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COLUMBUS – On an evening filled with sorrow from the onset, Columbus and Los Angeles Galaxy battled to a 1-1 draw in the Crew's first match since the unexpected death of rookie midfielder Kirk Urso on Aug. 5.
Jairo Arrieta gave the Crew (8-8-5) the lead in the 47th minute with his third goal in five games with the Crew, but Robbie Keane equalized in the 64th. It was left to goalkeeper Andy Gruenebaum to preserve the deadlock as he denied a wicked strike from LA's Jose Villarreal in the second minute of stoppage time.
The Galaxy (11-11-4) were without Landon Donovan, who was with the US men's national team for its friendly Wednesday at Mexico, as well as David Beckham. The Englishman was given the night off after returning from the closing ceremonies for the London Olympics on Sunday.
Columbus honored the Urso's memory both with a wreath and picture in the stadium plaza and with a pregame ceremony including a video of his highlights with the Crew and the University of North Carolina. The Crew players also wore black warm-up shirts with a gold encircled "KU" on the front and his No. 15 on the back. The game jerseys had a No. 15 arm band and patch and 15 was painted on the field.
Finally, in the 15th minute, the stadium went silent before the sound of "Amazing Grace" on bagpipes completed the two-minute observance. The Nordecke supporters' group also unveiled a tifo with "Kirk Urso, 1990-2012. Forever Massive."
And in the midst of all this, the Crew rose to the occasion.
After an unsuccessful barrage of shots – nine in eight minutes – to complete the opening period, Arrieta made something out of nothing just minutes after the restart to give the Crew the lead.
He took the ball on the right wing and cut toward the middle past several Galaxy before firing with his less-favored left foot from the top of the arc, and Josh Saunders could not get enough on the rolling shot to keep it out of the net.
Keane equalized after a crafty setup by Sean Franklin, who nutmegged Dilly Duka then sent his pass past Carlos Mendes and Chad Marshall for the easy finish and goal No. 11 on the season for the Irish international.
OPTA Chalkboard: Columbus fail to parlay first half dominance into goals.
Columbus parlayed their emotions into first-half dominance everywhere but the scoreboard where poor finishing, bad luck and stellar play from goalkeeper Josh Saunders kept the match at zero.
Arrieta, Sebastian Miranda, Cole Grossman and former Galaxy Chris Birchall had unmarked shots miss the target in the opening 37 minutes.
Birchall finally tested Saunders two minutes later from 40 yards out to start a series of opportunities. Mirosevic and Gaven were both denied by solid saves from Saunders, while Josh Williams smacked the post and Mirosevic had another effort deflected.
Columbus made one change from their loss to D.C. United on Aug. 4 – midfielder Cole Grossman returned from a red-card suspension to replace Justin Meram.
More moves are on the offing for the Crew. Designated Player Federico Higuain arrived Wednesday morning from Argentina and was at the match. He is expected to debut Sunday at Houston.
Columbus will now look ahead to a Sunday trip to Houston and the possible debut of Designated Player Federico Higuaín. The Galaxy are also in Texas for their next game, playing at FC Dallas on Sunday Aug. 26.
MLSsoccer.com Men of the Match
|What We Saw
|Robbie Keane
|A terror to the Columbus backline throughout the game and got the vital equalizing goal
|Sebastian Miranda
|Big on both sides of the goal, had a wicked effort deflected out and made a crucial goal-line clearance in injury time
|Josh Saunders
|Slow to react on Arrieta's goal, but made some big saves to keep LA in the game, especially in the first half


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Rick Santorum will drop out of the GOP race today at Gettysburg.
After several initially conflicting reports, Fox News confirmed it.
Santorum suspended his campaign after a raucous primary season in which he came from nowhere to beat Romney (barely) in the Iowa caucuses.
At his speech, Santorum first relayed news that his daughter Bella was doing better after falling gravely ill over the Easter weekend.
"This was a time for prayer and thought," Santorum said, "just as it was when we decided to get into this race. … We were winning in a different way. We were touching people, raising issues that people didn't want to have raised."
Santorum recalled some of the touchstones of his campaign including his infamous sweater-vest. He gave shout-outs to the disabled and the ill who came to his rallies and supported him. "We did focus on the dignity of life," he said, "we talked about how we're going to build a great country from the bottom up."
Despite Newt Gingrich's win in South Carolina, Santorum became the "anti-Romney" in the race, an alternative candidate for conservatives who could not abide the front-runner.
Really, Santorum played the game way above his head for much longer than anyone expected. He had little money, except for that which was given to the SuperPAC allied with his campaign by Foster Friess.
Santorum won 11 state contests: Alabama, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, North Dakota, Oklahoma, and Tennessee, but his momentum faded after he failed to win key states like Ohio on Super Tuesday, or Michigan. His sinking poll numbers, and low cash-on hand seemed to spell doom for him in his home state of Pennsylvania which will hold its primary on May 24.
Santorum did not mention Mitt Romney, or use the opportunity of this speech to endorse him.
According to Yahoo! News, Santorum called Romney to concede the race before his speech.
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CHAPEL HILL � As a seventh-grader at W.C. Friday Middle School, A.J. Blue showed his coaches he had football talent.
He also showed his coaches he needed direction as it was his behavior that led them to kick him off the Cavaliers� team in hopes he�d mature.
�It was just something every day,� recalls Beau Norwood, then a Friday assistant coach to Mark Steele. �We ended up letting him go. He had some talent but couldn�t put everything together to get on the field.
�I remember talking to his mother (Theresa Adams) and saying, �We can�t do this anymore, but he�s welcome to come back next year if he changes.� I remember her saying, �I hope this is what he needs.��
With history as the barometer, has it ever been what Blue needed.
Blue not only returned to play for the Cavaliers, he went on to star at North Gaston High School and, after a year at Hargrave Military Academy, has shined as a multi-purpose running back at the University of North Carolina.
On Saturday, Blue will be honored by the Tar Heels during �Senior Day� before they play Duke in a game with huge postseason ramifications for both teams.
Blue�s survival skills learned in middle school have served the muscular 6-foot-1, 225-pounder well over his football career. Unquestionably the greatest player in North Gaston history, a case can be made that Blue is one of the best ACC players from Gaston County as well.
Along the way, he�s survived the death of his older brother (and role model), obstacles to even get to play college football and a severe knee injury in 2009 that threatened his career.
So will Blue be emotional on Saturday before he plays his final game at Kenan Stadium?
�Not really,� said Blue, who�s missed the last two Tar Heels� games with a back injury. �I�ll be just like I am right now. My intention is the same every game: I want to go out and help the team win.�
That resolve has been tested over and over during his career.
But as Blue did after being told he wasn�t wanted at W.C. Friday all those years ago, he�s found ways to survive � and thrive.
�I remember talking to coach Beau in the seventh grade when he kicked me off the team,� Blue said of that fateful meeting in the fall of 2002. �That�s when I realized how much I loved football. Ever since then, I�ll do whatever it is to help the team win.�
It�s a trait that�s very obvious to his teammates.
�He�s just an athlete who works hard at whatever he does,� said Chase Gamble, a classmate of Blue�s at North Gaston who was an All-South Atlantic Conference lineman at Newberry College. �I think he�ll always be able to succeed. Hard workers always find a way to succeed.�
While many may think surviving three torn knee ligaments � or �one of the worst knee injuries doctors have ever seen at UNC� according to Blue � to play football again was Blue�s biggest challenge, he points to others.
