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Experience Is The Words That Are Written
If there's one band whose musical output I enjoy, but whose influence I absolutely abhor, it's gotta be Meshuggah. Admittedly, I'm not even that big of a Meshuggah fan, but I'm glad they went where they did with Chaosphere. I think that sort of ambition is good for metal. Polyrhythmic half-thrash played by bazillion string guitars for a whole hour? Great, really. However, if you take away the intrepid spirit of their trailblazing albums, all you're left with are anodyne and generally soulless compositions. There are, in fact, plenty of bands whose work would best be served locked away from the less adventurous minds of America's youth. Enter Abeyance, who in the process of aping a good deal of bands whose originality and innovation were their only saving graces, have managed to make a pretty disappointing album.
Where do I begin, I mentioned Meshuggah at the beginning of the review, but Abeyance have got their hands in plenty of other cookie jars as well. There's your typical burly Disembodied meets At The Gates rumbling, a concept that's well on its way to being pounded into pure atmosphere. Think Dead to Fall without the hilariously awesome lyrics. "We: The Unsung Heroes" features an off-time breakdown spliced with dissonant chord strokes that speaks to the band's affection for The Dillinger Escape Plan and Candiria without capturing the essence of either. "Moment of Clarity" displays some great ideas, namely the arpeggiated intro and the more standard breakdown about a quarter of the way through that is spiced up with some driving octave chords. Actually there are plenty of individual ideas, but rarely do they translate into worthwhile songs. Take for example, "...And I Truly Walk Alone" which is a hauntingly melodic and well developed number that is totally stripped of its character by the inclusion of gang vocals. "In Between Social Niceties" is the most promising track on Experience is the Words that are Written. While it's really nothing more than a standard American metalcore tune, the stunning melodic bridge, intelligent duel guitar interplay, and pulsating breakdown are a testament to the band's own capabilities, and not those of the bands they wish to emulate. Furthermore, the bottom heavy production that accentuates the band's loose and confidant execution seems to hint that this band is just a few steps away from respectability.
What we have here is a talented group of musicians that have sadly mistaken sounding like the originals for originality itself. With time, I'm sure the bands for acumen for melding their influences into something more coherent will develop. For now, they're just languishing in middling mediocrity with all the other bands they seem so desperate to distinguish themselves from. I expect something much better from this band next time out.

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Archived Tee - 2010-12-02About the artist
Told You So is basically a "what if" scenario that has been playing around in my head for a bit of a while now. I've always been a big fan of NES games and nursery rhymes, so this seems like a perfect marriage of my major influences. No one knows how or why Humpty Dumpty had the "great" fall. Perhaps I may be on to something here. hmmmmm....
Tell us about yourself:
I am an illustrator / web designer / graphic designer and have been designing for almost 10 years now. I am the eldest of 4 siblings and I am somewhat, the breadwinner of the family. I absolutely love clothes in general, as well shoes, and I pretty much have an extensive collection of "kicks". Apart from the obvious hobby of drawing, I am also an electronica musician under the name, Techisoba, and have recently released a free digital download of my album up over on my blog.
Where are you located?
I live in Cebu City, Philippines. I am blessed to be surrounded with enormous talent and inspiration in this city (i.e. Nicolo Nimor, Uzi Emperado, etc)
What's a day in the life of Chad like?
A day in the life of lil' ol me hmmmmmm....
I usually wake up at 1pm and start up with work and end till late 11-12pm. I log in and check for tasks to do and then start one and eat lunch altogether ( I work at home now). Sometime during the day, I get a rush of inspiration and I sketch 3 - 4 times depending on how inspired I am. My days are pretty much very boring, consisting of only work and sketching and eating most of the time (and hunting for shoes) . When I do get freelance jobs, I schedule it on weekends or some other time that I am less busy. Like now, so hire me!
Do you own alot of shirts? If so, what's your favorite?
Yes I do own a lot of shirts! My favorite would have to be the one I did for Suicide Silence. I think that was my best illustration piece yet.
What's the most fun client/design you've worked with?
I have like 3 favorite clients to work with, Richochet Management, 8-bit Zombie, and Nick-Automatic. They have their own styles of art direction, but I love how they are open to my ideas and how they are very professional; they have been really great to me.
What do you like to do for fun?
EAT! hahahaha. Especially if you're with good company. Priceless. And of course, the usual, drawing stuff up from scratch.lol.
Star Trek or Star Wars?
Mos def STAR WARS. Lightsabers and The Force is crazy dope.
Would you rather survive a zombie apocalypse or a nuclear apocalypse?
I'd rather survive a nuclear apocalypse. By then, I will be a super mutant/creature thing with a lightsaber and telekinesis, so if there's a slight chance of a zombie apocalypse looming in the near future, I can battle it out, super-mutant styyylllleee.
Do you collect anything, or have any hobbies?
I collect shoes more than shirts. I also have this affinity for anything Astro-boy and Mazinger-Z related. But shoes is where most of my money is spent. IF I do have money. lol.
What's your art process like, from initial sketch to finished product?
I always start from a sketch. That is where I test every element out, to get the layout right, to get the right expressions the way I want it to be, setting the mood, etc. Basically, I work everything out with the sketch so that the client has an idea of how the final piece looks like. After approval, I then digitally ink and color everything using Adobe Illustrator, and that's it! The last few retouches are also done in AI and the only thing left to do is wait for further revisions and/or sign-off.
MAC or PC?
MAC!!!!!!! I am absolutely an Apple fan boy!!! I could go on all day about what makes a MAC the absolute champion, and I WILL get an iphone4.... SOMEDAY......


