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Unruly Update: My Crew Be Unruly Party!
Update: Unruly is turning 15 and they are throwing a big ass party in Baltimore on friday. Check out that lineup and then ask yourself if you really can afford to miss out. And if good music isen't enough they have free kegs all over the club and serving free breakfast at 4am (ha)!
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Hey, it's christmas time in the middle of the summer and this time it's the legendary Scottie B who plays the part of Santa. Unruly is bringing it big with this 2nd generation baltimore club. This might be the best thing to happen to club music since the SL1200. All these releases are already or soon up at Turntable Lab. You need this and lots of it!
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"Since 1994 Unruly Records, owned and operated by Baltimore's legendary DJ's Scottie B. and Shawn Caesar, has been hailed as the home of Baltimore Club. People around the globe have asked the question: WHAT IS BALTIMORE CLUB? The brand of Baltimore, the foundation of club combined with the element, art and passion of music is what drives the genre most people know as Baltimore club music. This art form of music captivates millions & millions around the globe, crossing racial lines and trends. Our music transcends and revives partying while bringing life back to the dance world. Expanding on the brand, Unruly has branched out and is now recognized for much more than just its Baltimore Club records. For many years, Baltimore hip hop has gone unheard. However, with the increased change of music globally, the Baltimore sound has developed a platform for artists to be heard around the world Unruly Records is the home of some notable and respected DJ's, artists, and producers from Maryland, D.C. and Virginia such as: "The Club Queen" K-Swift, DJ Quicksilva, DJ Jay Claxton, DJ King-Tutt, Say-Wut, Bigg Patch, DJ Class, Chavy Boys of London, J Child, and Will Roc."
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JUNEAU, Alaska
Bill Carter had been planning his bucket-list winter vacation to Alaska for 30 years, and he couldnt have picked a better time to take it.
The retired chemist from Jesup, Ga., didnt mind that February temperatures can hover near minus 40 degrees on the outskirts of Fairbanks, because the night sky there offered Carter something most people never get to see: the aurora borealis.
Yellows, oranges, greens. There were light bursts that would come from time to time, Carter said during his trip. There were light rays that seemed to come from the ground up, and from the sky down.
The northern lights can be seen on dark, clear nights when charged solar particles strike the upper atmosphere near the North Pole. Because of a predicted peak in a solar cycle, this year and next year are expected to offer prime viewing for the elusive phenomenon. So Alaskas tourism industry is gearing up for thousands of visitors like Carter including jetloads from Japan who are willing to wait outside in freezing weather, often for hours past midnight, in hopes of catching a once-in-a-lifetime glimpse of the lights.
Fairbanks, the largest city in Alaskas interior, is well-suited for aurora tourism because its just at the edge of the auroral oval, a ring-shaped region that circles the north magnetic pole where auroral activity is most common. It also has less cloud cover because of its distance from the ocean, and tourists usually can escape the citys light pollution by driving just 10 miles out. Lonely Planet, National Geographic and the Los Angeles Times travel section have all named Fairbanks or its surrounding areas as one of the best tourist destinations this year.
Dixie Burbank got a glimpse of the aurora as a child growing up in Wisconsin, but as an adult always wanted to travel to where the lights are more powerful.
This has been something Ive talked about for years, finally making our trek up to Alaska to see the northern lights, said Burbank, of Sun Prairie, Wis., who, like Carter, saw the lights during a visit to Alaska last month. Because of the solar max, this was the year to do it.
Solar cycles last about 10 or 11 years, and the solar max is the cycle peak, when the sun emits the most energy.
The heavens just opened up with activity, Burbank said. Its sheer excitement to see the lights come out.
When the solar cycle hit its low point or solar minimum in 2006, NASA predicted that the next solar maximum could produce the most activity since the historic solar max of 1958, when the northern lights could be seen as far south as Mexico. If you compound that with the fact that aurora activity tends to become more common around autumnal and vernal equinoxes, the start of spring this month could be quite hectic for Fairbanks.
Because of the buzz of the aurora blasts, we definitely think its gotten more attention from the media, said Deb Hickok, president and CEO of the Fairbanks Visitor Bureau and Convention Center. Its certainly been a busy winter.
Bernie Karl owns one of the most popular resorts in the Fairbanks area to see the lights. He said his Chena Hot Springs resort has been completely booked from the end of December to the end of March and all of next winter.
Todd Salat, a professional Alaska-based photographer who has been chasing the northern lights for 16 years, said he has seen some of the most powerful auroras of his career this winter and has taken some of his best photographs, too.
The thing just goes crazy and starts ripping across the sky, then all of a sudden, you cant believe what youre seeing ripples of light going from one horizon to the other in a matter of, you know, five or 10 seconds, Salat said. (Its) just incredible. It makes you feel small because its big. Its global.
But Salat and others who observe the aurora on a regular basis arent quite sure the predictions of increased activity will hold true based on what theyve seen so far this season.
Mark Conde, a professor of physics at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, expects that recent solar activity indicates auroras may not be as active this month as some have anticipated.
The current solar cycle is proving to be far less active than previous ones by quite a wide margin, Conde said. I would expect the peak of the current cycle if it follows the current trend we have now its probably going to only be about half as active as it was in 1958.
Despite Condes expectations, Fairbanks still expects to be inundated with tourists, especially from Japan. Japanese tourists have been traveling to see the lights for years, but the number of them traveling to the United States has risen significantly since Japan Airlines began chartering flights directly to Alaska almost a decade ago. The airline chartered 15 jets from cities throughout Japan to fly to Fairbanks this winter.
Shigeo Mori, who does Japanese marketing for Chena Hot Springs, explained that the Japanese fascination with northern lights stems from a philosophy that contemplates both sides of nature: its destructive power as well as its natural beauty.
Its more than a phenomenon for the Japanese people, Mori says. Its tradition; its history.