�You know, the knee injury wasn�t my biggest obstacle,� Blue said. �Losing my brother and coming out of Dallas were my biggest obstacles.
�So when I got hurt, I didn�t have any doubt. There were other guys hurt with me and we all pushed each other to get better. So I didn�t have any doubt. All it really did for me was humble me and give me a better understanding that football won�t last forever.�
In the case of his older brother, life didn�t last forever.
And the murder of Blue�s older brother Demarreo Beard is something Blue will never forget.
Six days after one of Blue�s career highlights � quarterbacking North Gaston�s first-ever state playoff victory (55-30 at West Iredell) � the older brother who first got Blue into football was murdered while he sat on the porch of his Dallas apartment.
The reason?
According to police, Beard had been accused of stealing rims off a car. It was a charge that was never proven � but Beard was pronounced dead at the scene after being shot several times.
Seven years older than Blue, Beard was Blue�s hero and before the family moved to Dallas, Beard was a standout football player for Clover, S.C., High. (Beard�s Blue Eagles� career coincided with that of future UNC running back Ronnie McGill, a fact that helped the Tar Heels land Blue years later.)
And the murder came one day before North Gaston was to continue its 2006 playoff run at rival Hunter Huss in what would prove to be the most emotional game Blue would ever play.
�Pregame, I didn�t even warm up with the team,� Blue told Lauren Brownlow of Fox Sports Carolinas last summer. �I couldn�t. I was just sitting there.�
Despite his heavy heart, Blue guided the Wildcats to a 26-21 victory.
Afterwards, Blue and North Gaston coach Bruce Clark talked to the Gazette about the gravity of the situation as well as the expectations that were placed on Blue.
�It felt like there was a lot of weight on me,� Blue said. �I don�t know if I had something to prove to my brother, to my mom, my little brother or just the team, but it was heavy because I knew I had to do something and come out and make my brother happy.�
Said Bruce Clark: �For No. 9 (Blue) to be out here playing was an unbelievable feat just to be here, much less to play the type of football game he played tonight.�
While North Gaston would lose the following week, that playoff run set up the Wildcats� march to the 2007 N.C. 3A championship game the following year.
Now, seven years later, Blue remains the only quarterback to direct North Gaston to postseason success (six wins) in addition to being the county�s all-time leader in scoring responsibility (824 points) and total offense (9,700 yards), the school leader in passing yardage (5,077) and second at North Gaston in rushing yardage (4,623).
�He�s all about ability meeting opportunity,� said Norwood, still an assistant coach at North Gaston. �And he�s always had the ability but he also has worked hard. At that level, regardless of your talent, you have to have the work ethic and ability and you have to have the opportunity meet that and take advantage of it. He�s always done that.�
In Blue�s case, that�s happened through position changes � in high school and college.
At North Gaston, after a year starting on defense at linebacker, Blue went 28-13 while starting all 41 games of the final three years of his career at quarterback.
�A.J. gets a lot of bad publicity based on how rough it was for him where he grew up, but he was always receptive to coaching,� said Justin Clark, now a Atlanta (Northview) high school coach, who worked with Blue while he was playing at Western Carolina and later as a Wildcats� assistant to his father Bruce Clark. �And he�s done some things � some things he�s not proud of � but he�s matured and grown into a man.�
After a year at Hargrave Military Academy to improve his academics, Blue was recruited to North Carolina as a two-dimensional quarterback by former Tar Heels coach Butch Davis.
But the serious knee injury (which came during a game in 2009), the NCAA investigation that led to Davis� dismissal in 2011 followed and Blue transformed himself from quarterback into a more physical player who played in a one back spread offense.
North Carolina�s leading rusher much of the season, missing the last two games has allowed highly-recruited true freshman T.J. Logan to become the Tar Heels� leading ground-gainer. But Blue remains third with 292 yards and he has 896 yards and 11 touchdowns in his career.
�I think I took advantage of every opportunity that I was given,� said Blue, who had career-highs of 433 yards rushing and nine TDs last season. �And I don�t have any regrets about any decisions that I�ve made or the work I�ve put into this.�
Norwood has been rooting on Blue all along.
Whether it�s through phone calls or text messages, Norwood says he�s convinced Blue�s determination is why he has been able to succeed when others may have doubted him.
�I would say this: Proving people wrong is something he�s really good at,� Norwood said. �It�s a big Carolina fan base around here. Personally, I�m a big Duke fan and I get so much crap from Carolina fans because, on Saturdays, I�m pulling for the Tar Heels and him in football. But that shows you how proud I am of that guy and I�d like to think I had something to do with him making us proud.�
Blue hopes he can do the same at the next level, even as he has established being a good father for his 6-year-old son Amareon as his No. 1 priority.
And though Blue has battled injuries, his skill set likely intrigues pro scouts since he can run, throw and catch on offense and has shown the ability to play special teams at UNC as well.
�I�m going to definitely give it all I have,� Blue said of a potential professional career. �But I know that�s not my only goal. You know, some guys get caught up in this being the only part of their life. As a father, I want to raise my son to be the best man he can become.
�That, to me, would be success.�
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Goalkeeper Tally Hall
"The game was kind of the same as what the scouting report said. Obviously, there was miscommunication on the first [goal]. Their first one was important. To go down in that manner is frustrating, so it's off to a bad start and it's hard to recover. I mean, again, same situation, we go down early in the second half and we've got to scramble to make corrections and to find a result and it's a frustrating game."
"This is the game that we looked at that needs to be three points. Coming out of here with zero in a tight playoff race, there's no excuse for how the result went today. We want to be a championship team; we've got to beat that team. With a performance like that, I'd expect the coach to be disappointed."
"The way we played last week, we were lucky to get three points there. We were going to keep the fight and desire into this week, not taking this team light, any given day in MLS is hard, not a single game that isn't. We knew their gameplan coming into it. We're still in the driver's seat. Our destiny is in our hands, as the cliché goes."
Midfielder Brad Davis
"Nobody's happy. We wanted to come in here, get a win, and that didn't happen. With four games left, you know, it's got to come out. Everybody's got to have the proper head to win this week. You've got to have the desire. The coach and teammates, you can only talk so much. It eventually comes down to each individual and putting everything that they have on the field for ninety minutes. That's what it takes to win. That's what's been successful in the past. But we have four games left this year, so we're still in the mix, so you know, this week, I'm sure, I can pretty much guarantee, is going to be a pretty intense week of training. We need to come out with a much better attitude next week, ready to go."
"I really thought we were ready to go before the game. The past couple of weeks have been good, playing pretty well. I can't really explain what went wrong besides a little bit of attitude, a little bit of grit. Not every game's going to be pretty."
"The willingness inside to want to play…not every game is going to be pretty. If it's not pretty, you've got to do the dirty work, be willing to get into tackles if you're a guy that's not used to getting into tackles. You got to do whatever it takes to win. You can't assume that your teammate next to you is going to win the ball. You've got to do the work to make sure you get out of situations. Having that mentality—whatever it takes to win, whatever it takes to make a play."
Defender Andre Hainault
"We sort of started on the back foot and we needed to bring the game more to them, and we didn't do. We made some silly mistakes. We know we're better than that. We're better than that and there's no excuse for that tonight. We're in a playoff push, of course, so we're not pointing fingers at anyone else but ourselves, but it's got to be better than this. There's not many games left to make up points because we're not in a good spot."
"Of course we come into games and we see how they roll. We always come into games to win and we didn't come up tonight. No one to blame but ourselves. The great thing is you can always look forward. Right now it's tough, but we have to do that because it's got to be better than this. It's got to be better than this."