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The Tampa Bay Rays seem to be trying their hardest not to make the playoffs. The Rays look to avoid a three-game sweep and keep hold of their one-game lead for the second American League wild card when they host the Boston Red Sox on Thursday. The Red Sox opened their lead over Tampa Bay in the AL East to 9 1/2 games on Wednesday, when pinch hitter Mike Carp delivered a grand slam in the 10th inning of a 7-3 triumph.The Rays are a major league-worst 4-13 since they were tied for the division lead on Aug. 24, and are averaging 2.6 runs in that span. There are four teams within two games of Tampa Bay for that second wild card, with the New York Yankees the closest. While the Rays have folded, the Red Sox have surged, winning 14 of their last 17 to drop their magic number to clinch a playoff spot to six and the division to eight.TV: 7:10 p.m. ET, MLB Network, NESN (Boston), Sun Sports (Tampa Bay)PITCHING MATCHUP: Red Sox RH Jake Peavy (11-5, 4.01 ERA) vs. Rays RH Jeremy Hellickson (11-8, 5.04)Peavy had a streak of four straight starts of allowing two or fewer runs come to an end last time out, when he was reached for four in six innings against the New York Yankees. The veteran settled for a no-decision in that start and is 3-1 with a 3.55 ERA in seven outings since joining the Red Sox before the trade deadline. Peavy faced Tampa Bay as a member of the Chicago White Sox on April 26 and yielded three runs over 6 2/3 frames to pick up a win.Hellickson snapped a six-start winless streak by holding the Los Angeles Angels to four hits in 5 1/3 scoreless innings on Sept. 4. The 26-year-old, who is suffering through his worst season since joining the major-league rotation, has not recorded an out in the seventh inning in any of his last 10 starts. Hellickson was strong in two outings against Boston earlier in the season, allowing two runs over seven innings on April 15 and two in six frames on June 19.WALK-OFFS1. Red Sox closer Koji Uehara set a franchise record by retiring his 34th consecutive batter on Wednesday. Ellis Kinder set the previous mark of 32 in 1952.2. Tampa Bay OF Matt Joyce is 2-for-33 in his last 11 games.3. Boston 1B Mike Napoli is 12-for-25 with 11 RBIs and nine runs scored in his last eight contests.PREDICTION: Red Sox 6, Rays 2


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Psalms - Chapter 84
Rabbi Chaim Brovender
From Strength to Strength
Following the Psalms of Asaf, we return to some Psalms by the sons of Korach, last seen in Psalm 49. This Psalm was accompanied on the gittis.
How beloved are G-d's habitations, they say, referring to the Temples, where the sons of Korach say they long to dwell. When they do, they will sing to G-d, body and soul.They compare the nation to a bird that wandered around until it found its home; that's how the Jews were in the desert until G-d brought them into the land of Israel. In their own land, they were free to serve G-d and to raise their children in His ways.
Those who dwell in G-d's "House" (i.e., the Temple) are fortunate and will praise Him continuously. (This verse is the first line of the prayer "Ashrei," recited three times daily.) Also fortunate is the person who places his faith in G-d, as this will always lead him on the proper paths. Those who ignore G-d's instructions pass through a valley of tears and they cry until they flood the place. (Conversely, perhaps the faithful transform their tearful experiences into positive springs of water.) They praise G-d and go from strength to strength until they appear before G-d. (Again, this can either be referring to the faithful or to repentant sinners, who have learned their lesson.)
The sons of Korach ask G-d to hear their prayer and send Moshiach (the Messiah) soon, which will cause the ultimate Temple to be built. One day in G-d's Temple would be better than 1,000 years elsewhere! Living in humble conditions in Israel is better than a palace in a foreign land. G-d enlightens and protects us; He gives all goodness to those who follow Him. Fortunate are those who trust in Him!


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SSD vs RAM for MySQL
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--- Quote from: Forum Labs on October 06, 2011, 10:24:52 PM ---I still do not know how you get your read request ratio from the values above. Can you please decode this for me ;)
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read request ratio: (1 - Innodb_buffer_pool_reads / Innodb_buffer_pool_read_requests) * 100 = cached percentage
Your cached percentage is 99.999%, so you don't have a problem there. You could decrease your buffer pool size if you needed more RAM elsewhere.
--- Quote ---I am only getting 60,000 page views a day. The forum has 3,205,782 total posts.
Your forum looks more active have you considered using SSD? Or the performance of your current setup is enough? If your current setup can handle your forum without SSD maybe my server can do it as well.
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My server is not far from the point where a standard hard drive's write latency is an issue (very small, occasional delays). When I upgraded the machine, I got a battery-backed RAID 5 setup and the cache handles the write bursts well.
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Processor: Intel® Core(TM)2 Quad CPU @ 2.40GHz (1600.000MHz)
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I do not know if I actually need to upgrade my server or I just need to optimize mysql. I am already using nginx + PHP-FPM + APC
I would be getting this server if I need to upgrade :)
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Price: $150 monthly
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Your load average is great. Turn on hyperthreading if you haven't (it's good with PHP). Your current machine is doing very well. You don't need more memory, and SSD probably wouldn't do much with your traffic levels. I'd recommend SSD if you were doing 250,000 pageviews a day or more.
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--- Quote from: Mark Rose on October 07, 2011, 12:18:16 AM ---Your load average is great. Turn on hyperthreading if you haven't (it's good with PHP). Your current machine is doing very well. You don't need more memory, and SSD probably wouldn't do much with your traffic levels. I'd recommend SSD if you were doing 250,000 pageviews a day or more.
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Thank you for all your advice :) I really appreciate it. I am always reading your posts as I am learning a lot from it.
BTW how do you monitor your pageviews? do you use google analytics? My 60,000 pageviews per day is from google analytics.
I visited my stats page today and check my older pageviews collected by SMF statistics and here it is
--- Code: ---2010-07-03 143,257
2010-07-04 149,114
2010-07-05 157,800
2010-07-06 156,194
2010-07-07 155,430
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That was last year and since then I turned off the counting of pageviews. It should have probably doubled by now if that stats is correct. I just turned on again the tracking of daily page views so I can check how many page views I am getting :)
Mark Rose:
Use the SMF stats. In that case, I'd certainly consider getting SSD. You don't need more RAM though. See if your host can slap in an extra drive.
