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A Weekend of Entertainment, Participation and Exhibits
Along the banks of the historic Suwannee River in White Springs, Florida, folk artists have gathered to celebrate Florida's land, people, and diverse cultural heritage. Since its humble beginning in 1953, the Florida Folk Festival has not only grown to become Florida's most prestigious affair, but also named "Florida's Best Cultural Event." The festival has recently been recognized by the Southeast Tourism Society as a "Top 20 Event" in the southeastern United States for 2015.
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Arlo Guthrie – Saturday evening
Legendary musician, performer, and folk historian Arlo Guthrie, presented by ICM artists, will headline the 64th Annual Florida Folk Festival. Arlo Guthrie was born with a guitar in one hand and a harmonica in the other, in Coney Island, New York in 1947. He is the eldest son of America's beloved singer/writer/philosopher Woody Guthrie and Marjorie Mazia Guthrie, a professional dancer with the Martha Graham Company and founder of The Committee to Combat Huntington's Disease. Arlo's father, Woody, composed and performed hundreds of songs, including the still-celebrated "This Land Is Your Land."
Arlo practically lived in the most famous venues of the "Folk Boom" era. He witnessed the transition from an earlier generation of ballad singers like Richard Dyer-Bennet and blues-men like Mississippi John Hurt, to a new era of singer-song writers such as Bob Dylan, Jim Croce, Joan Baez, and Phil Ochs. He grooved with the beat poets like Allen Ginsburg and Lord Buckley, and picked with players like Bill Monroe and Doc Watson. He learned something from everyone and developed his own style, becoming a distinctive, expressive voice in a crowded community of singer-songwriters and political-social commentators.
Guthrie gave his first public performance in 1961 at age 13 and quickly became involved in the music that was shaping the world. His career exploded in 1967 with the release of Alice's Restaurant, whose title song premiered at the Newport Folk Festival and helped foster a new commitment to social consciousness among the '60s generation. Arlo went on to star in the 1969 Hollywood film version of Alice's Restaurant, directed by Arthur Penn.
With songs like "Alice's Restaurant", too long for radio airplay; "Coming into Los Angeles", banned from many radio stations (but a favorite at the 1969 Woodstock Festival); and the definitive rendition of Steve Goodman's "City of New Orleans", Guthrie was no One-Hit-Wonder. An artist of international stature, he has never had a 'hit' in the usual sense. He has usually preferred to walk to his own beat rather than march in step to the drum of popular culture.
Over the last four decades Guthrie has toured throughout North America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia winning a wide, popular following. In addition to his accomplishments as a musician, playing the piano, six and twelve-string guitar, harmonica and a dozen other instruments, Arlo is a natural-born storyteller, whose tales and anecdotes figure prominently in his performances.
Alongside his thriving performing career, Guthrie launched his own record label Rising Son Records in 1983. In addition to Arlo's complete catalogue of music, RSR includes recordings by Abe's band, Xavier, Sarah Lee's debut album "Sarah Lee Guthrie" and Johnny Irion's recording of "Unity Lodge". Their collaboration on "Entirely Live" and "Exploration" (2004) as well as Johnny's new release "Ex Tempore" are now available from the label. Arlo is also heard on "This Land is Your Land" alongside the voice of his father Woody Guthrie. The album has won several awards including a 1997 Grammy nomination as "Best Musical Album for Children".
Arlo's other wide-ranging activities have included acting roles on the ABC series "Byrd's of Paradise" and on the USA network series "Renegade". He has written and published The Rolling Blunder Review, a popular newsletter, since 1986, and is the author of an award-winning children's book "Moose's Come Walking" illustrated by Alice May Brock.
In 1991 Arlo purchased the old Trinity Church. It was Thanksgiving 1965 that events took place at the church which inspired Arlo to write the song "Alice's Restaurant". Named for his parents, The Guthrie Center is a not-for-profit interfaith church foundation dedicated to providing a wide range of local and international services. Its outreach programs include everything from providing HIV/AIDS services to baking cookies with a local service organization; an HD walk-a-thon to raise awareness and money for a cure for Huntington's disease, and offering a place simply to meditate. The Guthrie Foundation is a separate not-for-profit educational organization that addresses issues such as the environment, health care, cultural preservation and educational exchange. Arlo Guthrie, Rising Son Records, and The Guthrie Center & Foundation are on the World Wide Web at "risingsonrecords.com."
Jim Stafford – Friday Evening
Winter Haven native; Jim Stafford is a comedian, singer, songwriter, and entertainer extraordinaire. He wrote and recorded his first chart making song, "The Swamp Witch", produced by his boyhood friend Kent LaVoie a.k.a Lobo in 1974. He followed with a gold single, "Spiders and Snakes", which stayed on the American pop charts for 26 weeks. The hits just kept coming and included "My Girl Bill", "Wildwood Weed", and the wonderfully satirical "Cow Patti", written for the Clint Eastwood movie, Any Which Way You Can, in which Jim appeared.
For over 20 years the Jim Stafford show is always named a favorite by audiences and critics alike. The singer, songwriter, comic genius, and entertainer extraordinaire is self-taught on guitar, fiddle, piano, banjo, organ, harmonica and the human brain--he might bring any of them into play at any moment. 417 Magazine, the Springfield News Leader and the Branson Entertainment Awards have voted Jim Best Entertainer, Best Personality and Best Comedy Show. Mayflower Tours has named Jim's Show as one of their top ten suppliers in North America. Jim wrote many of the songs for which he is famous and has brought his inimitable style to several movie soundtracks. He received a gold record for his work in the Disney movie The Fox and The Hound and writes for many other popular artists.
Jim launched his television career with The Jim Stafford Show on ABC in 1975. His numerous television appearances included music specials, variety shows, and talk shows. He co-hosted the popular prime-time show Those Amazing Animals with Burgess Meredith and Pricilla Presley. Jim also hosted 56 episodes of Nashville on the Road and made 26 appearances on the Tonight Show. In 1987 & 1988, Jim was a regular performer and head writer/producer for the Emmy-nominated Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour.
Jim's first love has always been live performance. During his show Jim combines hysterical comedy with masterful performances on the classical guitar as well as with heart-warming stories of the human spirit. Critically acclaimed as the "Victor Borge of the Guitar", Jim creates hilarious antics from everyday life taking laughter to a new art form. He'll share his secrets for creating stage presence.
Billy Dean – Sunday Evening
Festival favorite, Billy Dean, a native of Quincy, Florida, was raised appreciating the value of music and has a diverse array of musical influences. After attending college on a basketball scholarship, Billy moved to Nashville in 1983 and by 1990 had recorded his first Top 5 Hit "Only Here For A Little While." Since then, Billy has transcended genres with his unique repertoire earning numerous awards, including: The Academy of Country Music's Song of the Year for "Somewhere In My Broken Heart", ACM New Male Vocalist of The Year, BMI Pop Awards, BMI Song Awards, BMI Million Air Plays Award, Country Music Television Rising Star Award, NSAI Song of The Year, and a Grammy for a "Country Tribute: Amazing Grace."
Billy's appeal reaches beyond the music world. He has appeared on numerous television shows as well as made-for TV movies, including: Blue Valley Songbird, A Face to Kill For, Lois & Clark, One Life to Live, Diagnosis Murder, Good Morning America, The Tonight Show, The Montel Show, and many others.
After twelve albums and eleven Top 10 singles spanning over a period of eighteen years, Billy has founded the publishing company BDMG (Billy Dean Music Group). Billy continues to make contributions to the Country Music world by building brands with music and empowering children, by being a spokesperson for Averitt Cares For Kids, and Sunkist's Take A Stand Program.