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For the past three years, the Global Health program at the Council on Foreign Relations has been tracking relevant reports to produce an interactive map plotting global outbreaks of diseases that are easily prevented by inexpensive and effective vaccines. The diseases include measles, mumps, whooping cough, polio, and rubella.
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Dolly Parton on Miley Cyrus: 'People Thought I Was Making a Mistake'by Maggie Malach | PopCrush
Dolly Parton isn't afraid to defend the actions of her god-daughter, Miley Cyrus, but she's also not about to offer the provocative singer advice!
In an interview with The Sunday Times, Dolly explains that she understands the reasoning behind Miley's decisions and that she's letting the star figure things out herself.
"Yeah, well I do [understand what Miley is going through], 'cause back in the day, doing my own things my own way, and dressing sexy and showing my cleavage and all that, I got a lot of criticism," Dolly said (quotes via PEOPLE). "Lots of people thought I was making a mistake and that I was just trashy, which I was."
Dolly continued, "So I did go through that, but I don't give her advice. Everyone has to walk this journey according to their own rules. That's what she's doing. And I lurve her."
As always, it's clear that the legendary country crooner has Miley's back.
"I've known her daddy the many years he's been in the business," Dolly added. "I've watched her grow up. She's a smart girl. She had to go to extremes to get her point across. I think she got the point across."
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Meanwhile, Congress and the Pentagon weigh adjustments to military compensation.
Now that Congress has passed a two-year budget deal, and appropriated money to federal agencies for the remainder of the fiscal year, the memories of closed national parks and back pay arguments that resulted from last year's government shutdown seem like a distant memory.
Well, not for everyone.
More than 1,000 employees forced to work during the shutdown on just the promise of a paycheck when government reopened have joined a lawsuit against their employer: Uncle Sam.
Five Bureau of Prisons employees originally filed the suit in November, alleging the government violated the 1938 Fair Labor Standards Act when it delayed their pay. About 1.3 million employees were "exempted" from the shutdown and required to work.
The plaintiffs in Martin et. al. v. The United States are seeking compensation of $7.25 multiplied by the number of hours worked between Oct. 1 and Oct. 5, the period in which paychecks were delayed. These damages will help cover the bills and expenses federal workers incurred during the shutdown, according to Mehri and Skalet, the law firm representing the employees.
Military Benefits
Members of the armed forces were largely exempt from the government shutdown; they will probably not be so lucky when it comes to their future pay and benefits.
The soon-to-be-released fiscal 2015 Defense Department budget likely will include smaller pay raises for active-duty service members and reductions to housing allowances, according to multiple reports. Acting Deputy Defense Secretary Christine Fox alluded to that possibility at a Senate hearing last week.
The Pentagon would like to leave more comprehensive reform on issues such as health care and retirement benefits to its Military Compensation and Retirement Commission, which is due to issue a report in early 2015.
In the meantime, however, Defense could take smaller steps, like capping pay raises at 1 percent -- the rate of this year's pay increase -- and cutting the subsidy it provides for housing costs, an allowance that has risen dramatically since 2000.
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One cut to military compensation is already on the books: the 1 percent reduction to cost-of-living adjustments for working-age military retirees' pensions.
Lawmakers have made it sound inevitable in recent weeks that they would roll back the cut, which was included in the recent budget agreement, and are moving forward with proposals to do so. Senate Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., introduced an omnibus veterans' benefits package this week, which includes a repeal of the COLA cut.
The bill, which includes additional health care options for veterans, a House-backed plan to require public universities to offer in-state tuition to all veterans, as well as an expansion of survivor benefits and other initiatives, would be paid for through savings at the Veterans Affairs Department and by using offsets from ending the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The Senate Armed Services Committee will consider a separate, stand-alone measure to repeal the COLA reduction Thursday.
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Do I change the front chainring to a larger one, if so do I have to get a whole new drive train or can I just get another shimano large ring. Can I get a smaller cog at the back, will that make my bike faster?
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text: Who Knows?! LJ has the least amount of carries, and hopefully a huge chip on his shoulder to prove he can still run, Willie is done, CP is old but still mananges to pull out 1000 yrd seasons when he's not banged up, maybe combined they'll all make one solid running back that can put out over 800yds this year! All depends on the O line.


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PHILADELPHIA � Adrian Gonzalez played right field for the Red Sox on Wednesday night, and thus the Red Sox had a more potent bat in right field than any team except maybe the Toronto Blue Jays.
PHILADELPHIA - Adrian Gonzalez played right field for the Red
Sox on Wednesday night, and thus the Red Sox had a more potent bat
in right field than any team except maybe the Toronto Blue
But in every other game this season, the Red Sox have had
bottom-of-the-barrel production from their right fielders. J.D.
Drew and his .326 slugging percentage have been the primary
culprit, but Mike Cameron's .266 slugging percentage hasn't done
much to help matters.
The Red Sox have been one of the most potent offensive teams in
the major leagues this season. Entering play Wednesday, only the
New York Yankees scored more runs. But if Red Sox general manager
Theo Epstein wants to improve his roster before the July 31 trading
deadline, right field provides an opportunity.
"I am encouraged by the fact that we can be where we are
offensively without much, if anything at all, out of right field,"
Epstein said. "It will get better. There's no way we're going to
have the same production the rest of the year that we've had so
far. We'll improve internally and - who knows? - there's a chance
we'll improve at certain spots externally at some point, too. It'll
get better."
With Carl Crawford on the disabled list, Terry Francona has
rotated Cameron, Drew, Darnell McDonald and Triple-A call-up Josh
Reddick through the lineup in left field and right field. The
return of Crawford to left field will force one outfielder off the
roster and leave the other three to rotate through right field.
Drew entered the season as the starter and has the longest track
record of success, and Francona isn't about to cast him aside
"I always feel like if J.D. is healthy, he's too good a hitter
not to get hot," Francona said.
The best hitter in the group of late actually has been Reddick,
who hit below .200 in his big-league stints over the last two
years. Entering play Wednesday, he was hitting .414 with a .457
on-base percentage in 35 plate appearances this season. He's hit
.438 with a .500 on-base percentage since the injury to Crawford
prompted his latest call-up.
He singled in his first two at-bats on Wednesday.
"More so than any stats or anything, it's really nice to see his
maturation, especially with his approach at the plate," Epstein
said. "He's been a guy who, from the day he signed, has plenty of
bat speed to hit in the big leagues. The ball came off his barrel
great. It was just a matter of refining his approach at the plate a
little bit to give him a little bit more discipline, a little bit
more selectiveness without taking away that aggression that's a big
part of his game. He's really made that adjustment on his own."
But if Reddick were to start playing every day, it would be at
the expense of Cameron, Drew and McDonald - and it would be
tantamount to giving up on all three.
"We have other guys on the team who are really capable, too, who
haven't performed yet," Epstein said. "We've got to give those guys
chances. It's a long season for a reason. Things have a way of
balancing out. It ends up becoming real obvious who should play in
the end."
The other downside with Reddick is that he, like Drew, hits from
the left side. Three of the five best hitters in the Red Sox lineup
already swing from the left side, and a righthanded bat would fit
Another righty or two in the lineup might not have made all the
difference Tuesday night against Philadelphia lefty Cliff Lee, for
example, but it certainly wouldn't have hurt.
A handful of right-handed hitters will probably be on the market
as the July 31 trade deadline approaches - among them Minnesota's
Michael Cuddyer, San Diego's Ryan Ludwick and Oakland's Josh
None of the three would hit cleanup in the Red Sox lineup, but
any one of the three would provide an upgrade over what Cameron and
Drew have done thus far.