Joshua Dickerson:
RAM and a couple more disk drives are a hell of a lot cheaper than a decent SSD. You're not going to see the results that you see in benchmarks with any old SSD. There are high-end, $15,000 drives, and low-end $300 drives. The difference is that the low-end is worse than a 10K SAS drive. Look at the numbers on them.
Another 2 drives and more RAM is a better option. You probably have a bunch of tweaking to do though. One of my favorite slide shows which I quote regularly - http://www.slideshare.net/matsunobu/linux-and-hw-optimizations-for-mysql-7614520
I regularly watch iostat and htop. Check your mount options if you think you're having drive issues - might be something there. Chances are, there are other problems. Check your slow query and fpm logs. Watch how much time each request takes. There's a lot of stuff to do before spending more money.
Although, $150 for that server is pretty good.
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One other thing: I strong recommend running a recent 5.5 release from MySQL or Percona. The 5.5 series has a ton of performance improvements with regards to concurrent queries.
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Investors kicked off the second half of 2013 in a bullish mood, sending stocks higher Monday.
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The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq also gained more than 1%.
Stocks wrapped up the second quarter with all three indexes recording gains of 2% to 5%, despite ending June down roughly 1%.
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The S&P 500 is up more than 12% in the first half, compared with an average gain of about 4% for every first half going back to 1945, according to Sam Stovall, chief equity strategist at S&P Capital IQ.
Rally back on track: If history is any guide, the next six months should also be strong.
In years when the S&P 500 fell in the first half, the second half also tends to be sub-par. But in years when the index rose in the first half, it gained an average 5.4% during the second half, according to Stovall's calculations.
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The Institute for Supply Management said its index of manufacturing activity rose to 50.9 in June, signaling expansion in the sector for a fifth month and bouncing back from May, when it tumbled to 49.
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European markets ended higher. The FTSE in London rose 1.5% as a new governor, Mark Carney, joins the Bank of England from Canada. Markets are generally expecting looser monetary policy from the central banker.
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For those of you hoping Mercenary would release 11 Dreams Pt.2 with their greatly anticipated followup, The Hours That Remain, you probably won't be getting what you're looking for. Just accept this right off the bat, for it's not only an entirely different animal than its groundbreaking predecessor, it's a much easier album to take overall for the unaccustomed. I'd compare the progression Mercenary makes between the two albums as paralleling the forward motion Sanctuary took between Refuge Denied, and Into The Mirror Black. The Hours That Remain is a more focused, direct, and sustainable album, which shows the band concentrating more on abundantly memorable songwriting, resulting in a rather conservative, linear listening experience. But to be honest, by the same token, this scaled-back approach sometimes lacks the elusive, unpredictable bite that made Mercenary so compelling in the first place.
While certain edgier elements might have been stripped down and condensed a bit into something less robust, taken on its own without comparing past achievements, The Hours That Remain contains one of the more cohesive, substantial collections of metal songs to be found on any album released this year. If you're worrying they've become too accessible, fear not, for the music here is not only respectably enduring, there's just enough gnawing Fear Factory-esque crunch & rhythm to keep things from sounding too light. Nevertheless, Mercenary go for a smooth traditional metal sound this time around, full of understated melodies and sparse harmonies rather than indulging in histrionic excesses, sacrificing bare Swedish death elements and mind-melting layered falsetto for something more wide-reaching, and in the process, a little less remarkable overall than what I personally enjoy, but none of it sucks.
Soilwork's Bjorn "Speed" Strid, and Marcus Bischoff of Heaven Shall Burn make guest appearances on vocals, and aside from their contributions, the singing is actually quite palatable overall. There is still a wide variety of commanding vocalizations utilized here, from blackened snarling to a more throat-racking growl, but the majority of the singing is melodic mid-ranged rapture as featured on the statuesque "Lost Reality", and the exquisite arrangement of "Soul Decision", both of which rival the greatest moments of the excellent Pharaoh & Communic releases from this year.
While the music is still dynamic and adventurous, there are points throughout The Hours The Remain that sound less thought-out than previous efforts, and almost too catchy. None of it is poppy or commercial, but there's very little here that really jumps out and grabs your attention as being something significant. The riffs are carried along almost nonchalantly at some points, perhaps inattentive of the loss of overall volume and girth caused by the reduced usage of synthesized keys. It seems as though Mercenary wanted to present a more natural, mature, no-frills side of the band, and in many regards they greatly succeeded, but the amphibious grit of their previous material is less prevalent, and missed.
Mercenary certainly have nothing to defend or be ashamed of with The Hours That Remain, for their musicianship is impeccable if not somewhat played down, they have a clear and precise direction, and have crafted an album packed with some of the finest note-for-note, pure metal compositions you'll find. I just think the band is capable of doing more, and this certainly isn't a 'write-off' disc by any stretch, but hopefully they'll put a little more firepower behind their next release. Still, I can't help but to strongly recommend this if you have a little extra cash in your metal budget to spend, and this is a no-brainer purchase for fans of the band already. Good stuff, I just wanted a little more.


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As with most things, New York really does things right. As in, the Fourth is like a mass exodus to the Hudson River because fireworks. Fireworks, you guys! To make a second year tradition, we spent the evening with friends snacking and rooftop firework watching. Turns out the 19th floor is a nice place to celebrate.


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QPR have announced plans to move into a new 40,000-capacity stadium as part of an ambitious project to be constructed at Old Oak in west London.
Harry Redknapp will take his QPR side to Blackpool tomorrow in positive mood about the club's long term future after the R's announced plans move into a new 40,000-seater stadium.
Matt Phillips insists he does not feel under extra pressure to add goals to his game as he prepares to face his former club this weekend.
Queens Park Rangers manager Harry Redknapp has signed free agent Israeli midfielder Yossi Benayoun on a short-term contract.
London-born Blackburn Rovers forward DJ Campbell is one of the six people arrested in connection with a football spot-fixing investigation, sources said.
QPR have been drawn to face Everton away in the FA Cup third round.
