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Speak up or shop until your Commissary benefits are dropped
Growing up, the Commissary was just the store we went to where I got to push the cart and be denied candy. At the time I didn't understand that there was a benefit to shopping there, but as an adult (an adult without military privileges) I understand just how much you can save by shopping at the Commissary instead of the local Safeway.
Military families that shop at the Commissary save up to 30% more on their grocery bill than civilian families, however, these savings are in jeopardy. In a measure to cut spending, Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) has suggested cutting the $1.5 billion subsidy the Department of Defense spends on Commissary operating costs. In addition to possibly losing the subsidy, military families' Commissary benefits could also be affected by looming sequestration cuts should debt agreements not be reached by January 2nd. That's just three weeks away! With government funding cut by 9.4%, prices could be raised, hours could be restricted, and staff could be reduced in order to absorb some of the shock.
Many families value the Commissary's savings so much that they are already willing to drive over an hour a few times a month to stock up on groceries. Families overseas are able to purchase favorites from back home without having to pay import prices.
Here's what other military families have been saying:
"Commissary privileges are a valued asset to the military way of life. We need the subsidy and without it, it would make for a hardship on many of our lower enlisted soldiers and their Families."
"Please be considerate when looking at our commissary benefit. There are bases across the country that without a commissary service members and dependents would be driving for 30 minutes or more to buy groceries at higher prices."
"Support our military and our military benefits, which are so important to the morale and welfare of all those who serve and go into harm's way. Veterans depend on their military benefits and have fought to defend our country. Our military deserve the very best as they give their very best to defend our country."
Now's the time to speak up—contact your member of Congress (House and Senate) and let them know what the Commissary benefit means to you.
Military families, how would your life be affected if your Commissary benefits were altered?
Posted by Maranatha Bivens, Communications Editor
at the National Military Family Association
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Even as a widow having to drive 120 miles to get to the Base, I still save a lot of money by shopping at the commissary. I get to go 1-2 times a month and it is well worth it for me. I would have to drive 50 miles in the other direction to get to the nearest store for groceries and then have to spend twice as much. I would not be able to buy as much stuff as I need.
I hope that this is not one of their budget cuts.
I have shopped at the commissary for the last 17 years, most of this has been here in California. In the last year I have noticed a huge cost increase in the cost of all products there. With this increase plus the surcharge added to the bill, it is nolonger cost effective to do all my shopping there. A large portion is now done in town, where I am not charged taxes or a surcharge and can earn points for reduced gas.
This one benfit as a recently retired famiy would like to keep. I still save money going to the commissary and for those familes who live overseas it is a must. Like living in Hawaii where a gallon of milk out in town is $9 and in the commissary is $4. It is a benefit that should remain!!!!
I personally find it cost more to go to the Commissary. Meat definitely cost me more. I know that can depend on what meant you buy, but what I use is always cheaper at my local, then I use my rewards card and save even more. The few times I have been the fruit and veg isn't as fresh as it is at my local and even with the tax, Its less then the surcharge that is applied to the overall total value of each commissary purchases. I think its 5 or 6%.
I think its more of a habit for many and its been drilled into them that is is cheaper, because it truly once was. I wish I could see this so-called 33% savings because I end up paying more when I shop off base.
The commissary must be hands off as one of the principle targets regarding budget cuts. Every time I shop at the commissary, I see young mothers and fathers buying formula and gallons of milk and diapers for young children and I am reminded of how I did the same almost 25 years ago. This is where we purchase fresh fruits and vegetables within our already restricted budgets, but can still sample exotic fruits from countries we have never been to. This is where we expose our children to new tastes and smells in the culinary world, other than the local 'Wally World' when you are a young enlisted family living in what seems to be the edge of no where. The commissary is not only a reasonably priced store to shop at but the safest place for a military family! I place my family's health and safety and economic resources high on the list of priorities and I feel that Washington should start doing the same. The tax (or surcharge) is the same as it is out in (my) town so why wouldn't I use my commissary as an earned benefit?
I am: 1. Safer. 2. It is cleaner. 3. It is closer for me. 4. The food is fresher and I have more choices. 5. You CANNOT beat the truckload sales anywhere!