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A little over a week ago, the largest country in Africa split in two. But violence continues between the two new countries. US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton rightly called on the new nations to "quickly return to the negotiating table."
The "redoubling" of American engagement could give new momentum to stalled talks. It also presents an opportunity for the American, Sudanese, and international partners to re-think who should be welcomed back to the negotiating table.
For years, I've worked with Sudanese women who cross regional, political, tribal, and other divides to end violence. During the years of war between north and south, they'd gather under the shade of trees to resolve disputes and organize communities to make peace. Now, as these women call for a formal place at the table to determine the two countries' future, they're often told progress is simply too tenuous to allow for "new" voices. But a new round of negotiations is an opportunity to acknowledge what these women have been saying for years: Their exclusion is a cause of instability, not its cure.
The peace agreement that ended Sudan's decades-long civil war called for decisions on borders, citizenship, wealth sharing, and other key issues to be made before separation. The African Union is facilitating talks between the two major parties, yet most issues remain unresolved. Recently, horrific violence has broken out, particularly in border areas. The UN estimates that in the state of South Kordofan alone, 73,000 people have fled their homes in the past few weeks.
If the current talks don't resolve these and other major issues through a process that incorporates the perspectives of a broad set of Sudanese citizens – particularly women – violence will continue to roil just below the surface, ready to erupt at any time.
There are strong and capable women at senior levels of both parties. Yet, when the parties named their lead negotiators, neither six-member team included even one. Estimates of each side's extended team say there are, at best, five women out of more than fifty negotiators.
Unwilling to be excluded, Sudanese women have crossed traditional boundaries to organize themselves. In the South Sudanese city of Juba last February, more than 100 women from throughout the country gathered to tackle the most contentious issues in the negotiations, including divisive questions around citizenship.
Women emphasized how many families across Sudan include one spouse from the North and one from the South. They talked about how family obligations – such as weddings, funerals, and tribal disputes – require wives to travel across borders frequently to their home village. Women explained that if they're unable to move freely between the two new countries, the fabric of entire communities will be eroded. Jointly, they called for parties to allow dual citizenship for men and women.
On issues like oil, negotiators struggle. The majority of petroleum deposits lie in South Sudan, while most refineries, pipelines, and export ports are in the North. Women realize the communities that will be deeply impacted by oil drilling and transport need to be involved in the decisions that affect them – and have pushed for them to have a voice. Women have identified ways in which entire communities could determine how and where to build oil transport routes and drilling facilities so that impacts on farmland and the environment are mitigated.
The need for women to be involved in high-level decisions is just as acute after separation. Both countries are writing new constitutions, reforming laws, and redesigning elections. Fortunately, women are preparing for these challenges as well. They're organizing to preserve decades of hard-fought gains, such as laws requiring state and national legislatures to comprise at least 25 percent women.
They're also working to ensure that their new countries don't repeat old mistakes: They want foundational documents like constitutions to accommodate religious, tribal, ethnic, and other forms of diversity. Ultimately, they want to avoid the practices of marginalization that contributed to war in the first place.
In a climate where almost no one – Sudanese or not – will go near the topic, several women have already called for joint reconciliation and healing processes. They assert that to break the cycle of violence, relationships can't remain frozen where they were when the war ended. Women want both countries to engage in truth telling, accept accountability, show remorse, and commit to not offend or avenge again. They want it to happen between and within both new countries, and they want their leaders to accede that as neighbors, there won't be genuine stability without it.
Secretary Clinton, US Special Envoy for Sudan Princeton Lyman, and others in the administration understand that to end the current fighting and prevent more, women need to be at the negotiating table. They've called on the new nations to take decisive steps to consolidate progress. Returning to talks with significantly more senior-level women negotiators would constitute just that.
Jacqueline O'Neill is the director of The Institute for Inclusive Security. The Institute uses research, training, and advocacy to promote the inclusion of all stakeholders, particularly women, in peace processes. Previously, she worked at the UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) and at Sudan's Ahfad University for Women.


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Clippard skips 'pen session with minor back soreness
VIERA, Fla. -- Nationals right-hander Tyler Clippard didn't throw in the bullpen on Friday because of tightness in his back. The injury is not considered serious, and Clippard hopes to throw off the mound on Saturday.
"It's early in spring. They don't want me to rush it," Clippard said. "They are trying to take care of me, I guess. I'm champing at the bit. I'll be out there tomorrow. I'm not going to lose anything, so no worries."
Clippard, 29, has been a workhorse for the Nationals, pitching 383 1/3 innings in the last five years, and he usually starts Spring Training slow.
"I know that's probably going to continue," Clippard said. "I don't want to throw 16 innings in Spring Training for no reason. It's one of those things that I know I'm going to be used a lot during the season, so I want to take it easy [during Spring Training] and be ready for Opening Day."


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Feb. 27, 2013
Webster University freshman and chess Grandmaster Wesley So has officially made chess history.
In the final game of the prestigious Reykjavik Open on Wednesday, Feb. 27, So drew
with the black pieces against the former world's No. 6-ranked player, Ukrainian Grandmaster
Pavel Eljanov, to tie for first place.
In addition, So is now the first player from the Philippines and the first player in the 67-year history of American Collegiate Chess to break the 2700 rating mark. Only 53 current players in the entire chess world of more than 700 million players have ratings over this mark. So also is now the No. 2-ranked junior chess player in the world, passing Yu Yangyi of China.
News of So breaking 2700 has made every mainstream media outlet in the Philippines. He is their greatest talent and the pride of a chess-loving nation. He's Webster's pride too. Way to go, Wesley So!


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Rumor Alert: Full "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" Trailer Due with "Star Wars: The Clone Wars"?
Jul 12, 2008
Hang on everyone, we have a new installment in the rumor of the day/week/month category as the wait continues on a trailer for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince film. TLC has now received several credible reports from sources who say there will be a trailer for HBP attached to Star Wars: The Clone Wars when it opens on August 15. However the latest twist is that this will be the full -length trailer as WB is eschewing a teaser to bring a longer amount of footage for fans next month. Again, while this possibility of a trailer with Clone Wars has been floating on the net for a while (along with the numerous other possible movies/dates we've reported previously) these latest reports holds a bit more credibility than others, however it should remain very much in the rumor category for now.
Also, it should be stressed that we are still awaiting an official confirmation from Warner Brothers regarding that rumor of a tiny teaser before the IMAX screenings only of The Dark Knight film next week. Again, as reported a few days ago, this will most likely not be an actual 'trailer,' but rather simply the logo, a bit of music, and some words saying coming in IMAX this winter. Alas. Thus, the great trailer watch continues, and we will update with more on all of this when we can.