A minute's applause will take place at all football matches in the Premier League, Football League and FA Cup this weekend to mark the passing of Nelson Mandela.
QPR manager Harry Redknapp could name an unchanged team for the visit of Blackburn this weekend.
QPR moved level on points with Championship leaders Leicester after what was a "really pleasing night" for assistant manager Kevin Bond against former club Bournemouth.
QPR assistant manager Kevin Bond handed the credit to Doncaster after the promotion favourites stumbled to an unexpected 2-1 defeat.
QPR will check on Junior Hoilett and Tom Carroll ahead of their trip to Doncaster.
Crewe Alexandra have signed Fulham's Buomesca Tué Na Bangna and QPR's Tom Hitchcock in a double loan swoop.
QPR chairman Tony Fernandes has been honoured with a Commander of the Legion d'Honneur award by the French government.
Former Wimbledon and Chelsea defender Vinnie Jones has revealed he is battling skin cancer.
Charlton manager Chris Powell, meanwhile, felt his struggling team were unfortunate not to pick up a point.
Assistant manager Kevin Bond admitted QPR are struggling in front of goal despite Charlie Austin's fine strike securing a 1-0 victory at home to Charlton.
Charlie Austin says QPR's impressive home form must continue after the striker's stunning goal against Charlton made it six wins from seven games at Loftus Road.
QPR boss Harry Redknapp is hoping for some good news on the injury front after midfielder Jermaine Jenas and winger Junior Hoilett (both hamstring) both picked up injuries during the 1-1 draw at Reading.
Weekends in London are always disrupted by engineering works on the London Underground and National Rail.
Julio Cesar admits he will leave Queens Park Rangers in January with the goalkeeper being linked to a return to Brazil.
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Kane, Billy, and Lily stretch the boundaries of marriage in a post-Civil War love story.
Kane and Billy, two soldiers desperately searching for peace after the War of Northern Aggression, become lovers, taking comfort in each other after a particularly brutal and bloody battle. Kane upsets their relationship when he decides to purchase a mail-order bride. The bride arrives—refusing to wed, refusing sex, refusing to be civil—and restores Billy and Kane's previous relationship. But the young woman, running from an abusive home, is fascinated when she stumbles across the two men making love. Why, they seem to be enjoying themselves, without hurting each other. Maybe she doesn't know all there is to know about sex.
"I was afraid you wouldn't want me anymore. I bought a bride without thinking about how you'd feel. I bring home a witch who is determined to make our lives miserable, and then use you—" Kane held up a hand to stop Billy's automatic defense. "You and I both know it. Even if you did like it, my motives were in question, not yours. But I've missed you, Billy."
Straight-faced, Billy said, "Aw, shucks."
Kane laughed. "Come on. There's a hayloft waiting for us." He set his boot on the bottom rung before Billy spoke.
"I've missed you, too."
Kane gave him a wry grin over his shoulder. "Prove it," and he pulled himself up the ladder. He was kneeling, waiting, when Billy's head popped up through the floor. Taking hold of his face, he traced circles with his thumbs. "You've always been there for me." And he kissed him, sweetly, softly, on the lips that haunted his dreams.
Without breaking contact, Billy climbed to the floor in front of him and wrapped his arms around him. Tenderly touching his tongue with his own, Billy licked and sucked and tasted. Kane broke the kiss and stood.
"I want to take your clothes off."
Billy climbed to his feet and spread his arms wide as if to say, what are you waiting for? Kane didn't hesitate.
He opened the buttons on Billy's shirt. There were two more on the tucked in shirt tail. He caught Billy's amused expression as he dipped a finger into the front of his pants.
"You're hiding things from me," Kane teased.
Billy grinned as Kane dropped to his knees at his feet. He smiled when he saw the bulge Billy was sporting. Outlining the erection with one hand, Kane slid the other between Billy's legs to cup his ass. He massaged the huge cock straining Billy's pants until Billy flexed his hips to increase the pressure. Kane dropped both hands to unbutton the flap of his pants. Since it was chore day with no roping or riding planned, he wasn't wearing the heavy long johns they usually wore to protect themselves. His cock sprang free. Wrapping both hands around it, Kane kissed, then licked, the glistening head. He laved the length and pushed Billy's pants down a bit more.
Then he opened wide and took the throbbing dick into his mouth. Billy caressed his head and moaned. Kane pulled his head back slowly, swirled his tongue around the smooth head of Billy's prick then sucked the full length deep into his mouth again. Billy's hips pumped slowly as he pulled his dick out of Kane's mouth and pressed slowly back in.
Kane increased the pressure. Stretching his lips over his teeth, he pulled back. Working his tongue around the slick flesh filling his mouth, he cupped Billy's balls and massaged them as he sucked his friend off. He breathed through his nose and worked on bringing Billy to the brink. With Billy moaning and rocking his hips, Kane sucked and licked until Billy clenched. At that moment, Kane slipped a finger into Billy's ass as Billy came in his mouth. After swallowing, Kane eased his mouth off Billy's softening erection and kissed his belly.
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Oh, hello. It's been a while.
Today I want to talk about football and the MLS. I know, to some it isn't real football - or even real soccer - but it's the only live football we have here in North America.
In particular, I want to discuss passion - and the lack of it in the MLS. Not in the stands but on the pitch. Now this can't be put down to the relatively poor skill levels on display. There are many worse teams in the lower reaches of the English league system and what they lack in ability they definitely make up for in raw emotion. Very raw in some cases. No, I think it is down to a lack of incentive. And that can be explained by one simple fact: you can't get demoted in the MLS.
Last week I went to two TFC games, both against Vancouver. The first was a regular league game. It was 22 men running around but clearly not killing themselves for a win. The next game was the Voyageur's Cup final. The difference was startling. Suddenly there was action, excitement, end-to-end football and goals. Why? Because it mattered if you won the game.
For MLS teams like TFC, it's fairly obvious - from about the fifth game of the season - that you won't be going to the play-offs. And at that point, because there's no relegation, it doesn't matter if you lose every game - there's no consequences if you're bottom, other than fan irritation.