"You'd have to be blind not to notice that we're not getting
much out of right field," Epstein said. "We're all expecting to get
more out of it going forward."
A report circulated on Wednesday that the Red Sox might not be
able to add payroll if necessary to improve the team, be it in the
outfield or elsewhere. Epstein declined to go into specifics about
the payroll - but he didn't exactly cry poor.
"The track record of the ownership group speaks for itself,
whether it's during the offseason phase, when we're building the
club, or during July, when we're tweaking it," he said.
"Collectively, we find a way to do what it takes to put a winning
club on the field. I'm not going to get into the specifics of the
finances, but I think we'll be aggressive and find ways to make
improvements when needed."


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My maternal 5th-great granduncle, Isaac RAINS, was born on this date in 1787. Isaac was the son of Anthony and Nancy (GRAHAM) RAINS, and the older brother of my Elizabeth RAINS. Nothing further is known at this time.
My maternal 6th-great granduncle, Samuel James HODGKINS, was born on this date in 1757 in Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. Samuel was the son of James and Elizabeth (EVANS) HODGKINS, and the younger brother of my Susannah HODGKINS. Samuel married Elizabeth ________ before 1775. Elizabeth was born circa 1757. They had at least 1 child. Samuel died October 13, 1845 in Brown County, Ohio.


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Thursday, June 25, 2009
There's nothing sexy about starting a band.
Talking about starting a band is sexy. Playing in a band, once everything is said and done, gets you laid like the Mattress Giant off I-270, but the process of starting one is anything but. It's just you in a room with a bunch of other dudes fumbling around to try to find a sound. Things are not quite clicking yet, your styles and personalities haven't quite figured out how to fit together. But there's something thrilling in that, the possibility that it all COULD come together, and that possibility is what keeps you at it, keeps your failing and trying again and growing closer as a group. Starting a band is asexy.
If sexy is about being alluring and desirable, asexy is about being unapologetically true to oneself and one's passions. According to the urban dictionary:
An adjective used to describe an asexual person showing intelligence, confidence, style, physical attractiveness, charming personality, baking skills, or any other combination of sufficiently positive and unique characteristics.DJ is one asexy amoeba. I hear he can bake a three-layer cake in thirty minutes flat.
While Dictionary.com defines sexy as:
–adjective, sex⋅i⋅er, sex⋅i⋅est.
1. concerned predominantly or excessively with sex; risqué: a sexy novel.
2. sexually interesting or exciting; radiating sexuality: the sexiest professor on campus.
3. excitingly appealing; glamorous: a sexy new car.
Something about the interplay between these two terms is fascinating to me. In the eyes of many of my friends, the two are one and the same. Being true to oneself and one's passions make you desirable, hands down. In my geeky queer hometown of San Francisco doing your thing, whatever that thing happens to be, is incredibly hot. Typeface nerds are hot. Drag queens are hot. Line-dancing biophysicists are hot. In open and accepting environments focusing on being asexy almost always leads to being sexy. The opposite is not necessarily true. Going out of ones way to be sexy means following the crowd, grasping for things that seem to make other people glamorous and appealing at the expense of genuine self-expression. Being asexy makes you sexy, but being sexy does not necessarily make you asexy.
This has not always been true. When the term "sexy" was in its cultural infancy it meant anything but a two-stepping, thrift-store clad graduate student. Some googling reveals that the term "sexy" first cropped up in publications like the LA times around the early 1920s. World War I had just ended, and the most advanced propoganda machine known to man, headed by Frued's nephew Edward Bernaise, was retasked to sell consumer products in what became the birth of american consumerism. People were realizing that people brought products not just becuase of their functionality, but because of much subtler social drives.
In Hollywood, where the barriers between the mainstream film industry and the porn industry were still paper-thin, people needed a way to describe the fact that stuff with "sex appeal" had a way of flying off the shelves and selling out at the box office. "Sexy" emerged because sex sells. Sex appeal became so ingrained in consumerism, and consumerism so engrained in our culture that what started (possibly) as a tagline for soft-core porn has become intertwined with the way that we think about all sorts of desire. Heirloom tomatoes are sexy. Green jobs are sexy. iTunes apps are sexy.
If "sexy" came to us from consumerism, "asexy" comes from a reaction against it. In the 1960s and 70s, a massive backlash against consumer culture led to a nationwide epidemic of unsexy behavior. Feminists gave sexy Hollywood starlets the finger, shaving their heads and rebelling against a society which defined them in terms of a sexual role in which they were fundamentally uninterested. Gay liberation followed suit, laying the groundwork for a politics of sexual identity founded on self-determination, self expression and unapologetic celebration of any and everything (so long as no one got hurt.) It was with these ideals that the asexual community first began to hobble together, much like the band in the first paragraph, around 2002 and 2003.
This early asexual community was full of people looking for a place to just be ourselves. We didn't want to be alluring or desirable, we just wanted to be validated and celebrated for who we were and to escape from a culture where the mandate to be sexy was often overwhelming. So we got busy celebrating. We busted out the cake and started partying about all of the nonsexual desires that made our lives hum. "Asexy" was our way of giving one anothers' passions an unjudgemental nod. Fly fishing is asexy. Fuck You Penguin is asexy. Your 76-page paper on the composition of medieval brick is asexy.
All of this makes me wonder if it might be time to bring asexy back. Todays hot trends aren't like the Hollywood producers and starlets of the 1920s. They look like steampunk, DIY, the viral YouTube remix and fighting climate change. What's sexy today is sexy precisely because it had the guts not to be. What's appealing isn't showing some skin or flashing some glamour, it's having the chutzpah to have fun keeping it real. More and more people are realizing that living life chasing what's sexy makes you anything but. With any luck, the juggernaught of sexy may finally be grinding to a halt and people may start looking, quietly, for a word to take its place.
Caveats & footnotes:
- I fully acknolwedge that the majority of bands out there are not just a bunch of dudes, and that in many circumstances a bunch of dudes together in a room is totally sexy. For the purposes of this exercise we're assuming a straight, all-male band totally in it for the chicks.
- Oh god. If you look up "asexy" in the dictionary is my name really there? That's terrifying.
- As my friends will attest it takes me, like, forever to cook anything.
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Airbnb is trying to create an experience for its users choosing a private home to crash for a few nights, including offering host guidelines, affordable cleaning services and transportation for guests.
But wait, you might ask, isn't this the site that lets users stay at private homes, not a hotel? So why try to make it like a hotel experience? Well, that's because Airbnb now has a new head of hospitality, Chip Conley, who is bringing more professionalism to the experience for both hosts and guests, according to a report in Fast Company.
The move is supposed to make Airbnb a "global hospitality brand," according to TechCrunch, and to do that means to make each stay a standardized one. That means host guidelines such as accurate listings, a minimum level of cleanliness and offering guests goodies. Other things can also be improved, such as transportation and an easygoing key handoff.


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Good Afternoon! Here's hoping that your Monday is off to a good start. The sun is shining today and that is a wonderful thing. I can honestly say that I am officially done with winter and snow...D-O-N-E! If I never saw snow again, I can't say I'd be upset!
Today I wanted to share with you a simple and beautiful Easter wreath I put together in less than 10 minutes. I haven't done much decorating for Easter like I've done in the past but I have managed to put a few things out. Let me show you how easy this wreath was to throw together.