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Thoughts on the NBA DraftToday on Eddie King's Betusradio.com internet radio show I singled out three teams that did well in the NBA draft, three teams that did poorly and three things that surprised me during the draft (some of which came from one of the previous categories). I decided to share these observations with 20SecondTimeout readers who may have missed the broadcast (I appear on the show for about 20 minutes starting at 3:18 EST each Tuesday).
Any immediate post-draft handicapping should come with the disclaimer that we will not really know who "won" and who "lost" for about three years--but who wants to let that fact get in the way of the fun of comparing high school players that few of us have seen with European players that even fewer of us have seen? Disclaimer safely out of the way, I liked Milwaukee's draft. First off, they had luck on their side, with the draft lottery ping pong balls moving them into the number one position; second, they took an experienced college player in Andrew Bogut who perfectly fills their main need--a skilled inside player. Picking Bogut may have been a "no-brainer" but that does not mean that the Bucks are not winners, particularly if Bogut wins Rookie of the Year and leads Milwaukee to the playoffs.
Another team that did well at the top of the draft is Utah, which acquired the third pick from Portland and selected Illinois' Deron Williams, a poor man's Jason Kidd who seems to be the perfect fit for Jerry Sloan's system. He won't make anyone forget John Stockton (who could?) but Utah expects him to man the point guard spot for the next 10 years or so.
It's always risky to speculate about the performance of high schoolers, but one has to think that Boston did well by drafting Gerald Green at #18. This is a guy who was projected to go as high as #3 in the draft, but who dropped after Portland traded the #3 pick and elected to use the #6 pick on shooter Martell Webster. Unless all of the scouts were completely fooled, Green may be the most talented player in this year's draft, so grabbing him in the second half of the first round seems to be a very good "value" pick, to borrow a draft cliche from football guru Mel Kiper.
As for draft losers--how 'bout them Clippers? You would think that after years and years and years of experience with lottery picks that L.A.'s "other" team would know what to do, but they spent the #12 pick on Yaroslav Korolev, a 6'9" Russian player who looks like he weighs about 150 pounds. Supposedly he is the next Andrei Kirilenko and the Clippers better hope that is the case after passing up guys like Sean May, Hakim Warrick and the aforementioned Green. If you're going to draft based on potential, why not take an athlete like Green at this spot? I know that many scoffed at Dallas for drafting Nowitzki in a similar draft slot and that Dirk proved the doubters wrong--but I don't see Don Nelson running the Clippers' war room and I don't see Korolev morphing into anything near the player that Nowitzki is.
I already mentioned Utah as a winner for trading with Portland to get Deron Williams at #3. Not surprisingly, I have Portland as a loser at the other end of that deal. Portland could have kept the pick and taken any number of top college point guards, but instead traded down to grab a high schooler (Martell Webster) and an early entry guard (Jarret Jack, acquired in a swap with Denver for Linus Kleiza). Portland has been drafting and acquiring high schoolers for many years now and what exactly do they have to show for it? Telfair showed some promise last year, so I'll give him a pass even though I am not really sold on him becoming a top guard. As for guys like Darius Miles, Travis Outlaw and Qyntel Woods (who is no longer even on the team), don't expect to see any of them in All-Star Games. The only Trail Blazer kiddie corps member who plays in the All-Star Game is Jermaine O'Neal who, unfortunately for Blazers' fans, plays for Indiana. After such a dismal track record, why would Portland want to add yet another high schooler to the mix?
My third draft loser is Stephen A. Smith's favorite whipping boy during ESPN's draft coverage, the Toronto Raptors. Smith pretty much ripped the Raptors to pieces, pointing out that drafting Charlie Villanueva at #7 does not make a lot of sense when (1) you are loaded at power forward and (2) Villanueva was probably not even the best power forward on the board at the time. That about sums it up.
My surprises are the aforementioned Green and Villanueva selections--Green for moving down and Villanueva for moving up--and the Lakers taking high schooler Andrew Bynum at #10. I don't know if Bynum is going to be great, adequate or a bust, but I know that Phil Jackson likes having veterans who are better equipped to learn the triangle, so I am surprised that the Lakers did not draft a player with four years of college experience or package the pick to acquire a veteran big man. Bynum may be looking at some Darko Milic-like minutes for his first couple seasons.
One player whose game I really like who slipped somewhat in the draft is Hakim Warrick. He played an important role on an NCAA championship team, improved his game throughout his college career and got drafted after a lot of players who have fewer individual and team accomplishments. I think that he is going to be a better pro than a lot of the guys who went before him in the draft.
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European Union External Action
In 1999, the EU's Member States decided to create a common European policy on security and defence. European security and defence has now turned 20 and much progress has been achieved, in particular over the past few years. In a rapidly changing world, the EU and its Member States are actively engaged to provide stability in our neighbourhood and security within our borders. Work continues and is needed to consolidate this progress.
In an increasingly complex and contested world, security challenges have emerged or grown stronger: cyber-attacks, hybrid threats, terrorism, hostile communication and disinformation campaigns or classical military challenges. No EU Member State can tackle these threats alone and the EU needs to be a credible global security provider in order to protect its citizens.
In 1999, the Heads of State or Government of the EU's Member States gathered at a European Council meeting in Cologne and decided to create a joint EU approach to security and defence.
''We, the members of the European Council, are resolved that the European Union shall play its full role on the international stage. To that end, we intend to give the European Union the necessary means and capabilities to assume its responsibilities regarding a common European policy on security and defence.'' (Conclusions of the Presidency, Cologne European Council, 3-4 June 1999)
As we mark 20 years since the creation of a common European policy on security and defence, much work has been accomplished.
A total of 34 missions and operations have been deployed under European flag so far. 16 of them – 10 civilian missions and 6 military missions and operations – are currently active in our neighbourhood: Africa, the Western Balkans and Eastern Europe, the Middle East. Over 4,000 European women and men are engaged on the ground to stabilise our partner countries and work for security at home.
Progress has been unprecedented over the past few years: Permanent Structured Cooperation on defence for joint work on new capabilities and better interoperability of the already existing ones; new financing tools and instruments for a stronger and more competitive European defence industry, more efficient spending, better capabilities; better command structures for the EU's international civilian and military missions and operations.
As EU High Representative Mogherini recently said: ''On defence, we have shown that this Union knows how to deliver if there is political will. In some cases, we have achieved even more than we hoped and expected in this field.'' These results, however, ''need to be consolidated, and the new possibilities that we have opened in these last three, four years can be now explored and expanded. This requires unity of purpose, determination and, most of all, political will.''


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HOUSTON – Often the best work is a product of passion. When it comes to Brad's Brigade, it is just that and more for Brad Davis.
Brad's Brigade is the organization Davis founded in 2006 to help area military veterans, and the reason he has been named for MLS W.O.R.K.S. Humanitarian of the Month for August.
When Davis, who comes from a military family, relocated to Houston with the Dynamo in 2006 he approached then president Oliver Luck about doing something for the veterans in the community. The reason: Davis's cousin Jake, an Army Ranger who was wounded during a tour in Iraq, who he grew up very close to. Davis was eager to show his support for his cousin and all the military and Luck did not hesitate to give the midfielder a ticket package of four and thus began Brad's Brigade.
"The big thing that got me into it was that I was really close with my cousin and he decided to go into the Army," Davis told MLSsoccer.com. "The thing that really made me decide to jump on board was when my cousin was hit by the IED. That turned the light bulb on for me to start doing something bigger and better. I couldn't be happier from where it started to where it is now."
Where it is now is an organization that has grown from a ticket package of four to, with help from the Dynamo community and fans, providing tickets for over 1,500 military servicemen and women, along with their families, to July 3 Military Appreciation night and raising over $12,000 for the Texas Chapter of Paralyzed Veterans of America organization.
While the reward of working with such a large number of military members and their family is certainly there, for Davis, it still goes back to his relationship with his cousin Jake. As part of the Brad's Brigade initiative, the pair got to share a special moment last December as part of a duck hunt, accompanied by Dynamo players Tally Hall and Jason Garey, in conjunction with the Wounded Warrior organization.
"I can't tell you the emotion that runs just to get these guys out of the hospital with wheelchairs or prosthetics or whatever it may be," the midfielder said. "Getting these guys out and shooting duck is great.
"The best part about it was that we were sitting there reminiscing on old times and then we had two geese come flying over and there were two geese and we were the only two there to shoot so we both got'em," Davis recalled. "It was one of those moments that took us back and made me thankful he is still here and thankful for what those guys do."
Davis has found a sure-fire way to show his thanks, and an added bonus is the involvement and support he has received from the fans and his teammates.
The 30-year-old Davis hinted at long-term plans for the organization saying that he plans to keep things going after his playing career is done and that it will never leave the Houston community where it has made a significant impact.
"It's a perfect storm because he believes in it, it means a lot to him and the fans and people he works with see that and I think that's why it's taken off," Hall said. "Hats off to him, he's done a great job and it's a good thing for Houston."
Darrell Lovell covers the Houston Dynamo for MLSsoccer.com.


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Dana has loved politics since working for Congress during his college years. But, more than politics, he loves the United States of America and the Constitution. With great concern for the security of this nation and the stability of the Constitution, Dana writes to share ideas and thoughts that will help you, your family and your community stand firm and strong in defense of the freedoms, rights and liberties protected by God and protected by the Constitution. He firmly believes that the strength of a nation correlates exactly to the strength of the families that make up that nation.


