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Recipe from The Vegetable Butcher by Cara Mangini
We received this new book from the publisher this week. When I saw this recipe, it looked so appetizing, particularly as I love cauliflower, and thought how nice to have a meal that features this delicious veggie as the "main".
1 head Cauliflower
4-5 TB Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Coarse or flaked Sea Salt
Freshly ground Black Pepper
1 cup coarse fresh Breadcrumbs
Red Pepper Romesco Sauce - Loads of simple recipes for this sauce can be found online
Preheat oven to 450 F. Line a plate with paper towels. Cut the cauliflower into steaks and carefully transfer them to a rimmed baking sheet. Brush them evenly on both sides with 2 to 3 TB of olive oil, and season generously all over with salt and pepper. Roast, turning halfway through cooking, until the steaks are browned on both sides and tender, 20 to 25 minutes. Meanwhile, heat 2 TB of olive oil in a small skillet over medium heat. Add the breadcrumbs and cook, stirring often, until they become golden brown and toasted, about 6 minutes. Sprinkle them with salt and pepper to taste. Transfer them to the lined plate to drain and let them cool completely. Divide the steaks among plates and top each with a dollop of warm or room-temp Romesco sauce and a sprinkle of toasted breadcrumbs. Serve immediately with extra Romesco sauce for the table.


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It is indeedAnnaNorman wrote: ↑Wed Dec 19, 2018 6:17 pmHi Colin,
I've now updated my username and shared the information for the free course on Twitter as well as word-of-mouth. Is it possible to join the lessons now?
I have registerd you for the student group.Marilynn Mattison-Wright wrote: ↑Fri Dec 21, 2018 5:30 amHello,
I would like to participate in the lessons. Please register me for D01 (2018 - 2019).
I am registered on the forum with my real forename and surname.
I have publicized the 2018 - 2019 course sessions.
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I've added you both to the student group.Niklas Fred wrote: ↑Mon Jan 07, 2019 1:41 pmHi,
I would like to join the lessons. Please register me for D01 (2018 - 2019).
If you agree to the registration conditions.Fabrizio Conti wrote: ↑Sat Jan 12, 2019 4:34 amHello! Can I be registered for the less D01-D03?
No it's not too late.A_Marshall wrote: ↑Wed Jan 09, 2019 4:48 amIs it too late to register? Also, how do I know which level I am at?
Thanks in advance!
Ok, we look forward to seeing you back in September.Marilynn Mattison-Wright wrote: ↑Wed Jan 09, 2019 12:56 amHi,
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Pacific arrived at a parched looking BoE playing fields to be greeted by the gentile sights and sounds of one of our most popular fixtures. Late arrivals led Captain Bastin to bat first after winning the toss on a patchy looking wicket. A timed game was agreed with Hollman and Lay making a solid start against some erratic seam bowling. The replacement of the opening seamers with spin brought the vagaries of the pitch to the fore. Scoring was difficult against an accurate attack on a pitch offering 'inconsistent' lateral and vertical movement - the pick of BoE attack was Eccles who bowled unchanged for 14 overs. Bastin (69) was the only batsmen to assert any authority whilst others succumbed to a succession of mistimed strokes. Our scoring rate was low until the last few overs and we managed to declare on a competitive 201-9. The opposition got a bit tetchy (plenty of arm waving and watch tapping) about the amount of time taken to declare but only 44 overs were bowled in three hours despite 22 overs of spin.
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Other matches: Twas a dark & stormy day..., Sat 01 Aug 2009, Bank Sports Grd, Lost 2 wickets Bank's Down Holds Out, Sat 04 Aug 2007, Bank Sports Grd, Drawn Too Wet for the Groundsman, Sat 19 Aug 2006, Bank Sports Grd, Cancelled Banking on a Dismal Forecast, Sat 13 Aug 2005, Bank Sports Grd, Drawn Green Back as Hardisty Pounds Bank!, Sat 14 Aug 2004, Bank Sports Grd, Drawn Bank Blast Past Pacific!, Sat 16 Aug 2003, Bank Sports Grd, Lost by 5 Wickets Davies Cashes In After Bowlers Reduce Bank Interest, Sat 17 Aug 2002, Bank Sports Grd, Won by 8 Wickets Weather washes out Pacific double header, Sat 18 Aug 2001, Away, Drawn Sat 19 Aug 2000, Bank Sports Grd, Drawn Sat 15 Aug 1998, Bank Sports Grd, Lost by 6 wkts


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The UN refugee body (UNHCR) estimates that, last year, 65.3 million people were forcibly displaced and up to 10 percent of them were people with disabilities. That is a reality that somehow has been lost in the sea of coverage of the ongoing devastating refugee crisis, and it's a fact that the global community needs to deal together.Read More
Tensions of U.S Relations Smolder Amid Iranian Election
The election of Donald Trump as President of the United States has also put an additional strain on the future of U.S-Iranian relations, as Trump has vowed to re-negotiate from the nuclear agreement.Read More
Trump's Syrian Problem
The civil unrest that ensued in 2011 was a decisive moment in the regrettable history of the civil war in Syria, now going into its seventh year. That wave of pro-democracy protests along the Middle East and North Africa region gave hope to liberal academics and politicians who professed a democratic shift in international governance (quite ironic given today's protectionist ideals). Such a shift has failed to arise in Syria; instead, the carnation of thousands of Syrians and the migration of millions of others set the foundation for an untimely conflict that will take years, if not decades, to resolve.Read More
The Failure of the Peace Process: What Comes Next?
Last summer, I spent about two months in Israel and Palestine, studying youth opinion on alternatives to the two-state solution for my senior honors thesis. I carried out over 30 interviews with NGOs, think tanks, university professors, and youth groups, giving me insight into a variety of different, often opposing mindsets and outlooks.Read More
The Slaughter of Diplomacy
When taking stock of the state of affairs in Syria, clearly diplomacy is failing. The United States' failure to acquire any sort of consequential leverage has left Russia well-positioned to leverage terms of any future agreement, with few options for American enforcement of its potential provisions.Read More
Rethinking Middle Eastern Sectarianism
In an attempt to make sense of the seemingly endless array of conflicts that plague the Middle East today, many Western observers have come to analyze current events in the region through a sectarian prism by erroneously interpreting them as a product of the inherently intolerant nature of the region's history, religions, and people. Even U.S. President Barack Obama believes that what we see today is simply "rooted in conflicts that date back millennia," only adding to the atmosphere of intractability and hopelessness.Read More
The Middle East's Youth: Key to ISIS's Success and Demise
The current socio-political conditions that the Middle East's youth face have been extremely hostile, fermenting widespread discontent. Youth suffer from a lack of educational opportunities, unemployment, and alienation from participation in the political process. Extraordinarily high levels of youth unemployment, reaching a region-wide 10.3 percent at pre-Arab Spring levels, created a charged and politically aware youth base, dangerously unable to channel their energy productively.Read More
'Vision 2030': How Social and Economic Reform May Refine Saudi Arabia's Future
As the world's largest oil exporter that is responsible for roughly 20 percent the global conventional oil reserves, Saudi Arabia faces an imminent challenge to stabilize its economy and maintain growth despite declining oil prices. While it may prove to be difficult, Saudi Arabia has entrusted thirty-one year old millennial and crown prince Mohammed bin Salman with the daunting task of regulating their oil dependency.Read More
Is Saudi Arabia Irreproachable?