His latest album "Let Them Be Little" was inspired by those closest to him, his two children Hannah and Eli. Billy's illustrious career was recently recognized with a proclamation from the State of Tennessee House of Representatives.
John McEuen – Sunday Evening
Three years before he became a founding member of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, teenage magician John McEuen discovered that he liked being in front of people. His love of acoustic music history and being onstage is evident to all those who see him putting his banjo, guitar, mandolin, fiddle, lap steel, and piano together with songs and comedic storytelling.
Searching for a path to showbiz in 1965, with money borrowed from his father, McEuen booked Bob Dylan for a concert in a Long Beach high school auditorium and it sold out. John paid back the loan and bought a new banjo. He found his chance at fame when "a bunch of guys" playing together at McCabe's Guitar Shop (where John was teaching banjo in 1966) in Long Beach, California, joined forces as The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, a jug band that headed out to play everything from "folk to rock to country...".
With Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, he's made 34 albums, including the platinum-selling Will The Circle Be Unbroken, produced by the band's manager, and John's brother, Bill McEuen for United Artists Records. Indisputably "one of the most important recordings ever come out of Nashville", Circle... is recognized today as a music milestone and integral part of Americana history. It was inducted in to the Library of Congress as "one of America's most important historic recordings."
Multi-instrumentalist McEuen has ventured into varied musical genres simultaneous with band pursuits, making 6 of his own CD's and producing 10 others. John has received recognition and awards in different formats including television specials, film scoring, albums and concert production. In addition to keeping up an active concert schedule, both solo and with Nitty Gritty, he also recently won a Grammy for Best Bluegrass Album for his production of The Crow - New Songs for the 5-string Banjo by Steve Martin on Rounder Records. Over the years John has performed and recorded with many well-known acts including Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Pete Seeger and many more. These days, John spends time at his home in Florida with his family and continues to play on the road, performing about 130 concert dates a year, either solo or with the band.
Les Dudek - Friday evening
Whether you know it or not, you've heard Les Dudek's guitar playing thousands of times.
Les's parents moved from Rhode Island to Auburndale, Florida when he was six due to his father's retirement from the Navy. His first real musical love was The Beatles, which he heard playing through his sister's bedroom wall when she was a teenager. In 1962, at the age of ten, Les asked his parents for a guitar for Christmas. They bought him an acoustic guitar from Sears & Roebuck and changed his life forever as he gained more musical influences from Cream, Jimi Hendrix, and The Ventures. Dudek had built quite a reputation around the Florida area as a proficient guitar player, having started playing in local bands as a teenager. That reputation would lead him into the path one of the most influential groups of the 1970's, the Allman Brothers Band, where he was invited to record on the Brothers & Sisters album. Les played guitar harmonies with Dickey Betts on the well-known song "Ramblin' Man" and acoustic guitar on "Jessica".
After his brief recording stint, he began touring with Boz Scaggs and the Steve Miller Band during the Joker era. When the tour finished, Miller invited some artists from Scaggs' and James Cotton's bands to cut some new tracks in Seattle. "Fly Like an Eagle", "Book of Dreams" and "Living in the 20th Century" were all from those sessions and are thought of as some of Miller's best hits.
Les was signed to Columbia as a solo artist after playing for Scaggs and Miller for a few years, and he released four successful solo albums and one collaborative band album. His solo work is best remembered with two singles, "City Magic" and "Old Judge Jones" which were played frequently on local radio stations. During this period Les began working with Cher and got a part in her movie Mask, as well as writing some of the music for the feature. He also toured with Stevie Nicks on her Whole Lotta Trouble tour and is featured on her Rock a Little album.
Since the early nineties Les released three more albums with Eflat Productions; Deeper Shades of Blues, Freestyle and Delta Breeze. Dudek hit the road again with his own band, and has been performing songs from all his records, plus a few hits he's recorded with other artists. Les has also worked for NBC, ABC, ESPN, Fox Sports, and E! Entertainment Television. He can be heard on many television series including Friends
Frank Thomas – Sunday evening
Born and raised in rustic Clay County, Florida songwriter Frank Thomas has native Florida lineage dating back to the late 18th century. Few other songwriters can claim such a strong Florida heritage and sharing his love of Florida is the inspirational thread woven throughout his music and storytelling. He has been given many titles including the Dean of Florida Folk (for the many song-writing assignments he has given over the years), The Grand Old Man of Florida Folk, and is considered one of the most prolific songwriters in Florida.
In the 60s, Thomas toured nationally with several well-known bluegrass groups, most notably the legendary Arkansas Travelers. Thomas and beloved wife Ann settled into the "Cracker Palace," a Florida style home down Rattlesnake Hammock Road on the ridge just outside of Lake Wales. From there, Frank and Ann Thomas became the most well known duo in Florida music. Ann's big daddy thumping bass, deep rooted harmony singing and humorous jabs at her husband helped make them one of Florida's most popular acts. Frank and Ann Thomas traveled Florida, performing their unique music at schools, festivals, music and folk clubs, on television, and on concert stages. During the 80s, they produced and hosted the first Florida folk music radio show, weekly, on Tampa's WMNF. Their video "Florida History in Song," won the Florida Historical Societies coveted Golden Quill Award. Other awards received include the prestigious Florida Folk Heritage Award, The Inaugural Jillian Prescott History Award and The Stetson Kennedy Foundation Fellow -Man & Mother Earth Award. Frank was recently honored and inducted into the Florida Artist Hall of Fame -- Florida's most prestigious recognition!
Since Ann's death in 2004, Frank has continued his art as the patriarch of Florida folk music and is still a prolific songwriter: his catalogue numbers more than 500 songs -- all about Florida! A portion of them can be found on his nine albums, including Cracker Nights, Florida Stories, Bingo, Spanish Gold, and Just another Day in the Life of a Florida Cracker. For many years, Frank has hosted the River Gazebo stage at the Florida Folk Festival, where he personally welcomes and presents the state's best singer/ songwriters, reviews their work, gives out songwriting assignments and lots of praise.
While his accomplishments are certainly legendary, humble Frank Thomas will describe himself in one of his favorite cracker phrases: "I ain't nothin' extry."
The Lee Boys – Friday evening
The Lee Boys are one of America's finest African-American sacred steel ensembles. This family group consists of three brothers, Alvin Lee (guitar), Derrick Lee and Keith Lee (vocals) along with their three nephews, Roosevelt Collier (pedal steel guitar), Alvin Cordy Jr. (7-string bass) and Earl Walker (drums). Each member began making music at the ages of 7 and 8 in the House of God church they attended in Perrine, FL. Born and raised in Miami, each of The Lee Boys grew up in the church where their father and grandfather, Rev. Robert E. Lee, was the pastor and a steel player himself.
"Sacred steel" is a type of music described as an inspired, unique form of Gospel music with a hard-driving, blues-based beat. The musical genre is rooted in Gospel, but infused with rhythm and blues, jazz, rock, funk, hip-hop, country and ideas from other nations. Influenced by the Hawaiian steel guitar fad of the 1930's, brothers Willie and Troman Eason brought the electric lap steel guitar into the worship services of the House of God church in Jacksonville, FL. The Pentecostal congregation embraced the soulful sound, and over time this unique sound became the hallmark of the church. The pedal steel guitar was added to the mix and soon became the central instrument. The Lee Boys are part of the fourth generation of musicians in this faith.