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I hear a lot of talk these days about "polarization." People complain that "polarizing rhetoric" poisons our democracy by "polarizing" the American electorate. It's funny that we lay the blame for the complete failure of our government to address global climate change, on political "polarization." I don't buy it at all. Yes, something has poisoned our democracy, and it has something to do with our current political environment, but "polarization" is not the right word for it.
The word "polarization" implies a two way process. Politically, the word "polarization" implies that both the right and the left have become radicalized. I see no evidence of this. I've watched a steamroller of right-wing radicalization crush left-wing radicals, crush unions, and crush the Democratic party for the last four decades. It began in the '80s with the unholy union of the Evangelical Christian Movement and the Republican Party, which brought Republican greed, avarice and thirst for power into league with the Christian values of bigotry, sexism and disdain for science and reason. They gave us Reagan.
Reagan broke the unions. Bush amped up the War on Drugs, but Clinton was all about compromise. Instead of standing up for working people and Democratic principles, he sold out the American people with NAFTA and Welfare Reform, which the Republicans could have never done on their own. Then in 2000, the Democrats proved their complete impotence and demonstrated their willingness to settle for nothing when Al Gore conceded the 2000 presidential election. W pushed that radical right-wing steamroller, full throttle for eight years, getting us into two intractable wars. Then he made millions of people homeless, a few of his friends rich, and completely wrecked the economy.
Obama convinced us to bail out the banks, and gave us the Affordable Care Act, which insures maximum profits for insurance companies, doctors and drug manufacturers and makes the most expensive health-care system in the world available to people with pre-existing conditions, for the first time, even though they still can't afford it. Obamacare was a terrible compromise. It was such a bad compromise, that the Republicans can't even imagine a plan that they would like better. In fact, Obama sold the American people a health-care plan devised largely by Republicans, and again, like Clinton, did to the American people what they would never let a Republican do.
Now we're back on that right-wing steamroller, led by the most obnoxious, egotistical, chauvinistic, bigoted asshole they could find, an asshole who inspires and emboldens obnoxious bigoted assholes all across the land, an asshole who takes pride in his privilege, and has no shame or moral principles. Trump is a perfect pig, who leads a regime of pirates that reign over a nation of overworked, underpaid wage slaves who live paycheck to paycheck if they're lucky. That radical right-wing Republican steamroller has crushed working people for forty years straight, while Democrats have become the party of compromise, collapse and capitulation. That's not polarization. That's four decades of hard right turns.
This radical shift to the right was accomplished by a massive and relentless propaganda campaign that began with radical right-wing pundits like Rush Limbaugh, George Will and Morton Downey Jr, not to mention a throng of TV preachers like Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell, and continuing to this day with the likes of Pat Buchanan and Sean Hannity. These guys have spewed radical right-wing bigotry, hate and lies 24-7-365, for 40 fucking years. The radical right owns thousands of TV and radio stations. The left has PBS, NPR and Community Access Television, all of which they must share equally with the right.
In the last 40 years, the radical right has revolutionized and reshaped our society, our institutions and our culture, in their image, and they didn't do it with civil debate in an open marketplace of ideas. They did it with cunning opportunism and sleazy propaganda full of hatred, bigotry and lies. They spent big money on it, and when that didn't work they used violence without hesitation. They don't care about the "quality of the debate." They want it all, and that includes the contents of your life, and they'll do anything to get it.
Meanwhile, the Democrats have moved steadily to the right, and they continue to look for ways to sell out the American people. They refuse to stand up for working people. They refuse to stand up for the poor, and they refuse to stand up to the Republicans. When Bernie Sanders excited their base, they cut him off. Bernie Sanders is no radical, but even his brand of moderate socialism is just too far to the left for the Democratic Party leadership. So where is this other pole?
Antifa? Black Lives Matter? Standing Rock? Me too? If you call that "radical," then mutual self-defense must be a "radical" idea to you. If mutual self-defense seems like a radical idea to you, then you haven't been exposed to many radically leftist ideas. If you haven't been exposed to many radically leftist ideas, it's probably because there aren't many radical leftists left in the US. There aren't many radical leftists in the US because Republicans persecute them and Democrats disown them. Democrats are disowning radical leftists when they say things like, "polarization is poisoning our democracy."
When Democrats complain about "polarization" they aren't complaining about the fascist propaganda machine on the right, they are complaining that their traditional working class base refuses to settle for their pathetic compromises. They use the term "polarization" to include the "Bernie Brohs" they betrayed, in their condemnation of the Steve Bannons and David Dukes behind Trump. There is no polarization. This is just another right turn by Democrats.
"Polarization" is the word Democrats use to blame their own base for their complete failure. You'll even hear them say "it's on both sides." A lot of rich Democrats would like to see the Democratic Party look even more like the Republican Party, but with legal abortion and equal rights for gay people. They want to screw working people as much as Republicans do, and they've learned that sometimes that's easier to do as a Democrat. Those are the people who complain the most about this alleged "polarization."
The Republicans empower their radicals, while Democrats disown theirs, and as long as Democrats continue to disown leftist radicals, Democrats have no power and nothing to negotiate because they have no base. If you can't stand up to defend your life and protect your home without being labeled a "radical," then, damn it, we need more radicals on the left, and if we want more leftist radicals we'll need a lot more fiery and inspiring rhetoric.


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Top Chef Masters premieres tomorrow night!
The first four chefs to compete are Hubert Keller (Fleur De Lys, San Francisco), Christopher Lee (Aureole, New York), Michael Schlow (Radius Restaurant, Boston), and Tim Love (The Lonesome Dove Western Bistro, Fort Worth). Tomorrow night's challenge: create the most creative and most delicious dessert.
TC Masters is structured differently than the original (which, btw, we just heard wrapped the first part of filming for the sixth season in Las Vegas) – one winner from each of the first six weeks of competition will move onto the finals, which Bravo refers to as the Championship Round. While I don't think this isn't quite as exciting as the weekly head-to-head challenges that allow friendships and rifts to form, given the caliber of the cheftestants this time around, it's a far more sensible format.
Each weekly challenge is supposed to be a recreation of a classic Top Chef quickfire challenge, not an elimination challenge. (My vote is most certainly for a recreation of season five's hot dog challenge -- remember that? -- given its seasonal relevance and just because hot dogs are delicious.) Also: interesting that they're starting with dessert. With five weeks of preliminary competition to go, perhaps they're planning to progress backward through the day's meals? Dessert, main course, appetizer, lunch, breakfast... and...?
Because looking at restaurant menus is seriously one of my favorite things to do, I've chosen what I think is the most delicious and creative dessert on each chef's menu:
Fleur de Lys is referred to as the most romantic restaurant in San Francisco, but the most creative dessert on the menu? The Fleur Burger, described as "Lightly spiced dark chocolate ganache, home-made Beignet/ Cherry flavored milk shake and frozen fellen ice cream 'Pommes Frites.'"Curious, right? Check out a photo here, on Yelp.
The most interesting dessert on the menu at [link href="http://www.charliepalmer.com/Properties/Aureole/" link_updater_label="external" target="_blank"]Aureolein New York is the Chilled Pineapple Soup with Frozen Yogurt, Slow Roasted Pineapple, and Black Pepper Lace Tuile. The restaurant is closed until later this month [UPDATE! New York restaurant blog Eatergives a sneak peek into the new Aureole!] but I'd definitely like to try one of those desserts! Slow roasted pineapple sounds delicious.
At Radius: the signature Boston Cream Donuts, of course, with dark chocolate ganache and vanilla crème. I flickr-stalked them, and you can see what they look like here. I'm also intrigued by the fresh-baked cookie plate – though I'm not sure it's creative enough to win over the judges in such a high-level competition.
And, finally, at The Lonesome Dove, I'd definitely choose the Warm Ancho Chile Chocolate Cake with Tomatillo Anglaise. It's intriguing, unique, and I've never seen anything like it. Plus, I love tomatillos.
I'm most curious to watch see if they stick to the roots of their particular restaurant or if they'll branch out, seeing this as a professional challenge and less of a representation of where they work. Tune in tomorrow night to find out!