We have run the comparisons and what I pay $120.00 for at the commissary I spend $189+ for out in town and I usually have to go to two stores for. I have not even factored in my gas.
I agree with neriumgirl. Our family truly appreciates the value and service provided by our commissary. It is far and above cleaner and safer than our local Wally World, and has much better prices and selection that our local supermarkets. I always find meat and produce cheaper and of higher quality at the commissary than anywhere else (and I am a comparison shopper). For us, the surcharge is no more costly than paying sales tax. We don't have to wait in ridiculously long lines, and living near the base makes the commissary convenient, a major plus when your base is way out of town. I take advantage of the case lot sales, as well. All around, the commissary is a great benefit for this military family.
I also find that it costs me more to shop at the commissary. Especially when I live in places like Delaware, where there is no sales tax. I also find it absolutely deplorable that on the 1st and 15th of each month (those hi-tech digital shelf prices make it as easy as a click of a button) the Shaw AFB Commissary raises prices on things like bread, sandwich meat, cheese, and dairy (just a few that we noticed). When a complaint was lodged with the manager he replied "We can't control what the supplier charges us, and when they raise our cost, we raise yours." When I am stateside, you will no longer find me in any commissary.
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One of the most awaited moments (and there's a lot of competition) in The Nutcracker is the Grand Pas de deux in Act II: visually stunning, musically gorgeous. It is part of the entertainments in the Kingdom of Sweets to reward Clara for her help in saving the life of the Nutcracker and defeating the Mouse King, and comes after a series of divertissements that includes the famous Arabian Dance, Chinese Dance, Dance of the Mirlitons (little flutes) and the Waltz of the Flowers.
A pas de deux is a centrepiece that allows two star dancers to shine with their technique, communication of emotion and especially their partnering – the sympathetic way they respond to each other. In classical ballets the pas de deux is usually for a male and female principal (and thus in the story so often between two lovers): here it is the Sugar Plum Fairy and her Prince. There is a general pattern for a classical pas de deux. First the two soloists enter and dance a slow section together (the Adagio), then they each have a solo number (called a Variation) and finally they dance together in a spectacular and usually fast conclusion (the Coda). Essential elements of the whole form draw on contrasts between the different sections in the choreography, characterization and, of course, the music. So how is this all shown in Act II of The Nutcracker?
For the first section, the choreographer Petipa asked the composer Tchaikovsky for 'an adagio intended to produce a colossal impression' – which is just what Tchaikovsky delivered. After a few chords of introduction, and unexpectedly in the middle of a bar, a striking and soulful cello melody begins, little more than a descending scale. Tchaikovsky transforms this unlikely material into a powerfully expressive melody, using repetitions matched with increasingly full and intense orchestration. The choreography focuses on the beauty of the line of the two solo dancers, treated as one as they flow gracefully into a series of momentary striking images of beautiful shapes and gravity-defying lifts and balances.
The Variation for the Prince is musically almost understated at the start, a quiet tarantella. The twisting and hopping quality of the melody is paired with choreography that seems equally understated in making a series of impressive and vigorous jumps and leaps seem effortless. Leaving the ground and occupying the air with total ease is a very hard thing to do indeed!
Next, the Sugar Plum Fairy has her Variation, which contrasts the Prince by showing lightness in contact with the ground through her beautifully precise and delicate movements, poised on pointe. Petipa asked here for music that sounded 'as if drops of water were shooting out of fountains', and Tchaikovsky matched this description superbly to the sounds of the celesta, the solo instrument that has helped make this one of the most immediately recognizable of all pieces of Tchaikovsky ballet music.
To finish, the two dancers come back together for a shared flourish of agility, supported by wonderfully vigorous and assertive music – marked to be played allegro assai (very fast). Over steady chords sails a catchy, flowing melody that breaks out into furious runs of scales and then decorative figures and trills, capturing perfectly the energy and speed of the dancers. At the end, the Sugar Plum Fairy is in the arms of her Prince once more – and the whole joyful Grand Pas de deux becomes a summary of how choreography, superb technique, wonderful music and the thrill of performance can make ballet so extraordinary and uplifting.
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How do I get my Mac to boot from an Ubuntu USB key?
I know this has been discussed over and over but I still cannot run Ubuntu on a USB stick.