Every time Saudi Arabia flexes its strategic muscles it seems to produce a violent stench of extremism. This is occurring at the moment in Yemen and Syria, the fertile seedbeds of today's "global terrorist threats." The Kingdom is also widely recognized as the headspring of Wahhabism, the austere branch of Islam that is now associated with groups such as Islamic State (IS) and al-Qaeda.Read More
A Proxy War That Will Require More Than A Ceasefire
While the United State and Russia both claim to be fighting terrorists, in reality, they are supporting opposing sides of the Syrian civil war and their airstrikes have conflicting definitions of terrorist targets. The more important issue behind the Syrian conflict is not to cease hostilities between the Syrian Armed Forces and the armed opposition groups, but rather to develop a cohesive strategy against terrorists in Syria.Read More
UK Arms are Holding Saudi Arabia Afloat in Turbulent Waters
Saudi Arabia is running out of breath. As the flow of petrodollars is reduced to a trickle, Riyadh is no longer able to stave off political dissent through oil-funded welfare packages. As an alternative, it's attempting to divert public grievances abroad. For this to work, it needs reliable enemies.Read More
Iran, Future Ally of the West
Yet realizing the nuclear Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, while certainly a historic rapprochement between Iran and the international system, leaves plenty to be desired. Iran's clerical government still prolongs a brutal civil war in Syria by propping up the Assad regime, digs its heels into jihadist footholds in the Levant by funding Hezbollah and stokes the Arab-Israeli conflict by supporting extremism in order to bolster its regional positioRead More
Why We're Not Getting Our Money's Worth in Afghanistan
Afghanistan is one of the top countries that receives a large sum of aid from the United States. How has Afghanistan used this money to make changes in its country?Read More
Go (back) West, Young Man
Returning jihadists pose a problem to their home governments: "what are we going to do with them?"Read More
Nine Things to Look Out for in the Upcoming Israeli Elections
Sifting through the rhetoric to find what truly is at stake.Read More
Why A Rational Iran Is a More Dangerous Iran
Iran represents the unusual position of a rational aggressor.Read More
To Defeat or Contain the Islamic State?
Following the death of Osama Bin Laden in 2011 and diminishing Al-Qa'ida presence in the Af-Pak tribal regions, the war on terror celebrated a victory. These celebrations were premature. ISIL seems more powerful than the decentralized Al-Qa'ida organization and has occupied large stretches of land in Iraq and Syria. Al-Qa'ida was also seen as the most brutal and notorious militant group in recent history. Now it condemns ISIL for its brutality. At the end of 12 years of war on terror Islamist militancy has become more, not less, effective at spreading fear.Read More
Saudi Arabia's Shia
In a Middle Eastern country, a man has just received his sentencing. He will be beheaded, followed by a crucifixion, a public display of his decapitated body in order to demonstrate the danger of opposing those who ordered the execution.Read More
The Aftermath of the Kabul Unity Government
The Unity Government patched together by UNAMA and the U.S. embassy in Kabul puts the country on an uncertain path. Tensions between Abdullah and Ghani are likely to spill over into their policies dealing with the country's more immediate problems.Read More
Erasing History: Armenians in Syria
Nearly 100 years ago, on April 24, 1915, the Ottoman Turkish government began a systematic state policy to expunge their empire of many of its minority communities, including one of the largest, the Armenians. In the years that followed, Armenians were taken from their homes, tortured, raped and made to march. Thousands of Armenians would march until their final destination point in the Syrian Desert, Deir ez-Zor, located on the banks of the Euphrates River—the birthplace of the Mesopotamian civilization—where surviving men, women and children were executed unceremoniously. In 1991, a church was erected to commemorate the Armenians who died there. This majestic church and haunting memorial, with artifacts and remnants of the genocide, stood as the only form of recognition to what happened there—a fact denied by many governments of the world, including Turkey and the U.S.
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Askerne Cabernet Franc 2015 Hawkes Bay
Dense, fruity and rich bouquet of Cabernet Franc with a savoury dried herb and bell-pepper then dark red berry fruits of blackberry, blueberry and plum; plenty of wood spice, noticeable violet scent and toasty oak charms. On the palate – dry, fruity with dark berries of blackberry and blueberry, clove and vanilla spices, some bell-pepper and violets; youthful tannins with a texture to match. Overall a wine beginning to integrate showing decent potential for ageing. Well suited to food. Drink now if decanted otherwise from 2019 through 2026.
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Music & BBQ lovers unite! We're getting down over five BIG days in Austin, Texas this October for Columbus Day & Canadian Thanksgiving weekend, exploring all this very cool city has to offer.
We'll be heading to the Austin City Limits Music Festival over three days each afternoon and evening. Earlier each day, we'll be tubing the river in San Marcos, hitting up Austin's famous food trucks and a brewery too and biking the city's Lady Bird Trail. Plus we're planning a G&T hoedown at our luxurious Texas-style retreat to give you a warm southern welcome on your first night in town.
- You'll spend your Columbus Day/Canadian Thanksgiving long weekend in a luxury Texan-style mansion complete with backyard swimming pool, with 23 of your new best friends.
- Your days will be spent hitting up Austin's food trucks and craft breweries, tubing with beer in hand down the San Marcos river, biking the Lady Bird Trail and catching some rays by our own backyard pool.
- By afternoon and night, we'll be heading to the Austin City Limits music festival to dance to all our favourite acts from around the world under the open Texan skies. We'll after party back at the mansion or at Austin's numerous famous diver bars and live music joints, where the Tito's flows like water.
- Our first night in the mansion we'll celebrate your arrival with a big ol' hoedown with BBQ food trucks in our yard.
- 4 nights accommodation in the mansion
- 3 day ticket to Austin City Limits music festival (option to come on the trip without festival tickets, more details below)
- Transfers to and from the airport
- 5 meals, including one Texas-style BBQ cooked for us by an award-winning chef. You will never need to lift a finger in the kitchen.
- Local wines and all spirits (unlimited, yeehaw!)
- Activities not included (Tubing, cycling and brewery tours)
We'll pick you up from the airport then take you straight to our luxury Texan-style mansion to catch some rays by the pool in the afternoon before our old-fashioned Hoedown in the evening.
We've got an award-winning Texas BBQ restaurant parking their food truck in our own backyard, bringing the BBQ and the fixin's - we're talking moink balls and piggy smalls on the menu a.k.a. meatballs and pulled pork. We'll party down into the warm Texas night and bootscoot across the dancefloor in our own private backyard with some late night swims, no doubt.
After breakfast, we'll bike around Austin's Lady Bird Trail (we'll have to get rid of those meat sweats from the night before somehow) and grab lunch at one of the city's famous food trucks (here come those meat sweats again) before heading to Zilker Park for our first day at the Austin City Limits music festival.
OPTION: Come along on our Austin trip WITHOUT the music festival! We're giving you the flexibility to explore Austin on your own or even buy 1 day passes to the days you want to see your favourite acts play. Austin is a unique, WEIRD city with lots to explore.
First up, we're heading out on a tasting tour of Austin's best craft breweries, if the hour's appropriate (wait - you're on holiday, it's always appropriate!). We'll get ready back at the house and then hit up the festival again in afternoon and evening for another day of dancing to some incredible live music from some of the world's greatest acts. We'll come back each evening to after party at home or stay in Austin to check out some live music and Austin's dive bars.
We're taking you floatin' down the river Sunday morning! We'll be driven out to San Marcos, then bathing suited-up and with a beer in hand, we'll float on our own private river tubing tour under the Texan sun. We'll head to the festival again in the afternoon for our last day and night of dancing to some of the world's best bands and acts!
One last breakfast at the mansion and then it's see ya next time!
* Itinerary is subject to change
Our very own Texan-style retreat we'll be calling home for the five days is set on a six acre estate in the heart of the Texas Hill Country. Located just a ten minute drive (yay!) to the site of the Austin City Limits music festival and not far from downtown Austin, our seven bedroom home features a backyard pool, hot tub, fire pit, outdoor kitchen and bar, grill, basketball hoops/court, pool table, hammock garden and more!
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We'll be collecting from Austin–Bergstrom International Airport at 2pm Thursday afternoon, and dropping back off on Monday afternoon at 12:00pm.