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Dicaeopolis, waiting for the assembly to convene, sits musing, making figures in the dust, pulling out his loose hairs, and longing for peace. He is fully prepared to harass and abuse the speakers if they talk of anything but peace with Sparta. Immediately after the citizens gather, his friend Amphitheus begins to complain of hunger because of the wartime diet. He is saved from arrest only by the intervention of Dicaeopolis.
The assembly then listens to a series of fantastic claims made by the pompous ambassadors to Athens's allies, each speech punctuated by a scoffing aside from Dicaeopolis, who knows full well that the entire alliance is wasting away from the effects of the Peloponnesian War. The high point of absurdity is reached when the last of the ambassadors ushers in a few scraggly, miserably dressed troops, introducing them as a Thracian host sent to assist in the war. Dicaeopolis, knowing of the assembly's willingness to adjourn upon the slightest provocation, then brings about the end of the session by claiming to have felt a drop of rain.
Finding himself unable to bring about the end of the war, Dicaeopolis determines to effect a personal, separate peace. Amphitheus, his own ambassador, returns from the enemy with three bottles of wine—the first five years old, the second ten years old, and the third thirty years old. The first two taste vile, but the last is rich with a bouquet of nectar and ambrosia. Drinking it down, Dicaeopolis personally accepts and ratifies a thirty-year peace. The Acharnians, whose vineyards were ravaged by the enemy, having got wind of this traitorous act, arrive in pursuit of Amphitheus just as Dicaeopolis is leaving his house to offer up a ritual prayer to Bacchus in thanks for the peace that allows him to resume once more a normal existence with his wife. Upon hearing his prayer, the Acharnians begin to stone him as he tries in vain to persuade them that peace is good. Threatened with further violence, Dicaeopolis seizes a covered basket of coals and announces that it is an Acharnian child, a hostage, which he will disembowel if he is not permitted to plead his cause. When the Acharnians agree, he asks further to be allowed to dress properly for the occasion.
Dicaeopolis then goes to the house of Euripides to borrow the costume of Telephus, the most unfortunate and pathetic of all the heroes of Euripides' tragedies. The great playwright, in the midst of composing a new tragedy, is hardly in the mood to be disturbed, but Dicaeopolis cannot resist the opportunity to tease him about his wretched heroes and about the fact that his mother sold vegetables. Finally the irate Euripides gives him the miserable costume and turns him out.
The eloquent plea for peace that Dicaeopolis delivers to the Acharnians is so moving that the chorus is divided on the issue. At that moment Lamachus, a general dressed in full armor, arrives on the scene. He declares that nothing can dissuade him from eternal war on the Spartans and their allies. Dicaeopolis counters with a proclamation that his markets are henceforth open to all the enemies of Athens, but not to Lamachus.
Shortly thereafter a starving Megarian appears in Dicaeopolis's marketplace with his two daughters, who agreed with their father that it would be better to be sold...
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This is no bluff — it's time to exercise your sacred trust and choose the Obamateurism of the Week! It's not like we have to put a gun up to your head to make you choose, but bear in mind we aren't looking at the out weeks for this poll. If you don't pick something today, someone won't be getting their checks … okay, it'll be me, but it'll be all your fault!
Previous 2011 "winners":
- "And certainly at the federal level where I do have influence, I can make sure that we make these adjustments without affecting people's collective bargaining rights."
- Six references to tax breaks for "corporate jet owners" as reason budget isn't balanced
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- "You see it when you go to a bank and you use an ATM; you don't go to a bank teller."
- Uses restaurant as example of success of auto bailouts, closes two weeks later
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- Obama botches toast to Queen Elizabeth
- "Israel must be able to defend itself – by itself – against any threat"
- WH gripes that immigration debate too often uses caricatures after Obama says, "Maybe they'll need a moat."
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- Can't name a mistake at townhall in which he made three in one sentence
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- "If you're complaining about the price of gas and you're only getting 8 miles a gallon, you know, you might want to think about a trade-in."
- Obama accepts his transparency award in secret, no-press meeting
- "War" first changed to "kinetic military action," then "time-limited, scope-limited military action"
- Obama telling people it would be easier to be President of China because "No one is scrutinizing Hu Jintao's words in Tahrir Square."
- Obama tells group that there is a "subterranean" racially-based agenda in opposition to his presidency
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- After saying he hadn't followed the Wisconsin issue, says Walker's plan "seems like more of an assault on unions."
- Businesses have "obligation" to create jobs and "pay decent wages"
- After losing verdict on first ever federal mandate to purchase private-sector product, accuses judge of "overreach"
- Obama bogarts Newt Gingrich's book title for his "Winning the Future" SOTU speech
- 2009 Nobel Peace Prize winner holds state dinner for man who has 2010 winner under house arrest
- After telling Boehner and McConnell that "there will be plenty of time to campaign for 2012 in 2012,"announces March start to re-election bid
- "I really want to figure out a way where I can spend more time outside of Washington listening and learning and engaging the American people."
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December 20, 2017 (Ukrainian News Agency) "Currently, IKEA is looking for the most suitable business model that would allow the company to implement plans in Kyiv within the next one or two years. The decision on further steps will be taken based on the results of market research and preferences of Ukrainian consumers," the statement reads. Previously, the company's intention to enter the Ukrainian market was reported by the company that manages the Mandarin Plaza shopping and entertainment center in Kyiv. Besides, Roman Matis, the head of the investment policy department of Lviv regional state administration, said that IKEA is considering the possibility of opening production in Ukraine.
As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, IKEA was founded in 1943 in Sweden by Ingvar Kamprad. The first shopping center of the company was opened in 1958. The structure of IKEA includes the Swedwood production group, which produces wooden furniture and components and has 35 plants in 9 countries. In Ukraine, an online store of the company operates, the goods are shipped from Poland.