When The Lee Boys bring their joyous spiritual sound to the stage, audiences instantly recognize that this is not "sitting and listening" music: dancing, shouting out, and having fun are considered essential parts of their tradition. Founder and bandleader Alvin Lee explains "The inspiration and feeling that comes along with our music is the reason that people feel good. It is like the new music on the block and it's just getting ready to explode!" It's mostly original material, with a few standards and hymns the group "blueses up a little." Audiences often dance, shout out, and always have a great time. In 2008-09 alone they performed for more than 250,000 music fans at festivals throughout the United States. In the process, their unique sound has attracted musical artists such as Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead, The Allman Brothers Band, The Black Crowes, Los Lobos, Gov't Mule, Umphrey's McGee, Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk and The Travelin' McCourys- all of whom have played with the Lee Boys and/or invited them to tour with them.
They've performed throughout the United States, Canada and Europe and will continue influencing audiences worldwide with their "sacred steel". Their tour calendar includes over 100 major festival performances, including headline stops at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, Memphis in May, Bonnaroo, Austin City Limits, MerleFest, DelFest, Wanee and All Good Festival. In December, 2008, the band debuted on national television with a rousing performance on NBC's Late Night with Conan O'Brien that had the host jumping out of his chair and raving about the band.
The Lee Boys have been in the studio with The Travelin' McCourys completing a joint album entitled "Meetin' In The Middle" which illustrates their amazing bluegrass/sacred steel festival shows and adds to their growing discography.
Papaloko & Loray Mistik - Ambassadors of 101 Vodou Nations – Saturday Evening
"Mystic Thunder", this is the meaning of Loray Mistik, an exciting group which emanates from the hills and villages of the mysterious, ancient land of Haiti. Their music brings forward the truth of their traditions, Vodou music, the traditional music of the people of Haiti, with rhythms played out on the drums like the sound of the mystic thunder of the Gods.
The fall of the brutal Duvalier regime in 1986 unleashed a sound onto the shores of America, the likes of which many had never heard before, Rara music. This was the means by which messages were sent throughout the island. As the popular folk music rooted in Vodou, Rara brought news to the people of the villages and towns. Throughout the year, the Samba (singer of the Rara band) listens and takes notes. When the traditional peasant Carnival season comes at Easter, the escapades of the rival groups are exposed and any acts are described in songs, much to the embarrassment of the opposition. The music is also played in weddings, funerals, and all social events.
Vodou speaks to the heart of Haitian people, putting forth a message of social conscience and spiritual strength. It also typifies the music of the Lwa (the Spirits or Orishas) of Africa, with many songs bringing prayers to the 101 Vodou Nations that look over mankind and protect us all, believers and non-believers alike. In slavery days, Haiti became a melting pot of African tribes. Here were gathered tribes from Congo and Dahomey (now known as Benin), together with the Nigerian tribes of Nago, Rada, and Ibo of the Yoruba faith. The slaves brought their religions with them, often serendipitously, hiding in the hills far from the Catholic priests who were trying to convert them. In the cities, the Lwas were transformed into Catholic Saints so that the townspeople could worship them without prosecution, but in the hills the Lwas reigned and traditions were preserved. Here we find the rhythms of the many tribal religions blended with a new rhythm created by Don Petwo, a Vodou priest, who combined the attributes of the spirit of Metal, Iron and Justice, Ogun, with Congo rhythms creating Petwo music. Rhythms of the already present Arawak and Taino Indians blended with immigrant African rhythms and the sound of Rara was born. The North West coast of Haiti became a heaven for Vodou, and here, in the many temples, was the music preserved. Loray Mistik performs Vodou music, including Rara and Petwo, continuing the tradition.
Born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Jude Thegenus, better known to some as Papaloko, is an artist, whose work is born through trance, the act of falling into a deep meditative state and then being possessed by a spirit whose purpose is to paint strokes of life onto canvas. At about age six, Jude moved on to study sculpture and ceramics, in addition to his dimension interest, at the Art Institute of Saint Jean Bosco and later completed his education at Lycee Antenor Firmin. Thegenus has mastered all the disciplines of Haitian art, from native to modern. He has developed a unique and personal style of working with acrylics. His one-of-a-kind textural compositions create a serene excitement.
Thegenus' work experiences are in the field of education, illustration, graphic design, sign making and many other disciplines of the visual arts. Solo and group exhibits have been held in his native Haiti as well as Trinidad, Canada, France, and the United States. Papaloko's work can be found internationally in galleries, private homes, cafés, restaurants and nightclubs. He is currently putting the final touches on a eighteen-year project at Mango's Tropical Café on Ocean Drive in South Beach, where he was commissioned to design a tropical atmosphere (that covers the entire the facility) within the realms of his extreme creative talent, with paint that shines vibrantly during the day and turns 3-dimentional in the evening hours. A full mural by Papaloko is also featured in the private home of championship boxer Lenox Lewis, as well as at locations such as Tap Tap in South Beach, Club Paradise in New York, and outside the United States in Aruba, Switzerland and Panama.
Rich in natural passion, Thegenus brings a vivid awareness of man's closeness and attachment to the "Spirit World" through his art. After completing a period of study for the Roman Catholic priesthood, Jude determined that a more culturally rooted spirituality would be the road he would take and thus begun a more in depth study of the Vodoun Temple. In 1989 he turned again to music forming Loray Mistik. Prior to Loray, Jude got his feet wet with the popular Rara band Koleksyon Kazak. Branching out with Loray allowed Jude to more fully exhibit his talents while teaming up with the power of Vodou ceremonies, panorama, and songs of the drum.
In 1999 Jude founded in Miami Jakmel Art Gallery, Cultural Center and Caribbean Backyard, a center for cultural diversity, awareness, positivity and creation. Jakmel Art Gallery, located in Miami in the heart of Wynwood Art District, houses and displays original artwork by local, national and international artists and maintains a contact-based art-sharing network for artists.
In 2004 Jude established a non-profit organization, Papaloko4Kids, with the mission of empowering the youth from all communities through the arts. Having witnessed the tragic living conditions that many children experience in Haiti, he committed himself to help the youth in need using the talent he was given, his art. Papaloko4Kids came to life with the goal of providing a space for the children to learn music, dance, arts and crafts, express their talents and be exposed to a positive environment to help their growth with a sense of community and unity.
Papaloko & Loray Mistik performs true Vodou music, not like the staged folklore performances. Traditional instruments like the kleroon, graj, fe iron, conch shell, cha cha, jon, hand bass, and the drums (Petwo, Congo, Nago, Rara, Dahomey and bongos) unify with the eclectic sounds of the guitar, bass and saxophone to create what they call "Vodou pop". It is not uncommon for a person to enter a state of trance while encountering the music of Loray Mistik. Jude believes that many come to their performances for the spiritual aspect of the music. Many songs are based on social issues, and prayers are sung for the many suffering in Haiti and around the world today. When Loray Mistik performs it is a much for themselves as is it for the audience. They feel the music first, they never just put on a show.
Ben Prestage – Friday evening
Festival audiences better hold onto their seats and prepare to enjoy a mesmerizing and stunning performance when the award winning, multi-talented one-man-band maestro, Ben Prestage, takes the stage.
Born the grandson of a Mississippi sharecropper, Ben Prestage has been soaked in Blues tradition and Mississippi culture since birth. Growing up in the swamps of south central Florida, Prestage began to mix Mississippi Country Blues with his own brand of Florida Swamp Blues. This muddy- water- meets- black- water stew has led him to perform from California to the Carolinas to the Florida Keys, in large festivals, every kind of bar, and sometimes on downtown sidewalks.