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Hunt: Horrors of the Gilded Age is a four-player cooperative shooter set in the 19th century. Complete with with crossbows, hand cannons and a variety of monster bashing weapons.
The third-person shooter focuses on a band of hunters seeking out dark enemies in a survival horror environment that sounds a lot like Valve's classic Left 4 Dead. Developer Crytek says that Hunt will have a closed beta later this year and the game is set to release on PC and consoles in a possibly free-to-play format.
"In Hunt: Horrors of the Gilded Age, players will be counting their bullets and crying out for help as they delve deeper into the shadowy world we've created," says David Adams CEO of Crytek in a press release. "From the outset of the development process, we've poured our imaginations into the game so that everyone who plays Hunt will discover a challenging experience that feels fresh, captivating and rich in possibilities."
Co-op games are getting much focus after the success of the Left 4 Dead series. Evolve is another big co-op title that features four players hunting a player controlled monster set to drop later this year.
RELATED: Survival of the Fittest: A Preview of Turtle Rock Studios' Upcoming FPS "Evolve"
RELATED: The 25 Best Co-Op Video Games to Play With Friends
RELATED: The Co-Op Code: 10 Rules to Follow so Your Friends Don't Hate You
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A sunny, very sunny day in Brussels.
I was supposed to be working from home but I decided at 16.00 to call it a day and to FINALLY have this beer on my own on the terrace of the Barbeton.
Of course I took my pink Vaio laptop with me, I mean a Mac in a trendy bar is sooo common.
I ordered a Vedett, found a table under the sun (not such an achievement during working hours, allright), asked flippantly the Wifi password and put on my laptop.
I thought I would feel so good, so comfortable, so hype.
Then I remembered it is completely stupid to try and surf on a laptop under the sun, because you don't see shit. And your beer gets warm, which is quite annoying when you expect to stay for a while, because you don't want to get drunk on your own.
Besides, I did not really have anything to write. I have been working for weeks in a basement (so much fun, auditing a bank) and have not been doing anything fascinating with Emma.
And I hate the Barbeton. I hate that kind of bar where you have to order at the counter even when there is not a soul, and the barman seems to do you such a favor when he actually gets you what you ordered and nothing more.
Then a couple of girls sat next to me and started chatting in English. They were talking in an inspired way about their life, relationships, expectations… I wondered whether I had ever been as free, profound and goodlooking.
God, I am old. And I have been listening to superficial bullshit for an hour without writing a word, now my laptop is almost unloaded (I never had so much time alone to see the battery run flat so I didn't think about taking it with me).
17.05. I need to pick up Emma at 18.00 at the crèche.
It would be nice to have a walk with her under the sun, though.
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Julia Roberts leads this year's honorees
It's not really a Hollywood awards ceremony unless Tom Hanks gets an acceptance speech, and the 58th Annual Golden Globes were certainly no exception — the star of "Cast Away" won the award for Best Actor in a Drama. Hollywood golden girl Julia Roberts locked her shoo in to the Oscars with her Best Actress in a Drama win for "Erin Brockovich." (Denzel Washington, who received his award for "The Hurricane" from Roberts last year, returned the favor at Sunday night's ceremony.) Ridley Scott's "Gladiator" claimed the Best Motion Picture – Drama award, but received none of the other biggies. In the musical or comedy genre, Jim Carrey lost his chance for a threepeat to George Clooney ("O Brother, Where Art Thou?"), and Best Actress Renée Zellweger ("Nurse Betty") pulled a Christine Lahti by being in the bathroom when her name was called. "Almost Famous" walked away with the Best Motion Picture Award for Musical or Comedy. Cameron Crowe's autobiographical tale earned one other trophy — a Best Supporting Actress for Kate Hudson.
Other Globe veterans also stepped up to the podium, including best TV winners Kelsey Grammer ("Frasier"), Sarah Jessica Parker ("Sex and the City"), Martin Sheen ("The West Wing"), and Sela Ward ("Once and Again"). The highest TV honors went to "Sex and the City" and "The West Wing," which once again beat out "The Sopranos." One minor surprise — despite two nominations in the directing category "Erin Brockovich" and "Traffic" director Steven Soderbergh was defeated by Ang Lee, whose martial arts epic "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" also won Best Foreign Film. Lastly, what's a Golden Globes night without a rambling legendary actress? In this case, Dame Elizabeth Taylor almost forgot to read the names of the Best Drama nominees. Here's a complete list of the Golden Globe winners:
Best Drama
Best Musical or Comedy
"Almost Famous"
Best Actor in a Drama
Tom Hanks, "Cast Away"
Best Actress in a Drama
Julia Roberts, "Erin Brockovich"
Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy
George Clooney, "O Brother, Where Art Thou?"
Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy
Renée Zellweger, "Nurse Betty"
Best Supporting Actor
Benicio Del Toro, "Traffic"
Best Supporting Actress
Kate Hudson, "Almost Famous"
Best Director
Ang Lee, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"
Best Foreign Language Film
"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon," Taiwan
Best Screenplay
Stephen Gaghan, "Traffic"
Best Original Score
Hans Zimmer and Lisa Gerard, "Gladiator"
Best Original Song
Bob Dylan, "Things Have Changed," "Wonder Boys"
Best Drama Series
"The West Wing"
Best Musical or Comedy Series
"Sex and the City"
Best Actor in a Drama Series
Martin Sheen, "The West Wing"
Best Actress in a Drama Series
Sela Ward, "Once and Again"
Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy Series
Kelsey Grammer, "Frasier"
Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy Series
Sarah Jessica Parker, "Sex and the City"
Best Miniseries or TV Movie
"Dirty Pictures"
Best Actress in a Miniseries or TV Movie
Judi Dench, "Last of the Blonde Bombshells"
Best Actor in a Miniseries or TV Movie
Brian Dennehy, "Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman"
Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries, or TV Movie
Robert Downey Jr., "Ally McBeal"
Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries, or TV Movie
Vanessa Redgrave, "If These Walls Could Talk 2"
More 58th Annual Golden Globes: Ken Tucker reviews the strange, semi- spontaneous events of this year's telecast.


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Most of our blog readers know that hyenas are strange animals, but have you ever wondered how hyenas became hyenas? How they evolved throughout time to be so unique today? Which environmental pressures forged their variety of adaptations? Well today is your lucky day because you are about to find out.
Today, there are only 4 extant species of hyenas in the family Hyaenidae: Spotted Hyena, Brown Hyena, Striped Hyena, and Aardwolf. However, many more species have persisted throughout the ages. The ancestors of modern hyenas were arboreal creatures similar to civets and mongoose, which lived in the jungles of western Eurasia during the Early Miocene, 22 million years ago. One of the earliest described species of these arboreal hyenids is Protictitherium, grouped into this family by dentition and structure of the middle ear which it shares with modern hyenas. Protictitherium occupied omnivore and insectivore niches in these ecosystems rather than the megafauna predators and scavenging niches that hyenas occupy today. Utilizing its retractile claws, Protictitherium prowled the branches of trees foraging on fruit and hunting small mammals, birds, and insects.
|Protictitherium and other early arboreal hyenas likely resembled this Malay civet
(C: Nick Garbutt, naturepl.com and Arkive.org)
The descendents of Protictitherium developed longer legs and more pointed jaws, giving rise to a wide array of terrestrial, nimble, dog-like hyenas that radiated across greater Eurasia during the Middle Miocene. One of the most common species during this time was Ictitherium viverrinum. In fact, it was so prevalent that in some Miocene fossil sites, it and other dog-like hyenas outnumbered all other carnivores combined. The early dog-like hyenas like filled the niches of extant foxes, jackals, and coyotes. Between 11-7 MYA, in the Late Miocene, Hyaenidae achieved its peak diversity during a second radiation of dog-like hyenas, known commonly as "hunting hyenas" to paleontologists. This group was generally larger than the previous radiation, their limbs had more cursorial ability, and extended dentition allowed for specialized cutting and slicing of meat. This dentition in particular reduced any hypothetical bone-crushing capability in these hunting hyenas, thus these species were on a radically different evolutionary course than the species which exist today. The Late Miocene was also the temporal period when hyenas colonized the African continent.
|Drawing of the coyote-sized I. viverrinum, by Mauricio Anton (Turner & Anton, 2004).