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Can't get enough food porn? Want more gadget porn? Well then, munch on this.
This is "Deep Fried Gadgets", a series of photos by photographer Henry Hargreaves.
The series was inspired by Japanese kids who fried a PSP—and then ate it. Hargreaves, however, didn't fry the actual devices, but rather, made foam models and fried those. The photographer told website Cool Hunting, "I was nervous about what would happen when I put them in 400 degree oil—were these things going to kick back at me?"
Hargreaves' goal was to create something that was both mouthwatering and utterly disgusting. Said the photographer, "You get the device, you're excited about it, you consume it, and then you disregard it."
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You will be able to pick the nominees of your choice and the top 5 winners of each category will be the official nominees.
You will be able to vote on categories that range from Favorite Comedic Movie to Favorite Competition TV Show to Favorite TV Gal Pals and Favorite Pop Star. And if you don't see the nominee that you want, don't worry: there is an option to write-in the nominee of your choosing.
Hint: some of your favorite CW50 show's are there including HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER, THE BIG BANG THEORY, TWO & A HALF MEN,MODERN FAMILY, THE CARRIE DIARIES, HART OF DIXIE,NIKITA, ARROW, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, SUPERNATURAL, THE VAMPIRE DIARIES, STEVE HARVEY,
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We are expecting another baby boy this fall! We couldn't be more excited. Even Beatrix who did literally storm out of the ultrasound room at the "boy" announcement, now tells people that the new baby is going to be her birthday present. Jonny and I don't have quite the energy that we did ten years ago when our first pair of boys was small, so this will be interesting. While he is adored by everyone he meets, a close friend of ours has described Silas as "feral." He is rather active to be sure. He just needs a little brother to play with! The girls are counting down the days and weeks until the baby arrives, while Jonny and I are wishing that the days would slow down. There is so much to do around here to get ready! Hopefully I'll have time to get him covered in the hand knits department. I'm certainly trying!
Ravelry notes for the baby knits:
Milo Vest (I used leftover yarn from this shawl)
Lil' Midi Bean
Perfect Fit Newborn Socks
My other knits for this baby are in this post.


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No Limit RC UK's second show of 2010 was at the South West Model Engineering Exhibition, Bath & West Showground, Shepton Mallet (www.swmee.co.uk) on Saturday and Sunday 17th/18th April. This was the third year of the show and with over 10,000 visitors, was the best attended. Having a fine, sunny weekend helped too.
The Show organisers supplied us with a full-size car which was incorporated into our jumps display and ended up looking rather battered and dented by the end of the weekend! The crowds were enjoying the vehicle-bashing as much as the RC drivers. Our display generated a lot of interest, with a regular audience watching and asking us questions about our HPI cars, throughout Saturday and Sunday. A few of the MMR Largescale {www.mmrlargescale.co.uk) team joined in with us, and found out how high and far HPI Bajas can really jump. There are a number of awards given out at the show, and No Limit RC UK (www.nolimitrcuk.com) won the 'Best Moving Display' award - there were planes, boats, trains, tanks, daleks and other rc car displays - so we were really pleased. Many thanks to the organisers of the show who made it such an enjoyable weekend for us all. We look forward to next year! For pictures of MMR's visit to the showground, click here to check them out!


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At the entrance to Florence, in the characteristic quarter of Oltrarno very close to the Boboli Garden, Pitti Palace and the Ponte Vecchio, the Hotel Convitto della Calza with its prestigious conference center, is located in a truly strategic position: easily reached from both the tollway and the Santa Maria Novella train station.
From the Santa Maria Novella train station (which is also the terminal for the Florence Airport shuttle) it takes only a few minutes by bus ,while groups arriving to Florence by motor coach will find a comfortable area for loading and unloading right in front of the hotel.
Once you've crossed the Ponte Vecchio, you're immediately in the historic and artistic heart of Florence: Piazza della Signoria with the Palazzo Vecchio and the Uffizi Gallery with a prestigious art gallery that is unique in the world. Just another short walk along Via de Calzaiuoli, one of the most famous shopping areas of Florence (from Piazza della Signoria), and you emerge in front of the Duomo, the Cathedral dedicated to Santa Maria del Fiore. A riot of colored marble covers the mass of the Duomo and Giotto's Bell Tower, and Brunelleschi's dome, a milestone of the Renaissance and symbol of Florence, towers over the entire complex.
How to reach us
By plane
From Florence's Amerigo Vespucci Airport, take the "Vola in Bus" shuttle to the Santa Maria Novella train station. From the station, take one of the following ATAF buses: 36 (to Mulino Nuovo) or 37 (to Galluzzo/Tavarnuzze) and get off in Piazza Della Calza. The Hotel Convitto della Calza faces the piazza at no. 6.
By Train
From Santa Maria Novella station take one of the following ATAF buses: 36 (to Mulino Nuovo) or 37 (to Galluzzo/Tavarnuzze) and get off in Piazza Della Calza. The Hotel Convitto della Calza faces the piazza at no. 6.
By Car/Bus
From the A1 tollway, exit at "Firenze Certosa" and follow the signs for the Centro to Piazzale di Porta Romana. Pass through the ancient gate; the Piazza you come to is Piazza della Calza, you've arrived: the Hotel Convitto della Calza is at no. 6.
For those who prefer the bus, the numbers 36 and 37 that stop a few meters from the Hotel Convitto della Calza, reach the Duomo in 10 minutes and, for getting around the old town center of Florence, there are also the "Bussini" (line D stops at the Pitti Palace), the small buses that circulate in the streets of the old town center and stop near the most famous historic and artistic places.
But the real Florence, the one with narrow lanes that have preserved their fascination intact over the centuries - where you will find the botteghe of the craftsmen, restorers and antique dealers that, for generations, have been handing down the secrets and traditions, from father to son, of the arts of inlaid wood, ceramics, wrought iron, working leather and many others - is in Oltrarno, the quarter that, thanks to its position out of the way of tourist traffic, has remained unchanged.
There are also authentic masterpieces here (less than a fifteen minute walk from the Hotel Convitto della Calza): The Church of the Santo Spirito facing the characteristic piazza of the same name, the work of Brunelleschi, is one of the most beautiful and important of the city and the Renaissance; as are the frescoes of Masaccio in the Brancacci Chapel of the Church of the Carmine, also 10 minutes by foot from the hotel. Also not to be missed, the Deposition of Pontormo, a masterpiece of Mannerism, in the Church of Santa Felicita, very near the Ponte Vecchio. At Via Romana no. 17 (8 minutes on foot from the Convitto della Calza conference center) there's the La Specola Museum, the ancient Imperial Royal Museum of Physics and Natural History of Pietro Leopoldo di Lorena (1775) that houses interesting and curious collections of natural objects and wax models.