For an English team relegated from the Premier League, it's a disaster - not only because it means second tier football the next season but because of the serious financial hit the club takes. This means that there are terrible consequences for both the players and the owners. And because of that, the owners invest and players play their hardest.
Because the MLS copied the set up of every other American team sport, the owners only have to react when fans fail to show up. And the fans in North American sports tend to turn up (hello, Leafs fans). But football needs relegation battles - it what's keeps the season interesting and it's why European fans keep coming back to support the biggest losers. The MLS should change the system. No-one was born a TFC fan. We're not invested enough that it isn't easy to vote with our feet.


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Highlights: Step back into history at the 'Bridge on the River Kwai', enjoy an authentic khantoke dinner in a local village, watch the sunset at the Temple of Doi Suthep, kayak along the stunning coastline of Koh Mae Ko, discover 'The Beach' at beautiful Maya Bay
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Whether you travel in style or by the seat of your pants, the sprawling, wildlife-rich grasslands of Kenya and Tanzania are a sight to behold. This trip stresses the former while capturing the spirit of the latter, transferring you swiftly between national parks, cushy lodges and tented camps while still giving you the chance to get out and truly feel the majestic lands you're travelling across. In a small safari 4x4 with two expert local guides, you'll descend into the Great Rift Valley, spot elephants in the distance in Amboseli National Park, track the Big Five across the Serengeti and Masai Mara plains and much, much more.
Highlights: Explore Kenya and Tanzania's top game reserves with an expert safari-guide, relax at comfortable tented camps and lodges located inside parks and reserves, visit an authentic Masai village and experience a different way of life, travel in a small group of 6 for a more intimate safari experience, enjoy a local lunch and village walk.
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The fate of his plan could ultimately hinge on a handful of moderate Democratic senators. Although they are unlikely to endorse the president's call for banning assault weapons, they might go along with other proposals, such as requiring universal background checks on gun purchases.
Poll: Americans Outraged over Shootings.... Americans were angrier about last month's horrific school shooting in Connecticut than they were about the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll. And more favor stricter gun laws now than did shortly after the shooting deaths of 32 people on the campus of Virginia Tech in April 2007. Three-quarters of Americans said they reacted to the Connecticut massacre of with deep anger, higher than the 65 percent who said they felt that way in a poll from NORC at the University of Chicago after the 9/11 attacks. A majority, 54 percent, said they felt deeply ashamed that an event like Newtown could happen in the United States, well above the 40 percent who said they felt that way in the wake of the disaster that followed Hurricane Katrina and 35 percent who felt that way after the shootings at Virginia Tech. The massacre prompted 3 in 10 to give serious thought to whether they could really be safe anywhere these days and 4 in 10 felt strongly that the deaths could have been prevented. Both figures are higher now than after the Virginia Tech shooting deaths. About a third said that after Newtown, they felt there may be too many guns in this country. A similar share said they worried how the shooting would impact U.S. gun laws. President Barack Obama unveiled Wednesday a wide-ranging package of steps for reducing gun violence, including proposed bans on military-style assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines, as well as universal background checks for gun sales. Many of the more restrictive proposals under consideration, such as the assault-weapons ban, would face stiff congressional opposition, particularly among Republicans. By contrast, the general public appears receptive to stronger federal action following the Dec. 14 shooting spree at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., which claimed the lives of 20 children and six adults. Some 58 percent favor strengthening gun laws in the United States. Just 5 percent felt such laws should be loosened, while 35 percent said they should be left unchanged. In comparison, after the Virginia Tech shootings in 2007, an Associated Press-Ipsos poll found that 47 percent wanted stricter gun laws, 38 percent thought they should remain as is and 11 percent wanted to see them loosened. Caroline Konczey, 63, a retired Navy officer from Indio, Calif., is among those supporting a ban on military-style assault weapons. "I can't imagine why anyone would want one," she said. "What do you do with that, unless you're a collector?" She suggested an underlying source of gun violence was the breakdown of the nuclear family and a lack of access to mental health care. "Until you strengthen the structure of the family that teaches respect for people, then this stuff goes down," she said. Specifically, majorities in the new poll favored a nationwide ban on military-style, rapid-fire guns (55 percent) and limits on the amount and type of gun violence that can be portrayed in video games, movies or on television (54 percent). About half (51 percent) of those surveyed back a ban on the sale of magazines holding 10 or more bullets. A lopsided 84 percent of adults would like to see the establishment of a federal standard for background checks for people buying guns at gun shows, the poll found. At the same time 51 percent said that they believed laws limiting gun ownership infringe on the public's Second Amendment right to possess and carry firearms. Among Republicans, 75 percent cited such infringement. Most Democrats (76 percent) and independents (60 percent) back stricter gun laws, while a majority of Republicans (53 percent) want gun laws left alone. There is also a gender gap. Gun control is a more important issue for women, with 68 percent saying it was very or extremely important to them, than for men (57 percent). And women are more likely to back stricter gun laws: 67 percent favor them, compared with 49 percent of men. "Military-style weapons should be military guns, not John Q. Public guns," said Ellen Huffman, 55, of Huntersville, N.C., who supports a ban on assault-style weapons and high-capacity magazines. Huffman said early detection of mental health problems would go a long way to curbing gun violence. If such problems are caught early enough "you won't have people killing people," she said. Among gun owners, just 40 percent back a ban on the sale of military-type, rapid-fire guns, and 37 percent favor a ban on high-capacity magazines, while 66 percent of non-gun owners would ban military-style weapons and 60 percent would ban high-capacity magazines. However, 80 percent of gun owners do support federal standards for gun-show background checks, as do 87 percent of non-gun owners. Gun owners lean more Republican than the overall public. Fifty-five percent of them are Republicans, compared with 30 percent who are Democrats. Max Lude, 70, a retired teacher from West Frankfort, Ill., said limiting magazines to 10 rounds "is probably the smartest thing they can do" to reduce mass tragedies. Mandatory background checks also would help, as would mandatory prison sentences for those convicted of gun grimes, said Lude, a National Rifle Association member and hunter-safety instructor. "It's a complicated problem with a complicated solution," he said. "It's not just a one-time, quick-fix deal." The gun control debate heated up after Adam Lanza, 20, shot his way into the Newtown school on Dec. 14 and killed 26 people before committing suicide. Lanza also killed his mother at her home before the shooting spree. His mother kept guns at the home she shared with her son. The poll of 1,004 adults was conducted by telephone Jan. 10-14, 2013. It has a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points. |
"I will look closely at all proposals on the table, but we must use common sense and respect our Constitution," said Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont. Tester told the Missoulian newspaper in his home state recently that he supports background checks but doesn't think an assault weapons ban would have stopped the shootings at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn., where a gunman massacred 20 children and six adults before turning the gun on himself.