Between 7-5 MYA, Hyeanidae experienced a series of drastic extinctions that corresponded with strong climate change and Canidae species crossing the Bering land bridge from North America. The hardest hit were the civet- and dog-like hyenas, in fact, the only species surviving from these groups today is the dog-like Aardwolf. Scientists believe the Aardwolf escaped extinction by evolving to forage on termites – an underexploited niche in Carnivora. Another hyena to escape extinction was Chasmaporthetes ossifragus, which was the only hyena to cross the Bering land bridge into North America. C. ossifragus managed to persist for some time in North America by diverging from the cursorial and bone-crushing niches dominated by canids on this continent and evolving into a cheetah-like sprinter. The evolution of bone-crushing hyena specialists directly preceded the second radiation of hyenas. These bone-crushing genera survived the appearance of canids in Eurasia and flourished to become the dominant scavengers of Eurasia by around 5 MYA. One behemoth that prospered during this time was Pachycrocuta brevirostris, a 220 kg, lion-sized hyena which scavenged on the large herbivore carcasses felled by sabre-toothed cats and was capable of cracking the bones of the largest pachyderms. Pachycrocuta were robust hyenas with a stocky build and possessed none of the cursorial elements present in extant bone-cracking hyenas. Interestingly, some paleontologists believe P. brevirostris prevented expansion of the early hominid species into Europe through significant niche overlap (Madurell-Malapeira et al., 2015). Unfortunately, with the decline of large herbivores and sabre-tooth cats during the late Pleistocene, such a large body-size had a negative impact on these hyenas and they gave way to the smaller Hyena, Parahyena, and Crocuta genuses of modern day.
|Here's one of those typically unrealistic-yet-very-beautiful prehistoric animal panoramas (due to density of animals) displaying P. brevirostris competing with some species of large sabre-toothed cat for a Megaloceros. This is a good illustration the shear size of Pachycrocuta
(Credit: http://prehistoricanimal.blogspot.co.ke/2010/07/famous-is-force-that-have-jaws-of.html).
The four extant hyena genera originally evolved in Africa during the Pleistocene and took refuge here during glacial periods. Impressively, spotted hyenas dispersed out of Africa around 3.7 MYA and colonized virtually all of Europe, Asia, and Africa – save the wettest jungles of sub-Saharan Africa. Astonishingly, spotted hyenas remained in Western Europe as recently as 12,000 years ago; only receding from the continent as forest habitats returned and canids out-competed them. These ranges aren't surprising, given a few key adaptations. Ancestral spotted hyenas may have resorted to the sociality of clans due to increased pressure from competitors at carcasses, allowing them to overpower larger singular scavengers at kills. Spotted hyenas also developed sharp carnassials (cutting and slicing meat) behind their bone-crushing premolars – an adaptation not possessed by their larger, bone-crushing ancestors. Increased cursorial capabilities, along with bi-specialized dentition, allowed spotted hyenas to hunt living prey in packs as well as scavenge on dead animals when prey availability was limited.
Well, there you have it, the story of the hyenas from beginning to present.
Well, there you have it, the story of the hyenas from beginning to present.
Madurell-Malapiera J, Alba DM, Espicgares MP, Vinuesa V, Palmqvist P, Martinez-Navarro B, and Moya-Sola S. Were large carnivorans and great climatic shifts limiting factors for hominin dispersal? Evidence of the activity of Pachycrocuta brevirostris during the Mid-Pleistocene Revolution in the Vallparadis Section (Valles-Penedes Basin, Iberian Penninsula). Quarternary International, August 8th 2015.


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Before the visit of the governor of Chihuahua to Canada to participate in a mining fair and promote "economic development" in the state through mining exploitation, the Indigenous communities of the Sierra Tarahumara, one of the most diverse and wealthiest areas in cultural diversity, stated in advance their rejection of this destructive and irreparable activity:
"We have observed and listened to the experiences of fellow Indigenous communities in other parts of the country and world, who today bear witness of the struggle against the imposition of mining companies and the damages they cause. Thus, we anticipate the deals that the government might make with the mining companies and we demonstrate the most energetic rejection of mining in the state because, we want to care for our territories to continue living in them! We want our forests, canyons and natural resources! We want water for everyone!"
Meanwhile in 2017 more than 70 people were assassinated daily in Mexico. Disappearances and human trafficking continue, especially of children, women, and young adults, for profit. Migrants are objects of criminal organizations (an articulation of organized crime—legal and illegal—capital) submitting them to slave work, without remuneration. These migrants live beneath the constant threat of acts of terror, throughout the Western highlands and many states of the country. Journalists and communicators are continually threatened, exploited and assassinated. The criminal apparatus of the Mexican state represents dispossession, death and the insatiable enrichment of large capitalists and their local accomplices. In this electoral year which renews and re-legitimizes this criminal structure, there is an absence of real alternatives between a candidate who is said to be of the left, who both he and his party are now full of opportunists from the usual parties. This and much more happens with impunity (remember Ayotzinapa) while the people are systematically impoverished and the country is submitted to a regimen of military control increasing massacres, deaths, and disappearances. While they are plunging the country into terror and misery, the governors travel the world gifting what isn't theirs, handing over territories, labor and riches, in order to receive personal benefits. This is what the ancestral inhabitants of the Sierra Tarahumara recognize and refuse to accept. Only organized resistance guarantees us a present and future against these fascists capitalist mafias!
The following article can be found here: http://elpuntero.com.mx/n/73438#.WrAm84ldp2s.whatsapp
Chihuahua, Chihuahua- There has been a boom in mining exploitation in the Sierra Tarahumara with transnational and national companies affecting indigenous communities made invisible by caciques, ejidos and agrarian communities; Pima territories in Yépachi; Rarámuri territories of Guazapares, Urique, Uruachi, and Ocampo. These territories have suffered serious environmental aggression by mining interests without taking into account the well-being of the communities.
The mining exploitation in process and the projects being promoted, are a further misfortune for the peoples and Indigenous Communities of Chihuahua. The cause is an "economic development" whose principal beneficiaries are mining companies. Land and water will be contaminated in areas of development, leaving the peoples and Indigenous communities desolate.
Due to the above, and before the visit by the governor Javier Corral to Canada for the mining fair, Indigenous communities of the Sierra Tarahumara, as well as civil organizations of Chihuahua, declare:
Total disagreement with mining exploitation in the state of Chihuahua as a means to expand economic development. This mining exploitation means the devastation of the environment, the dispossession of territories of the communities and Indigenous peoples, the destruction of the historic and cultural patrimony, serious damages to the health of the people, contamination of water and many other negative consequences. Far from benefiting the economic situation of the people of Chihuahua, these actions diminish their patrimony and attack the people.
Although Chihuahua is a state with much mining potential, as has stated governor Corral Jurado, it is also one of the states with the most natural richness in its diversity of ecosystems and diversity of Indigenous peoples of the Sierra Tarahumara. Mining exploitation would only mean the devastation of that richness and even more damage to the forest—a living organism that is diminished year after year due to "legal" and illegal mining.
"We have observed and listened to the experiences of the Indigenous communities in other parts of the country and world, and today bear witness of the ordeal in which the struggle against the imposition of a mining company and others, against the damages that they cause, can be converted. Thus, we anticipate the deals that the government can make with the mining companies and we demonstrate the most energetic rejection of mining in the state because, we want to care for our territories to continue living in them! We want our forests, canyons and natural resources! We want water for everyone!"