I have this Smith and Hawken Boxwood wreath from Target on my kitchen hutch at all times and had a moment today where I thought I would embellish it for Easter instead of heading down to the dreaded basement to find my Easter wreath I had from last year.
These beautiful mercury glass Easter eggs came from Home Sense. I purchased these with the intent of filling a hurricane lamp, but instead I chose to use them on my wreath.
I simply just tied them together and hung them with a small wire in the center of the wreath. That is all I did, pretty simple huh?
How easy was that?
I have to say that a less than 10 minute project works for me. Hope each of you have a great week and a wonderful Easter.
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Whether Chuck Hagel and John Brennan are the ideal men to lead the Pentagon and CIA remains to be seen. We need the exercise of a through vetting in Senate confirmation hearings, and certainly an examination of the nominees' past statements and actions is warranted. But the objections raised about Mr. Hagel so far, and to a lesser extent, Mr. Brennan, sound a lot more like an attempt to score political points than an effort to get at the key questions that will face the leaders of two of the nation's most crucial agencies.
Mr. Hagel's views on any number of topics from gay rights to the Middle East and foreign policy are fair game, but what's been raised so far seems hardly the stuff of disqualification. Rather, it looks a great deal like Republicans have never forgiven one of their own, a two-term conservative GOP senator from Nebraska, for criticizing the Iraq War, declining to back Sen. John McCain in his White House bid in 2008 and for calling out the party's presidential candidates for their outrageously hawkish views on Iran last year. Fellow conservatives see Mr. Hagel not as an independent-minded truth-teller but as a turncoat to the Republican Party.
Others have expressed concern about something offensive the senator said a decade ago in opposing an openly gay nominee for ambassador. He apologized for that comment. What ought to concern Democrats more than that episode is his commitment to the full dismantling of the "don't ask, don't tell" policy in the military. Not only has Mr. Obama shown his own commitment toward the goal of ending discrimination against gays serving in the military — and bear in mind, he's the one in charge here — but he has expressed confidence in his nominee's devotion, too.
Any review of Mr. Hagel's credentials ought to also consider what he brings to the table as a decorated Vietnam veteran willing to challenge conventional authority and as someone who already has had a close relationship with Mr. Obama from their days in the U.S. Senate. The senator has been a critic of the Pentagon and shown a reluctance to pull the trigger on military intervention, two views the American people ought to be glad to hear will be better represented at cabinet meetings.
Instead of making some off-hand remark Mr. Hagel may have made long ago about the "Jewish lobby" the centerpiece of confirmation deliberations, senators should be exploring his thoughts about the future of the nation's military in the 21st century and the potential for cost-savings and down-sizing, not to mention the time table for pulling troops out of Afghanistan. The foreign policy buck stops at the desk of the president, not his defense secretary, but devising strategies for the military's future? That starts at the Pentagon.
Mr. Brennan has probably made some mistakes in the past, too, and that includes his apparent acceptance of harsh interrogation techniques of suspected terrorists during the Bush administration. But he also served as Mr. Obama's top advisor on counter-terrorism in the first term. After 25 years at the CIA, Mr. Brennan's expertise is unquestioned, and he has a close working relationship with the president. He's also on record (as of 2008) as opposed to waterboarding and other coercive tactics. On balance, that sounds pretty appealing. That said, we also need to hear from him about his views on the morality and legality of drone warfare, which has expanded markedly under Mr. Obama, and on the nation's detention policy for terrorism suspects.
We offer no blanket endorsement of either man, but it's clear that some in Washington would just like to see a Obama nominee go down in flames. That kind of partisan gamesmanship helps explain the inflammatory GOP rhetoric that caused U.S. ambassador Susan Rice to lose out on the secretary of state post. What we need is a focus on the Senate's supposed purpose — making sure a nominee is qualified for the position.
Senators should remember that the public has grown tired of such political maneuvering and likely welcomes Mr. Obama's bipartisan gesture in nominating Mr. Hagel. That his appointment may upset some in Congress is not sufficient cause for the president to back down, again.


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Andrew Howard, like anyone, loves the rapidly expanding array of gadgets that connect his life to the internet.
But it also makes him nervous.
Howard, a scientist at the Georgia Tech Research Institute, spends most of his waking hours thinking about how to keep computer networks from getting hacked — a risk that grows with each new household appliance that links to the cloud. And so while he swoons over his new Nest thermostat and smoke alarm, he worries about the day when all of his devices go online, collecting data about him and opening up more "avenues for attack."
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This struggle will become more common in 2014, as the so-called "internet of things" envelopes our lives.
Everyday equipment, from televisions and cars to coffee makers and refrigerators, are becoming wifi-compatible, making life more manageable and efficient. But for each added convenience, there is a trade-off in privacy and security. Some analysts estimate that in two years, between 15 billion and 25 billion devices will communicate across the internet, and it's not clear whether safety measures will keep pace.
To researchers like Howard, who try to anticipate risks, revelations like the National Security Administration's domestic data-collection program, and the work of quasi-governmental hackers in China and Syria, offer important lessons for the new year. He wouldn't mind if more people in 2014 will ask themselves a question before they buy a wifi-enabled pacemaker or smart watch or a biometrics-sensing t-shirt or Google Glass:
Just because you can connect to the internet, should you?
"The answer may be yes," Howard said. "But we need to ask these questions. We should all be concerned about how much data is being aggregated on all of us."
Mobile's new frontiers
While Howard concerns himself about the security risks of increased connectivity, Andrew Lippman focuses on another challenge: keeping people engaged with the world around them.
Lippman is the associate director of the Media Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where his students are developing products that explore "the intersections of mobile networks with physical spaces."
Many of these pursuits could edge closer to commercial application in 2014.
Among the most encouraging, he said, is a project called "encoded reality," which inscribes objects with digital codes, which can then be read by smart phones to provide more information about their use. Its developer, Travis Rich, envisions using the technology to identify medication, prevent the spread of counterfeit consumer goods or replace care labels on clothing. Ultimately, he sees it being used to reproduce or repair objects using 3D printers.
"In the same way that in 1998, owning an MP3 meant you could copy and share the song easily, owning an encoded object will mean that you can remake that object and share — which seems to be something that would fundamentally change the commercial product industry," Travis explained in an email.
Grace Woo, a recent graduate of the Media Lab, has developed an alternative to the ubiquitous print QR codes, called VR codes, that allow users to point their smartphone at a screen and receive additional information, such as an audio track for an otherwise silent video. She is currenetly seeking opportunities to apply the technology to advertising.
Lippman compares these experiences to taking first steps of exploring a new frontier offered by mobile devices.
"We turned the corner a couple years ago, and we're now beginning to see what it's like around that corner," he said.
Martian discoveries
The coming year will also be remarkable for the exploration of an entirely different frontier, millions of miles away.
Sometime in mid-2014, about two years after landing on the surface of Mars, the SUV-sized NASA rover Curiosity will reach its main destination: a mountain, 18,000 feet high, called Mount Sharp.
The trip to Mount Sharp has already yielded a treasure of discoveries, including evidence of ancient waterways conditions that billions of years ago hosted conditions "favorable for microbial life" — meeting the rover's main scientific objective.
It will take several months for slow-moving Curiosity to navigate rugged terrain and reach the mountain, whose layered rock scientists hope to examine for evidence of how the Red Planet evolved.
Meanwhile, Lego will start selling a highly detailed model of the Curiosity, including a fully articulated robotic arm.
Drones at home
Back on Earth, American officials will continue arguing the legal and scientific implications of using unmanned drones in U.S. airspace.
