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When it comes to condom use, a new study finds that expectations of what alcohol might do and partner type have much more to do with women's decisions than whether they were drinking or even how much they drank.
Kori asks:
I'm and 18 years old and have been having sex for a year and been on the pill for about a year. I take my birth control like a ritual at the same time every day (the combination pill). Sometime my boyfriend and I don't use a condom in the beginning to get him hard then we always put one on. My question is, when on the pill do you absolutely have to use condoms? They say that every time you have sex you NEED to use a condom. I know it is the most effective way, but I thought that the one of the points of the pill is so you don't need to use a condom.
Heather Corinna replies:
We get asked about this a lot; about whether once you have a more effective method of contraception than condoms, like a hormonal method or IUD, if they're still needed to prevent pregnancy.
The only right answer to that question, no matter who asks it, is that it really depends on what you and your partner want and need.


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Emteq recently unveiled what it is calling "Easy HD" for its SkyPro cabin management system (CMS). It provides high-definition components that work independently of an aircraft's existing CMS and "requires little or no modification of the CMS."
At the October NBAA Convention CRS Jet Spares of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., gave away a new Harley-Davidson Sportster motorcycle. According to Armando Leighton, Jr., the company's CEO and founder, this was the seventh year in which the parts supplier thanked its customers with such a drawing.
Spectrum Aeronautical has delayed first flight of its S.40 Freedom lightweight midsize twinjet to late next year. Certification and entry-into-service should follow a year later.
The $6.795 million S.40 will be powered by GE Honda's HF120 turbofan, which is slated for certification in early 2011.
The $3.9 million HondaJet appears to be on track for certification and first deliveries in late 2011, with the first conforming airframe expected to fly early next year, Honda Aircraft said yesterday at the NBAA Convention. The company also announced that the HondaJet flight deck has been upgraded from a Honda-edition Garmin G1000 to a Honda-defined version of the new touchscreen Garmin G3000.
When Honda Aircraft (Booth No. 5394) announced a one-year delay to its business jet program last spring, some feared the worst as the U.S. economy struggled. It turned out the Japanese aircraft maker had fallen victim to many of the same supplier problems other OEMs were experiencing, a problem that translated into some new suppliers being brought on board.
The GE Honda joint venture last Thursday fired up the first conforming version of its new 2,095-lb-thrust HF120 engine currently slated for certification in 2011. Initial engine tests are typically completed in a sea-level test cell, with high-altitude performance testing conducted onboard an aircraft.
The first GE Honda HF120 engine has successfully started its initial test run at GE Aviation's altitude test chamber in Evendale, Ohio, the company announced yesterday at the NBAA Convention. "This is a significant milestone and represents the transition from the design-definition phase to the test and certification phase of the HF120," said GE Honda Aero Engines president Bill Dwyer.
Last spring, Honda Aircraft (Booth No. 5394) brought a new cabin mockup of its twinjet to the European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (EBACE). Here at NBAA'09, the Greensboro, N.C.-based manufacturer is showing its HondaJet prototype and a fuselage mockup in its exhibit.
Assembly has begun at GE's manufacturing facility in Lynn, Mass., on the first production GE Honda HF120 engine that will be used for FAA certification tests. "With the experience we've gained through our demonstrator engine testing program, we are confident the HF120 engine configuration is mature and are anticipating a smooth FAA certification testing program," said GE Honda Aero Engines president Bill Dwyer.
Honda Aircraft has announced a delay in first flight of the conforming prototype HondaJet and projected first customer delivery. The next prototype was originally scheduled to have flown by now, and the new date is January next year. First customer delivery is now planned for the fourth quarter 2011, at least a year later than planned.


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Today's installation of 'Places the cat shouldn't be' doesn't star the cat at all, but rather, the fireplace, where he definitely shouldn't have been, and where he most certainly shouldn't have gone to the bathroom, but, as you can clearly see in the picture, he was, and he did.
I am not happy at all.
P.S. Unhelpful quote from the BF, "In his defense, at least he didn't go on the carpet."


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A Narrow Victory in the East Village
We're always simultaneously heartened and chagrined when we read about New York families making clever use of their small spaces. Heartened that it can be done, yet chagrined knowing that we're probably not making the most of what we ourselves have. The Finger-Kennedy family (Michael, Joanne, Jonah, 9 and Esther, 1) whose apartment was recently featured in Dwell is definitely making the most of their 640 sq. feet in the East Village with multi-functional furniture, hidden storage and skylights.
When the family met with the architects who helped them transform and rejigger the apartment young Jonah voiced his opinion that the apartment should feel like a pirate ship. And indeed the architects incorporated ideas from boat design which demands clever solutions for small spaces. See Jonah's bed above? It's also a desk that the whole family can use. There are hidden 8" compartments in the floor to eke out every last bit of storage space. The family's dining table folds down from the wall, but can accommodate a dinner party if need be.
Read more about the Finger-Kennedy family's apartment remodel and see a slideshow of photos at Dwell.
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i think i'd rather live in a different neighborhood than have to grow up in that tiny room where my family would also be using the desk under my bed. if they could afford architects, why not just get a bigger place that doesn't need to be tricked out like that?
I agree; how not fun would it be to have that as your only private space as a teenager? I'm in favor of families sharing small spaces, but I think everyone needs private space, no matter how small, that's actually private.
Yeah, I would not be amused if I was a preteen/teen and had to share the tiny little bedroom I had--particularly the actual *bed*--with the entire family. And, um, where's the baby going to sleep when she gets older?
I admire them for pulling this off, and some of the creative solutions they came up with, but I personally wouldn't want to live like that. Different strokes for different folks, I guess.
If the desk were his own private space, that room would be fine for a teenager. My dorm rooms in college were no bigger than that (the price of going to college in Manhattan.) And lots of Manhattan kids live in a so-called maid's room.
New Yorkers, I know because I was one for most of my life, are sociopathically in love with the city. No matter what is heaped on them; restrictions, regulations, traffic, congestion, corruption and more, they stay in their city blind to the wonders of the rest of the state, country, and world. Some get out and see the light. Car insurance in NYC cost more per month than a compact car payment elsewhere. Home mortgages just a 100 miles away are less than the maintenance fee on shoeboxes in NYC. There is no talking to them.
Looks like a sleeping compartment on a train. Hope he never has to get up in the middle of the night for a glass of water!
happy here in the country!
i'm a new yorker. you don't have to leave the city to get more room than that for whatever they paid for that space in the east village.
After having been a NY'er for 4 years, wow. I have to agree with the other comments. The family has the money to hire an architect or firm and pay for custom furniture and built-ins, yet allow their child to live in a closet-sized room. I think there is something wrong with the quality of life logic. I have family that grew up in a room this size, but we were poor immigrants.
There were two families in that issue of dwell living in very small spaces, and both of them admitted they would need more room eventually...


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Macro Bicego's contemporary Paradise collection brings together colourful semi precious stones in exclusive drop cut designs. With hand engraved 18ct gold beads for a wonderful contrast, this necklace brings a delicate splash of colour and elegance.
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7x7's Make Your Own Mark Summer 2013 Series Launches at Armory Club
7x7 launched our new summer series of bourbon cocktail seminars at the famed Armory Club in the Mission District!
Over a hundred attendees converged to enjoy specialty cocktails made with Maker's 46 bourbon, expertly crafted by the Armory Club's master bar program manager, Kris Ramirez. A couple dozen lucky guests secured spots at the two private seminars in the venue's back bar, where famed mixologist David Nepove shared tips and tricks to create a sinfully vibrant Red Delicious cocktail!
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Each event is open to the public, 21 and over only with valid photo ID. Please enjoy responsibly.