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If it wasn't for Derek Roy joining Twitter, I would never have seen this video.
Where do I even begin?
– I stopped counting the number of times he mentioned that he had plenty of places for people to crash. Between the basement mattress farm, the beds in the boathouse and the little shack out back, Roy-Z must have 25-30 available beds at any one time. Does he really have that many people over at any one time that would need to crash?" And if there are that many crashers, just how relaxing is this summer home for Mama and Papa Roy-Z? I do however, commend him for providing ample crashing space so that no one that's been indulging would actually go out on the road and crash into something or someone. Good boy, Derek!
– I did think it was incredibly sweet that he built a master bedroom suite for his parents so they would have their own space. And I would kill for that claw foot tub in his parents' bathroom. Then again, it wouldn't fit in the bathroom of my apartment, but a girl can dream, right?
– Any time I see a house with a pool table in the dining room/living room area, I'm immediately reminded of General Hospital. Two of the show's leading men – Jason Morgan and Lucky Spencer – both have pool tables in their dining rooms instead of regular tables. I don't like when my hockey players remind me of blinky mob hitmen or weepy cops. Then again, Roy could learn a few acting tips from these two in order to more convincingly sell his "dives." Err…penalty drawing attempts. Right. That's what we're calling them now.
– I'm not even sure I want to ask why one would have a steam room/shower in full view of the bedroom. On the other hand, it does show that one is completely free with one's body to be able to be showering/steaming in full view of whomever might walk into the bedroom. (Or whomever is crashing, to use the phrase of the day.)
– I understand that Roy wanted his bed to match his decor (words I'd never thought I'd write on this blog), but speaking as someone who's quite the klutz, that bed just screams "injury waiting to happen." And if any co-ed naked wrestling happens there, it really could be all fun and games until someone loses an eye. (And yes, thanks to seeing that episode of "The Nanny" where Fran redecorates the kitchen, I am aware that a deer antler motif can be considered an aphrodisiac. If he is subtly trying for the aphrodisiac affect, I'm not falling for it.)
– I loved the kitchen. I guess I'm mainly jealous of the counter space & the island. My tiny kitchen just has four square feet of counter space (I measured!) and a kitchen table . It gets crazy at times when I'm trying to cook. I'd love to have all the room & space that Roy does.
– I understand that boys will need to have their toys (Exhibit A: the Ferrari and Exhibit B: the boat), but I really hope Roy is saving for his post-hockey life. Sure, his salary is a lot of money, and more than most of us will ever see in our lifetimes, but look at the increasing number of stories that we are hearing about current & former athletes who have spent through all their money. I know it's silly for me to be concerned about a professional athlete in light of the fact that the stock market took my 401k for a ride today, but it is worth noting.
– The view of the lake and the surrounding area was gorgeous. I'd like nothing more than to curl up in one of those Adirondack chairs with a good book and a cold beverage and just relax. That area looks so peaceful.
I do have to say that this home tour was much nicer and decidedly less snarkable than the last home tour Roy-Z did. Our little star is growing up.


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It's not a sprint, it's a marathon, right? We're just past the halfway mark of the Major League Soccer season, which means MLS Cup is somewhere up ahead. Three-and-a-half months ahead, in fact.
I'm already psyched about a late-fall trip to Toronto, but just take a second to appreciate how grueling the MLS regular season is, especially compared to other American sports. The regular seasons in baseball and the NHL are seven months apiece. The NBA's is six months. The NFL's is a mere four months.
But MLS, the granddaddy of endurance, stretches nearly eight months before playoff time. And there's no other American league that has every team playing every other team exactly twice – home and away – either.
That makes most matchups pretty special and unique. And appropriately, it's a pretty special MLS weekend ahead.
For the first and likely only time this season, we've got the top seeds in each conference dropping in on the No. 2 seeds in the opposite conference: the West-leading Los Angeles Galaxy at the New York Red Bulls and the Eastern frontrunners Columbus Crew at Real Salt Lake.
One matchup is a sexy cavalcade of stars: Landon Donovan, Edson Buddle & Co. (plus recovering David Beckham in tow) at the DPHQ of Red Bull Arena. The other is, quite simply, a succulent battle of the past two MLS Cup champions, Designated Players be damned.
These are delicious matchups of the best MLS has to offer, and ones that will go miles toward dictating positioning for the playoffs. And in the current playoff format, they're also meetings of the teams occupying the only guaranteed postseason berths.
Remember, after the top two spots in each conference, the remaining four teams make the playoffs by total points, regardless of conference. But also, don't forget, that same playoff format has made it possible for the past two MLS Cup finals to be showdowns of teams from the same conferences.
So enjoy the No. 1 vs. 2 East-West showdowns this weekend while you can – you may not get another chance.
Welcome to Spenlandia
"On that field, we're gonna work hard for you and we're gonna die for you."
Classic John Spencer on Wednesday at his official introduction as head coach of the MLS Portland Timbers.
I can't imagine a better fit for Stumptown than "Spenny." The former Scottish international isn't exactly someone you'd call shy. Even as a player, he was always outspoken and fiery, a hardworking guy with a heart of gold and an offbeat sense of humor.
Portland is a city where they just have to do things a little differently – often just for the sake of doing them that way. There aren't many places, if any, in America where you'll find a tattooed hipster playing hacky sack with his buddies while blasting the Wu-Tang Clan out of an old boom box.
"Spenny's definitely a big personality," says Houston defender Ryan Cochrane, a Portland native who played under Spencer during the Scot's four seasons as a Dynamo assistant coach. "He's perfect for Portland. It's a blue-collar place, just like him, but passionate and just a little bit different."
Portland will welcome Spencer as a guy who will help them show their town is where soccer is done right. I still have a laugh when I think about the dozens of Timbers Army representatives who drove up to Seattle in March for First Kick, just to talk a little smack and stoke the Timbers-Sounders rivalry in anticipation of the 2011 season.
But here's another interesting little nugget that tells you a bit about Spencer's new home. Portland is so ready for MLS next season, the Timbers' efforts to renovate PGE Park into a soccer-specific stadium may actually drive the current co-tenants – the minor-league baseball Portland Beavers – out of town for good.
A suitable replacement home for the Triple-A team has yet to be found, which may prompt the Beavers to move way south to the San Diego area. And honestly, it doesn't sound like anyone's really that upset about it.
Soccer over America's Pastime? Yeah, I think Spenny's gonna like it in the PDX.
Think good thoughts for Papi
Chivas USA suddenly have depth in offense – something they've been lacking recently – and that made Maykel Galindo the odd man out. The Cuban striker was loaned to USSF D2 Tampa Bay this week.
That's all fine and good, since "Papi" could use the minutes and the extended rehab project – plus he'll be closer to Miami, one of his favorite cities in the world. But there's a part of me that was sad to hear this news. Galindo has my favorite back story of any MLS player, and one I followed very closely after he defected from his homeland five summers ago.
Anyone who can just walk out of a hotel in a strange country, without knowing the language, and hope somehow he can make it big and support his family back home – well, that's the American dream, kids. And Galindo made it happen. Plus he's one of the nicest, funniest guys in the league. It's impossible not to root for him.
Sadly, Galindo hasn't been able to stay healthy since his breakout season in 2007. And being loaned out to Tampa Bay is the latest hope that he'll be able to get healthy and rediscover the form that not too long ago saw him torch MLS defenses with speed and precision. Here's hoping Galindo comes back stronger.
Suerte, Papi.
Jonah Freedman is the managing editor of MLSsoccer.com. "The Throw-In" appears every Thursday.