Sometime in 2014, the Federal Aviation Administration will issue a draft rule regulating the use of drones under 55 pounds. At the same time, the government will continue to support testing for drones used by police agencies, universities and others.
Drones have been used for years by the American military in its overseas efforts to kill terrorists, and has been the subject of unrelenting protests about the impact on non-combatants and civilians.
The idea of using drones back home has stirred passionate debates pitting the needs of science and safety against the right to privacy.
Firefighters want to use them to monitor burning buildings and forests. Meteorologists want to use them to track storms. Police want to use them on search and rescue missions, and to find criminals. But a backlash has prompted many states to curtail the use of drones out of fear they'll be used to collect information on innocent, unsuspecting people below.
On Dec. 30, the FAA named six states — Alaska, Nevada, New York, North Dakota, Texas and Virginia — as the sites for drone development tests.
Obama's crucial year
In Washington, 2014 could very well be the year that determines whether President Obama can turn around after a rough start to his second term.
His signature piece of domestic policy, the Affordable Care Act, goes into effect Jan. 1. But the websites that serve as portals to a system designed to provide universal access to health insurance have been plagued by glitches. If the problems continue, and the number of enrollees does not significantly increase, then the program could become a lasting political liability for Obama.
The president has many other challenges on his mind. They include a February showdown with Congressional Republicans over the country's debt limit and the mid-term elections in November. The elections could feasibly result in the GOP gaining the six seats it needs to take control of the Senate.
History does not look favorably on the Democrats' chances of holding the Republicans off.
Since World War II, the president's party almost loses seats in Congress in the sixth year of a two-term president's rule, said Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia's Center for Politics.
Whether Obama can avoid that fate in 2014 depends not only on the health-care rollout and debt-limit fight, but also on many events, foreign and domestic, that are impossible to predict, Sabato said.
Republicans, which already control the House, have good shots at gaining Senate seats in West Virginia, South Dakota, Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana and North Carolina, Sabato said.
"You've got enough there for a wave," he said.
"But," he added, "that's a long way from saying it's a done deal."
Key decisions
Obama will also spent much of 2014 with his eye on his legacy: lasting policy initiatives that will define his presidency for the better.
The partisan gridlock in Washington limits his options.
"The depressing news for Obama is that it's hard to see anything in his legislative hopper that will matter," Sabato said.
But Ross Baker, a political scientist at Rutgers University, said Obama has a shot as passing one of his signature campaign promises, the reform of the nation's immigration laws.
Obama may also use executive orders to bypass the virtual blockade in Congress in order to implement environmental regulations over smokestack and carbon dioxide emissions, Baker said.
At the same time, Obama will need to decide whether to accept the recommendations of a task force to change the government's surveillance programs, including limits on the NSA's collection of American's phone and email data.
The president has promised a "definitive statement" about the recommendations in January.


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Winning a PGA event for the first time changes everything. Chez Reavie realized that after his victory at last week's Canadian Open.
Winning a PGA event for the first time changes everything. Chez Reavie realized that after his victory at last week's Canadian Open.
Instead of moving on to the Legends Reno-Tahoe Open for the first time, Reavie found himself on his way to Firestone Country Club for the World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational. A two-year tour exemption also will earn him invitations to next week's PGA Championship and the 2009 Masters.
"Now I've opened up a whole bunch of doors that weren't even in my sights," Reavie said.
Reavie spent a few years on the Nationwide Tour before moving on to the PGA Tour this season. He led from wire-to-wire at the Canadian Open and became the tour's first rookie winner this year.
Victory No. 1 helped Reavie jump 178 places to 184th in the world rankings. It came a lot earlier than the 26-year-old from Scottsdale, Ariz., expected.
"I've been playing really well the last two months, and I just haven't been scoring very well," Reavie said. "... About a month ago, I started really hitting the ball solid and I started making putts. So I decided instead of going home and taking time off, I was going to play my way through it, just keep playing and let it kind of come to me."
The added significance of a first career PGA win was initially lost on Reavie. He didn't know he had qualified for the Bridgestone Invitational until CBS golf analyst David Feherty broke the news on the final green.
"It hadn't even crossed my mind," Reavie said.
Now Reavie is eager to see how he fares at Firestone in his first WGC event.
"I know it's a very difficult tournament to get into, and it's the best players in the world that are out here," Reavie said. "... It's just truly an honor to be able to play against them this week."
'Great One' texts
Hockey great Wayne Gretzky sent a text message to Reavie, congratulating him on his first PGA win. Reavie once played nine holes with Gretzky, the Phoenix Coyotes head coach.
"I honestly didn't think he would be paying attention to what I was doing, so that was probably the most shocking," Reavie said. "(The message) just said, 'Great playing, nice job, you deserve it, you work hard.'"
Busy stretch
Stuart Appleby would not mind having more time between the tour's top tournaments. The British Open, Bridgestone Invitational and PGA Championships are all played within a month.
"I would personally like to see the PGA another two to four weeks later," Appleby said. "We wait for the Masters so much, then we have a nice break 'til the (U.S.) Open. ... I'd like to see them spaced out relatively evenly, but then you might be clashing with TV ratings in other sports, so there is a TV functional reason why. But as a golfer, I'd like to see a good four to six weeks between majors."
Talking football
Steelers fan Jim Furyk sees the gap closing in the AFC North.
"The Browns made some good offseason moves," said Furyk, who has five top-10 finishes at Firestone since 1999. Furyk plans on attending the Browns' Thursday night home game against Denver on Nov. 6. He also will see a college football game at West Virginia and the Colts and Steelers square off in Pittsburgh that weekend.
"I've got about four or five of those planned," Furyk said of seeing three games in a week. "That's my vacation."
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Eathan Janney (Biology) received the Centro Stefano Franscini (CSF) award at the Monte Verita Workshop on Music in Neuroscience in March, for the best presentation by a young scientist. A pianist and composer, as well as a piano technician and entrepreneur, Janney incorporates his musical background into his research on birdsong in the lab of doctoral faculty member Ofer Tchernichovski (Prof., Hunter, Biology, Psychology, Speech–Language–Hearing Sciences). Janney also has a New Media Lab project, "locateflow.org," which explores the nature of creativity.
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Hanigan sits out with sore thumb
CINCINNATI -- Reds catcher Ryan Hanigan did not start on Saturday vs. the Marlins, as he's been bothered by a sore right thumb since last week.
Devin Mesoraco took Hanigan's place in the lineup and played all 13 innings in Cincinnati's 3-2 win over Miami.
"It's getting worse, not better," Hanigan said. "It's some sort of sprain in the ligament or capsule or something. It's lingering constantly, so I'm trying to calm it down."
Hanigan has been Bronson Arroyo's regular catcher the past four seasons. The last time Arroyo did not have Hanigan catching for him was Sept. 27, 2011, vs. the Mets. Hanigan was injured and Mesoraco caught the game as Arroyo allowed four runs and nine hits over eight innings.
On Saturday, Arroyo held the Marlins to just a pair of runs in eight innings.
Although nagged by the thumb since it was struck by a foul ball at St. Louis on April 9, Hanigan has struggled offensively. He entered the day batting .079 (3-for-38). A MRI exam taken on the thumb recently showed no serious damage.
Hanigan avoided speculation about whether he might need to go on the disabled list. Besides Hanigan and Mesoraco, the Reds do not have any other catchers on the 40-man roster. Veteran Corky Miller would be a logical choice to come up from Triple-A Louisville if there is a need.