Prestage spent some time as a street performer on historic Beale Street, while living in Memphis, TN. He used to share a spot in front of the New Daisy Theatre with modern blues legends Robert Belfour (Fat Possum Records) and Richard Johnston (2001 International Blues Competition winner). He has won numerous awards including "The Most Unique Performer" and he is the only two-time recipient of the Lyon/Pitchford Award for "Best Diddley-Bow Player." Ben is also a 2012 nominee for both the Independent Music Awards and the Blues Music Awards.
Being a street musician in the "Blues capital of the South" threw Prestage's music in a new direction. His innovative approach to instrumentation, songwriting, and singing, all painted on a traditional historic background produces a vivid picture of the next generation of Blues and Americana music.
To his show, he added a cigar box guitar (made by Memphian and one-man-band John Lowe), which has stereo guitar, and bass strings that can be played independently or at the same time. Then Ben added a series of four-foot pedals that can be manipulated by the heels and toes of both feet to play a drum kit. The final result is Ben playing guitar, bass, and drums while singing his own brand of Blues that leaves bottles empty and dance floors full where ever his music takes him.
Mark Johnson & Emory Lester – Saturday Evening
When two super players collide with impressive passion great duos are born, specifically Mark Johnson and Emory Lester. The result is cool bluegrass with overtones of traditional folk, progressive acoustic, new-grass and old-timey all mixed into one.
Mark Johnson hangs his hat in Florida but learned his trade from Jay Unger while living in New York. It was in the early 1970s, that Mark learned from this consummate fiddler the basic technique of claw hammer banjo. He also learned the three-finger style of bluegrass picking as his familiarity with the instrument unfolded. Mark moved to Crystal River in Florida in 1981 where he met the Rice brothers, Larry, Tony, Ronnie and Wyatt. Through that relationship, his manner for style and creativity was forever changed. Calling his new creation Clawgrass, Marks blends the folk and old time traditions with his energetic melodies to create something entirely his own.
Emory Lester is one of today's foremost experts on the acoustic mandolin. The power and attack of his mandolin playing are unmatched, and his sound is infectious. A life-long Virginia native, but currently residing in Ontario Canada, Emory has been teaching master series workshops at events such as the Steve Kaufman Acoustic Kamp, the Mandolin Symposium, the Swannanoah Gathering, the Goderich Celtic College, and many other prestigious schools and workshops far and wide. His multi-instrumental abilities and sharp playing has earned him the reputation of a master, one he well deserves.
Mark and Emory have toured all across the U.S., released four albums, and have been featured on several performances with Steve Martin, most notably on the 'Late Night with David Letterman' television show in September of 2012, where Mark received the third annual Steve Martin Award for Excellence in Banjo and Bluegrass Music and were nominated in 2007 for Instrumental Recording of the Year by the International Bluegrass Music Association, featured in Bluegrass Unlimited, Bluegrass Now, and on Nashville Public radio.
The WillowWacks – Friday evening
The WillowWacks are comprised of newlywed's Micah and Lauren Gilliam. In a day where many youth are losing touch with the 'live' music of yesteryear, both Micah and Lauren play multiple instruments, write music and sing. The WillowWacks sound is defined by Lauren's timeless, tender vocal style and Micah's diverse, playful acoustic instrumentation.
The WillowWacks have a truly 'home-spun' approach to all aspects of their music. "We make our t-shirt designs, banners and cds ourselves. We stamp each copy by hand, using our own designs and Lauren's hand-carved linoleum prints. It coincides with what we want people to feel when they hear our music; something organic and intentional, made out of love and gratitude."
They released their debut EP "The WillowWacks" in October of 2013, since then garnering a strong local following and becoming regular performers at the Gamble Rogers Folk Festival, The Natural Life Festival and The Clean Water Music Festival, a benefit put on by local stars Flagship Romance. They have also performed multiple times at the world-class Ponte Vedra Concert Hall, sharing the stage with acts such as Shawn Colvin and the Blind Boys of Alabama. They embarked on their first U.S. tour last fall, traveling as far as Portland, Oregon and played at the legendary Hotel Cafe in Los Angeles.
"We prefer to play in peaceful, focused settings, no matter how small, where you can literally hear a pin drop. We excel in environments where people are present and listening and really along for the story we are weaving. For us, nothing can replace the feeling that a deeply intimate atmosphere brings, and we thrive on rising to the challenge of making those moments special, meaningful and worthwhile to the listeners." Apart from The WillowWacks, Micah and Lauren lead successful artistic lives, Micah as a studio producer and studio musician, and Lauren as a blown-glass artist and musician. They are currently writing and recording the beginnings of their next record, which is being produced and engineered in Micah's home studio with the help of other local musicians and friends.
Rebecca Zapen & Friends – Saturday evening
REBECCA ZAPEN is a third-generation musician from a musical family tree including players of violin, viola, guitar, piano, bass and accordion. This is Rebecca's 9th year performing at the festival. Her most recent album is called Nest, and was awarded Florida Album of the Year 2011.
A native of Jacksonville, Florida, she now calls St. Petersburg home, where she lives with her husband pianist Jeremy Douglass, who plays melodica and piano in the group and was the recording engineer of Rebecca's award-winning album Nest.
In the "friends" part of Rebecca Zapen & Friends we also have vocalist Barb Ness, bassist Daniel Navarro, and drummer Dave Hamar.
Barbara Ness has been singing for more than 30 years. She attended Huntingdon College in Montgomery, AL, for music performance, but completed her BA in English/Creative Writing at USF. Musically, she has been a choir director, small ensemble leader, cantor, soloist, songwriter, lyricist and private voice teacher. Although classically trained in voice, she has also collaborated in other genres. Ness currently studies guitar, provides voice lessons, writes songs, and performs at open mics.
Daniel Navarro is a bass guitarist, born in Guadalajara, Mexico. Soon after moving to Florida, he developed a love for bass guitar. Since age 14 he has invested most of his time to studying, learning, and playing music. Daniel is currently residing in Tampa Bay, where he arranges, composes, and performs regularly.
Dave Hamar is a professional drummer with a Bachelor's degree from the University of South Florida in Music Studies with an emphasis on Jazz Percussion and Music Theory. Upon obtaining his Associates' Degree with Honors for Percussion Performance at Hillsborough Community College, Dave was also awarded "Performer of the Semester" two times in a row. He studied with renowned Jazz Musician Steve Davis for three years and has been teaching percussion for eleven.
Other awards and honors include: winning Best Cabaret Album & Song at the Just Plain Folks Awards 2009 in Nashville for her previous album Japanese Bathhouse; she was awarded Jacksonville's Musician of the Year 2008; she was the 2nd Place winner in the Bushman World Ukulele Video Contest 2008; and she was a finalist in the DiscMakers' Independent Music World Series 2007. She was more recently voted Best Local Classical Musician in Creative Loafing's Best of the Bay contest 2015.
Brother Brother – Sunday evening
Singer-songwriters Bradley and Brett Anderson, known as Brother Brother, create new generation Americana folk. The energy of this sibling duo brings light to today's roots music revival. The boys have original harmonies like a breath of fresh air and songs ranging from "foot-stompers to tear-jerkers". Their lightning fast finger-picking is featured on both acoustic and electric guitars and banjos with some mandolin and creative percussion thrown in for good measure!
The brothers' generational grass roots are in Florida where they grew up on a homestead near the Myakka River. Literally raised in a barn, the Andersons were schooled at home and learned off-grid life as they farmed and made music with family and friends. The boys' musical career sprouted from Gospel and Bluegrass in the church down the road and farmers markets then grew into their own alt folk rock style as they were welcomed by Florida music festivals and events around their home state.