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Time and time again I see how institutions portray long lists of requirements for candidates. Sometimes there is even a mention of how they want candidates who can work with technology and electronic environments - which, in other words, is really whether candidates are able to work with the institution's LMS and other means of internal communication platforms. Never do I see mentions of one's approaches to digital literacies. Never do I hear questions regarding digital citizenship and learners.
At times I also see how being able to use an institution's LMS and communication platforms seem to be the one and only skill understood as being able to work with technology. Which begs the question - what about learners using digital tools for learning? What about digital writing and its implications for learning?
In regard to a report on Digital Literacy, Maha Bali poses the following question:
"(...) Who is going to champion students in their use of these tools in critical and creative ways? Don't we need teachers with digital literacies to do so, or support and consultation on helping teachers develop these literacies themselves? The "Literacy Across Disciplines" section does call for curricular integration but there is no advice on how to do that – it simply says "In some ways, digital literacy as curriculum is the most ambitious version of digital literacy as implementing it requires a broad-ranging curricular redesign". This is not enough. We will need people to enact changes of this scale. People with skills yes, but more importantly, people who have an understanding and respect for the complexity surrounding the relationship between digital literacies and digital tools."
Oddly enough, it is those skills which never seem to be touched upon in many recruitment processes. Equally baffling to me is how the discussion of digital writing is often left unspoken, as if it is something taken for granted - yet not always understood. As Sean Michael Morris points out:
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These are the skills that will be called upon when learners join the workplace. These are skills not for tomorrow but for today.
Digital media fluencies are an integral part of our lives today and of our students' learning process - learning not only from a restricted syllabus in a classroom, but learning with everything which surrounds us, and that includes the digital world. Especially the digital world.
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Nevertheless, these are conversations which I rarely see invited and open- other than on the web. I am left with questions, wondering about those long lists of requirements which do not include the world of today nor the needs and interests of our students. I am left wondering about the true contemporary dynamics of educational institutions who understand the practice of digital technologies as the ability to use their moodles and internal communication platforms only.
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When you think ICBM, things get Freudian—a long, slender missile erupting from an underground silo or submarine bay, gliding upwards. You probably don't consider a giant missile dumped from the back of a plane. The Air Force did.
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It was both charming and somewhat ironic that the unintended theme which emerged from the dedication of the Bluff Fort Cooperative store was … cooperation.
In remarks given before his dedicatory prayer, Elder Marcus B. Nash, a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, made the observation, "As I talked to people and thanked them for their part in creating this wonderful site, they said, 'Oh, it's not me — it's these other people'."
Indeed, it has taken the cooperation of many people to bring the Bluff Fort to this point. It began with the "intrepid" pioneers, as Elder Nash referred to them, who responded to the call by Church leaders to settle what Bob McPherson, another dedicatory speaker, referred to as "the dark corner"—a lawless "place where people could disappear". Their assignment was to bring civilization to the area and make friends with the indigenous Navajo and Ute tribes.
In a misguided effort at contriving a shortcut, those pioneers' intended six week journey turned into six months of hard labor, uncertainty, and deprivation. However, the spirit of cooperation prevailed and, as one of the founding fathers, Kumen Jones, recorded in his journal, when the decision to go forward with building a road through the Hole-in-the-Rock was made, "All was good cheer and hustle."
That same spirit has prevailed as the Bluff Fort has been recreated over the past 16 years. At the dedication ceremony for the newly completed Co-op store, Corinne Roring was given a standing ovation before she even began speaking.
Local Utah Daughters of Pioneers Camp Captain, Trudy de Angelis, and UDP Utah President Maurine Smith, presented Corinne with a ring containing four large keys, representing vision, dedication, elbow grease and stickie-ta-tudy, the keys to her success in accomplishing what she has done at the fort. President Smith also gave her a pin of the state symbol for industry, the beehive, suggesting that Corinne is the "queen bee" of this particular hive of activity.
In his "Who da" (who'd have thought) history lesson on the Bluff Cooperative Store, Bob McPherson said it was a private enterprise at a time in Utah when many cooperative efforts were church-owned.
The business provided not only a store, but a bank, post office, and community hall. He said that in the first five months of operation, it returned a five percent dividend, increasing to 25 percent by the end of the first year.