*While the Red Delicious cocktail was the featured subject in the evening's seminars, the fantastic crew at Armory Club oversaw the creation of other specialty cocktails at their main bar:
Maker's 46, fresh lime juice, spiced chocolate bitters, demerara, ginger beer, rocks
Maker's 46, aperol, fresh grapefruit & lemon juice, orgeat, soda, rocks
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Maker's 46, Fee Brothers Grenadine, lemon juice, POM Pomegranate juice, cloudy apple juice
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Tuesday, October 5, 2010
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By Michael Davis
Two people were seriously injured when the experimental airplane they were on board crashed as it took off Friday, from Seven Lakes Airport, authorities said.
The crash happened at 12:50 p.m., as the amateur-built Glasair SH-2 was taking off, Federal Aviation Administration Spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen said.
A Butts County Sheriff's Office incident report identified the two on board as Michael C. Childers, 47, of Morrow, and Catherine Bittler. No city of residence or age was given for Bittler.
Bergen said the plane, a single-engine propeller-driven craft, was built by Edwin S. Yost in 1984.
It is currently registered to Coba Inc., of Carson City, Nev. Bergen said the aircraft lost its engine on takeoff, rolled and crashed into a building at the airport.
She said authorities were investigating the cause of the engine's separation from the aircraft.
Butts County Sheriff Gene Pope said Friday he spoke to the male pilot, who told him what happened inside the small plane:
"As it attempted to take off, he said, the plane started to yaw [or rotate] to the right," Pope said. "It lost altitude, skipped off the runway, bounced a couple of times, flipped over, struck a small hangar and came to rest upside-down."
Pope added that the pilot, and the female passenger, were taken by air to Grady Memorial Hospital, to be treated for injuries sustained in the crash.
Both were listed on Tuesday as having been discharged.
A working phone listing for Childers could not be located Tuesday. A phone listing for Bittler also could not be located.
It was the second crash of a small plane taking off from Seven Lakes in recent weeks.
A bi-plane crashed into a wooded area off Woodward Lane on Sept. 4, spilling some fuel but leaving the pilot -- the only person on board -- unscathed, authorities said.
The pilot of the craft reported mechanical problems and was trying to return to the airport when the crash occurred, Bergen said last month.
The plane, a 1943 Boeing E75, is registered to James G. Ratliff, Jr., of Conyers.
Butts County Fire Chief Mike Wilson said the plane came down near Woody Road just after 9 a.m., in a heavily wooded area.
He said the pilot told authorities the plane's control stick broke, and that the plane clipped some trees before crashing. Wilson said crews stopped a fuel leak coming from the plane's wing.
Jason A. Smith contributed to this article.
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Concert review: Yonder Mountain String Band (with the Deadly Gentlemen) jam the grass at the Pageant, Friday, March 8
A haze descended over the audience as the lights rose over Yonder Mountain String Band on Friday evening at the Pageant. The night was filled with a groove that could be placed somewhere between the Grateful Dead and the classic bluegrass of Flatt and Scruggs, with country melodies and a musical muscle evident in jam-band circles. Dancers, drinks and bona-fide hippies took delight in all the sights and sounds.
The night started out the Boston's Deadly Gentlemen, a band with musical chops that stand up with to its contemporaries. The Deadly Gentlemen features Greg Liszt on banjo, Stash Wyslouch on guitar, Mike Barnett on fiddle, Dominick Leslie on mandolin and Sam Grisman on double bass — each took a turn stepping up to the mic. At first the strength of the Deadly Gentlemen might seem to be its musicianship, but their use of vocal orchestration is key. This unconventional use of vocal harmonies involves an acrobatic bouncing of voices that blend to add emphasis on phrases, melodies and lyrical content.
The band played a mixture of originals and covers: "Let It Bleed" by the Rolling Stones and "Touch of Grey" by the Grateful Dead. The strength of the band's songwriting is study in diversity; from the country-esque "Moonshiner," the almost punk-influenced "Police" (which seemed to evoke Black Flag's "Police Story") and the bluegrass burner of "Old Barns." The latter skewed the Irish and Scottish influences of bluegrass for Middle Eastern phrasing that popped up every so often in the melody lines played by Mike Barnett and Dominick Leslie.
With a quick gander at the stage one would automatically assume that Yonder Mountain String Band plays typical bluegrass; after all, mandolin, banjo, guitar and bass are the band's instruments. When the band kicked into its first song it was evident that this was more than just a bluegrass show. Yonder Mountain String Band has a sound that creates a jam-band groove with traditional string-band instrumentation that bands like the Grateful Dead, Phish and the String Cheese Incident have dabbled in; but those bands have not taken full advantage of the sounds' power. This quartet from Nederland, Col. — made up of Jeff Austin on mandolin, Ben Kaufman on bass, Adam Aijala on guitar and Dave Johnston on banjo (each member taking turns fronting the band vocally) — brought an energy to the stage that is as reminiscent of Led Zeppelin as it is Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder.
The Yonder Mountain String Band blasted through two sets at the Pageant and brought the crowd to a frenzy its improvisational muscle. The night was highlighted with songs that ranged from humorous romps to the pull of lonesome heart strings. The diversity in the performance is evident in the songs. The band barreled through songs like "Half Moon Rising" and "How 'Bout You?" which showcased a focused pop sensibility.
These songs were offset with traditional bluegrass instrumentals along with the fun Germanic romp of "Polka on a Banjo" and the seafaring bluegrass shanty of "Boatman's Dance." Despite the diversity of the songs stylistically each song blended perfectly to create a set that was consistent and fluid. As Yonder Mountain String Band played the atmosphere inside the Pageant was more akin to that of a house party with a friend's band jamming in the background rather than that of a large-scale rock show complete with lights and a high performance P.A.
At the end of the night it was about the songs and the musicianship that both the Deadly Gentlemen and Yonder Mountain String Band brought to the stage. These elements created an atmosphere that primed the audience members to take themselves away from the day-to-day obstacles of life and to just have a good time with drink, dance and great music.
While the Yonder Mountain String band is rooted in traditions of acoustic music, it is the spirit of the San Francisco dance bands (the Grateful Dead, Big Brother and the Holding Company and Jefferson Airplane) that gives new life to its roots.
Concert review: Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder roll through St. Louis and the Sheldon Concert Hall, Friday, February 22
That high lonesome sound floated through the Sheldon Concert Hall Friday night as Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder took the stage.
Bluegrass, played with a spirit and energy that transcends genre, is at the heart of what Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder does. The songs and musicianship elevated the performance to something beyond expectations. This ability has made Ricky Skaggs a time-honored musician, whether he is playing straight-ahead country or his brand of Bill Monroe-inspired bluegrass.
"We are all here because of bluegrass," with those words Skaggs and his band kicked into a powerhouse of an opening. The night was rife with the modern sound of bluegrass and tributes to those that have passed on. It was a night that was about those that laid the foundation — Monroe, Scruggs and Watson — while also being about the present and future of bluegrass. The band mixed tradition with sounds that have been coming from the jam-grass circles as well as the pop-influenced sounds of Mumford & Sons.
Since putting down his signature purple Telecaster nearly 20 years ago and rekindling his love for the mandolin, Skaggs has become one of the top bluegrass musicians, singers and songwriters, a musician who knows the traditions as well as what is happening now. He puts his unique voice to this genre just as he did over 30 years ago with his debut album "Waitin' For the Sun to Shine." He is a musician and songwriter that does not tire of looking forward. You can hear it in his voice, a voice that is equally at home with classics like "Uncle Pen" and "Tennessee Stud" and newer compositions like "You Can't Hurt Ham," "Music to My Ears" and "Can't Shake Jesus" — all played at the Sheldon on Friday night.
The band itself is the power behind Skaggs' incredible voice, songwriting and mandolin talent. It is the band that roots itself in tradition with inspiration from jazz — and keeping that band rooted is bassist Scott Mulvahill, a musician who adds a jazz-meets-Appalachian swing that seems to be missing in other acts.