Obama's proposals came a month after the shootings in Newtown, which he has called the worst day of his presidency. His announcements capped a swift and wide-ranging effort, led by Vice President Joe Biden, to respond to the deaths.
The $500 million plan marks the most comprehensive effort to tighten gun laws in nearly two decades. It also sets up a tough political fight with Congress as Obama starts his second term needing Republican support to meet three looming fiscal deadlines and pass comprehensive immigration reform.
"I will put everything I've got into this, and so will Joe," the president said. "But I tell you, the only way we can change is if the American people demand it."
Seeking to circumvent at least some opposition, Obama signed 23 executive actions Wednesday, including orders to make more federal data available for background checks and end a freeze on government research on gun violence. But he acknowledged that the steps he took on his own would have less impact than the broad measures requiring approval from Capitol Hill. He is also calling for limiting ammunition magazines to 10 rounds or less.
"To make a real and lasting difference, Congress, too, must act," Obama said.
The question now is how and whether that happens.
House GOP leaders have made clear they'll wait for the Senate to act first, since they see no need to move on the contentious topic if it doesn't. "House committees of jurisdiction will review these recommendations. And if the Senate passes a bill, we will also take a look at that," said Michael Steel, spokesman to House Speaker John Boehner.
Many rank-and-file Republicans scorched Obama's proposal. "The right to bear arms is a right, despite President Obama's disdain for the Second Amendment," said Rep. Tim Huelskamp, R-Kan.
Senators are expected to begin discussions on how to proceed when they return to Washington next week from a congressional recess, according to a Democratic leadership aide who requested anonymity to discuss internal deliberations. They could end up breaking the president's proposals into individual pieces, with votes possibly starting next month.
While the assault weapons ban is seen as having little if any chance of passage, support may coalesce behind requiring universal background checks, which is a top priority for advocacy groups that see it as the most important step to curbing gun crimes. The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence says 40 percent of gun sales are conducted with no criminal background checks, such as in some instances at gun shows or by private sellers over the Internet. Obama would seek to require checks for all sales.
Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., already has sponsored a bill to require universal background checks that the Senate could take up, while Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J., has legislation banning ammunition magazines with more than 10 rounds.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., a gun-rights backer who's been supported by the National Rifle Association in the past, responded cautiously, saying he was committed to ensuring the Senate considers legislation on gun violence early this year. He didn't endorse any of Obama's proposals.
Despite the uncertainty on Capitol Hill and opposition from the powerful NRA, outside groups are encouraged by polling showing public support for changes to the law. They intend to try to harness that sentiment to pressure lawmakers.
A lopsided 84 percent of Americans back broader background checks, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll. Nearly 6 in 10 Americans want stricter gun laws, the same poll showed, with majorities favoring a nationwide ban on military-style weapons.
"Now it's up to us," said Dan Gross, president of the Brady Campaign. He said his group would be working "to bring that voice to bear in this process, because without that it's not going to happen."
Sheriffs, state lawmakers push back on gun control
From Oregon to Mississippi, President Barack Obama's proposed ban on new assault weapons and large-capacity magazines struck a nerve among rural lawmen and lawmakers, many of whom vowed to ignore any restrictions - and even try to stop federal officials from enforcing gun policy in their jurisdictions.
"A lot of sheriffs are now standing up and saying, `Follow the Constitution,'" said Josephine County Sheriff Gil Gilbertson, whose territory covers the timbered mountains of southwestern Oregon.
But their actual powers to defy federal law are limited. And much of the impassioned rhetoric amounts to political posturing until - and if - Congress acts.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Democrat, said Wednesday it's unlikely an assault weapons ban would actually pass the House of Representatives. Absent action by Congress, all that remains are 23 executive orders Obama announced that apply only to the federal government, not local or state law enforcement.
Gun advocates have seen Obama as an enemy despite his expression of support for the interpretation of the Second Amendment as a personal right to have guns. So his call for new measures - including background checks for all gun buyers and Senate confirmation of a director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives - triggered new vows of defiance.
In Mississippi, Gov. Phil Bryant, a Republican, urged the Legislature to make it illegal to enforce any executive order by the president that violates the Constitution.
"If someone kicks open my door and they're entering my home, I'd like as many bullets as I could to protect my children, and if I only have three, then the ability for me to protect my family is greatly diminished," Bryant said. "And what we're doing now is saying, `We're standing against the federal government taking away our civil liberties.'"
Tennessee Republican state Rep. Joe Carr wants to make it a state crime for federal agents to enforce any ban on firearms or ammunition. Carr instead called for more armed guards at schools.
"We're tired of political antics, cheap props of using children as bait to gin up emotional attachment for an issue that quite honestly doesn't solve the problem," Carr said.
Legislative proposals to pre-empt new federal gun restrictions also have arisen in Wyoming, Utah and Alaska.
A Wyoming bill specifies that any federal limitation on guns would be unenforceable. It also would make it a state felony for federal agents to try to enforce restrictions.
"I think there are a lot of people who would want to take all of our guns if they could," said co-sponsor Rep. Kendell Kroeker, a Republican. "And they're only restrained by the opposition of the people, and other lawmakers who are concerned about our rights."