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Set amid tawny popcorn and soybean fields, weathered barns, and rusty silos, the Subaru of Indiana Automotive plant cuts a swath. A 3.4-million-square-foot monolith abutted by railroad tracks, SIA has a mountain of compost and the occasional coyote skittering through the surrounding 832 acres of woodland.
Step inside, though, and you'll discover why this might be the most exemplary car factory in America.
In its 22-year history — a period that has spanned three recessions, a global financial crisis, massive U.S. auto bankruptcies, and the departure of Isuzu, a founding partner, from the operation — SIA has rolled out more than 3 million vehicles and has never resorted to layoffs. Instead, it's given workers a wage increase every year of its operation.
Staffers also enjoy premium-free health care, abundant overtime ($15,000 each, on average, in 2010), paid volunteer time, financial counseling, and the ability to earn a Purdue University degree on-site — all in a state that has lost 46,000 auto jobs and suffered multiple plant foreclosures in the past decade.
And the truly astonishing thing is how it achieved all this: through a relentless focus on eliminating waste. "This is not about recycling, or a nice marketing to-do," says Dean Schroeder, a management professor at Valparaiso University who has studied the plant. "This is a strict dollars-and-cents, moneymaking-and-savings calculation that also drives better safety and quality."
Businessweek: Subaru's sustainable drive
Toyota made kaizen — the Japanese principle of constant "change for the better," with a special focus on efficiency, aka "pushing lean" — famous. SIA, you could say, has instilled green kaizen, or pushing green.
Starting in 2002, SIA set a five-year target for becoming the nation's first zero-landfill car factory. That meant recycling or composting 98 percent of the plant's waste — with an on-site broker taking bids for paper, plastic, glass, and metals—and incinerating the remaining 2 percent that isn't recoverable at a nearby waste-to-fuel operation to sell power back to the grid. Within two years, the results spoke for themselves.
"Everyone quickly saw the green dividend of not wasting anything," says Tom Easterday, the plant's executive vice-president, passing a stack of yellowed Styrofoam cases that have survived four round trips around the globe. "You reduce packaging, negotiate a better deal from suppliers, and everyone then shares in the savings."
Businessweek: At Subaru, sharing the love is a market strategy
Today, the plant abounds with boxes and containers scribbled over with marks that show how many times they have traveled from Japan to Indiana and back (and back again). On a tour of the plant, Easterday sped a golf cart past a welder whose metal shavings are swept off the asphalt floors and auctioned into a roaring bull market for copper.
Last year, Easterday says, SIA saved approximately $5.3 million by obsessively reducing, recycling, composting, and incinerating; Valparaiso's Schroeder calculates that Subaru saves multiples of that figure by using zero-landfill discipline to reduce worker injuries and fatigue. He cites the example of SIA's switch away from taking cars apart to check the quality of welds — a process that wasted metal and risked jackhammer injuries — to ultrasonic technology that did so better, faster, and far cheaper.
SIA workers get bonuses (grand prize: a new Subaru Legacy) for pointing out excess packaging and processes that can be cut from the assembly line and then rebated by suppliers. All the savings are effectively plowed back into plant operations — and overtime.
Businessweek: Subaru: Japan 's hottest car company
To score a cherished "associate" position at the factory — there's a 10-1 ratio of applicants to openings — would-be employees are expected to put in long hours learning and practicing SIA's low-impact manufacturing. That means scrutinizing every byproduct, from welding slag to plastic wrap, for savings. And obsessively slicing seconds off assembly procedures. And a willingness to work whole months of six-day shifts, and likely years on the graveyard shift, while resisting the siren call of unionization. (The United Auto Workers has failed three times to organize the plant's workers.)
There's always a catch, and at SIA it's this: All that ultra-efficiency — when applied to employees — can lead to unforgiving schedules. SIA workers, who start at just over $14 an hour and peak at about $25 an hour, put in 47-hour workweeks that include two Saturdays a month at time and a half — good for $50,000 to $60,000 a year in per-employee salary. (That means roughly 100 employee salaries were protected by the aforementioned $5.3 million zero-landfill rebate.)
The upside? When the Japan earthquake interrupted the supply of parts in March, slowing down the plant's breakneck output, SIA was able to keep paying its workers in full to volunteer in town.
The downside: "Everyone's burned out here," says Kay Tavana, a 48-year-old who installs airbags and headlights. Not that she isn't grateful for the work and the SIA perks. Working while on chemotherapy for a blood disease, Tavana avails herself of SIA's free gym to rev up for her shift from 4:30 p.m. to 3:30 a.m.
The cost savings and social programs at SIA wouldn't amount to much if Subaru's cars weren't in demand. From 2008 to 2010, unit sales jumped 41 percent, while last year the company's 22 percent rise in vehicle sales was double the broader car market's increase.
"You get worker commitment to productivity by offering job security," says Kristin Dziczek, who studies labor issues at the Center for Automotive Research in Ann Arbor, Mich. "But the best job security is still a product people will buy."
With SIA operating at maximum capacity and with an expansion plan under way, Vice-President Easterday says this "experiment" in the middle of Indiana corn country could someday export its American-made Japanese cars to the rest of the world. His SIA case study left Schroeder convinced that "Dumpster diving can be great for business."


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Cartoonist presents a retrospective on his work.
By Kerry Barger '11
National radio commentator and author Jim Hightower once said, "If Thomas Paine were alive today, he'd be Tom Tomorrow." Ithaca College students and faculty got a taste of what it would've been like to meet Thomas Paine when Dan Perkins, who uses the pen name Tom Tomorrow, visited the school as part of the Park Center for Independent Media (PCIM) speaker series.
Perkins writes and illustrates This Modern World, a weekly comic strip that appears in approximately 80 newspapers and magazines across the country — from small weeklies like the Ithaca Times to popular political websites like Salon and Credo Action. He highlighted some of his best comic strips on September 16, when he spoke to fans in Emerson Suites. His lecture ranged from references to some of his earliest columns to a preview of his ninth cartoon anthology, Future Events Such as These Will Affect You in the Future.
"It's a thrill to have a visual artist visit Ithaca College," says Jeff Cohen, founding director of the PCIM. "Having Perkins is a nice change of pace from all the print journalists that we've featured."
This Modern World couples satirical commentary with retro-like imagery to express political and social commentary. The strip parodies highly misinformed citizens in order to expose fundamental flaws in the United States political system. Perkins's work first appeared in a small zine based out of San Francisco, and since then he has been able to develop his comic strip into a successful brand. "This all started out as an accident," he admits.
Perkins's slideshow presentation unfolded the path his career has taken him.
"My work has really transformed from mocking consumerism to writing and drawing about politics," he says. "Sometimes I forget what I wrote, and when I come across it, I just have to laugh."
Though the comic strip generally leans toward the left, Perkins will tackle issues across the entire political spectrum. From taking jabs at the Tea Party movement to comparing the "idea" of Obama to the "actual" Obama, he satirizes any and all points of view.
"He's not just the leading cartoonist in the country," Cohen says of Perkins, "but one of the sharpest social critics around."
From authoring the children's book The Very Silly Mayor to illustrating the cover of Pearl Jam's 2009 album Backspacer, Perkins has shown versatility in both the media and business arenas.
"He has carved his own path," says Cohen. "Not only is he a successful content creator, but he also has the savvy to build up his own syndicate."
Perkins has used the Internet to spread his brand. His blog at thismodernworld.com has evolved into a multimedia canon of his work that includes animation.
"I got together with an independent company to create a web series using my characters and stories from This Modern World," Perkins says. "It's so much different to see your work moving and speaking."
While the Internet has boosted the popularity of his work, Perkins says that it's a mixed blessing to have his cartoons and animations online.
"We're in the era of free content, where newspapers and magazines are declining," Perkins says. "I'm not sure where my work will be 10 years from now, and it all depends on the evolution of the Internet."
Though Perkins doesn't know exactly where This Modern World will take him, one thing is certain: his fans have remained steady and loyal throughout the years.
"We like to label Grateful Dead fans as 'deadheads,'" Cohen says. "Tonight we saw a bunch of 'danheads' who came out to support Perkins."