Andy Leftwich and Cody Kilby (fiddle and guitar) are the virtuosos. They provide the instrumental voice (outside that of Skaggs mandolin) that, much as with Mulvahill, has a certain root in jazz. This was exemplified when the band kicked into the Stéphane Grappelli and Django Reinhardt song "Minor Swing." Each of them took turns and showed that the music they play has more than the Appalachian Mountains as its base.
Justin Moses stood on the right side of the stage in a stoic manner, looking as if he were a banjo-plucking version of John Entwistle. He took his solos quietly and played banjo inspired by Earl Scruggs. A quick little smirk would come across his face when he knew that he killed a lick.
But the heart and soul of Kentucky Thunder comes from that of Eddie Faris and Paul Brewster. Faris holding down the harmonic structure on rhythm guitar as the band trades licks; he also adds that middle harmony. Brewster, in contrast, is a voice to be reckoned with. He possesses a full-bodied tenor that makes for the perfect harmonist as well as a lead vocalist. His voice has a country soul, power, and heartbreak that makes it perfect for both bluegrass and country. It was exemplified when he was given the vocal spotlight to sing the classic "Kentucky Waltz."
The night was filled with many of the works that Skaggs and his band have been doing over the course of the past two decades. For long-time fans it was good to hear that Skaggs has not forgotten about his past — a past that includes some of the best country music submitted to tape.
Just before the encore he gave the crowd the treat of "Highway 40 Blues," one of Skaggs' biggest hits, and "Uncle Pen"; both songs have endured due to their roots in the traditions of country and bluegrass.
Concert review: Railroad Earth (with WhiteWater Ramble) brings warm Americana sounds to the Pageant, Saturday, January 26
"I look up at blue sky of perfect lost purity and feel the warp of wood of old America beneath me." An influential passage from "October in the Railroad Earth," written by Jack Kerouac, sums up the exultant vibe of Saturday night's Railroad Earth show at the Pageant.
Folks from a variety of walks of life slowly filed into the Pageant with a contagious excitement for the entertainment to come. White collars, blue collars, old hippies and young hippies filled the venue with that certain pleasant energy that you can only find at a good folk show; where the small town ways of old take hold and everybody knows everybody and a new friend is just a glance away. Tall cans of PBR were raised in toast of life, stories and laughter were shared, and the outside world was forgotten for just a little while.
WhiteWater Ramble warmed up the crowd with a slew of stringed instruments and a drummer who kept a solid beat under the watchful eye of a giant psychedelic owl perched in the darkness on the wall behind them. The Colorado-based bluegrass band put on a lively show that sent much of the pit spinning into a swing dancing frenzy, taking them on a journey through extended jam sessions that included an intense battle of a pair fiddlers and a country-style guitar solo that could only be described as "epic" by the younger hippies and "totally awesome" by the older hippies.
Ramble's powerful finish slowly built up like a locomotive and exploded into a good-old fashion hoedown. Upright bassist, Howard Montgomery, finished his final bars somehow standing atop his instrument, strumming away in a display that much of the audience, judging by the hoots and hollers, had likely never seen before. WhiteWater Ramble band took its final bows and received a boisterous applause, marking the end of the first act.
A concert intermission is always an interesting time to survey the crowd, especially after a set as powerful as one that had just transpired. People wandered around aimlessly, momentarily dazed and confused after the complete sensory overload was turned off like a light switch; the crowd finally realized that it needed to kill 30 minutes before their next dose of decibels. Some went off to procure more ale, others went to check on the Blues game, others reflected on the musical phenomena that had just taken place.
One group sat down in a circle in the middle of the pit with a cocktail placed on top of an illuminated cell phone, creating an almost campfire-like effect; an orange glow poured out from the glass and red stirring straw flames shot out from the top and made for a great way to pass the time waiting for the headliner.
Suddenly the lights dimmed, the fog machines raged and the air became a little more festive. An explosive roar of the crowd greeted the boys from New Jersey, Railroad Earth, as they took the stage. The Americana sound of some 27 collective strings — strung across a mandolin, banjo, acoustic guitar, violin and an upright base — accompanied imaginative lyrics and superb falsetto harmonies that reverberated throughout the now fully-packed Pageant.
The psychedelic owl came to life in an incredible multicolor light show that had the mural shifting hues endlessly; the display provided an incredible stage show along with the music. Andy Goessling's banjo skills stood out the most amongst the lineup of gifted musicians, with fingers of fury plucking away woes and worries as the six-piece band merged individual talents. Railroad Earth's songs ranged from a smooth, gentle sound that had the audience swaying, to ferocious newgrass melodies that energized fans; we could feel it from the bottom of our souls.
The sounds kept the audience moving and cheering late into the night until the final song was played, and the good thing came to an end. The audience members left that night with smiles on their faces and a great buzz from the show.
Concert review: Punch Brothers (with Anais Mitchell) knock out the Sheldon Concert Hall with brilliant musicianship, Friday, January 25
"This is kind of one of our favorite rooms in the whole country," said Punch Brothers banjoist Noam Pikelny as he looked into the sold-out crowd that lined the rows of the Sheldon Concert Hall for this KDHX-presented show.
This evening marked my first visit to the Sheldon; the venue struck me as a little surreal. I overhead a man behind me saying it reminded him of his college biology lecture hall, which is probably pretty accurate (though most lecture halls aren't this acoustically clear or have such a handsome stage). The building that houses the concert hall also has an art gallery, as well as a gift shop and a ballroom where weddings and other events take place. It's not your typical concert venue. But then again, Punch Brothers aren't your typical band.
Cheerful chatter and excited remarks echoed throughout the theater, but as soon as first artist Anais Mitchell opened her mouth, the talkative crowd turned completely silent. Mitchell, accompanied by just an acoustic guitar on stage, played a powerful, fiery 35-minute set that featured a few songs from her 2010 folk-opera "Hadestown," some from her soon-to-be released album "Child Ballads," and one that she said she could barely remember because of how old it was. She told a few cute stories, like thinking St. Louis was on the border of Kansas because of the Tom Waits' lyric, "I broke down in East St. Louis, on the Kansas City line," but for the most part let her music do the talking.
The simple backing guitar of the songs made it easy to pay attention to the lyrics, which was especially nice because of how beautiful the words were. "Come September" and an untitled new song, probably from "Child Ballads," had a great snarl and passion in the vocals, but also a sweetness to them. "When I think of my freedom, I feel so lonely," she sang in the new song. "And when I feel lonely, I want you to hold me, hold me in your arms."
Punch Brothers took to their favorite stage shortly after, dressed in classic three-piece suits, all with matching, beaten-up leather shoes.
Each member of the band has his own distinct playing style. Guitarist Chris Eldridge stands perfectly still for the most part and looks almost like a marionette who can only move his fingers across his strings. Gabe Witcher rocks back and forth while he fiddles, Noam Pikelny does a sort of glide step with his banjo and Paul Kowert stands wrapped around his bass, almost like he's hugging it. And then of course there's Chris Thile, the mandolin-playing, Jude Law lookalike whose animated kicks and electrified shakes seemed more like something you'd see in a punk band than a traditional bluegrass quintet.
They started with "Movement and Location" from 2011′s "Who's Feeling Young Now?" but quickly broke into a five-minute long jam session, complete with solos from most of the band. While one member showed off his talent, the rest of the band watched in admiration.
Album review: Béla Fleck heads 'Across the Imaginary Divide' — and leaves the swing behind
Béla Fleck and the Marcus Roberts Trio featuring Rodney Jordan and Jason Marsalis
"Across the Imaginary Divide"
"Across the Imaginary Divide" is another foray for Béla Fleck into jazz, coupling with a pianist much as he has done with Chick Corea in their live shows and on their CD "The Enchantment" (2007). The trio is filled out by Rodney Jordan on bass and Jason Marsalis on drums.
