter Shane Lechler.


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Previously, the Introduction to MKE Employment 101 listed job seeking and application tips for landing a job at Milwaukee's General Mitchell International Airport.
But before seeking or accepting employment there, consider these differences some find hard -- or even impossible -- to get used to:
The Milwaukee ariport is no exception to the rule that airport jobs are staffed around the frequently changing, and even more often disrupted, schedules of commercial airlines. So employees of most companies at Mitchell Airport must prepare to give up normal, regular eight-hours-per-day first, second or third shifts.
Because of differences among the airlines -- size of the operation, types of aircraft, customer base, and more -- jobs and shifts may differ markedly in routine and details from area to area, even for the same type of job.
Also, most airline jobs are "bid for" according to seniority every few months -- whenever flight schedules change.
It might take a couple of years to rate a "weekend," which, at Mitchell Airport, means any two full days off in a row. Usually the "weekend" is two weekdays. Yet newbies might suddenly find themselves with too many days off during slow seasons.
Split shifts are typical for low-seniority airline employees -- or shifts of two to five hours, at odd hours. Still, working for other employees who want extra time off is a way to gain hours (sometimes many hours) and fill-in gaps one's schedule.
Of course, the ups and downs of the commercial airlines operating at MKE affect ground handling, ticket counter, fueling and other jobs directly involved with working flights the most. It is likely that restaurant, shop and parking employees will have fewer adjustments to cope with.


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Findhorn: New Frontiers for Sustainability
The Findhorn Ecovillage situated
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human settlements. Within the ecovillage, sustainable
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Project Leader: Dr Geoff Abbott
Sponsors: NERC
Partners: Forest Research (Mike Perks, Elena Languelova), Purdue University USA (Tim Filley)
Start/end dates: 2011-2014
Soil organic matter contains about twice as much carbon as the biosphere. The temperature sensitivity of soil organic matter to global warming is a major uncertainty in the modelling of future greenhouse gas concentrations. Refractory or stable carbon in both forest and grassland soils provides a vehicle for transporting carbon down into the sedimentary column and thus acts as a sink. However it has come to light recently that the increase in temperature at the earth's surface is causing an increase in the rate of decomposition of carbon therefore resulting in the possibility that carbon sinks may one day turn into carbon sources. A recent development has been to investigate the soils in tropical rainforests such as the Amazon.


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Driving Music
- Nov, 22 2010
- By Caitlin
- Musings
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Since the Thanksgiving holiday is fast approaching and many of us will travel all around the countryside to meet up with family and friends, there will likely be a lot of road trippin' going on, and road trippin' means my very most favorite thing in the entire universe – driving music.Read More...
Fun Fun Fun '10 In Photos
- Nov, 16 2010
- By Caitlin
- Multimedia, Photos
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As promised, here are some photos from Fun Fun Fun 2010. Check out our Facebook page for more!
Royal Forest kicked off my Saturday FFF experience, and they rocked. Their big-sounding, guitar-heavy rock music filled the open field and sent a surge of energy into the morning crowd. Kudos!
I"m always a fan of a band with a female drummer. Woven Bones were gritty and garagey, and definitely had me bouncing around for a little while. I was happy to finally see this Austin staple.
I enjoyed JEFF the Brotherhood, although I wish they could find a stronger lead singer. Their drummer stole the show in my eyes – he was full of energy and super talented. I"m definitely a fan of the bluesy, raw rock coming out of Nashville these days! (See: the Ettes, everything Jack White does.)
Only in Austin could a trio of interpretive dancers be as beloved as Little Stolen Moments. I first saw these folks perform at South by Southwest in 2009; they really do light up a stage.
The Antlers were definitely one of my favorite performances at FFF 2010. They were dreamy, soundscapey and just enjoyable to take in. I love that the keyboard player (below) was performing in his socks.
Wavves. Meh. Nathan complained a lot about technical difficulties, so they kinda lost me. I do like their album, though!
I was definitely disappointed in how quickly MGMT rushed off of the stage at the end of their set, but let"s be real – they"re fun to look at (as evidenced by the league of pretty people standing around me, trying to squeeze closer to the stage to get a glimpse).
Austin poet Thax Douglas was everywhere during FFF; he kicked off my Sunday by introducing Margot and the Nuclear So & So"s with a poem.