The next season of Brother Brother's career began when they were invited to perform at the Jim Stafford Theater in Branson, Missouri. Bradley and Brett started making music with their father and they continue to grow and yet remain grounded by advice from music greats they've had the privilege of meeting. Along with mentorship by Jim Stafford they've learned from treasured moments with folk music father Frank Thomas, original "pickers and grinners" Roy Clark and Buck Trent, country music legend Mickey Gilley and John McEuen of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. Brother Brother recently toured from the mid-west to Nashville, Birmingham and throughout Florida before returning for another season of performances in Branson. . The brothers are currently creating a third recording project, preceded by their namesake album, Brother Brother and first EP/CD as The Anderson Brothers. No matter where the journey takes them, Bradley and Brett always look forward to making music with their Florida folk!
Chloe Channell – Sunday evening
Chloe Nichole Channell, the youngest of 3 children and the only girl, was born December 27, 2001 in Pensacola, Florida to Jeff and Kim Channell. Being the only girl in the family, Chloe learned quickly to not only play rough and tough, but also how to wrap even the most hardened of hearts around her tiny finger. Chloe has a way with others that even makes strangers feel as they have known her for years, helping her become somewhat of a local sensation with several segments on the local news stations in Pensacola, Florida and the local paper. Her following around the area is impressive for someone so young!
It became apparent Chloe was going to be a great vocalist when she started singing as soon as she could form words. Chloe took the stage for the first time at the age of six, and she knew right away that it was where she wanted to be. In February of 2009, at the age of seven, Chloe became a full-time member of The Sawmill Band at the Chumuckla Farmer's Opry. At the age of eight, Chloe went into Coleman Studios in Navarre, Florida, with a native Nashville band, to record her first self-titled CD.
Chloe has performed in over 300 shows all across Northwest Florida, Southern Alabama, and Georgia, opening for such stars as: Tracy Bird, Rodney Adkins, Little Big Town, Craig Morgan, Ronnie McDowell, Gene Watson, John Conlee, and the "Queen of Bluegrass" Rhonda Vincent. In the fall of 2013, Chloe was cast in the Toy Shoppe, a Kenny Rogers Musical, starring with Billy Dean in Branson, MO. Recently, Chloe fulfilled one of her life long dreams of performing for the Grand Ole Opry with Billy Dean at the Ryman Auditorium.
The two artists that have inspired Chloe the most are Loretta Lynn and Martina McBride. She admires Loretta Lynn's ability to tell a story through her music. With her "small frame and big voice," she likes to compare herself with her all-time favorite Martina McBride. Chloe Channell is a little fireball with a great personality and a driving passion to perform, and she credits all that she has to God who blessed her with an insatiable personality and incredible voice.


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The Unborn - Parkway DrugsCategory:ARTS & CULTURE
In this supernatural flick, a young woman is haunted by the spirit of her unborn brother who tries to take over her body. Desperate to survive, the woman undergoes an exorcism to prevent her evil sibling from being born.
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1940 Ford Standard Convertible - Above StandardWritten by Eric Geisert on September 1, 2010 Mickey And Vicki Smith's '40 Ford Standard Convertible
Though he'd built many different types of cars in the past 30 years, Mickey Smith, from Roland, Arkansas, wasn't going to ignore the wishes of his wife, Vicki, when she told him the type of car she'd like to have herself. It's a wise hot rodder who listens to a spouse's suggestions but, in this case, Vicki wanted something besides a typical 1-800-type hot rod.
Vicki had found what she liked-a '40 Ford convertible-and Mickey set out to find one (not the easiest thing to do). But he'd remembered hearing about just such a car 10 years earlier and, as luck would have it, it was available. Ron Schmidtz, a rodder in Ohio, had what Mickey was looking for, and he was told the car had once been owned by Jim "Jake" Jacobs of Pete & Jakes fame. But the most unique feature on the car was it had a '40 Standard nose when every other '40 convertible typically had the factory DeLuxe trim design. (The main difference between the two is in the grille: the DeLuxe uses horizontal bars in a two-step design and the Standard uses singular vertical bars, much like those found on a '39 DeLuxe). Mickey used to own a '40 Ford truck that he'd converted to a Standard layout, so he was familiar with the concept, but the Standard grille on the '40 convertible was a new one for him. The car was a runner/driver and, at first, Mickey was just going to go through it and clean it up a bit, but, as any rodder will tell you, that just never happens in real life!
Mickey started taking the car apart, detailing and painting things as he went. With a wheelbase of 112 inches the chassis is original, but fully boxed. Up front a Kugel independent suspension was used (with 2-inch drop spindles) while RideTech airbags were used on each corner. Mickey also contacted Wheel Smith in Santa Ana, California, for a unique set of wire wheels, 17x7 up front and 18x8 out back (the 18s were the first set of that diameter Wheel Smith made). The wheels are wrapped in Goodyear Eagle 215/45-17 and 235/50-18 skins.
The drivetrain consists of a 700-R4 trans, which was prepped by Bowler Transmissions in Lawrenceville, Illinois. The engine is a small-block Chevrolet that has been bumped to 383 inches via an Eagle crank, stock rods, and J&E pistons (10.5:1). A COMP Cams roller camshaft was also used, as was an Edelbrock Performer manifold and polished heads topped by a Barry Grant six-shooter induction with a trio of O'Brien Trucker aluminum air cleaners. A Tuff Stuff water pump, a cooling fan from Air Mobile, and electronics from MSD make up the rest of the build sheet.
Besides the previously noted Standard nose, the body also benefited from a 2-inch chop, a smoothed trunk, and a firewall that was recessed 3 inches. Smitty's Custom Automotive in Tiffin, Ohio, had done the original nose transplant, and had painted the car its DuPont burgundy hue, too, but during the redo Robert Roland (from Little Rock's Custom Royale) repainted the front fenders, and the owner painted the running boards, trunk, and hood as well as sanded and buffed the entire car.
Inside the cockpit Mickey started with Hushmat insulation before Krist Kustoms in Ft. Wayne, Indiana, laid out the tan wool carpet. Krist also stitched up the bench seat and door panels with tan leather-a great contrast to the car's color. The dash is basically stock, but with a second speaker grille added to a center console to hide the JVC stereo system. Painless Wiring was used to wire up the VDO gauges set in the aluminum gauge panel, and a Billet Specialties banjo steering wheel is coupled to a chrome ididit steering column. To keep Vicki cool, a Vintage Air climate control system was also added to the convertible.
It's safe to say the idea of a quick go-through was abandoned as soon as Mickey started messing around with the car. But Vicki and Mickey know they ended up with something very special. Not only are the Smiths satisfied with the way it turned out, but the 'vert has picked up a few awards along the way, too, including a STREET RODDER Top 100 pick at the Goodguys Ft. Worth show in 2009. The pair will be showing the car more in 2010 before they start to use it as it was originally intended: a great summertime cruiser.
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Part of the car's stance is due to the Kugel IFS that features 2-inch drop spindles and the use of RideTech airbags on each corner. Another subtle trick was the 2-inch chop-just enough to make a difference without going overboard.Mickey's mouse motor must have been fed steroids as it now boasts a displacement of 383 cubes. Riverside Engines (Tiffin, OH) did the assembly using an Eagle crank, J&E pistons (10.5:1), and a COMP Cams roller camshaft. Polished Edelbrock Performer heads are used in conjunction with a Barry Grant six-shooter induction system that is topped with O'Brien Trucker (Charlton, MA) air cleaners. The headers are coated by HPC and the spark is delivered via MSD electronics, and all of the chrome work was done by Street & Performance (Mena, AR). The small-block is bolted to a 700-R4 trans, prepped by Bowler Transmissions.