Fleck is — and this of course needs not be said, but here I go saying it again — a musician of the first order. He has brought new audiences to the banjo, or at least that's how the story goes, but his music since the release of "The Bluegrass Sessions" in 1999 has really been less about the banjo and simply more about music. He's ventured into classical music, jazz, old time, traditional Chinese music (with Abigail Washburn), African rhythms, all while keeping college audiences happy with the work he does with the Flecktones. The fact that the music revolves around the banjo is superfluous; rather, it is just music, masterfully conceived and performed.
Therefore to be critical of someone who has done so much, and so well, can feel a bit like heresy. But, as much as we might like to think so, Fleck actually can't do everything. As a jazz fan, I'm not sure that he does jazz with any great success, and the reason is something that is true in all of his music: He just can't seem to swing. Of course, when playing bluegrass that's not always warranted, and his impeccable timing is something that set him apart on some of his early recordings that are now genre classics, such as "Fiddle Tunes for Banjo" with Tony Trischka and Bill Keith. His rolls have the precision of the metronome, and in a bluegrass setting, that's a good thing.
The thing about jazz, however, is that it really has to swing. We can disagree, of course — and no doubt this is a topic that could fuel lots of silly, blowhard conversations — but I know that I'm not alone in thinking that one of the things that makes jazz, well, jazz is swing time, using dotted quarters to deliver a feel that is relaxed in the ballads, and fluid in more up-tempo pieces. It's true that not all jazz players swing all of the time, but they all do at least some of the time. Again, it's one of the things that makes jazz, jazz.
The irony is that one of the things that Earl Scruggs, a great hero and inspiration to Fleck, brought to bluegrass was swing time, and in some senses that's what audiences were really responding to. He was using three fingers — and that's the innovation that is always attributed to him — but his timing was often based in swing whenever accompanying vocals or other soloists. When taking solos, he'd go into straight time, and that was one of the things that allowed his banjo to come forward and really sparkle during those rightfully famous solos.
Fleck doesn't do that, and in much of his work, it perhaps doesn't matter. But on this collection, it really does. Marcus Roberts is masterful, but he also is really playing jazz. He swings, feeling out the melody and supporting it. He's great at it, and whenever he steps back into the mix, we long to have him back at the front again. The banjo is often a distraction from what is really going on. Even on the title track, the banjo sounds like it's competing rather than participating, something that happens throughout this disc. On "One Blue Truth" the banjo seems to ignore the feel of the piece entirely, which is a gently swinging ballad. There Fleck's playing is like it is everywhere else: metronomic.
There are some successful moments, of course, and "Big Ups" is perhaps one of them. (But given that it's in a New Orleans style, it's easy to wonder why Fleck never gives a nod to the tenor banjo styles of that music. The piece just leaves you longing for that.) "Let Me Show You What to Do" is an instance where the straight staccato banjo sections provide a counterpoint to the trio sections, and therefore is a more successful pairing than in the ballads.
In the end I'm left just wanting Fleck to get out of the way of the Marcus Roberts Trio, who are fantastic interpreters, writers and performers. And they play exactly what they know best, jazz — which is exactly what they should be doing.
Festival review: Rockin' and rollin' on the river at the Beale Street Music Festival, May 5 and 6
Thousands of music fans made their way to the "land of the delta blues" last weekend for the annual Beale Street Music Festival. This was my fifth time attending the long-running fest, part of the city's month-long Memphis in May celebration in Tom Lee Park on the banks of the Mississippi River.
The violent storms and flooding of the past two years were replaced this year with sweltering heat and humidity, having fans wallowing in sweat instead of mud. The temperatures weren't the only thing that was hot, however — the lineup was pretty amazing too. Unfortunately, we had to miss the opening night of the festival, which included heavy-hitters like guitar legend Johnny Winter, jam kings My Morning Jacket and indie diva Florence Welch of Florence + the Machine.
Arriving Saturday afternoon, we made it to the Bud Light Stage just in time to see our own hometown heroes Son Volt bring a little slice of the 'Lou to Memphis. A decent crowd of Farrar loyalists gathered up close as the band took the stage — Jay looking a bit like Johnny Cash, clad all in black with thick sideburns. The band fought some loud feedback as they began, but it was quickly rectified as they eased into "Down to the Wire" from the band's most recent album, "American Central Dust," the twang of Mark Spencer's pedal steel guitar cutting through the thick, humid air.
Son Volt played for just over an hour, turning out a comprehensive set spanning its catalog of material, including a suite of songs from the acclaimed debut album "Trace" to the delight of old school fans. A set highlight was the gorgeous "Highways and Cigarettes" from 2007′s "The Search," featuring Spencer's pedal steel married with Gary Hunt's mandolin and Farrar's haunting vocals. Farrar humored Uncle Tupelo fans by closing out with the classic "Chickamauga."
In Memphis, music and BBQ go hand in hand, and the festival offers many options for local fare. We opted to singe our taste buds with some of Uncle Lou's Famous Sweet and Spicy fried chicken, licking the fiery sauce from our fingers as blues legend Buddy Guy tore up the Orion Stage behind us. At 76 years old, Guy can still shred on the guitar and work the stage like the pro he is — even coming down into the crowd to play for a bit to the delight of fans. In addition to his own classics, he played inspired covers of "Fever" (appropriate considering the heat) and Cream's "Strange Brew."
Next we headed back to the Bud Light stage to check out '80s Brit rockers the Cult. Lead singer Ian Astbury looked out of place in the sweltering Memphis sun in a thick black jacket and jeans, two fluffy foxtails dangling from his belt. His voice sounded relatively unchanged and guitarist Billy Duffy proved he is still worthy as well on classics like "Fire Woman," "Wild Flower," "She Sells Sanctuary" and "Love Removal Machine." A few tunes from the band's brand new album, "Choice of Weapon," seemed to fall flat with the audience, however, including the dark "Lucifer." Having grown up on the Cult, it was fun to hear some of these songs played live again, but overall, they seemed to be trying a bit too hard to at times to relive their glory days.
With the sun finally setting and the full "super moon" rising above the trees, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals took to the stage. I admit, I'd never seen Potter before, though many have told me how great she is live. She indeed lived up to the hype. Alternating on the guitar and keys, tossing her long, blonde hair around as she belted out songs like her hit "Paris (Ooh La La)," Potter and her band proved they can hold down a festival crowd of thousands in addition to the smaller venues they play more frequently.
Festival review: MerleFest turns 25 with Americana stars small, big and massive, April 26-29
It's easy to underestimate the impact that MerleFest has on Americana music, and for anyone who hasn't attended, it's perhaps equally easy to overlook.
Initially a tribute to the late Merle Watson, Doc Watson's son and musical partner, the festival has evolved into one of the biggest of its kind, on par only with Hardly Strictly Bluegrass in San Francisco, both of which draw between 70 and 80,000 people each year.
One of the many things that set MerleFest apart is that it is the first large-scale event of the season. Jerry Douglas has played at every festival since it began 25 years ago, and he noted from the stage this year that it's like coming out of hibernation, a chance to see how so many musical friends have wintered. For everyone who arrives from anywhere north of Wilkesboro, N.C. — as I do each year — it's the first time to wear shorts, sneeze at the pollen and get a good burn.
It's also a community festival. Wilkesboro is as far from San Fran, and indeed any metropolis, as you can get. Four thousand volunteers work the grounds, take the tickets and run the shows, North Carolina's answer to the Oberammergau.