Republican state Sen. Larry Hicks credited Wyoming's high rate of gun ownership for a low rate of gun violence.
"Our kids grow up around firearms, and they also grow up hunting, and they know what the consequences are of taking a life," Hicks said. "We're not insulated from the real world in Wyoming."
In Utah, some Republicans are preparing legislation to exempt the state from federal gun laws - and fine any federal agents who try to seize guns. A bill in the Alaska House would make it a misdemeanor for a federal agent to enforce new restrictions on gun ownership.
While such proposals are eye-catching, they likely could never be implemented.
"The legislature can pass anything it wants," said Sam Kamin, a constitutional law professor at the University of Denver. "The Supremacy Clause of the Constitution makes that clearly unconstitutional. Where there's a conflict between state and federal law, the federal government is supreme."
Kamin and other legal experts said such disdain of Obama's proposals is reminiscent of former Confederate states' refusal to comply with federal law extending equal rights for blacks after the Civil War.
The National Sheriff's Association has supported administration efforts to combat gun violence after the Sandy Hook Elementary shootings. President Larry Amerson, sheriff of Calhoun, Ala., said he understands the frustrations of people in rural areas with the federal government. But he feels his oath of office binds him to uphold all laws.
"Any sheriff who knows his duty knows we don't enforce federal law, per se," said Amerson, a longtime firearms instructor and hunter.
Some rural sheriffs view the federal government as an adversary, with gun ownership at the core of that belief.
In Minnesota, Pine County Sheriff Robin Cole sent an open letter to residents saying he did not believe the federal government had the right to tell the states how to regulate firearms. He said he would refuse to enforce any federal mandate he felt violated constitutional rights.
The Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association, based in Fredericksburg, Texas, encourages that point of view. Founder Richard Mack, a former sheriff of Apache County, Ariz., speaks regularly at gatherings of Tea Party groups and gun rights organizations.
"I will tell Mr. Obama and everybody else who wants to impose gun control in America, that whether you like it or not, it is against the law," said Mack. "Now we have good sheriffs who are standing up and defending the law against our own president."


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NSA's spy history presents a daunting challenge for President Obama
ABOVE PHOTO: President Barack Obama speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Struggling to salvage a massive surveillance program, Obama faced congressional critics of the National Security Agency's collection of Americans' telephone records Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013, as snowballing concerns made new limitations on the intelligence effort appear increasingly likely.
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By Earl Ofari Hutchinson
President Barack Obama faces a daunting challenge in reining in the National Security Agency's surveillance program.
The proposals that he floated include more civilian oversight, greater transparency, and a panel of experts to recommend even more reforms before the year is out.
The proposals are a good first step to bring some measure of public disclosure to an agency that has a long history of doing whatever it deems necessary to insure national security.
That's the biggest, and most daunting problem for President Obama. The agency itself has pretty much been left to its own devices to define what it considers national security. And more troubling, who it deems national security risks and who it targets. This didn't just start with the recent revelations of its super-secret, free-wheeling program that snooped on the phone conservations and emails of untold numbers of Americans.
For decades, the NSA has routinely monitored the phone calls, and before emails, the telegrams of thousands of Americans. The rationale has always been the same, and President Obama has repeatedly said it in in defense of the spy program, and that's that the surveillance has done much to protect Americans from foreign threats and attacks. The NSA recently tossed out the figure of 42 terrorist acts that it supposedly nipped in the bud because of the spy program. The problem with that is the agency's history. Its named targets in the past have not been solely alleged Muslim extremists, but Communists, peace activists, black radicals, civil rights leaders, and even drug peddlers.
Before President Harry Truman established the NSA in a Cold War era directive in 1952, government cryptologists jumped in the domestic spy hunt with Operation Shamrock. This was a super-secret operation that forced private telegraphic companies to turn over the telegraphic correspondence of Americans to the government. The NSA kicked its spy campaign into high gear in the 1960s. The FBI demanded that the NSA monitor antiwar activists, civil rights leaders, and drug peddlers.
The Senate Select Committee that investigated government domestic spying in 1976 pried open a tiny public window into the scope of NSA spying. But the agency slammed the window shut fast when it refused to cough up documents to the committee that would tell more about its surveillance of Americans. The NSA claimed that disclosure would compromise national security. The few feeble Congressional attempts over the years to probe NSA domestic spying have gone nowhere. Even though rumors swirled that NSA eyes were riveted on more than a few Americans, Congressional investigators showed no stomach to fight the NSA's entrenched code of silence.
There was a huge warning sign in 2002 that government agencies would jump deeper into the domestic spy business. President Bush scrapped the old 1970s guidelines that banned FBI spying on domestic organizations. The directive gave the FBI carte blanche authority to conduct surveillance, and plant agents in churches, mosques, and political groups, and ransack the Internet to hunt for potential subversives, without the need or requirement to show probable cause of criminal wrongdoing. The revised Bush administration spy guidelines, along with the anti-terrorist provisions of the Patriot Act, also gave local agents even wider discretion to determine what groups or individuals they can investigate and what tactics they can use to investigate them. The FBI wasted little time in flexing its new found intelligence muscle. It mounted a secret campaign to monitor and harass Iraq war protestors in Washington D.C. and San Francisco in October 2003.
Another sign that government domestic spying was back in full swing came during then Bush National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice's finger point at the FBI in her testimony before the 9/11 Commission in 2004. Rice blamed the FBI for allegedly failing to follow up on its investigation of Al-Qaeda operatives in the United States U.S. prior to the September 11 terror attacks. That increased the clamor for an independent domestic spy agency. FBI Director Robert Mueller made an impassioned plea against a separate agency, and the reason was simple. Domestic spying was an established fact that the FBI and the NSA had long been engaged in it.
During the debate over the creation of a domestic spy agency in 2002, even proponents recognized the potential threat of such an agency to civil liberties. As a safeguard they recommended that the agency not have expanded wiretap and surveillance powers or law enforcement authority, and that the Senate and House intelligence committees have strict oversight over its activities.