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The co-op, with its cattle and sheep herds, were largely the reason Bluff became such a wealthy community. The co-op also provided goods to gold seekers who passed through Bluff, some eyewitnesses suggesting at the rate of 1,000 men a day. Boats for floating the San Juan River became a high-priced item the co-op built and sold.
According to 1908 military records, the co-op served 65 Ute people and 950 adult Navajos, only half of whom lived within a 90-mile radius, indicating the Natives satisfaction with the store.
When Corinne Roring decided to do what she could to restore Bluff Fort, she discovered many people who were willing to volunteer time and resources, including brothers Grant and Graig Taylor, who have been with the project from the beginning. (They are great grandsons of George Hobbs, one of the scouts who helped explore the trail from the Colorado River to Bluff).
Another key player has been Lamont Crabtree, who has worked with communities at both ends of the Hole-in-the-Rock to mark and preserve the trail. Over the years, inspired foundation board members and many very talented, selfless, and dedicated volunteers have come and gone, but because everyone has cooperated and held to a common vision, they have turned dreams into reality.
Derek B. Miller, Governor Herbert's Chief of Staff, said, "The pioneers left us with something better than what they started with; and that is our responsibility, too, to leave the world a better place than what we found."
Speaking of the past year's unprecedented 40,000 visitors, (Emeritus) Bishop Keith B. McMullin said, "This is but a prelude of what is to come. People are yearning for something they cannot find at home. They are anxious to find values and a sense of community, and so they will come here. They will come to Utah and find what they are seeking, for we have it in abundance.
"The history of Bluff, and Blanding, and Monticello has not yet been written. The past has simply laid the groundwork for something in the future."
His thoughts were echoed by Elder Nash, who said, "The miracles we have seen in the past are only prelude to what we will see in the future."
In the dedicatory prayer, Elder Nash spoke of "this place made sacred by the sacrifices of so many" and dedicated it "as a place of peace, reflection, learning, and remembering", where "families may be strengthened and peace and harmony abound."


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Reading the Legislative Analyst's Office report on the budget enacted earlier this fall is sobering. While that budget was derided as a phony house of cards, it's actually much worse than that.
Most reporting on the budget focuses on the state's general fund. But, as the LAO makes clear, the steep decline in the general fund (from $103 billion in 2007-08 to $86.6 billion in this plan) is partially off-set by a shift to special funds. Spending in those funds is budgeted to be roughly one-third higher ($7.5 billion), as a result of shifts in health and transportation funding. If this sort of shifting and accouting sounds familiar to you, it's because it is. Companies like Enron created outside entities and accounts to hide liabilities.
Why the shifts? Because the state is no longer able to balance its general fund budget. The year-end general fund deficit for the 2009-2010 fiscal year was $6.3 billion, which the legislature and governor are paying for by, among other tactics, assuming $1.2 billion from the one-time sales of 11 staet properties and by counting on $5.4 billion in money from the federal government. (only $1.3 billion of which has been approved).
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Robinson bought a 1986 Honda VFR750 on Craigslist, got it running and then entered it in Bonneville's Run-Whatcha-Brung class. But are two wheels enough to inspire true salt fever? It is, if you ask some of the moto regulars who inhabit the flats, which Robinson does.
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Day 1 was perfectly beautiful — for a while. We started climbing the east entrance to the Colorado National Monument in soft early morning sunshine after a big sendoff from tour director Chandler Smith and Grand Junction Mayor Teresa Coons with a guest appearance by candy czar Doug Simons as the American flag. But when we stopped at the first rest area, we noticed a menacing black cloud creeping over the southwest part of the monument.
We ride this almost weekly because it is in our Grand Junction backyard: We knew that was a bad-news cloud. We hightailed it on over the monument with that cloud chasing us all the way. We lucked out with only some stinging rain on the descent. Those behind us were hailed on, drenched and frozen. Monument superintendent Joan Anzelmo estimated that about 1,000 riders had to take shelter in the visitor center where the cold ones shivered together and the hypothermic ones were stripped of their wet clothes, wrapped in blankets and warmed up in the monument's theater.
Dale Harken, of Denver, who was driving the monument rather than riding it because of a torn Achilles, said there was a half inch of hail on the road in places. He saw riders huddled under trees and rocks trying to avoid a hail pummeling.