Still, there is a kind of an industry trade show vibe, which is nice too, as it feels a bit like being in the center of something big — and, well, you are. The new names on the roster are often ones to take note of, if only because this is a venue that has brought so many artists to larger audience recognition. (This is the festival that gave first big breaks to Gillian Welch, Old Crow Medicine Show, Martha Scanlon, Tift Merritt, and indeed many others.) And the big names are also out in force, this year including Douglas, Alison Krauss, Vince Gill, Punch Brothers, Los Lobos, Dailey and Vincent, Sam Bush, Peter Rowan, Béla Fleck, Claire Lynch, Marty Stuart and Tony Rice.
Ultimately, there's a lot going on. And while everyone has their own tastes, and bring their own perspectives, here are some thoughts on the events of this year:
Run, don't walk, to see Blind Boy Chocolate and the Milk Sheiks.
There is a growing interest in the music of the '20s and '30s, though this is a band that seems to have arrived via time machine from that era. Complete with banjos, fiddle, ukes, scrub board and a singing saw, the novelty actually comes in how fun and vibrant the music is. Recordings don't do it justice, and in any case it's a bit of a job to get a hold of the band's two releases. They started out busking on the streets of Asheville, though for the last two years they have rocked MerleFest.
Concert review: Béla Fleck and the Flecktones reunite at the Sheldon, Thursday, March 29
The lights dimmed to darkness in the Sheldon Concert Hall to signal the Flecktones making their way to the stage. A moment of quiet settled in.
A couple of whoops rang out, an audience member yelled, "God Bless Earl Scruggs!" and Béla Fleck was off in a flurry of rolling picking on the banjo. Soon Howard Levy followed and the rest of the Flecktones joined in, beginning their set in an exciting whirl.
The Flecktones are a six-time Grammy-winning band — and a many more time nominee. Their original music continues to evolve around the talent of ever-changing members. The current band is comprised of the original Flecktone members who have not toured together since 1992. Béla Fleck is a prodigious banjo player as well as the band leader. Victor Wooten is the renowned bassist whose ability to play expressive and technically challenging parts has made him a bass hero to musicians globally. Roy "Futureman" Wooten plays an instrument of his own design: the drumitar, which in essence comprises all of the group's percussion. Howard Levy, who has returned to the group after an almost 20-year hiatus, is on piano and harmonica.
The Flecktones followed the opening number with a beautifully melodious song allowing for bit of release from the tensely engaging introduction, and then their odd-time signature song "Life in Eleven," which is in different 11-count time signatures. Of course this might only be noted by frustrated musicians trying to count it since the song is aesthetically pleasing as well as the 2011 Grammy Award winner for Best Instrumental Composition. It is definitely one of my favorites.
Victor Wooten amazed the audience with a performance on bass and loop pedal. At this point in our culture looping is no longer a novel product; overdubbing dates back several decades. So what Wooten was performing was well understood by the audience, yet remained a fresh component of the performance overall. Wooten composed a medley of songs and his own improvisations; at one point we were surprised with the bass line to the theme music of the movie "Shaft." Later in the performance he played each note in a melody, delayed by the time for the overdub loop to come full circle, adding a single note to the previous each time around. All during Wooten's solo performance I felt in awe of how technically challenging yet musically satisfying the performance was. His ability to push the boundaries of the possible with his performance and keep it feeling musical was inspiring.


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In this Dec. 6, 1995 file photo, rapper Notorious B.I.G., who won rap artist and rap single of the year, clutches his awards at the podium during the annual Billboard Music Awards in New York.
By ANTHONY McCARTNEY, AP Entertainment Writer
LOS ANGELES (AP) — FBI agents on both coasts participated in a nearly two-year investigation aimed at finding out who gunned down the Notorious B.I.G. and whether any Los Angeles police officers were involved, according to recently released records.
The inquiry ended in early 2005, after federal prosecutors concluded there wasn't enough evidence to pursue a case against any officers or another man implicated in the rapper's 1997 shooting death.
The decision was made after agents in Los Angeles, San Diego and New York tried to track down potential suspects and witnesses who might shed new light on the unsolved killing that came months after another rap superstar, Tupac Shakur, was shot dead in Las Vegas.
The investigation started out as a civil rights violation and public corruption review, but efforts were made to solve the homicide case. The FBI's file included police reports.
Informants told the FBI that the killing of B.I.G., whose real name was Christopher Wallace, may have been aided by corrupt police officers. The heavily redacted files include several mentions of sources who wouldn't talk to Los Angeles police investigators about Wallace's death because of suspicions about corruption.
The records showed that agents conducted surveillance on one man in San Diego who they thought may have fired the fatal shots at Wallace, and even went through his mail and garbage. They also showed an agent consulted frequently with a civil attorney who was pursuing a wrongful death on behalf of Wallace's estate against the city of Los Angeles.
No one has been arrested for Wallace or Shakur's killings, although both deaths have been the subject of rampant speculation about the motives. The one-time friends became rivals and instigators in an East Coast-West Coast rap rivalry during the mid-1990s.
Wallace was fatally shot with a 9mm gun on Wilshire Boulevard in March 1997 after leaving a Los Angeles music industry event.
The FBI released Wallace's file on March 27 on its website, The Vault, which contains the bureau's most requested case documents that can be released. The FBI on Friday publicized that it had added more than 25 new files that it had never released electronically and by Wednesday, fans and journalists were poring over the Wallace file.
Wallace's family dismissed a federal lawsuit against Los Angeles last year, which their attorney said was done in order for the FBI and other agencies to pursue new leads in the case. A 2005 trial ended with a mistrial after attorneys for Wallace's family discovered the city had withheld a trove of LAPD documents.
Attorney Brad C. Gage said Wednesday he had not reviewed the recently released FBI documents.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Police found a stash of sexually explicit photographs and home videos of scores of women when they searched the home of a car mechanic accused of the "Grim Sleeper" serial killings.
Now, they want to know who the women are and what might have happened to them.
Detectives sought the public's help Thursday when they released images of about 160 women and asked anyone who recognized them to come forward.
"We certainly do not believe that we are so lucky, or so good, as to know all of his victims," Police Chief Charlie Beck (pictured at right) said. "We need the public's help."
Lonnie Franklin Jr. (pictured below) has pleaded not guilty to the murders of 10 women from 1985 to 1988 and from 2002 to 2007. The apparent 14-year pause in the alleged crimes led to the nickname "Grim Sleeper," though detectives suspect Franklin could be involved in other deaths.
The photos and videos were found at Franklin's home and garage during a three-day search after his July arrest.
"Now that we know who he is and what type of activity he is involved in with women, we are very concerned for everyone in these photographs," Detective Dennis Kilcoyne said.
Police displayed the photographs for media and have made the images available online. By Thursday afternoon, the LAPD's website had slowed to a crawl after its Texas-based server was strained by a massive surge in people trying to click through to the pictures.
In almost every photo, the subject is smiling at the camera. Some women could have been naked but it's difficult to tell in the tightly cropped images. Others were photographed outside as part of a group photograph.
The women appear to be willing participants in what police said were sexually explicit images.
"It baffles me how he is so successful at getting women to do what he asks them to do," Kilcoyne said. "It's not like we have pictures of him holding a knife to someone's neck."
Detectives said the photos span decades and were taken on 35 mm film, Polaroids and digital cameras. Hairstyles range from 80s-style, big-bang blowouts to cornrow braids and a more contemporary flat-ironed look.
One picture, tagged No. 166, shows a woman in a nurse's outfit. Her name badge reads: Ms. D. Johnson — a name so common that investigators were never able to track her down.
A Polaroid, No. 141, has the hand-scrawled name Deborah B. Cleveland beneath it along with the date Sept. 18, 2001, and the notation "B.K.A. Chocolate." Photograph No. 172 shows a woman with rows of curlers in her hair.
The women range from young teens to 60-somethings. Except for two or three white women and a Latina, all the women are black. Some appear to be asleep.
Several known victims of the serial killer were said to be prostitutes. Detectives would not say if any of the women photographed might have been involved in the sex trade.