These supposed fail-safe measures were hardly ironclad safeguards against abuses, but they understood that domestic spying is a civil liberties nightmare minefield that has blown up and wreaked havoc on American's lives in the past. The FBI is the prime example. During the 1950s and 1960s, FBI director J. Edgar Hoover kicked FBI domestic spying into high gear. FBI agents compiled secret dossiers, illegally wiretapped, used undercover plants and agent provocateurs, sent poison pen letters, and staged black bag jobs against black activists and anti-war groups.
A decade ago, Bush claimed that domestic spying posed no risk to civil liberties. The recent disclosure of the NSA's unchecked spying on Americans mock that claim. The ball is now in President Obama's court to insure that the program doesn't trample on those liberties.
Earl Ofari Hutchinson is an author and political analyst. He is a frequent MSNBC contributor. He is an associate editor of New America Media. He is a weekly co-host of the Al Sharpton Show on American Urban Radio Network. He is the host of the weekly Hutchinson Report on KTYM 1460 AM Radio Los Angeles and KPFK-Radio and the Pacifica Network.
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Why won't Colorado pass Jessica's Law?
Jesse Watters confronts the lawmaker who is holding back law that protects children from sexual predators
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Doctor -- segment tonight as you know we are on a campaign to get all fifty states -- pass Jessica's law which mandates tough.
Mandatory prison sentences for first time child rapists Colorado one of the six states.
Doesn't have just -- a fact the full legislature won't even be allowed to vote on it because one man one man speaker that's -- -- -- Dino.
Jesse -- caught up with him few days ago.
We're not protecting the kids from sexual predators and passing Jessica's -- why is that.
Quote no DA's.
The DA's actually as oppose Jessica's law so have victim rights groups in Colorado.
Am in 2009.
The DA's Americans.
Opposition to the bill they have supported still we have very strong laws he actually don't have strong was -- let me give you -- few examples.
800 times.
A guy just sexually assaulted a seventh grader and just got one year of -- work release.
OK another guy -- because there's no less did it again ten excuse kids -- daycare center and only got two years in prison.
I have a specific OK are your specific cases you're -- you're okay with those sentences those sentences aren't great if that's what Jerry.
Hard to look at the details of those cases.
They cases in Colorado -- from all the DA's I talked to all the people criminal justice think that the laws we have.
Out of our strong enough and are tougher than Jessica laws.
How come just recently up 41 year old soccer coach repeatedly raped a thirteen year old girl and only got two years in prison.
I can speak specifically I still do not know the specifics of the case is you're talking about 44 -- -- side -- -- Jessica's on the reporting for other states and just myself.
Guys think you're smarter it's not true no I I think we know what's in Colorado's best interest.
Guys have a -- radio talk show host Michael Brown former director of FEMA for the Bush Administration.
The -- what do you think is really going on here -- what's being you know this guy if he cared about justice law he would have researched it.
-- -- you know he doesn't know anything he doesn't know about all of these.
-- sentences for these child.
-- -- he doesn't know he doesn't know he doesn't now it's his job to hell because he torpedoed the law so what's really going on here.
Well I think bill for for those are those are great interview by Justin I think what you have which are witnessing in Colorado.
There's this progressive mentality that says evil does not exist and if you don't -- death evil does exist.
Well that we can have a victim victims' rights group.
They can work release people we can change them and we can bring them to see that this error of their ways which I think most studies prove just doesn't happen.
It's if they're being driven by this insanity.
There everybody just needs to be you know coddled everybody needs to post get therapy and everybody will be OK it's it's total insanity what's happening in the state.
Now I have one quick point -- -- terrible thing 'cause he talked about for example help district attorneys are all opposed to this bill.
Well you know for example right now we have a big gun debate going on district attorneys are posting those bills sources select.
Well I mean let's put it to a vote I mean it's this guy fair and Dino he wouldn't even put up to the floor of the legislature to vote on it.
He team that's put into a committee that he knew what was gonna kill it.
Yet this same guy that you look at that he -- gay marriage is a big gay marriage guy big marijuana legalized -- -- -- -- is.
And when I worked in Colorado more than thirty years ago Jessica's -- pass like that when I was there.
What do you mean clothes are right but now he -- -- this influx of people from the outside.
-- -- a one poses secular paradise much like they have in Boulder, Colorado with the university is and that's it affected the entire state.
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- It's infected the entire power structure I think most of the state.
If you get outside Denver.
The average -- -- would say this is insane what's happening and they would say let's vote for.
But the power structure within the front range along the Denver boulder -- that is exactly what's going on -- to not even put it up for debate.
Look I criticize Republicans last year on the civil unions bill because they wouldn't bring that for a debate they sort of -- kill -- And now he's doing exactly the same thing at least left -- represented these are the people vote on this.
Right that's right.
And Hickenlooper and governor I think he'd sign it but he's he's a weasel too so we're not even sure they would but I think he would if it ever -- if it passed.
I keep an eye out of mr.
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You Must Be Born Again: Why This Series and Where Are We Going? …
Being "born again" means something very different than how many understand that phrase today.
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Portland Oregon's Wedge Festival
October 1, 2012 - 8:11pm | by LassaI am going to Oregon this weekend for the bi-annual Wedge festival, hosted by the Oregon Cheese Guild. This follows on the heels of my fantastic trek around Oregon with Gianaclis Caldwell (Pholia Farm). I continue to pine for Oregon since that visit just over a month ago, because of the friendliness of the people I met, the deliciousness of the cheeses I tasted, and the state in general. Oh, and the beer and wine. Going to Portland (my first time!) for this event is going to be FUN. Can't wait to see those skilled cheesemakers again so soon. Maybe the forces are trying to tell me something….
If you're able and willing, see you at The Wedge cheese (and beer!) festival this Saturday, October 6 at the Green Dragon Bistro & Brewpub. Culture will have a table there, and I'll be behind it! Here's the website to see details: http://oregoncheeseguild.org/oregon-cheese-guild-upcoming-events/