I love this band on record, but live, I"m afraid they only came off so-so. Margot was just too bummed out for a Sunday morning at a festival.
Aerial Pink"s Haunted Graffiti didn"t do it for me. Too much show, not enough substance.
Bethany owned the stage and won the day with her sunny, sweet vocals and her couldn"t-care-less laid backittude. Plus, once again – female drummer! Love it.
Fun Fun Fun 2010
- Nov, 10 2010
- By Caitlin
- Review
- One comment
This was only my second year to attend Fun Fun Fun Fest, but it lived up to its name and then some. I was able to see performers I'd never heard of before, relax in the grass (and dust!) with friends, and wander around backstage as Andrew VanWyngarden from MGMT stalked me (I swear, every time I turned around – there he was!) Here's a little recap for those of you who went to relive it, and those of you who missed it to join the action. Massive amounts of photos are forthcoming, so look back later for a gallery.Read More...
Fun Fun Fun Fest 2010 Preview c/o Festival Crashers
- Nov, 05 2010
- By Caitlin
- What's Going On
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The dudes over at Festival Crashers were kind enough to let me sit in (/giggle in) on their latest podcrash. If you'd like to hear me nerd out about my favorite performers playing the fest this weekend, or listen to me babble about the epic Phoenix gig (which will hopefully then help you to understand why writing is my field of choice), you can check it out here.
We Are Scientists at Emo's, 10/28/10
- Nov, 02 2010
- By Caitlin
- Review
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While the Ke$has, Biebers and Owl Cities of the world flash in and out of the public conscious, there are some really awesome, hard-working bands that continue to get by and produce exciting music in the long term. We Are Scientists proved to be one of those bands when they hit Emo's last Thursday, Oct. 28. The trio (comprised of mainstays Keith Murray and Chris Cain, plus a rotating drummer) first formed in 1997, and hit it big with 2005's With Love and Squalor. They've since put out two more full-length records, so with all that material and history behind them, I expected a packed venue when I arrived at about 11:30 p.m. Instead, I was met with a fairly empty Emo's, with maybe 35 people crowded around the stage, checking out openers Twin Tigers. By midnight, the room had filled out a little, but it was still far from a full house. Of course, this show was competing with Interpol at Stubb's, Bad Brains at the Mohawk, Ghostland Observatory in Cedar Park and the myriad local gigs that crop up every night. None of this seemed to matter one bit to the band – they played with the same energy I imagine they give off at every single show.
The same sort of big-little band dichotomy I've seen at Yeasayer shows permeated the We Are Scientists gig, too – for example, Murray came out to set up his own equipment, and though a number of camera flashes could be seen, the crowd remained pretty calm.
I was only familiar with Squalor (I know, for shame!!), so I wasn't sure what the names of the newer tunes were. But I could tell the Scientists opened with a crowd-pleaser, as the youngins in the front waved their arms wildly and sang every word.
The story of the night, apart from expert playing and really fun songs, was unquestionably the band's charisma. Murray has a lady-killer smile and hair that flips just so, and Cain is hilarious, poking fun at his bandmate, himself, the band, and anything else that he comes across. After the one-two punch of Squalor tunes "This Scene Is Dead" and "Inaction," Cain introduced the band, and Murray said, "Nonono, they know who we are, c'mon. They know who we are by now!" This was a running joke for the evening, where Cain would continue to re-introduce the group to Murray's greater (feigned) frustration. At another point, when the duo were bantering, someone from the crowd yelled to Murray, "You've got great teeth!" Murray gave a huge grin, then subtly moved through various strongman poses, while Cain explained the audience member had just made a huge mistake, because Murray would now be insufferable for the rest of the tour.
At another point, one of the Twin Tigers came out to (jokingly) ask the band to turn their sound down, because her friend's band was performing in the other room. Thus, the Scientists challenged the other group to a knife fight post-show that saw Cain ripping his shirt open, ready for battle. Later, the other group sent shots of Patron over to the trio. Cain mused, "Well, this is very nice! A gentlemen's way to end this battle." Murray was not so easily won over: "No, this is not good enough. I do not accept this." Cain: "You don't accept it?" Murray: "Well, I mean, I'll drink it, but I don't accept it. I accept it into my body."