"We don't want to go down that road," Kilcoyne said. "For us to suggest the lifestyles or the situation that these women were in would defeat our plea to the public and to them to come forward."
Kilcoyne said investigators found the photographs throughout Franklin's house, including his garage and in his cars.
"Some were fallen behind items — cabinets and walls — others had been purposely secreted away," he said.
All of Franklin's alleged victims were killed within a few miles of his home, where neighbors knew him as a talented backyard mechanic.
Police also have said they suspect Franklin in the death of a man who may have discovered he was a killer. In addition, they are reviewing more than 30 other cold-case files to see if they can tie Franklin to other slayings.
Franklin was taken into custody last summer after his son was arrested and swabbed for DNA. Using a technique known as a familial DNA search, the sample came back as similar to evidence in the serial killings, ultimately leading police to Franklin.
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In a different case, Huntington Beach detectives in March were inundated with hundreds of phone calls and e-mails after they released more than 100 photos discovered in serial killer Rodney Alcala's storage locker after his 1979 arrest.
More than 20 of the women were identified but none were victims.
The photos were released after Alcala was convicted of the murders of four women and a 12-year-old girl. He later was sentenced to death.


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Evan Longoria had two hits in his second spring game in the Tampa Bay Rays' 11-2 loss to the Detroit Tigers on Thursday. Longoria improved to 4 for 5 at the plate this spring after getting off to a late start following offseason back surgery. Austin Jackson hit a two-run homer, Nick Castellanos had three hits with an RBI and Anibal Sanchez pitched three scoreless innings in his second start of the spring for Detroit. Jackson had two of the Tigers' 15 hits. Castellanos, the Tigers' top prospect, is not likely to earn a spot on Opening Day, but the former first-round draft pick and left fielder continues to impress with six hits in nine at bats. Sam Fuld, coming off an injury-marred 2012, hit a two-run triple for Tampa Bay. Reigning AL MVP Miguel Cabrera contributed two hits for the Tigers, including an RBI double.
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By Richie Coughlan, Head Instructor, TOURAcademy TPC San Antonio
With more than 6 inches of rain having fallen on Merion Golf Club over the past week, including Thursday's most recent deluge, players might have yet another challenge awaiting them this weekend as the fairways dry out and intensify — mud balls. As the ground hardens and becomes sticky, the ball is less likely to plug and more inclined to pick up some mud. This makes controlling the golf ball next to impossible.
Graeme McDowell, the 2010 U.S. Open champion, was already lamenting the possibility of mud balls prior to the start of the tournament, saying, "I think mud balls are a problem. I think they're unfair. Golf is designed to be played from a closely mown fairway. If you hit in the fairway you deserve a great line and a great opportunity to attack the green surface."
The trouble with mud on the ball is that it completely changes the aerodynamics of the ball, particularly the spin axis of the ball. The dimples responsible for making the ball fly and keeping it on its intended flight pattern get covered in mud, which affects the air flow over the ball. This essentially throws the ball off balance, so that you have no control over how it spins and where it goes. It's as if you were flying an airplane and you suddenly lost half a wing—you're not going to have any control over the plane at that point. As soon as you make contact with the ball, you're just hoping for the best. It doesn't matter how good a swing you put on it, the ball will do what it wants.
The USGA is not one to implement the lift, clean and place provision during the U.S. Open, so unless the ball is embedded in its own pitch mark, golfers will not have the opportunity to clean the golf ball and will have to play it as it lies. Mud balls were a big issue in the 2009 U.S. Open at Bethpage Black, which was also plagued by heavy rains.
"I'm hoping a mud ball doesn't decide the tournament come the weekend," McDowell said.
Mud affects the starting direction of the ball and how much sidespin it has moreso than it does backspin. This is why it's so disconcerting for a TOUR player, who's almost always trying to shape the ball into the greens from left to right or right to left. Generally, when there's mud on the left side of the ball, it's going to pitch the ball to the right and make it spin more in that direction. Conversely, if the mud is on the right side of the ball, it's going to start left and stay left. Therefore, if you like to draw the ball and there's mud on the left side of your ball, you need to rethink your strategy (i.e., aim well left of your intended target and swing left, to account for the sidespin), or go ahead and hit your stock shot and pray that the mud doesn't make a mess of it. As soon as the ball leaves the face, you're playing roulette — it could draw back to the target, as you planned, or it could travel so far to the right that you're playing your next shot from the adjacent county.
Your short irons won't be impacted as much by the mud because you're not producing as much clubhead speed and ball speed as you are with your longer clubs; hence, the ball is less likely to spin offline. (The higher the ball speed, the greater the amount of sidespin.) Also, depending on how soft the mud is, you'll create more backspin with a pitching wedge — i.e., more revolutions of the ball — which will knock the mud off.
If you're just off the green in the fringe and you see mud on your ball, consider bumping the ball along the ground using your 7- or 8-iron instead of putting. If mud gets between the ball and the putterface, it can really affect the speed of the ball and cause you to come up much shorter than expected. You'll make much better contact using a more-lofted club and hitting slightly down on the ball. Should you decide to putt it, use your chipping technique — ball slightly back of center, shaft leaning forward, hands forward—and hit the ball a little harder than normal.
Richie Coughlan is Head Instructor at TOURAcademy TPC San Antonio. A native of Ireland, Coughlan played for several years on the PGA TOUR and Nationwide TOUR (now the Web.com TOUR). To book a lesson or learn more about the TOURAcademy Golf Schools, go to www.touracademy.com


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Albany -- Albany Police say reports of shoplifting at the stores at the Albany Mall are growing. Police Chief James Younger told city commissioners in response he is going to increase the Police Presence at the Mall. Store managers say they welcome the help combating shoplifters.
Sears Store General Manager Brian Flinn says shoplifting is a daily battle. said "It's a big problem. It's part of doing business, and we have to combat everyday."
Flinn says thieves are a major problem for every retailer, especially at the Mall. But lately shoplifters have been a bigger problem. Flinn said "they are becoming bolder and bolder on what they are willing to pick up. So we have to be more creative on how we are going to combat that."
Sears have a sophisticated camera system to watch for thieves. But Flinn said many shoplifters now are just grabbing items and running out the door. And they are taking almost any item. Flinn said "bedding,hardware, electronics, clothing, there is really no method to the madness on what they get."
And Flinn said the value of the items being stolen are higher. Flinn said "You add it up over each day, and in a year's time it adds up to a lot of money." And that cost gets passed on to you and all other customers, through higher prices to pay for those stolen goods.
Flinn said he welcomes news of an increased Police Presence promised by the Chief. Flinn said "I love it. I like to be able to tell our customers that they can feel safe coming to the Mall. That the Police are here to help us."
Sears says shoplifters keep coming up with new ideas, so they have to adapt everyday in their fight against thieves, and they welcome all help in that battle.
Albany Police could not provide any figures on how much shoplifting has increased at the Mall.
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Julia… It is you.
So…I kinda ship them?
Kalia (Kali/Julia) or Kannifer (Kali/Jennifer)?
How should we call this ship?
I can't believe I made all these gifs. I'm generally bad at them and I worked hard for these. I just, I wanted to do this. I've seen a lot of awesome gifsets around tumblr and, apparently, my brain had decided it was time for me to begin making gifsets.
Hope someone out there likes this.
Kake. I was all Kalia but hey I can get behind Kake. That sounds a lot like a name I used to know.
Kali + Jennifer = KaliFer / 'Kalifer' ? at least that's what I've seen.
I think the ship needs a new name… the kake tag is filled with actual pastries.


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Diagrams is a UK band made up of Sam Genders (previously of Tunng and The Accidental) and an occasionally rotating collective of musicians.