Also, the small-scale agricultural producers of the state unite in defense of the environment and the natural resources, as the production of food to sustain our lives, is reliant upon them.
We do not want mining!
We want our forest!
We choose life!
Signed by representatives of the following communities:
Bosques de San Elías Repechique
Choréachi (Pino Gordo)
Coloradas de la Virgen
Cordón de la Cruz
Mala Noche
And the civil organizations:
Alianza Sierra Madre
Awé Tibúame
Centro de educación y defensa de los derechos humanos e indígenas
Consultoría Técnica Comunitaria
(That make up the network in defense of the Indigenous territories of the Sierra Tarahumara)
El Barzón de Chihuahua
Translated from the original here: http://pueblosencamino.org/?p=5601


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Coming at the year's end of the most brutal crackdown on Latino students, teachers and parents in Tucson's 140-year history of public education, civil rights advocates are announcing that the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights has opened multiple investigations into possible violations of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Not that the Tucson Unified School District, under the iron-grip of Superintendent John Pedicone, has bothered to inform the district's parents or taxpayers of the nearly month-long investigation.
Already saddled with an embarrassing federal desegregation order and growing concern over irregularities in funding allocations, Pedicone's silencing of discussion over the groundbreaking federal investigations -- which range from racial and language discrimination and access to school board meetings, unfair restrictions on Latino events at public schools, and potentially an investigation of extraordinary civil rights violations over the dismantling of the nationally acclaimed Mexican American Studies program -- appear to be part of his broader strategy to crush Latino participation in a district where 61% of the children come from Latino households.
Since the national scandal over the book banishment debacle earlier this spring, TUSD spokesperson Cara Rene has failed to respond to numerous inquiries about school district issues -- though, she managed to pay a visit to the detained Latino textbooks for Fox News.
In effect, Pedicone -- a Chicago transplant who refuses to live within the school district boundaries, and who loves to regale crowds with his nightclub crooning and unabashed cheerleading of Tucson's own corporate version of the shadowy ALEC, the Southern Arizona Leadership Council -- has earned the moniker as the "Sheriff Arpaio of American schools" for his public demonization and punishment of Latino youth, firing Mexican-American teachers, confiscating Latino literature and textbooks, derailing Latino writer visits and Cesar Chavez celebrations, and ramped-up police tactics at the overflowing school board meetings, including ordering the arrest of elderly Chicano educators and forcing little Latino children to submit to metal detectors and wanding by security officers.
Perhaps overwhelmed by his rocky start last year at the helm of TUSD's 53,000 students -- Pedicone previously ran a tiny Flowing Wells School District, roughly one-tenth the size of TUSD -- Pedicone's action are also seen by many as retribution for calls for his resignation last summer.
Pedicone and TUSD school board member Michael Hicks, photo courtesy of The Three Sonorans
"Pedicone is the Sheriff Arpaio of TUSD education," said Tanya Alvarez, a TUSD parent. "He has no respect for our community's strengths, needs and culture. He lacks cultural sensitivity, uses excessive police monitoring. While extremist Arizona state superintendent John Huppenthal squandered school funding on audits, Pedicone ignores the results and fails to understand that his neglect and abuse of power."
"The hateful, anti-immigrant political climate in the streets of Arizona has created a climate of irresponsibility and complete disregard for civil rights on federally funded TUSD1 administrative offices, school facilities and/or campuses and this is the basis of the federal complaint," said Silverio Garcia, director of the Civil Rights Center in Phoenix, which brought the complaints to the U.S. Department of Education. "The manner that a quorum of the TUSD1 School Board has publicly displayed itself along with its unchecked militaristic law enforcement tactics takes us back to the '50s and '60s when we speak of blatant civil rights violations against our communities, parents and youth. It is far past time that the federal government came into TUSD1 and balanced the tables of EQUAL ACCESS and JUSTICE for ALL."
Police arrest Prof. Guadalupe Castillo at TUSD board meeting, May 3, 2011, photo courtesy of The Three Sonorans
Garcia, who has successfully taken on other draconian and civil rights violations in Arizona schools, also announced his intentions to set up an a Civil Rights Training program in Tucson in order "to educate the TUSD1 high school students, parents and community members, in order to better unveil and file more federal violations/complaints in the coming days."
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This course is focussed on the process of design development and manufacture. The students understanding of technological development, manufacturing processes and the complexites of design decision making is developed. By generating ideas and creating solutions to design briefs using various design approaches, creativity and innovation are optimised. Technological awareness and understanding is acquired through analysing, evaluating and developing products.
Throught out the course of study pupils will be required and encouraged to work independantly, making the very best use of their study periods if they are to achieve their potential.
The Gannt chart below shows the breakdown of the year, students should use this when planning other activities across the year. Summative assessment will take place throughout the course of the year and not just at the end of each topic or task.
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Formal homeworks will be set each week and pupils are expected to work on their course work outwith class times, either at home or within the department during lunch time and after school.
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You should also be working on the candel holder project....... you have created initial concepts for the structure and started modelling these in school. Once you have a structure that works you will need to develop the aesthetic of the product. In doing this you will be required to: explore, develop, model, test, refine, research, justify and present your solution.
Ultimately you need to provide a vector graphic of your finished product that can be cut using the laser cutter, this file needs to be handed in on or before 30/10/15.


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We are a family of seven. I always thought I'd have 6 children, but it wasn't meant to be. Our first child suffered an injury from his vaccines as an infant and although we've tried to keep life as normal as possible, it changed everything. Change can be a good thing, and it can be a hard thing - sometimes both at the same time. Ty is one of the sweetest guys you'll meet, there's not a mean or grumpy bone in his body. Serving him has taught me a lot about having grace under pressure (not that I've managed that yet, but he is a wonderful example to me).
About 5 years ago our life turned upside down, as I had our fifth and last child (a miracle 6 years in the making) it was discovered that I had thyroid cancer. And the next year? I still had it. At the same time, Tyler was diagnosed with a rare, aggressive tumor. Both of us underwent cancer treatment at the same time. It took him the better part of a year, but both of us beat it (knock on wood). And Ellie has brought so much joy to us with her spunk and bigger-than-life personality.
Through it all our family has been supportive and Mr. Organic is one of the rarest gems of a man you will ever know. He is made of some pretty great stuff. I will love him forever.
There are three more children between Ty and Ellie, here are just a few tidbits about them -
Spielberg, turned 16 this year and is driving. He also takes amazing photos, loves to shoot and produce shorts, and designed a very cool teen bedroom. He also designed the Jimmer t-shirts you see in my sidebar.
Michelle just turned 13, has a natural gift for teaching and working with children. She loves to cook and craft, play volleyball, dance and cheer. Oh, that there were more hours in the day.
Nicole is 11 and has discovered she loves to read, she has a talent for creative writing and memorizing choreography. She loves the great outdoors.
And me? I write to keep my sanity. I also knit, quilt and bake. It takes a lot to keep me sane, you see. I am good at some of the parts of being a mom and completely hopeless at others. Mostly I am good at the parts that come before they turn 12, after that please don't ask them. I still embrace it - you take the good, you take the bad (sorry for putting that song in your head).
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"The quality of pub food needs no apology these days. But what does now need apology is pub food pricing. In the last year or two the cost of pub meals has soared," says the introduction to the 2008 guide.
Paying £40 for a pub meal for two will be "quite a deterrent" to customers, say the editors. A survey of 1,069 pub menus showed that a starter and main course cost on average £16.76, with the bill including a single glass of wine hitting £20.
Around 1.1bn pub meals are served in the UK every year, with pubs increasingly relying on food sales since the smoking ban, according to the guide. "Pubs can't hope to attract a great many new diners - or even keep all their old faithfuls - unless they rein in their rising food prices," say the editors.