"I don't know. We'll have to see what they want to do," Hanigan said. "I don't want to comment on that until I talk to them."


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Smells Like MTV: Music Video and the Rise of Grunge
MTV's central role in delivering grunge to a national audience in the early 1990s demonstrated the network's power as a creator and definer of culture, and the reaction of many of grunge's iconic figures against the video medium revealed the gulf between principle and reality.
The first 10 seconds are iconic: an ashen ambiance, dirty Converse canvas high tops bouncing to the beat, white gym socks, sullen cheerleaders, a modest guitar intro that quickly builds into a ripping sonic assault, and then a peek at a rock star out of the pages of Dr. Seuss -- the striped shirt and straggly hair of Kurt Cobain.
In 1991, it seemed as if Nirvana burst onto the scene, changing music forever. Based on the out-of-nowhere success of the single "Smells Like Teen Spirit", dorm rooms and bedrooms across the United States were covered in posters of the band and blown-up images of the cover of its second release Nevermind (a male baby underwater chasing a fishhook with a dollar bill used as bait). Seemingly overnight, fans and critics hailed Nirvana as one of the most important bands in history. Grunge swept the nation.
In retrospect, the rags-to-riches story holds up pretty well, though there certainly was a straightforward "hidden" message on the Nevermind artwork: the innocent, naked baby contrasted with the lure of money on the end of the hook. This notion of selling versus selling out would haunt Cobain for the rest of his short life, as it would other grunge rockers who shot to fame in the early 1990s.
The independent label ethos that led to regional success and became a kind of guiding influence for groups like Nirvana and Pearl Jam directly conflicted with the major recording label desire to sell millions of CDs. The rubber met the road when it came to music videos.
In this vein of art versus commerce, it is impossible to discount MTV's role in breaking Nirvana nationally, just as it had been launching bands for the previous decade. Perhaps for the first time in music history, however, hearing Nirvana on the radio or buying Nevermind on CD was much less important (almost nonexistent) in relation to seeing the band on MTV.
The notion that music television established grunge is antithetical to the movement's basic roots, which were derived from an underground aesthetic. The reaction of many of grunge's iconic figures against videos -- from Kurt Cobain appearing on MTV dressed in a bright yellow prom dress to Pearl Jam's refusal to do videos after its debut album Ten -- reveals the gulf between principle and reality.
However, the popularity of music videos and the power of the network forced grunge bands to enter the video world and the broader mainstream culture, even if they may have despised the situation internally. The road to fame led through MTV, and getting music out meant playing the MTV game, even if coerced.
Video Kills the Radio Star
The history of the music industry is fueled by innovation and technology. From Thomas Edison's invention of the cylinder phonograph in 1877 to the advent of MP3s and digital music in recent years, each subsequent invention builds upon its predecessor, thus revolutionizing music performance and how artists and music are sold, and guides or influences consumer response. The intersection of performance (the music and musician) and audience response (people listening and/or purchasing) defines the business.
As innovation enabled music to become a visual aspect of culture, artists responded by transforming into performers across media channels. Fans not only enjoyed seeing their favorites, but soon were comfortable with the cross-platform approach and even expected to have opportunities to view artists. Seeing the Beatles or Elvis Presley in movies or on The Ed Sullivan Show, for example, became more routine in a culture dominated by film and television.
Throughout most of the 20th century, though, despite the power of the viewing screen, radio and albums still ruled in terms of how people most often accessed music and musicians. Gradually, however, with the proliferation of cable television and more TV options for viewers to choose from, the situation began to change. Then, in 1981, the collective demand rang out from the Police to Pat Benatar hyping the new station: "I want my MTV!" The revolution was on.
In the decade from 1981 to 1991, MTV grew into a creator of youth culture. First, the cable network rode a wave of telegenic British groups and musicians, such as Duran Duran. Then, it put burgeoning pop stars like Madonna and Michael Jackson into heavy rotation. In the mid- to late-1980s, the network then turned to glam metal, promoting the music of Motley Crue, Ratt, and Van Halen to the hearts of mainstream America. MTV grew into the epicenter of the music industry, with its VJs becoming household names (remember the feathered-hair omnipotence of Adam Curry?) and its shows like Buzz Bin and World Premiere Videos driving fans to record stores.
As the 1980s bled into the 1990s, a new vibe bubbled to the surface, as teen Gen Xers grew into more socially-conscious and thoughtful college students and young adults. While hair metal remained popular, MTV shifted gears to a new sound represented by the first alternative, college-radio band to launch into superstardom: R.E.M. In February 1991, the underground favorite released "Losing My Religion", [video] a pop- and mandolin-infused single quickly placed in heavy rotation on the network. As a result, R.E.M. skyrocketed from breakout band to global domination, which cemented the marriage of MTV and alternative music.
Later in 1991, MTV's championing of "Smells Like Teen Spirit" showcased darker, more angst-ridden music. While the "grunge" label already existed, soon commentators and others called the whole post-Nirvana alternative movement grunge, packaging it for easy consumption by the Middle America buying public. MTV played an instrumental role in making this music mainstream, since many music fans received their first exposure to Nirvana and other grunge bands from the cable channel rather than conventional or niche radio.
So, while MTV may have supported musicians in the past, it seemed that a new era began with R.E.M. and Nirvana. Into the foreseeable future the "next big thing" would come from MTV, rather than well up from independent or underground sources. MTV executive John Canelli explained to the New York Times in late 1992: "We have a pretty big role in spreading something from underground to the heartland. We're always looking for whatever the next thing is."
Ironically, it seemed almost natural for grunge bands to hit the mainstream based on MTV playlists. In some cases, as with Nevermind, fans could not hear the song anywhere else. Jason Pettigrew, editor-in-chief of Alternative Press, recalls the video's impact, despite little radio airplay and the meager number of CDs and albums shipped, explaining, "The 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' video got traction and radio finally perked up and said, 'shit, we better program this.'" More important for music at large, Pettigrew says, "Overnight, the vacuity of the hair metal scene was replaced by slackerness and teenage angst."


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Many Republicans are resigned to the idea that they can only win national elections by the thinnest of margins.
Mitt Romney's infamous "47%" remarks were an explanation that nearly half the country would be unwilling to even consider voting for him.
The GOP has only won a plurality of the national vote once in the last six presidential elections: George W. Bush's 51% win in 2004.
But a new Quinnipiac poll out yesterday shows a simple GOP roadmap to winning big: nominate Gov. Chris Christie (N.J.).
Here's the key chart. While most candidates are very unpopular with the opposing side and split independents evenly, most everybody likes Christie.
The headline number from the poll is that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (D) and Christie would tie, 41-41, in a presidential matchup in the Democratic-leaning swing state of Iowa.
But the favourable/unfavorable ratings are what really show how Christie is special. Uniquely among national politicians, he polls well with Republicans, Democrats and independents. All three groups are solidly more likely to say they have a favourable view of Christie than an unfavorable one.
Quinnipiac polled three other politicians in Iowa and found much more normally polarised responses. Clinton, Vice President Joe Biden (D), and Gov. Scott Walker (R-Wis.) are all beloved by their parties and hated by the other side.
The chart understates how polarising Walker is because many voters have no opinion on him yet. Among respondents with an opinion, 91% of Republicans view Walker favourably and 88% of Democrats view him unfavorably.
If you're a political party whose problem is that your appeal is not broad enough, nominating the candidate with broad appeal should be a no-brainer.