In all of their hilarious interactions, the band didn't forget about their fans. During "Textbook," Murray leapt into the audience with his guitar and mic stand, and sang right to lucky listeners as people danced around him and sang along. They also played a ton of their big hits, including "Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt" and "Great Escape," and even gave a Murray-heckler the mic in between songs.
To end their set, Murray hopped up on the drum kit, and then instead of jumping off of it back onto the stage, he leapt into the drummer's lap, and the two toppled down to the ground together, coming back up for air inexplicably holding a painting of Martin Luther King, Jr. Cain then forced the longest outro of all time, which eventually turned into one last encore song (though only the drummer ever left the stage). All of these antics make We Are Scientists gigs some of the most fun you could attend. What grounds their shows, though, is the upbeat, dancey, energetic and often dark-but-relatable songs that Murray and Cain have crafted.


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In 2010, between July 23rd and August 22nd I visited the West Coast of the United States with two friends (Filippo and Sissi) to visit various National Parks.
In one month we drove for 6,700 Miles (10,800 kilometers), across 7 States (California, Nevada, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Utah and Arizona), and we visited more than 20 Parks, including National Parks, State Parks, and National Monuments. I took thousands of photos with a Nikon D200 and an infrared converted Nikon D70 .
I want to share my adventure with everyone using this selections of photographs. At the end of the book you can find a chapter with some black and white infrared photographs.
Hoping you can enjoy this book, I wish you a pleasant journey around the West Coast of the USA.
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146 color digital photographies
7 black and white digital infrared photographies
I'm a photographer, I love to travel around the world and dive in sea, lake and wherever there is water :-)
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Midnight Preserves has become a traditional series during the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival to raise funds for the foundation. This year the series kicked off Friday night, April 25, 2014. Normally, the shows have had musical guests announced to play with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band. They have decided to keep the identity of the guests a secret this year.
The first surprise guest arrived while patrons waited to get inside the venue. Flavor Flav from Public Enemy stopped by and posed for a few photos while he was whisked inside the venue. Many waiting were wondering what the hip-hop star's connection to the band was. The venue personnel were still not revealing who the secret performer was going to be.
The Preservation Hall Jazz Band derives its name from the small music hall where it plays their traditional New Orleans-style jazz music in the French Quarter in New Orleans. The band has been in existence since the 1960s. The members of the band have changed throughout the years. The band has toured worldwide since its inception. They continue to tour in order to bring traditional jazz to the masses. For more information on the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, click here.
The show last night started with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band performing some of their music. Many members of the band sing as well as playing their instruments. Their eldest member is 82 year-old Charlie Gabriel. He is the band's clarinet/saxophone player and he sings.
The band played at this years' Coachella Festival in California. Ben Jaffe, the band's director, announced the guests as a band they met in the parking lot as they were leaving Coachella. They invited Colorado's Infamous Stringdusters to open this year's Midnight Preserves. This five member acoustic band took the tiny "stage" with the eight-member Preservation Hall Band to produce one of the richest concert sounds imagined. The venue only holds approximately 100 plus patrons.
The Infamous Stringdusters had arrived immediately from their appearance at the House of Blues' Parrish earlier in the evening. They are kicking off their "I'll Get Away" tour here and are promoting their new album "Let It Go." After playing a few songs with the Preservation Hall Band, the Infamous Stringdusters played several solo songs including the title cut to the new album. Their pop bluegrass sound blended beautifully with Preservation Hall's traditional Jazz. For more information on the Infamous Stringdusters, click here.
There was no appearance on stage with Flavor Flav, but his appearance was an exciting extra ingredient to a rich midnight show. It will be fun to see who will be the guests at the rest of the Jazz Fest shows.


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We can't help it: Every time a new liquid eyeliner comes out on the market, we buy it (If there's a 12-step program, please advise). Nothing against our beloved gel and pencil liners, but there's something so undeniably female about the precise, sex-kitten look you can get with black liquid liner. And new BeneFit Magic Ink Jet Black Liquid Eyeliner ($20) promises just that. It's got great color payoff for a velvety smooth line that lasts all day. Mrowwwrrr.