Beer prices are up, too, with a pint of bitter in UK pubs costing on average £2.41 - up 4% on last year. The West Midlands is the cheapest place for a pint at an average £2.05. Surrey beat London as the most expensive, with pubs in the county charging an average £2.69 for a pint of bitter against £2.67 in the capital.
Surprisingly, London is a relatively cheap place to find pub food, with prices lower than average for a meal. Even Gordon Ramsay's East End gastropub, the Narrow, has no dishes above £14.50, says the guide, while the well-recommended Blue Bell in Belchford, Lincolnshire, charges up to £19.25 for a main course.
The guide names the Nags Head in Malvern pub of the year. The Fat Cat in Norwich won the title of beer pub of the year and the Appletree in Marton, Yorkshire, is national dining pub of the year.
Are gastro pubs a scar on our landscape? Share your opinion on the food blog.


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Get ready to sharpen your claws, Hugh Jackman fans.
Deadline reports a "Wolverine" sequel to this summer's blockbuster is in the works.
Not only will Jackman be back in the seat as the iconic Marvel character, but director James Mangold, who revived the "Wolverine" series, is in talks to return.
The news may come as a bit of a surprise since it appeared Jackman was done as the titular character following upcoming film " X-Men: Days of Future Past."
While the film didn't perform as stellar stateside, the Wolverine's return to the big screen was a huge overseas success.
The film, which cost an estimated $120 million to make, made $132 million domestically. Foreign box-office sales of nearly $300 million very well helped the film to become one of the biggest movies of the year.
There's no word yet on a storyline.
"The Wolverine" was inspired by the 1982 comic book series from Chris Claremont and Frank Miller where the character headed to Japan.


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Best Cause Marketing Posts of 2014/
I can't believe it's already the end of 2014! But I'm having fun looking ahead to 2015 - and looking back at the successes and challenges of the past year. So much accomplished, but so much more left to do!
I wrote dozens of posts on my blog this past year, and I hope you enjoyed reading them as much as I enjoyed writing them. I wrote many more posts for other sites that are definitely worth checking out.
Here are the top ten cause marketing posts from my blog in 2014.
1. 10 Best Cause Marketing Promotions of 2013
2. How the Hell Did Kmart Raise $22 Million for St. Jude?
3. The Lazy Fundraiser's Guide to Raising Six Figures This Fall
4. Forget Zombies. Get Ready for the Goodpocalypse
5. 7 Things Businesses Can Do Now to Support the #IceBucketChallenge
6. The Definitive Guide to Fundraising with Products & Services
7. Donorschoose.org Talks Flash-Funding, Building Successful Corporate Partnerships
8. 5 Reasons Pink Needs to Fade to Black
9. 16 Top Fundraisers on the Lessons of Scary Movies
10. Hey WSJ, Here's a Better Way for Small Companies to Give to Charity
If you like what you read here, you can get a quick education on cause marketing and my blog by reading my top cause marketing posts posts from past years.
Top Ten Cause Marketing Posts of 2013
Top Ten Cause Marketing Posts of 2012
Top Ten Cause Marketing Posts of 2011
Happy reading! And Happy New Year!


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Having lighting in our swimming pool will allow us to enjoy long baths during those warm summer nights. A swimming pool can be build in the middle of a beautiful garden, surrounded by shrubs and colorful flowers, perhaps a modern form and its water always impeccable, but one thing is certain: If the pool lighting is poor or has none, it will never be in all its splendor on nights that could have if one is adequately illuminated.
New technological products such as fiber optics or LEDs are entering with force in the landscaping and outdoor decoration market. This technology is being used in polychromatic illumination of gardens, terraces and swimming pools.
Pool Lighting System Types :
There are various types of swimming pool lighting systems, so we will talk about the best-known, traditional halogen lamps (they can go outside or inside of the pool), fiber optics, led lighting, and finally floating lamps.
Fiber optic lighting system:
Swimming pools illuminated by fiber-optic lighting system offers all the guarantees of security and benefits of the colourful lighting applications.
With fiber optics there is neither heat nor electricity in the wires; Therefore, the maintenance of the fixed lenses under water is removed. With this system you can fully illuminate around the perimeter of the pool and in various colors.
LED lighting:
The led lighting system provides the desired color setting in every moment for your pool. It is formed by the LED projector, the remote control, a terminal receiver and a transformer which is supplied separately.
LEDs projectors for swimming pools have been designed to operate entirely submerged in fresh water. They should be installed about 40/50 cm from the edge of the pool to easily access for spare parts and general maintenance. These devices work at low voltage, within the safety limits of 12 volt AC.
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My assistant and I were sitting in on a seminar of about 500 people when the speaker asked a simple question to the audience; "how many of you like your job?" Of course we both raised our hand without hesitation. Within a split second there was an uncomfortable murmur going on among the audience and as we looked around we found out why:
Out of the 500 people two had their hand raised! What ??? Was this for real? It was a shock to both of us. How many people don't like what they do? Considering most people spend almost 9 hours at work each day, that's a lot of unhappiness.
What can be done? Is there anything you can do besides getting another job? The answer is an absolute yes. You have a very powerful gift within you called, the gift of perspective. When you decide to change your perspective the things in your immediate environment begin to shift as well.
A women named Jan who came to my seminars is a great example:
Jan worked at an office where the tension was high, no one seemed to get along, the boss never truly listened to what needed to be done, and the clients always seemed to be in lousy moods. Jan asked me if there was anything at all that could be done, and when I told her about her ability to shift her perspective she was all game.
There are actions to take that help you change the way you see things; one of the best perspective shifters I know is gratitude, so we started there. I had Jan list not only gratitude for her job, but for her boss, coworkers, clients, and any special people like mail carriers, delivery personal, etc. that she was in contact with. We worked on scripting; writing out in detail the way she would love to see the office run. And then I talked to Jan about immediately stopping all of her complaints, and in it's place recognize things she can compliment. As for the cherry on top? Jan decided to make the coffee (everyone hated to do that in her office), along with bringing in homemade blueberry muffins for everyone. By seeing and doing only good things for her office it immediately pulls Jan out of her negative routine.
Day one of changing the way she viewed the office was a small success, the coffee and muffins being the greatest hit. But as the weeks went by and as Jan refused to see everything in the old light, things began to shift and by the end of one month here is her summary;
1. Her boss started "Monday Meetings" this gave everyone in the office the chance to discuss the things that could help make their job run smoother. This was a huge and unexpected change since her boss was known for not wanting to listen to anyone.
2. The co-worker who was most negative and out right rude to everyone gave her two weeks notice.
3. The clients began asking what changed? Did you paint? Did you refurnish the office? and the clients were genuinely in better moods. and….
4. Jans favorite: (this happened in the second month) Jan was hired for her dream job and within the next few months moved out of state and is still there to this day.
Unfortunately many people are not like Jan, a lot people don't feel they can make a difference and worse, many people dig in their heels and feel that they shouldn't be the one who has to change.
So, the question really shouldn't be, is there anything you can do, but rather; what are you willing to do. If you want things to be different…you first.
Happy perspective changes!
Remember; As you better yourself, you better the world


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An article by Seth Godin was an eye opener. Let me explain. We always say - if there are bad clients, fire them. The problem is, we never dive in deeper to define 'bad clients'. Then fanatics of customer service like me keep on harping on the proving the best service to my clients. In the process we forget that a select few clients are never satisfied, they keep on abusing you without even appreciating or acknowledging your efforts.
In the process, without even realizing, your 'good' clients suffer. They are good not because they don't complain but because they are reasonable, they are good users of your product, appreciate your efforts and so on.
Read Seth's blog - do your own analysis. How much effort is being consumed by those 'bad clients' and what is your ROI on servicing them?


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FOXBORO � Before Sunday, there were plenty of Patriots fans who might not have known that Justin Francis and Derrick Martin are on the team. Brandon Deaderick and Trevor Scott are not exactly the biggest names on the team, either.