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Memphis Grizzlies (11-26)
Fedex Forum, Memphis, TN
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
The Cavaliers are coming off the high of one of the most emotional wins this franchise has had in recent years. All season long this team has been trying to figure out how to keep both confidence and focus high on a consistent basis, all while learning how to be an elite NBA team. It's been a fascinating process of maturation to watch. We thought Boston was going to be a major test, and they were, but now the Cavaliers face another new challenge for this season….an extended road trip. 6 of the Cavaliers' next 7 games are on the road. 5 of those 6 games are against Western Conference opponents. The only home game in that stretch is against Western Conference power New Orleans. And to make things even better, Ben Wallace is battling a stomach flue and will be a game time decision this evening. Let the fun begin.
Projected Starting Lineups
Cleveland Cavaliers:
-G Mo Williams (15.7 ppg, 4.0 apg, 0.8 spg, 16.24 PER)
-G Delonte West (12.1 ppg, 3.5 apg, .394 3P%, 15.10 PER)
-F LeBron James (27.7 ppg, 6.6 rpg, 6.6 apg, 32.53 PER)
-F Ben Wallace (3.4 ppg, 7.0 rpg, 1.8 bpg, 13.51 PER)
-C Anderson Varejao (9.5 ppg, 7.2 rpg, 0.7 bpg, 16.99 PER)
Key Reserves: Daniel Gibson, Wally Szczerbiak, Sasha Pavlovic, JJ Hickson
Injuries: Ben Wallace (questionable), Zydrunas Ilgauskas (out), Eric Snow (out)
Memphis Grizzlies:
-G Kyle Lowry (7.6 ppg, 4.1 apg, 1.0 spg, 14.36 PER)
-G O.J. Mayo (19.7 ppg, 3.0 apg, .386 3P%, 16.03 PER)
-F Rudy Gay (19.1 ppg, 5.4 rpg, 1.8 apg, 15.96 PER)
-F Darrell Arthur (5.3 ppg, 4.3 rpg, 0.8 bpg, 9.83 PER)
-C Marc Gasol (11.4 ppg, 6.9 rpg, 1.1 bpg, 16.07 PER)
Key Reserves: Hakim Warrick, Mike Conley, Quinton Ross, Greg Buckner
Injuries: Darko Milicic (out), O.J. Mayo (day-to-day)
Team Efficiency Stats
Cleveland Cavaliers:
-Off (101.4 ppg, 41.6 rpg, .480 FG%, .763 FT%, 20.5 apg, Eff-110.4, Rank-1)
-Def (89.0 ppg, 38.1 rpg, .420 FG%, Eff-96.1, Rank-1)
Memphis Grizzlies:
-Off (93.8 ppg, 38.2 rpg, .453 FG%, .755 FT%, 16.9 apg, Eff-100.6, Rank-25)
-Def (99.3 ppg, 40.2 rpg, .478 FG%, Eff-106.1, Rank-22)
Game Notes
This game is a tricky one to forecast. The Cavaliers will have a lot of questions. Will this be a let down game after Friday's playoff-esque atmosphere in their battle with Boston? Will Ben Wallace be able to go? If not, who starts in his place? Lorenzen Wright? JJ Hickson? There just seems to be a lot going on right now with the Cavaliers, and it will be important for them to come out focused and surgical in their precision.
What do the Grizzlies really do better than the Cavaliers? That's a tough question to answer. The Cavs score more, give up fewer points, shoot better from the field, the 3 point line, and the free throw line, and they defend the field and from the 3 point line better than the Grizzlies do. The Cavaliers rebound better, take care of the ball better, create more turnovers, and so on. This doesn't seem like a great matchup for the Grizzlies. It has shown in recent years, as the Cavaliers are 7-1 against Memphis going back to the 2004-05 season. With the improved play this year of the Cavaliers, you'd hope to expect more of the same.
The Ben Wallace illness is the wild card, though. Without Wallace, the Cavaliers are going to have to play Wright and/or Hickson for more minutes than the team is comfortable with. Without Ilgauskas or Wallace, the Cavaliers lose two of their best offensive rebounders and two of the best at tipping in misses. This will create an opportunity for the Grizzlies to jump on a weakness and manufacture an advantage. It will require Marc Gasol to have a monster game, and for Rudy Gay and OJ Mayo to attack the basket and go right at 2 of the Cavaliers weaker interior defenders in Lorenzen Wright and JJ Hickson. If Wallace is out, that will absolutely be the battle to watch….can the Cavaliers still keep Memphis out of the paint and not let natural scorers like Gay and Mayo find space on the floor to get going?
Vegas Line
Memphis +8.5
Over/Under 185
From The Outside Looking In
3 Shades Of Blue
David's Memphis Grizzlies Blog
Beale Street Beat
Next Game For The Cavaliers
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Last night at the Walmart in AG, bomb sniffing dogs were brought in after the store had to be evacuated due to what store employees were saying was a "Power Outage". Would it have made you mad if you found out after the fact?
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But we wonder if there are more deserving candidates???
Jeff says yes, Jeremy says no. We ask the question whether or not you would leave your girlfriend or boyfriend if they made out with someone else? No sex just making out.
Here's what people are saying.
What do Courtney Love and Nickelback have in common?
You'd be amazed at how many people have actually tried this.
Dude that tries to impress all the kids with the fireworks equals creepy. Dude that sticks them up his but and lights them equals dumbass!
This link from Busted Coverage is what makes the Olympics great!
Missy Franklin is the queen of the Olympics much to the dismay Jordyn Wieber!
But the Czech Volleyball team is worth tuning in for!
Suz gave us her winners for, Most disapointing, Most Surprising, and Best of Show. You'll be surprised by the results!
Come to find out the shark sighting was ONE MILE off the coast… But it was "Credible"!
Don't know how the media in the Northeast was covering it… but chances are it didn't get too much exposure prior to yesterday.
Is that what he means by Gloryhole?
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It's a place he's become used to.
A place that, if his outward exterior is honest, he seems to accept and be as comfortable with as anyone could be.
For the sixth time in 23 U.S. Open Golf Championships, Phil Mickelson came in second.
Yet, in a larger sense, he comes away a winner.
Though Justin Rose wears the medal and embraces the trophy, the true winner of this year's Open was Merion Golf Club. Not one player finished in red numbers. Despite being a shorter layout for today's long bombers, balls were sprayed around and amongst the wicker basket pins, but few dropped into the cups before they were supposed to. And that's the way the USGA wants it, and what sets their courses apart from their PGA Tour counterparts: Tour courses are set up to showcase the talents of the players, while the USGA sets out to challenge, stymie, and some might say, embarrass the competitors.
Yet as the day dawned, the course was set up to finally give Lefty what he'd always wanted: a U.S. Open title. He was the leader after three rounds with the only score below par, it was Father's Day, and it was his 43rd birthday. Talk about stacking the deck.
Whether you like golf or not, whether your posterior can take being anchored to your favorite couch or comfy chair for six hours, or whether you appreciate drama played out among the wealthy in a tony setting, Sunday at the Open is usually a compelling opera.
As Mickelson walked to the first tee, he received a loud ovation - even before he was announced to the spectators. He was clearly the sentimental favorite, though on this day a lot of dads were playing and many had their own stories of note. It was Phil who had come so achingly close so many times before, and it was Phil who flew out of Philadelphia mid-week to go see his daughter graduate from eighth grade and then fly back overnight to get back to Merion in time to tee off on Thursday.