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Pacific cod with lemon caper white wine sauce
This recipe uses pacific cod. We also have recipes for lots of other ocean-friendly species
You will need
- 4 6-oz. Pacific cod fillets
- 2 shallots, julienned
- 1/2 bunch thyme, pulled from the stems
- 1 tbsp. black peppercorns
- 1 cup white wine
- 1 quart heavy cream
- 1/4 cup lemon juice
- 4 tbsp. capers
- vegetable or canola oil
In a medium saucepan, add a few tablespoons of oil and sweat the shallots, thyme and peppercorns over medium heat until fragrant. Add wine and reduce until almost dry. Add cream and simmer to reduce by one-third.
Strain the sauce into a second pan. Add lemon juice and capers. Keep warm over low heat.
Heat a large heavy skillet to very hot. Add oil to pan. Season cod on both sides with salt and pepper and sear in hot pan for 4 minutes, or until golden brown. Turn fish carefully and cook an additional 3 minutes.
Top fish with sauce and serve immediately.
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May 16th, 2014
OSU Printing and Mailing Services' winning streak continues
OSU's Printing and Mailing Services' team received another award from the Association of College and University Printers (ACUP).
OSU's Printing and Mailing Services' team received another award from the Association of College and University Printers (ACUP).
Shannon Riggs, Director of Course Development and Training with OSU Extended Campus, has been recognized as the Professional Faculty Leadership Association's May 2014 'Our Hero.' […]
Oregon State University President Edward J. Ray will receive an honorary doctorate from the University of Portland on May 4
Oregon State University received 95 points out of a possible 99 as a 'green' school in the latest edition of "The Princeton Review's Guide to […]
The Association of College Unions International honored Oregon State University at their annual conference in early April in Orlando, Fla.
Stacey Smith, Loren Davis honored
The awards recognize outstanding contributions by faculty and staff that significantly advance the mission of outreach and engagement.
A list of proposals selected for funding
Dwanee Howard, assistant to the director of the School of History, Philosophy and Religion, has been recognized as the Professional Faculty Leadership Association's March 2014 […]
Associate Professor Michael Scott has been appointed by Scott Ashford, dean of the College of Engineering, as interim head of the School of Civil and […]
A winner has been announced in the OSU "Veggie Madness" campaign.
Larry Roper, an experienced higher education administrator and alumnus of Heidelberg University, is the newest member of the university's Board of Trustees.
Oregon State University won 11 communications awards this year at the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) VII Conference in Vancouver, B.C.
Smythe honored at AAAS meeting.
Oregon State University has earned the Work-Life Seal of Distinction for 2014 from the WorldatWork's Alliance for Work-Life Progress.
A list of recent accolades for OSU faculty, staff and programs
The University Honors College has named Henri Jansen and Janet Lee UHC Eminent Professors for 2014.
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The annual celebration of Dr. King's legacy.
Established with a $2 million endowment, the Gray Family Chair for Innovative Library Services is designed to identify innovative means for accessing and improving the […]


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|Kyle Yunaska
2004: Only participated in the Overton's/Pirate Invitational, finishing 65th with a time of 31:14 ... Posted a strong finish during the indoor track and field season, wrapping up the campaign with a sixth-place standing in the 800 meters at the C-USA Indoor Championships (personal 1:57.42) ... In all, competed in six 800-meter races during the indoor tack season ... Other efforts of note included a 1:57.42 mark at the Virginia Tech Challenge (34th), and 1:58.56 to open the season at the Virginia Tech Invitational (13th) and a 1:59.02 clocking during the league meet prelim heat ... Competed in three times in the 800-meter event during the outdoor campaign ... Recorded a personal-best 1:57.24 time and fourth place finish at the Neely Relays ... Cracked the two-minute barrier with a 1:58.83 performance at the Charlotte Invitational (8th).
2003: Did not participate in any cross country events during the season.
2002: Participated in one meet, the Lake Kristi Invitational ... Finished tied for17th with a time of 19:38.
High School: Three-year letterman in cross country ... Earned team MVP honors in 2002 and was the recipient of the 2001 Coach's Award ... Four-year letterman in track and field ... Named team MVP as a senior ... Played two seasons on the junior varsity football team ... Accumulated three varsity letters in wrestling.
Personal: Academic major is business management & physics ... Recipient of the Conference USA Commissioner's Academic Medal during 2002-03 ... Son of Robert and Linda Yunaska ... Has one s