Christie is sure to face conservative resistance over substantive policy issues (like his acceptance of the Medicaid expansion) and stylistic ones (like his literal embrace of President Obama last October). But his actions that have antagonized conservative base voters are the same ones that allow Christie to maintain a broad appeal.
And Christie seems to be sufficiently conservative for the Republicans who follow his governing actions most closely. 96% of Republicans in New Jersey approve of the job he's doing as Governor, according to a June Quinnipiac poll.
Christie shows that being broadly popular is relatively simple: You just have to show that you're governing in good faith and willing to compromise when doing so is popular and in the best interest of your electorate.
The Republican party isn't doomed to rejection by half the electorate. It just has to be willing to adapt in the way Christie has. The patient can change, but only if it wants to.
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A List For Hunters Who Do Not Want To See Wild Bison
One of the common refrains that I heard at the Montana Fish Wildlife and Park's (FWP) meeting in Lewistown about releasing wild bison in counties that do not want wild bison was that we need to do this because of the hunters. It was said that FWP is responsible to the hunters that pay for the department, and that these hunters are requesting wild bison that they can hunt.
This line of reasoning made me start to think about all the reasons that hunters visiting our ranch have given for not wanting wild bison released in the Missouri Breaks. I thought that there were a handful, but when I actually started listing them, I had trouble fitting them all on one page. If you are like me, not all of these concerns are at the top of your worry list, but I didn't think any of them were foolish or unreasonable.
If you buy a Montana hunting license, FWP has repeatedly stated the importance of your opinion to them. (We can debate whether or not they ought to also value the opinions of the people that for a hundred years have provided them with wildlife habitat, many free hunting opportunities even when the federal government is shut down, weed and fire control, and helped assist and rescue lost or stuck hunters.)
So I challenge you. If you are one of the many hunters that do not want to see wild bison released in the Missouri Breaks, yoHur voice is not being heard. Look through my list below, mark the reasons that matter to you, make your own comments and send your input along to Director Jeff Hagener at his FWP office in Helena.
Dear Director Hagener:
As a Montana hunter (and one of the people that pay your salary), I oppose the introduction of an unfenced herd of bison to the Breaks. I oppose it for the following reasons:
• I believe it will drain FWP funding (provided by me, the hunter) with liability and property damage commitments, and FWP will be forced to curtail current programs that I value.
• I believe bison will be listed as an endangered species. An endangered species will not be hunted, and I don't want to spend my hunting dollars on an unhuntable species.
• I value that people of many ages and physical abilities can hunt deer, antelope, and elk in the Breaks with abundant, relatively inexpensive tags. I believe bison will outcompete other species like in the Henry Mountains. I don't want to have today's egalitarian hunting opportunities replaced by a few expensive bison tags that few people have the physical abilities and equipment to take advantage of.
• When FWP makes Breaks landowners feel threatened and helpless, their only recourse is closing their land. I don't like FWP reducing my hunting opportunities with an agenda I oppose.
• I believe the presence of bison will focus the attention of ultra-rich, anti-hunting extremists on the Breaks and ultimately lead to them being closed to all hunting.
• I believe that wolf lovers follow bison, and wolves will mean the end of hunting in the Breaks.
• I do not believe that FWP wildlife disease management methods are sufficient to keep bison disease-free, and I believe that bison disease poses an unacceptable hazard to my safety, other wildlife, and/or the livelihoods of the people living in the Breaks.
• I like to stalk deer, antelope, and elk on foot. I do not believe I'm safe near bison and far from a vehicle.
• I believe bison in the Breaks pose a hazard to my personal property, my camper and vehicle.
• Releasing unfenced bison on the ranges of Breaks families will destroy their livelihoods. These families help me if I am lost, stuck, out of gas or water, or need to make a phone call and don't have cell service. They provide wildlife habitat by fighting weeds and fires and developing water. Their taxes maintain the roads I use to access the Breaks, and they keep unmaintained roads passable. I don't want them forced off the land.
• Discussion so far has faced overwhelming local opposition and requires that counties in the Breaks be weak enough to be broken to the FWP's will. I believe democracy is rule by the majority of those affected and fascism is an unaffected majority forcing its will on an affected minority. If FWP can't produce a plan with broad local support, it's a bad plan.
• I can hunt bison now and do not want to give up so much to gain what I already have.


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Vatican City, Feb 1, 2014 / 10:26 am MT ().- Pope Francis held an audience with missionary families from around the world Feb. 1, encouraging them to spread the gospel with great charity.
"Evangelize with love, carry to all the love of God. Tell everyone you meet on the streets of your mission (and) that God loves man as he is, even with his limitations, his mistakes and his sins," the Pope urged members of the Neocatechumenal Way.
Saturday's meeting in the Paul VI audience hall included almost 8,000 members from the organization dedicated to helping people grow in their faith through parish-based communities, including families, seminarians and priests. Nearly 30 cardinals and bishops were also present.
Pope Francis thanked the participants for their "joy in faith" and "ardor of Christian testimony."
"My thoughts go in a special way to the families who will travel to different parts of the world to proclaim and give witness to the Gospel. The Church is grateful to you for your generosity! Thank you for all that you do in the Church and in the world!" he exclaimed.
The Neocatechumenal Way is sending hundreds of families on mission throughout the world, particularly to countries in Asia such as China, India, and Vietnam. People at various parts of the audience hall waved flags and erupted in cheers as the names of their mission countries were announced.
The Pontiff then offered some words of advice to those being sent to evangelize.
"Have the greatest care to build and conserve the internal communion of the particular Churches where you will go to work," he emphasized.
"The (Neocatechumenal) Way has its own charism, its own dynamic, a gift that like all the gifts of the Spirit has a profound ecclesial dimension… (but) at times it could be better not to live in all the details of what your journey would require, in order to ensure the unity amongst brethren that forms one ecclesial community, which you always must feel a part of."
Pope Francis also encouraged the evangelists to have special concern for those who are weakest.
"The Neocatechumenal Way, as a journey of discovery of one's Baptism is a difficult path, along which a brother or sister may find unexpected difficulties. In these cases, the exercise of patience and mercy on the part of the community is a sign of maturity in the faith."
Moreover, the Pope noted, a person's freedom must always be respected.
"The freedom of each individual must not be forced, and you should also respect the eventual choice of those who decide to seek outside the Way, other forms of Christian life to help him grow in response to the call of the Lord."
Above all, said Pope Francis, those who evangelize should remember well that "the Spirit of God always arrives prior to us!"
"Be messengers and witnesses to the infinite goodness and inexhaustible mercy of the Father," he exhorted them.
Following his remarks, Pope Francis met with the groups going to China and India. He then blessed the crosses that the missionary families will take with them on their journeys.
Christopher and Gina Crasto, along with their three children, were present at today's meeting with Pope Francis. The family from the west coast of India will go on a mission this year to the small town of Ranchi on India's east coast.
"We came here to receive this mandate, to be sent on mission, but today we received much more than that: we received Jesus Christ in the presence of the Holy Father," Christopher Crastro told CNA.
"We are blessed to be part of the mission, to be part of Holy Mother Church," he said.
Crastro has been part of the Neocatechumenal Way since he was a child, when his own parents joined. Through the organization, he said, "God has given us the possibility to live as a Christian family, to find Jesus Christ, to meet Jesus Christ in the Church."
"I never dreamed that we would meet Pope Francis," he continued, adding that the meeting with the Pope reconfirmed his own desire to live a missionary life. "Today I find myself ready and willing to go anywhere where the Church needs me, where I can find fulfillment in preaching the Word of God."
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