Meanwhile, the player Mickelson is most often compared to and rarely seems to come out on top of, Tiger Woods, was already deep into his final round. He was getting loud ovations, too, urging him on as he played out the string in what would be his worst showing at a U.S. Open as a professional.
For those saying, even imploring, that Tiger is back, not so fast. As it all too often happens in our business, reporters jump the gun on a story so that when it may pan out, they can puff out their chest and say, "I told you first." Pfffft.
Yes, Tiger has had a terrific year, with four Tour wins, and he's making a boatload of money; but in the category that Tiger himself would say is the only one that counts, winning majors, he's still oh-for-five - years. The Tiger Woods that will be "back" will be the Tiger Woods who is lapping the field while everyone else is failing to make par, not finishing at 13-over-par himself.
Tiger has his fourteen majors, he can still coax magic out of his clubs that makes your jaw drop, and now he seems to have his personal life back on track. You have to applaud that. Lefty's won far fewer majors, but he's in the Hall of Fame, he's handled his share of life's difficulties with grace, and he's seemingly had the off-course stuff figured out for quite a while now. It doesn't seem quite fair to break the Tiger and Phil comparison down as simply as 14-to-4, as in major titles.
As Mickelson was interviewed before his round, he talked of playing well and having fun being the key to his round, and then insightfully saying that the difference between a Sunday round compared to the three earlier rounds was that as the holes dwindled on Sunday, you begin to dwell on running out of chances instead of optimistically thinking that you have one, two, or three days still to go.
He started out like someone with the hiccups; par, double bogey, birdie, double bogey. Yet rather than those two buzzards signaling his demise, he was still very much in the hunt; no one else was making a move. And when you looked at the players atop the leaderboard, with Mickelson the only one who was carrying a major in his bag along with his clubs, you had to think that as long as Lefty was patient, he could outlast the others and win.
Oh, his bag. Merion was such a different course, a setup unlike any other, that Mickelson didn't carry a driver this week; he also carried five different wedges, an arsenal better suited to his artistry around the greens. Yet, as the round progressed into the middle set of holes, Merion's softer underbelly, Phil wasn't getting shots to drop.
Then came 10, and a Mickelson thunderbolt. One of those wedges produced an eagle and a leap from Phil, literally jumping off the ground and figuratively vaulting back into the lead at even-par. It was a feel-good moment that surely would propel Lefty to the finish line on top.
Then, just as spectacularly and genuinely, frustratingly Phil came another double bogey at 13, the shortest hole on the course. His tee shot air-mailed the green through a rain shower, and sent him from one-under to one-over par. It's the kind of disheartening break that has shown up in Lefty's career at the most inopportune times.
He has seen heartbreak at the Open from both sides: Payne Stewart's birdie on 18 in 1999 yanked Mickelson out of a likely 18-hole playoff, and then Mickelson playing Sunday's 18 at Winged Foot in 2006 like, well, me, handed back an outright win when all he needed was a par.
Ahhh, life with Lefty.
After Mickelson's meltdown, the lead was handed to Justin Rose. You know Rose, right? The fresh-faced Brit who came out of nowhere at the age of 17 to be runner-up at his country's Open. One of the most well-liked players on the Tour. A combined oh-for-37 in major championships. Oh, and another guy who has thrown some late lightning at Mickelson to take away victory.
At last year's Ryder Cup, Phil was leading his singles match with Rose when the Brit knocked down bombs on the final three holes to snatch away a U.S. point in a pivotal European blitz to come from behind and retain the Cup. Yet it was Mickelson, graciously clapping and encouraging Rose with a smile on his face, even as his heart was being ripped out for the umpteenth time.
Heading down the stretch, there was one more bite of crunched numbers that gave FOL (Friends of Lefty) a last glimmer of hope: Rose had played the final five holes in a combined plus-6 over the first three days, while Mickelson played the same holes to a sweet tune of one-under. Surely, this would give the story a happy ending.
It did. Except for the FOL.
Both players played those final five at plus-two. But as Mickelson spent the rest of the back nine flirting-but-not-converting birdie chances, Rose closed out his first major like a champion. He made par on 17 with the help of a nice approach out of the rough, and then after lasering his drive on 18 to within ten feet of the Hogan One-Iron marker on 18, he striped his second shot at the pin in two-putt par range.
After waiting out Mickelson's desperation attempt at a birdie from an 18th hole that hadn't been birdied all week, Rose was overcome with emotion: the rush of winning his first major mixed with thoughts of his two kids, whose names are stitched to the heel of his golf shoes, and his dad, who died of leukemia in 2002.
For his part, Mickelson was again sportsmanlike in defeat, describing his round in an interview as "heartbreak", and "tough to swallow." He went on to pour out his guts: "This was my best chance of all of them (runners-up). I had a golf course I really liked. I felt this was as good an opportunity as you could ask for. It really hurts."
And that's the kind of guy you hurt along with. But not for long, because if he feels frustration, it only comes up when he's asked about it. His parents were on the course today, watching their son, and surely, sharing his pain. But they'll all make the flight back to the West Coast, and Mickelson will be with his family, and life will be good again. He seems to have it figured out that second place (again) isn't really first loser.
In the larger sense, he's not in such a bad place at all.
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Cadiz campaign donations likely impacted San Bernardino County groundwater ordinanceA look at how Cadiz Inc has greased political wheels since 1997 to the point that supervisors in San Bernardino County, California are preparing to waive a Mojave ordinance to let the private company export desert groundwater to Orange and Los Angeles County suburbs.
Cadiz: Wrong in any Wordle
Faced with a crowd of 500 people* last week, many protestors, the Rancho Santa Margarita Water District postponed certifying the final environmental impact report for its groundwater-mining bid in the Mojave Desert. Rather, the final vote for what is styled as the Cadiz Valley Water Conservation, Recovery, and Storage Project is scheduled for tomorrow night, July 31st, 2012 at 6pm in Mission Viejo (click here for details), with a video hook up for Joshua Tree protestors who organizers clearly hope won't have the steam to make another 300-mile return trip. For those of you who missed last week's meeting, this YouTube video of what appears to be Cadiz lawyers feeding scripts to "public" commenters planted in the audience is a priceless piece of citizen journalism. For more on the project, click here for a Pacific Institute analysis of its shortcomings. The text is even more withering when it hasn't been …
The "M Opinion" should avoid California incest
Defending his department after the release of "Chinatown," a Los Angeles Department of Water & Power executive is said to have protested, "There was never any incest!" That was 1974. As yesterday the final environmental impact report for the Cadiz, Inc groundwater mining project proposed for the Mojave Desert was issued, this much is known: Incest is a given.
Except this time there's no part for Faye Dunaway. The incest is political. Much has been written about Cadiz generosity to politicians. Public servants who have been on the Cadiz payroll and/or recipients of notable donations include Los Angeles Mayor Antoino Villaraigosa, former California Governor Gray Davis, Susan Kennedy — chief of staff of former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, former California state assemblyman Richard Katz and San Bernardino County Supervisor Brad Mitzelfelt. For background on Cadiz and its political largesse, this compendium is a start. Latterly, much cash has …
The common purse: Las Posas / Cadiz
A previous post, Rancho Santa Margarita, Meet Calleguas, hit a hornet's nest. The decision to write it was little more than an instinct. "Poke there." The post referred to something called the "Las Posas Basin Aquifer Storage and Recovery Project," described by the Los Angeles Times during the project's inception in the 1990s as "the largest reservoir in Ventura County, ensuring a reliable water supply in cities from Simi Valley to Oxnard in the event of drought or earthquake."