Diagrams have released a 5 track E.P. called Diagrams (2011) and an album called Black Light (2012) on the label Full Time Hobby, both of which were made with producer Mark Brydon in his Rubber Duck studios next to a canal and a garden on the Kensal Road in London.


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Unfortunately, he didn't say what the timeframe for this is.
Hear me out: If we remove the visa requirement for Brazilian tourists, it's logical to assume that the number of visitors from Brazil to the US will increase. While that might lead to initial increase in the cost of visiting as more people try to get on the same number of flights, eventually, airlines will add more flights, more Brazilians will become familiar with the trip and learn how to find deals, etc., and the average cost of visiting the US will come down.
With increased trade between the US and Brazil as a result of the visa requirement going away, standards of living in Brazil might rise, accelerating the growth of its middle class. That, coupled with price decreases, would mean more people could afford to make the trip.
Third, without a visa requirement, getting to the US becomes as simple as booking a trip. No more bureaucratic hassles. That eliminates one of the huge reasons for booking through a tour group - you'll no longer need a pro to help you through the process.
Add it all up, and under this scenario, it's quite likely that more Brazilian families would have the means and the ability to visit the US as a family, instead of only sending the kids through a tour group. (The family could afford the extra tickets, and wouldn't need the assistance of tour operators to get visas and make arrangements.) So, in the long run, we could see more Brazilian teens visiting, but under the guidance of their parents, instead lumped in with dozens of other teens in barely supervised tour groups.
Just me supposing here, but the scenario makes sense to me. What do you think?
Just my 2 cents. Written on my phone, please excuse any typos.
Tour operators in Brazil don't help in the process to obtain an US Visa. The US Consulate requires personal presence of each one, even if it is someone, like me, that have already been 40 times to USA.
Most people that choose to go with a group do that because they don't speak English.
Up to middle 2013 there will not be a significant increase in Brazilian visitors because no more flights US-Brazil will be allowed. After that date, there will be a significant increase in the number of flights, a process that will end after 5 years when a free skies agreement will begin. Then, market, not government, will determine the amount of flights.


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Some 75,000 Department of Defense employees will face up to 11 days
of furlough beginning July 8, due to automatic budget cuts mandated by
the sequester.
Fort Gordon, here in Augusta, is no exception.
More than 3000 civilian paychecks are to be cut.
furlough is tough and I really think there's no way to make that
easier," said Peggy Seigler, Vice President of Sales and Marketing at
the Augusta Convention and Visitors Bureau. "I think that if we can show
community support for the people that are going through that process,
maybe that might make it a little easier."
The Augusta Convention and Visitor Bureau said it hopes to make it easier by offering discounts for those employees.
convention and visitors bureau was part of a larger meeting where the
furlough was discussed and my boss said, you know what, I bet there's
something even as small as this that we can do for those people to maybe
make this summer not so hard," Seigler said.
The discounts range
from a percentage off a tour of the Boyhood Home of Woodrow Wilson to a
buy-one-get-from free ticket for a boat tour.
"The department of
defense is a very important part of this community and it's kind of hand
'em a lemon and make lemonade," said Rebecca Rogers, marketing director
for the Augusta National Heritage Area. "We'd love for people to come
and see us and get to know the community. They maybe not have as much
money but now they have a little bit more time."
The offers are valid from July 1 to September 30th and will apply to up to 3 family members or guests.
In response to the Federal budget sequestration furloughs of Department of Defense (DOD) employees at Fort Gordon, the Augusta Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB), in conjunction with local tourism partners, has developed a plan to offer special discounts to DOD employees.
Because many employees will now have additional free time, but limited disposable income, the Augusta CVB is securing special discount offers from several local events, attractions and hotels. In addition to the discount program, the Augusta CVB has compiled a calendar of free events happening during the furlough period.
"Augusta offers a wealth of attractions and events for the local community to enjoy," said Augusta CVB President and CEO Barry White. "We recognize the valuable impact that Fort Gordon has on our community, and we hope the employees and their families will take advantage of these many opportunities."
The offers will be valid from July 1-September 30, 2013 and will apply to the employee and up to 3 family members/guests, unless otherwise noted. Employees will be required to present their DOD identification to receive the discount. Some of the available discounts include:
Augusta Canal Discovery Center - Buy any one-hour Petersburg Boat tour ticket and get one free ($12.50 value).
Boyhood Home of President Woodrow Wilson - $1 off regular admission (25% savings).
Clarion Suites Hotel - $49+tax for a double or king suite. Rate includes hot breakfast buffet, manager's reception with two complimentary drinks, free wireless internet and outdoor pool. Valid July 1-September 1 only.
Historic Augusta Trolley Tour - $3 off tour tickets (20% off).
Soul City Sirens - $8 general admission tickets for home bouts on July 14, August 11 and September 29 ($7 savings).
Westobou Festival - 10% off advanced tickets. Tickets must be purchased in-person at the Westobou office (965 Broad Street). Not valid online.
The Augusta CVB is the official destination marketing organization for the City of Augusta, attracting visitors and fostering destination development to enhance the economic growth of our region. For more information and a complete listing of special offers, please visit AugustaGA.org/DOD-Offers or call 706.823.6600.
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Traveling in a remote area of West Africa in 2011, Luke Broyles, then 12, wouldn't let anything — not the dust, dry heat nor fear of malaria — distract him from making his movie about the dire need for water in a small desert village.
For one scene, his mother, Donna, held his legs as he leaned out the window of a moving tour bus, holding a video camera upside down from an extension pole.
For another, Luke stood alone on top of a parked bus to capture scenes of life in the village in Mali. He also interviewed village leaders with the aid of a translator.
Luke's documentary, "G," which sounds like the word for water in that area of West Africa, focused on the village's need for the precious resource and earned the young director three film festival awards.
The seventh-grader at Creekside Middle School in Carmel who has built a reputation for making purposeful short films has already earned nearly two dozen awards for his films, The Indianapolis Star reported (http://indy.st/ZFZ0mR ).
And he's just 13.
"I know a lot for 13, but there's a lot more I can know," said Luke, who writes, films, directs, and edits his films with the support of his family and friends.
A premiere was held Saturday in Indianapolis — on Oscars weekend — for "The Creature," Luke's seventh feature film and his first with a sci-fi theme.
The quaint screenings that were once just for family and friends have grown to larger audiences, this past weekend filling the 238-seat auditorium at The Orchard School in Indianapolis.
At the premiere, one of Luke's homemade props, a 3-foot-long alien, was on display. Actors autographed movie posters, fans snapped photos, and a Q&A session with the director followed, much like a Hollywood premiere.
Every year since his first film, Luke has gained a little more fame.
He's earned 20 awards for his films, 16 of them for "Michael," his first documentary about the life of elementary school friend Michael McCarley, who has cerebral palsy. The film, which he submitted at age 11 to the 2010 Heartland Film Festival, was screened as a special presentation during the event's high school film competition. It also received the Schemmel Character Award from the United Cerebral Palsy Association for bringing awareness to the brain and nervous system disorder.
Luke "doesn't get puffed up" when he receives awards, his father, Tim, said, but rather sees the recognition as "more an affirmation that what he's doing is good," and it encourages him to do the next film.
"Michael was a good film that told a story," said Tim Irwin, artistic director for Heartland Truly Moving Pictures, which holds the Heartland Film Festival each fall in Indianapolis. "Michael" is one of three films Luke has submitted for the festival, and he is an avid attendee of the festival's screenings and movie-making seminars.
"Luke is atypical. You don't see a lot of kids that have the drive and the support to be able to make short films the way he does," Irwin said of Luke, the festival's youngest filmmaker. "He's focused on something greater and deeper than just the mundane."
Luke acknowledged he's more focused than most kids his age. He doesn't like making home movies, watching what he says are silly YouTube videos or playing video games. And he doesn't play sports.