FOXBORO � Before Sunday, there were plenty of Patriots fans who might not have known that Justin Francis and Derrick Martin are on the team. Brandon Deaderick and Trevor Scott are not exactly the biggest names on the team, either.
All those guys, though, were part of the defense that posted a shutout on Sunday against Miami. Not only did they play, but all contributed sacks on the way to a 28-0 triumph over the Dolphins.
The Pats recorded a season-high seven sacks, three by Francis, and also picked off two turnovers in helping the team post the first shutout since 2009.
�It feels good when you can shut out a team, especially a division rival,� said co-captain Vince Wilfork, �To go in here and do what we did tonight was some pretty good stuff. We played together as a team. We made some plays; we executed very, very well.�
The effort was impressive under any circumstances, but all the more so because of how it was achieved. The day began with the news that starting cornerbacks Alfonzo Dennard and Aqib Talib would not play because of injuries. Talib was active, but not a factor.
That meant more changes in a defensive backfield that has been through tons of changes all season. Devin McCourty was back at corner, starting with Kyle Arrington. Martin, a seven-year veteran who has been cut by three other teams and was cut by the Pats earlier in the season, as well, became the nickel back.
It got worse during the game when Rob Ninkovich, who has been a steadying force as well as a key contributor moving between end and linebacker, injured his hip in the second quarter. He had to be helped from the field. There was no report on his injury, but it did not look good.
His loss would hurt.
�It would be huge. He�s a great player,� said Scott, the guy who took over as his prime replacement, just as he had done earlier when Chandler Jones went out. �I don�t know what the status is. I haven�t talked to him, but it would be a big loss.�
Scott helped cover for Ninkovich. Francis, an undrafted rookie from Rutgers did, too, as he had three of the seven sacks.
�It was fun,� Francis said. �It�s always taking the field getting after the quarterback. We all, as a group, we were out there having fun together. That�s what we want to do.�
�We played fast all night, started off fast,� he said. �We stuck to what we know, what we had to get done, we got done.�
�Bill (Belichick) and Matty P. (defensive coordinator Matt Patricia) set everything up,� he said. �We do whatever they have us doing, whatever the stunt may be, whatever the scheme may be.�
Until Sunday, Martin had seen only limited action in four games with three tackles. He had never had a sack in his career. But he was sent on a blitz and got one.
�It was awesome, man,� he gushed. �I haven�t had one in seven years. He pointed out that he got it because of the work others did. It was a coverage sack like several others on the day.
�Francis did a good job rushing the tackle. The defensive backs were covering great. I was able to fall into one,� he said. �Whenever you�re able to help the team do something great it�s an honor.�
Even with all the changes the defense has had to go through, players are taught to be prepared, Martin said.
�It�s the next-man-up mentality,� Martin said. �We�ve got a great defense. We�ve got a lot of guys who can cover, a lot of guys who can rush. � It was good.�
Miami came in averaging 113 yard rushing. It managed only 47 in 15 carries on Sunday.


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Subject: How the Old Testament Applies Today
Thu Dec 15, 2011 1:24 am
Many Christians are not sure about how the Old Testament applies to us today. I have heard some say that the Old Testament (OT) is not relevant. They say that it is not relevant on three fronts: 1) Jesus Christ is the end of the law; therefore we no longer need the OT; 2) The New Testament (NT) is about faith; the Old Testament is about the law; 3) The OT is an ancient Zeitgeist. It simply does not apply today because the world is different today. It applies to Israel's ancient times, and not to us.
I would like summarize why and how the OT applies to us today and dispel these notions of its irrelevance. I will also explain the purpose of the law, which will help solidify everyone's understanding of the OT.
During the Apostle Paul's day, Paul also had to deal with this issue. He says in Romans 3:31, "Do we, then, nullify the law by this faith? Not at all! Rather, we uphold the law."
Paul, you want us to uphold the law? Do you know what you are saying? If you do, how much of the law do we uphold? Surely you don't mean for us to uphold all of the law. Paul, let me show you something about this OT law that you want us to continue: Deuteronomy 22:22 says, "If a man is found sleeping with another man's wife, both the man and the woman must die. You must purge the evil from Israel." So Paul, do you want us to kill the person who is guilty of adultery? We just don't do that today.
Let me show you some more about the OT: Deuteronomy 13:6 reads, "If your very own brother, or your son or daughter, or the wife you love, or your closest friend secretly entices you, saying, "Let us go and worship other gods"….You must certainly put him to death. Your hand must be first in putting him to death, and then the hands of all the people. Stone him to death, because he tried to turn you away from the LORD you God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery."
Here is the ultimate one Paul…in Deuteronomy 21:18 it reads, "If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father and mother and will not listen to them when they discipline him, his father and mother shall take hold of him and bring him to the elders at the gate of his town. They shall say to the elders, "This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious. He will not obey us. He is a profligate and a drunkard." Then all the men of his town shall stone him to death. You must purge the evil from among you. All Israel will hear of it and be afraid." Paul, you want us to kill our own children if they simply disobey us?
And then there are OT scriptures that just don't seem to have retained meaning today, such as, Leviticus 19:27, "Do not cut the hair at the sides of your head or clip off the edges of your beard." Leviticus 19:19 reads, "Keep my decrees. Do not mate different kinds of animals. Do not plant your field with two different kinds of seed. Do not wear clothing woven of two kinds of material."
Lastly, Numbers 15:32-36 tells of a man who was stoned to death according to the Law for gathering wood on the Sabbath day. And not to even mention all of the ordinances and rituals that the law tells us to keep observing. (And note Leviticus 19:37 commands that we are to keep ALL of His decrees and laws.)
With these verses in mind, it is easy to see why some Christians assume that we are to no longer concern ourselves with the OT. But I submit to you that all of God's laws and commands from the OT are still in effect today. Look at what Jesus says in Matthew 5:17, "Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them." Jesus says that the OT law is not abolished, but rather fulfilled. This means that the law is still in effect; it's just been fulfilled. When it comes to a command that gives the consequence of death, Jesus fulfilled that punishment for us. Therefore if a child disobeys his or her parents today, we no longer need to take them to the elders and have them stoned because Jesus took their place on the cross and fulfilled that punishment requirement. That requirement still stands: someone must die. It is just that Jesus became that person for us and died in the guilty person's place. Is it a sin to cut our facial hair, or to wear clothing woven of two different kinds of material? Yes, but the consequence of the sin has fallen on Jesus. In fact, it is a sin to not follow everything written in the law; therefore we are all guilty of negligence all the time. The OT is still a great text and has many commands that we need to continue to follow. It is not irrelevant.
The OT is not an outdated book. The bible says that God is an unchanging God. He is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow. Some even look at some parts of the NT as outdated. Take a look at 1 Timothy 2:11, "A woman should learn in quietness and full submission. I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; she must be silent." This is one passage that many today disagree with, and pass off as "culturally outdated." I just want to point out Paul's reference for saying what he said. He appeals to Adam and Eve in verses 13-14, "For Adam was formed first, then Eve. And Adam was not the one deceived; it was the woman who was deceived and became a sinner. But women will be saved through childbearing—if they continue in faith, love and holiness with propriety." Clearly, Paul did not think that God was any different between yesterday and today, especially if he goes way back to the first generation of mankind to make his case. We therefore, cannot label the OT or NT as "outdated" because what happened back in Adam and Eve's day, still applies to us today.
Finally, what exactly is the purpose of the law? The bible gives several reasons for the law. Deuteronomy 6:25 says, "And if we are careful to obey all this law before the LORD our God, as he has commanded us, that will be our righteousness." I like the way the bible is particular with its words. This verse says that if we obey ALL the law, then that will be our righteousness. As we know, and as James 2:10 tells us, no one is able to obey all the law. Therefore, this seems to be a paradox to obtain righteousness. It seems futile to even give them the law at all. But the law was never given for man to obey it all. And the law was never given to make us righteous. The law cannot make mankind righteous.