I was patting myself on the back for missing all that when the skies broke open between Fruita and Grand Junction. Even in a rain jacket and rain pants I was a soaked mess. And I was cussing the vagaries of weather when the sun popped up just when we were cruising into Mesa State College and shelter.
Anzelmo said, hail balls aside, getting 2,000 cyclists over the monument without mishap on the 25th year of RTR and the coming 100th birthday of the monument was a great convergence of anniversaries "in a magical place." She is so right.


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Employers advertised fewer jobs in December and cut back on hiring, suggesting many were cautious at the end of the year.
Job openings dropped 4.6 percent in December from November to 3.62 million, the Labor Department said Tuesday. November's openings were revised higher.
Employers hired 4.2 million people, a 4.8 percent drop and the fewest in a year.
One positive sign: Employers cut just 1.57 million jobs, the fewest layoffs on records dating back to 2001.
Still, those looking for work face stiff competition. About 12.2 million people were unemployed in December. That means there were 3.4 unemployed people, on average, competing for each open job. In a healthy economy, the ratio is roughly 2 to 1.
The Job Openings and Labor Turnover survey, also known as JOLTS, calculates total hiring, layoffs and quits. That's different from the department's monthly jobs report, which measures the unemployment rate and net hiring. Net hiring is total hiring minus layoffs, quits and other separations.
The JOLTS data will likely be revised significantly next month based on comprehensive tax records. Similar revisions were made to the government's monthly employment report and showed much stronger hiring at the end of last year.
Employers added 196,000 net jobs in December and 157,000 in January. Job gains averaged 200,000 in the three months ending in January, up from a monthly average of 154,000 in the prior three months.
The unemployment rate, which is calculated from a separate survey of households, rose to 7.9 percent last month.
Some employers may have held off from posting jobs or hiring workers in December because of looming tax increases and government spending cuts. Congress and the White House reached a deal on Jan. 1 to prevent income taxes from rising for most Americans and postponed the spending cuts for two months.


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The red carpet may have been intended for the arrival of the wedding party, but it had nothing on the real warm welcome that greeted us at our weekend retreat.
A typical autumnal day in Lancashire had set in during the final miles of our trip to Lancaster House, so the site of a roaring open log fire in the hotel reception was the perfect welcome to escape the squalls outside.
Warm, glowing and welcoming the centre piece of the entrance hall, with high ceiling and beams and wooden staircase was matched by the friendly and attentive staff who checked us in.
Whether it's learning about the historical importance of the city the hotel gets its name from, or exploring the beauty of the Lune Valley and Forest of Bowland, Lancaster House is ideally located for a weekend of exploring.
But luckily, for the less hardy souls, when the weather is bad the four-star hotel set in the grounds of Lancaster University has enough facilities to take advantage of - none more so than the Sandpiper Health Club. As you would expect the club caters for the more energetic through its fully-equipped gym and swimming pool, or as like me, those who want to a bit of escapism through the range of pampering treatments on offer .
The expert hand of my masseuse soon got to work on all those tension knots that build up from the daily grind as my soothing back and neck message whisked me away from the wind and rain just feet away to a much more tranquil place. As all the stresses seemed to ooze away so did all my cares, as for next half hour or so I indulged in some 'me time'.
After a great night's sleep in the king size bed you could get lost in, a new day dawned, as did a totally different view of the world. Gone was the low grey cloud that had previously blanketed everything out and in its place was the rolling green fields I had expected.
After a short hop in the car a morning or so was spent taking in the splendour of the Lune Valley. While the nearby Lakes and not too distant Yorkshire Dales hog the limelight the Lune Valley is also one of the north's unspoilt gems and just spending a short time here it is easy to appreciate why the area inspired the likes of Wordsworth and Turner .
It's easy to lose a full day immersing yourself in the beauty of the area but we also wanted to see what Lancaster had to offer during our whistle stop tour. Small in size but historically important , Lancaster has more of a town feel to it until you look up and see the castle dominating the skyline.
Penal punishment may not sound the most enthralling way to spend an afternoon but a tour of Lancaster Castle is highly recommended. Here you are told about the near 1,000 history of the landmark, which was Europe's longest-serving operational prison until its closure in 2011.