He's an only child. He gets good grades in school. He's focused and more observant than most his age. His sixth-grade teacher, Sheri Seifert, calls Luke "conscientious and diligent in any tasks he undertakes."
The boy who wants to make a career of filmmaking feeds his creativity by watching the behind-the scenes featurettes that are often included with DVD movies. His filmmaking career began at age 6, when he was drawn to filmmaking after seeing the dinosaur adventure "Jurassic Park."
"I was a little guarded because he was so young. Then we saw the ideas he had, and we just let him go for it," Luke's mother, Donna, a floral designer, said.
Luke writes his own storylines. He makes his own props. He recruits and stages his actors from the local community. He edits movie sequences using an iMovie app on an iMac computer that he got for his 10th birthday.
For his movie, "Creature," Luke created his "alien" by adding special effects latex and coloring to his own plaster casting mold. Many of the actors in the movie worship with Luke at the Church at the Crossing on Indianapolis' Far Northside, where his father is the pastor of welcoming ministries.
Costs to make Luke's feature films range anywhere from $300 to $3,000, mostly paid for through donations and, more recently, sponsors. He makes commercials for local businesses, using the earnings to cover the cost of his premieres, fund his next projects and sometimes donate to a charity that he selects. Three of his commercials have also aired on local TV.
A segment from "The Creature" premiere will be shown as a special presentation Saturday during the Envision Film Festival, open to high school and college students at Taylor University in Upland. It's the fourth year he's shown his films at the festival, though the work isn't eligible for the competition.
Luke's dad said: "We just kind of follow his dream whenever he wants to try something. We just keep saying 'yes.'"
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Ok the title of the post may be a little misleading because technically you cannot fluently map stored procedures, but you can still use the NHibernate configuration files to complement your fluent mappings with named query's (calls on stored procedures). A while ago I investigated how much work would be involved when making a migration from an ADO.NET to a NHibernate data access implementation whilst slowly swapping out stored procedures to use LINQ 2 NHibernate. Although this example only shows a few simple read operation's even more complex operations are relatively straight forwards to migrate.
Here is an example of how do fluently map a class as well as map stored procedures.
Below is a method that creates an ISessionFactory you can see the usual call to create the mappings fluently from the specified assembly, and you can see we can also add Hbm Mappings for the QuestionGroup class.
using FluentNHibernate.Cfg; using FluentNHibernate.Cfg.Db; using NHibernate; using Domain; namespace Data.Helpers { public class SessionFactory { public ISessionFactory CreateSessionFactory(string ConnectionString) { return Fluently.Configure() .Database(MsSqlConfiguration.MsSql2005 .ConnectionString( C => C.Is(ConnectionString))) .Mappings(M => M.FluentMappings.AddFromAssemblyOf<SessionFactory>()) .Mappings(M => M.HbmMappings.AddClasses(typeof(QuestionGroup))) .BuildSessionFactory(); } } }
I have a QuestionGroupMap class that takes care of mapping the properties and entities of the QuestionGroup class but I have an additional QuestionGroup.hbm file which defines two stored procedures which then can be called by NHibernate.
using Domain; using FluentNHibernate.Mapping; namespace Data.Mappings { public class QuestionGroupMap : ClassMap<QuestionGroup> { public QuestionGroupMap() { Id(X => X.QuestionGroupId).GeneratedBy.Identity(); Map(X => X.QuestionGroupDescription); Map(X => X.IsActive); HasMany(X => X.Questions).Cascade.All().Inverse().KeyColumnNames.Add("QuestionGroupId"); } } }
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> <hibernate-mapping xmlns="urn:nhibernate-mapping-2.2"> <sql-query name="Select_All_Question_Groups"> <return alias="QuestionGroup" class="Domain.QuestionGroup, Domain"> <return-property name="QuestionGroupId" column="QuestionGroupId"></return-property> <return-property name="QuestionGroupDescription" column="QuestionGroupDescription"></return-property> <return-property name="IsActive" column="IsActive"></return-property> </return> exec Select_All_Question_Groups </sql-query> <sql-query name="Select_Question_Group"> <return alias="QuestionGroup" class="Domain.QuestionGroup, Domain"></return> exec Select_Question_Group @QuestionGroupId=:QuestionGroupId </sql-query> </hibernate-mapping>
Below shows how the stored procedures are then called in the data access layer (I have added the commented out LINQ 2 NHibernate implementation as well for reference). This is great because as soon as you swap out the stored procedure and use LINQ you get testability for free (see my other post ).
public IQueryable<QuestionGroup> SelectAll() { //return from questionGroup in Session.Linq<QuestionGroup>() // select questionGroup; return Session .GetNamedQuery("Select_All_Question_Groups") .List<QuestionGroup>().AsQueryable(); }
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Venue Review: Vida Mexican Kitchen y Cantina
The Charlotte Observer
210 E. Trade St. at EpiCentre
What's best about Vida is that it's smart.
Smart look, smart service and a really smart menu: diverse in both price and degree of innovation, meaning uncommon dishes share space with familiar ones.
Add to those a plethora of tequilas and a 100-calorie margarita (note: I abhor this concept, but it's still smart), and you've got something for just about anyone.
Best in show on our visits goes to perfectly turned out pork green chile stew: big, tender chunks of pork in a near-puree of green chiles, served with a good, warm flour tortilla, plus avocado and lime, plus two sides. Seated at a booth amid handsome wood walls and art glass lights, with a stylish night view of uptown, you're not expecting a big bowl of good for 11 bucks. Or at least I'm not, these days.
So this is refreshing. So is the fact that servers work to be friendly, help each other and are well-educated about the fare.
You can certainly spend more: Filet mignon topped with poblano pesto and cheese (a chef favorite) goes for $25, surf and turf tacos use filet and butter-poached lobster tail for $24, and enchiladas with lump crab and shrimp cost $18.
But I'd suggest making a study of tequilas instead, given the place not only has an impressive list but offers flights as well. The less adventurous could go for a Millionaire's Margarita, which includes Corzo blanco and enough Grand Marnier that that's all you taste, for $15.
You can peruse the drink list in the bottle-decorated bar, or on the nook of a patio overlooking the corner of College and Trade. But those are significantly louder than the dining area, which is segmented into booths. (The Latino-infused playlist - "Chain of Fools"? Really? - still reverberates, but not as much.)
Other winning dishes: an upscale carne asada, grilled to order, sliced and layered attractively; salmon with a fruit sauce whose name means "tablecloth stainer") and carnitas (which chef/partner Chris Swinyard calls "an old-style Mexican grandma recipe, with orange, cinnamon, a little milk... then lard and frying it again: It's everything you don't want to hear about... and all kinds of yummy"). Indeed.
Don't miss the side of ripe plantain and black bean mash: Pretty, it ain't, but delicious. Guacamole is made tableside, offering diners the option of skipping onions, jalapenos and/or cilantro (though you shouldn't). I've never quite understood tableside guac allure. Diners tend not to interact, and it's not as if it's a showy process. But at least offering diners options makes some sense.
Disappointing: chicken crusted with red chiles and pecans (tough) and ceviche of lump crab and shrimp in which the latter had gone considerably past tender.
Everything's served up with a generous hand, so plan on sharing or toting boxes. Desserts, particularly, were oversized; the banana-heavy version of tres leches cake was huge.
Swinyard says the place has seen about 30 percent more volume than he and partner Sean O'Brien anticipated, which is good and bad: "We're adjusting. We're learning and moving forward."
His resume includes exec chef work at Red Sage in Washington D.C. and Dean & Deluca in New York City, while O'Brien was managing partner at Charlotte's Capital Grille for more than a decade.
Their experience and seasoning show. Vida's good, and I expect it will improve.
From the look to the service to the menu and - of course - the food, Vida does it all well.(Full review)