Romans 5:12-14, "Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all men, because all sinned—for before the law was given, sin was in the world. But sin is not taken into account when there is no law. Nevertheless, death reigned from the time of Adam to the time of Moses, even over those who did not sin by breaking a command, as did Adam, who was a pattern of the one to come."
The above passage tells us that sin is not taken into account without the law, but death reigns over those who sin regardless of whether or not they have the law. Romans 5:20 says, "The law was added so that sin might increase. But where sin increased, grace increased all the more." This verse simply means that the law revealed to us what God deems as sin, hence increasing sin. The law increased our sin because it points out what sin is so that we can know what displeases God. The law is like a speed limit sign. How will I know how fast to drive without the sign telling me what the law is? The 35 mile per hour speed limit sign increases sin in me because I now know that I am driving 5 miles per hour too fast. Whether or not I see the speed limit sign is irrelevant. I am still breaking the law going 40. Paul states it another way in Romans 3:20, "Therefore no one will be declared righteous in his sight by observing the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of sin."
For the sake of condensing this, I won't go over it, but I ask that you read Romans 7:7-13.
Hebrews gives more insight into the meaning of the law. Hebrews 9:13 reads, "The blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that they are outwardly clean." The commandment of the sacrifices of animals were only to make the people outwardly clean, but did nothing to purifying their inner-selves. Hebrews 10:3 reads, "But those sacrifices are an annual reminder of sins, because it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins." Hebrews also says that we no longer need a priest because Jesus is our Most High Priest.
What is the purpose of the articles and layout God commanded the OT people to put in the sanctuary? Hebrews 8:5 tells us, "They serve at a sanctuary that is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven." Colossians 2:16-17 says something similar pertaining to the Sabbath and festivals.
The OT has relevance and is pertinent to today. Understanding Jesus' role in fulfilling what we could not fulfill ourselves brings light to how to read and apply the OT to our lives today.
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Subject: Re: How the Old Testament Applies Today
Sat Dec 24, 2011 2:48 pm
I found where I addressed this topic on a different occasion. It says basically the same thing, but I actually like this version better:
Great post, and great questions. There are many things in Leviticus that sound absurd, and that we no longer do. I hope that I can shed some light on the reason for this. I do assert that the book of Leviticus is canon, it is God inspired, it is the Word of God, and it is all infallibly accurate. Its application is what must be explained. That Leviticus is true is proven when Jesus quotes it. Pertaining to something else, Jesus said, "If it were not so I would have told you." So naturally, if Leviticus was not a legit book, Jesus would have told us. Jesus does quote Leviticus. He quoted Leviticus 19:18 in Matthew 19:19. The Old Testament that Jesus and His disciples used was the complete Old Testament that we have today. Jesus did not express a need to modify it for any errors. The Apostle Paul quotes Leviticus 18:5 in Galatians 3:12. So the authenticity of the book was confirmed by Jesus and Paul. Moses historically is charged with writing the book.
In fact the bible affirms that all scripture is God ordained. I'm sure you know these scriptures already, but it fits to quote them here:
2 Peter 2:4-"For prophesy never had its origin in the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit."
2 Timothy 3:16-"All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness..."
Psalm 119:138-"The statutes you have laid down are righteous; they are fully trustworthy.
Psalm 119:160-"All your words are true; all your righteous laws are eternal."
So we now raise the question about the strange verses presented in Leviticus. Here I'll present some strange examples that I found:
Leviticus 19:19-"...Do not wear clothing woven of two kinds of material."
Leviticus 19:27-"Do not cut the hair at the sides of your head or clip off the edges of your beard."
Leviticus 19:28-"Do not cut your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the LORD."
And it is not just Leviticus that we can pick on, but we can pick on all of the Law books.
Deuteronomy 22:22-"If a man is found sleeping with another man's wife, both the man who slept with her and the woman must die. You must purge the evil from Israel."
How about this one concerning disobedient children:
Deuteronomy 21:18-"If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father and mother and will not listen to them when they discipline him, his father and mother shall take hold of him and bring him to the elders at the gate of his town. They shall say to the elders, 'This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious. He will not obey us. He is a profligate and a drunkard.' Then all the men of his town shall stone him to death. You must purge the evil from among you. All Israel will hear of it and be afraid."
And unfortunately, God holds His people to obey every single thing He says. Deuteronomy 27:28-"Cursed is the man who does not uphold the words of this law by carrying them out."
This shows how holy God is and how much He cannot live with sin. All of these laws were required for the sole reason to propitiate the wrath of His holiness.
I submit to you that the entire law is not obsolete and is still required by God. Please let me explain.
Matthew 5:17, Jesus says, "Do not think I that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them."
All of Moses' commandments are still required. They have just been fulfilled in Jesus Christ. In other words, Jesus is continually doing the Law of God for the Christian. A child does not have to get stoned today, not because that is no longer required by the law, but rather because Jesus now stands in that child's place, and He became the law for that child. Galatians 3:13 says, "Christ redeemed us form the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: "Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree." That curse is found in Deut 21:23. No one could possibly keep all of God's laws. That is why all have sinned and have fallen short of the glory of God. Since one of his laws is to keep them all that means if you are not doing everything in the law, you broke the one that says to keep them all and you broke the one you were negligent for.
Paul gives the purpose of the law: Galatians 3:19-"What, then, was the purpose of the law? It was added because of transgressions until the Seed to whom the promise referred had come." How would we know what sin is if there was no law to tell us? How would I know that I'm breaking the speed limit if they did not post the signs on the street? The law was given to show us our sins. Christ keeps the law for us. It was never intended that we keep all the law. God knew the need to send Jesus before the beginning of the world.
Paul says in Romans 5:20 this need for the law: "The law was added so that the trespass might increase..." This simply means that without the law we would not know what sin is. When the law came, man's awareness of his or her sins increased because now they know what is asked of them from God. The verse goes on, "But where sin increased, grace increased all the more." God's grace (the gift of His Son) overcomes our sins so that the law no longer has a hold on us.
I like Galatians 3:23-"Before this faith came, we were held prisoners by the law, locked up until faith should be revealed." It goes on to say, "So the law was put in charge to lead us to Christ that we might be justified by faith. Now that faith has come, we are no longer under the supervision of the law."
Galatians 2:15-16-"We who are Jews by birth and not 'Gentile sinners' [all non-Jews] know that a man is not justified by observing the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have put our faith in Christ Jesus that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by observing the law, because by observing the law no one will be justified."
Raises the question: so if Jesus fulfilled the law, how do we know which law to still do today and which is no longer required to do because of Jesus' fulfillment. There are still (what we would consider) good laws, such as: "Thou shalt not murder." "Do not defraud your neighbor or rob him." "Do not pervert justice." "Do not seek revenge." These are all good laws! How do we pick and choose??? Answer: Here is the basic rule: Whenever there is a law requires us to become clean, know that that law has been fulfilled in Jesus. So, God in the Old Testament said certain foods are unclean. In the New Testament, Jesus' death and resurrection made all foods clean, so that law was simply fulfilled through His sacrifice. The disobedient child who disobeyed his or her parents was unclean so he or she had to die by stoning. Jesus made us clean through faith in Him. So Jesus fulfilled the need of punishment. It was required that the people continually sacrifice animals to God to stay clean, but again, Jesus being the True Sacrifice, keeps this law for us too.
The law was only fulfilled. It was not abolished. So wearing tattoos is still a sin. Disobeying parents, of course is sin. But the punishment of those sins fell on Jesus Christ if you believe in Him to be your Savior. We no longer have to die because He died for us. I hope I explained this well. Please ask if you have any further questions.
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