As you take in the majesty of the court rooms knowledgeable guides talk your through tales of witchcraft, religious persecution and crime and punishment. Visitors are submerged in how Lancaster Castle played host to Pendle Witches trial which saw 13 people hanged for witchcraft in 1612, while between 1584 and 1646, the Lancashire Martyrs trails, which saw 15 Catholics executed because of their faith, were also staged at the castle.
After a full day out and about it was time to satiate our appetites in the Foodworks Restaurant. The play on words somewhat downplays the fayre on offer, which predictably but not incongruously is a celebration of the area - the celebration continuing through the sketches and photographs of Lancashire in days of old on the walls.
However, as interesting as the deconstructed Lancashire hotpot seemed it narrowly missed out when both our eyes happened upon chateaubriand on the menu.
Hard to resist this French classic for two, the attentive waiting staff carve this thick cut of steak in front of you, bringing a real sense of theatre to the table. This theatre continued with every morsel of tender and succulent steak not disappointing as it melted in the mouth.
Lancaster House combines modern surroundings with comfort, especially in the opulent suites which mix a neutral colour palette with the light wood doors which allow guests to enjoy a separate lounge, bedroom and sleek bathroom. And after an action-packed day it was time once gain for some 'me time' as I enjoyed a relaxing soak in the free-standing bath.


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FACETIME- Shea's stadium: Meet Satellite Ballroom's booker
Danny Shea is no high-powered booking agent; he seems to bristle at even being given an official title. To see him behind the counter at Plan 9 Music– where he's worked for 10 years– he might seem to be a typical record store geek.
You'd probably never guess that between raising an 18-month-old daughter, managing Plan 9's Corner location, and hosting a long-running rock show on WTJU, Shea has found time to cobble together a schedule of music that has put the Satellite Ballroom– and Charlottesville– on the map for some of the hottest underground acts in the nation.
Not to mention that he creates many of the shows' fliers from his home studio. So, okay, don't call Shea a booking agent– just don't call him a slacker, either.
Even though he's a novice at booking big bands, Shea is using his experience at the record store as a guide.
"I've been able to establish relationships with a lot of labels," he says. "Pretty early on, I got used to asking for things and not being afraid to be told no."
He estimates that for every show the Ballroom gets, he hears "no" for 12 others.
Nevertheless, the groups that have said "yes" represent a smorgasbord of independent music heavyweights. With acts ranging from underground hip-hop legends Blackalicious to indie-rock demigod and UVA alum David Berman (lead singer of the Silver Jews), Shea is filling the Ballroom with good tunes and grateful local music fans.
Though using the space as a music venue was first hatched by Plan 9 owner Jim Bland, it lay fallow until Michael's Bistro owner Chuck Adcock, a former Plan 9 employee, took over the lease.
Now the Ballroom hosts weekly free movies, private parties, and music shows. Adcock seems happy with the way the concert schedule is shaping up.
"I think Danny Shea's doing a great job, bringing the kind of music that I want to brand the room with," says Adcock. "I'm a lover of indie-rock. I always have been."
Vicky Long– who books shows around Charlottesville through the UVA group Tyrannosaurus Rock– is also excited by the music. "I think it's really necessary," she says. "He believes in it and cares about it."
Shea says that while pretty much everything he's booked has been something he's wanted to see, he tries not to book only his faves, relying more on the buzz he gets from patrons and co-workers at the record store.
"I'm going with what I know," he says. "Not everything I know is what I like. I go with what I have a good gut feeling will work and resonate with people. So far, so good."
The Ballroom seems to fit with the explosive growth of the Charlottesville music scene.
"Charlottesville has had its moments but never like this. It's really weird," says Shea. "It's a ridiculously good place for music. I'm almost honored to have a place in that."
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Hewlett-Packard decided to offer a $50 rebate on its tablet computer, the TouchPad, last week and then followed it up with another $50 discount in hopes of luring consumers away from Apple's iPad.
The second discount, which ended over the weekend, was likely to goose TouchPad sales. However, the discounts don't necessarily signal HP's failure in the tablet wars, according to GigaOm. With such a competitive market, not only from Apple's iPad but also Samsung's Galaxy Tab, HP has to do something to stand out and making a slightly cheaper alternative may be its niche.
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Although the discount was supposed to be over on Sunday, a perusal of Amazon.com showed that the 32 GB TouchPad is still being offered today at a $100 discount.
HP is still making a profit, even at the $100 discount (the 32 GB model costs $318 to create,) but will also continue to sell its products at both a discount and at the manufacturer's suggested retail selling price. HP will make money either way, but will it be enough to get consumers to buy it?


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Variously characterized as the "private land of God," the "land of flowers" and the "diamond" of the subcontinent, the state of Kerala—perched on the southwestern tip of the Indian peninsula—is renowned for breathtaking landscapes and, in contrast to much of South Asia, an uncommonly high standard of living. Despite enjoying India's highest life expectancy and literacy rates, however, Kerala also struggles with staggering numbers of homeless, alcoholics and suicides. The rate at which someone takes his or her own life in Kerala is three times the national average. These blots on an otherwise near-flawless reputation have puzzled researchers for years.
"The rapid economic development has left many people behind and amplified social taboos," photographer Paolo Marchetti tells TIME. "All of these problems are really linked together—single pages of the same book."
In 2009 and 2011, the Italian photojournalist traveled to India, embedding himself in NGO orphanages and mental hospitals, in slums and bars peopled by the most marginalized populations of Kerala, abandoned by family and government. He photographed children born out of wedlock, alcoholics and the (supposed) mentally ill. In the process he captured the complexities inherent in development and, especially, the clash of new opportunities and old traditions.
In Kerala, where reputation rules, "the good name of the family," Marchetti says, "determines one's ability to integrate into society at every level—professional and especially marital. [One's reputation] has to be something clean, something limpid."
Many of the problems he explored, he says, can be traced to the traditional market rules of marriage—essentially an economic transaction managed by the head of the household and one that necessitates proof of a healthy lineage.
"The abandonment of a relative is a common practice, a response to the least manifestation of a mental deficiency or dependence on alcohol," he says, "some little problem, problems that in our society we have every day."
"It's not necessary to be—forgive my word—mad, to be crazy," he adds. "Depression, for instance, this is enough to be abandoned on the streets."
Marchetti, who had previously documented incarcerated youth in Nicaragua, describes the facilities where the abandoned are held captive, hidden from view, "exactly like a prison." These places are improvised, overcrowded, unsanitary and inadequate. Far from any kind of serious rehabilitation, the majority volunteer-run NGOs offer little more than some food—when they have it—and a place to sleep.
"Most of the money," he adds, "comes from the church, so there is a condition that you have to respect if you want help." This means following Catholic teachings and praying several times daily, starting at dawn, even though over half of Kerala's native population practices Hinduism, and a quarter are Muslim.
To document the scope of the problems, Marchetti adopted a fly-on-the-wall approach, staying silent and as invisible as possible, attempting to forget his own cultural background and immerse himself in the environment. He'd spend hours each day in a facility observing, and when possible, spending the night, if only "to breathe the sensation."
"If you want to take a good picture, it's not only a technical gesture, it's something about you," he says. "You need to listen, you need to understand, to spend time and spend yourself, your emotions."
The most vivid thing that he remembers from his experience was a personal connection he made in a mental hospital. "I was taking pictures of someone who seemed perfectly normal—normal like me." And though he knew little of the local language and could not speak with his subjects, Marchetti notes that "it is incredible how I could easily communicate with my eyes. Respect is a universal language and you can convey it without words."
That respect not only gained him access, it also elevated his imagery. His intent, he says, was not to make art of other people's misery, but to come away with an honest and useful report that can generate questions, especially about reforms on the government level.
There's a delicate balance in that sort of mission, however, and a visually stunning image that grabs your attention, he says, "is the best that I can give back to these people, even if you have to wait for that picture for three minutes, three hours, three days, three months… It is really hard sometimes, but it's the minimum price that you can pay."
Paolo Marchetti is a photographer based in Rome and Rio de Janeiro. In 2012, Marchetti received a Getty Grant for Editorial Photography.
Eugene Reznik is a Brooklyn-based photographer and writer. Follow him on Twitter @eugene_reznik.