Las Posas wasn't big. It was bigger. "The $47-million project near Moorpark will hold more water than Lake Casitas and nearly four times what Lake Piru holds," reported the Times.
Until it didn't. When last month the Ventura County Reporter recounted that the capacity proved to not be the much-celebrated 300,000 acre feet, but instead 50,000 acre feet, no villain was named. Who needs a villain when, as …
Rancho Santa Margarita, meet Calleguas
UPDATED 5/11/2012: As the board of the Rancho Santa Margarita Water District wades through the Draft Environmental Impact Report produced for them by their partners at Cadiz, Inc in the bid to involve the Orange County municipal water company in a water mining scheme in the Mojave Desert, let us pause to look at some bona fides of a lead Cadiz consultant. Cadiz engineer Terry Foreman would have Rancho Santa Margarita believe that "using 50,000 acre-feet per year is optimal for conservation" from a basin with recharge that is perhaps one tenth of that, and that mining groundwater poses "no long-term impacts to the desert environment."
Believe that and you'll believe in chocolate cake diets, so it seems unlikely that anyone involved in the project really cares about the Mojave. Yet when it comes to cost, the Rancho Santa Margarita Water District board of directors …keep looking »


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About the Institute
The appeal of becoming a Master of Wine is that of joining the world's best wine community.
That community, the Institute of Masters of Wine, has two simple membership requirements: applicants must have passed the Master of Wine Examination, and they must sign up to the Institute's Code of Conduct. The Code of Conduct requires that Masters of Wine behave at all times in an ethical manner, and that they work to make the wine trade one in which probity and honesty are paramount.
There are no other barriers to entry. The Institute of Masters of Wine actively seeks Members throughout the world, and it is not elitist. Neither does the Institute aim to restrict Membership. 396 men and women from 25 different countries have fulfilled the entry requirements and become Masters of Wine since the Examination was first set in 1953.
You can read the Institute's Annual Review for the academic year 2014-2015 here.
The Masters of Wine
Master of Wine (MW) is the most prestigious title in the world of wine. What started more than sixty years ago as a qualification for the UK wine trade is now held by a global family of 343 Masters of Wine. The Membership encompasses winemakers, buyers, shippers, business owners, retailers, academics, sommeliers, wine educators, writers, journalists and more.
Becoming a Master of Wine means entry into the world's best wine community: one that brings deeply rewarding personal and professional opportunities, but also lifetime friendships with your fellow Members. It can mean constant travel and the bright lights of television studios, if that's what you want. Alternatively, it could mean putting down roots as a winemaker and producing the finest expression of the particular piece of terroir that you've chosen.
Our Members produce award-winning wines, books, films, journalism, and television programmes.
Doors open to Masters of Wine. We are not just talking about the obvious advantage that the initials 'MW' give you in a job interview. Masters of Wine are also often asked to judge wine competitions all over the world; to lecture at wine courses; to lead tastings; to sample and assess some of the world's finest private cellars. Masters of Wine currently advise governments and heads of state worldwide, as well as hotels, airlines, and other institutions.
The Institute itself organises trips for Masters of Wine, which are generally hosted by trade bodies. Over the years groups of MWs have been treated to exceptional hospitality in most wine-producing regions of the world, with a level of VIP access that would be the envy of anyone with an interest in wine.
The Institute also runs a full events calendar, including the famous Symposium, which takes place every four years and was last held was held in Florence in 2014. Many of the world's most iconic producers have brought their wines to IMW events, in the knowledge that they will be presenting to an audience whose love and understanding of wine is unsurpassed.
However, being a Master of Wine isn't just about taking advantage of the opportunities that are on offer to Members of the Institute. It's about offering those opportunities to others.
About the Study Programme
Successful Masters of Wine have always given their time to help others through the Examination. Over the years, that help and guidance has evolved into the formal Study Programme, which aims to assist and advise students as they prepare themselves to take the Examination.
Every student in the Study Programme has a nominated Master of Wine as their personal mentor; someone they can turn to for advice. These mentor relationships frequently become friendships that last a lifetime, whether students go on to pass the Examination or not. Students can expect to learn from many more Masters of Wine, as well as leading figures in the global wine trade, at Study Programme residential seminars and course days.
Not everyone who joins the Study Programme goes on to pass the Master of Wine Examination; but anyone who has invested time in study for the Examination sees the benefits in terms of broadening their perspective, not only in terms of increased knowledge, but through the contacts they make with their peers in the global wine trade. Importantly, the Institute considers ex-students as part of our extended family.


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* Action:SUPER SMOOTH BOLT ACTION
• Finish:NICE BLUED
• Caliber/Gauge: 30-06
• Bore: MINT
• Barrel Length:24"
• Stock:CLASSIC WALNUT WITH SHARP CHECKERING,CHEEK PIECE.
• Blemishes:MISSING FRONT SIGHT BUT REAR FLIP UP SIGHT IS THERE,MISSING SOME BLUING ON LEFT EDGE OF TRIGGER GUARD,
• Features:NICE ENGRAVED FLOOR PLATE,SUPER SMOOTH ACTION,SUPER SHARP CHECKERING,MADE IN SWEDEN,RECOIL PAD,REDFIELD ONE PIECE BASE.THIS IS A AWESOME LOOKING AN FEELING RIFLE.
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Please be Aware: Credit Card Sales will be charged a 3% Fee. Shipping and Handling is $30.00 per item: NO discounts for combined or local Shipping. Dave's Recommends all firearms be inspected by a competent Gunsmith prior to use. Payment and Shipping Policies: Accepted forms of payment are credit cards (MasterCard, Visa, and Discover), cashier's checks, and money orders. The preferred method of payment is with credit cards. We must have an original signed copy of your dealer's FFL on file to accept payment OR faxed copy to 1 413 442 7816. Payments must be received within 10 days from the close of the auction. To pay, please call us at 1-413-442-2960 and ask for Dave or Paul (M-F 10:00am-6:00pm SAT. 10am-5pm excluding major US holidays). Dave's sporting goods 1164 North St. Pittsfield Ma. 01201. Firearm must be shipped to FFL dealer for transfer. Buyer please include: Auction Number (printed in memo field of cashier's check or Money Order) Add $30 for shipping and insurance HI and AK slightly higher: Dave's expert staff has visually inspected this item. Davessporting.com WE SHIP TO UNITED STATES ONLY…
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Product Information •MAKE:CARL GUSTAF FORENADE FABRIKSVERKEN •MODEL:HVA * Action:SUPER SMOOTH BOLT ACTION •Finish:NICE BLUED •Caliber/Gauge: 30-06 •Bore: MIN
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Providing voluntary family planning services to all who need them is one of the most effective pathways to improve maternal and child health. Groundbreaking new research indicates that meeting existing global need for family planning would deliver an additional side benefit: a substantial reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. The scope of this decrease would be significant: between 8 and 15 percent of the reductions needed to avert catastrophic climate change. And the cost of providing these services would be minimal: $3.7 billion per year for the developing world and the United States.
How are family planning and climate change linked?
Robust research shows that many women around the world cannot get access to the voluntary family planning services they already want. As a result, the world's population is growing more quickly than it would if women were empowered to plan their pregnancies. This population growth is causing greenhouse gas emissions to increase more quickly as well.
Isn't consumption in industrialized countries the main driver of climate change?
It's true that individuals in wealthy countries contribute much higher emissions per capita than people in developing countries, and steep reductions in wealthy countries' emissions must be realized to avert catastrophic climate change. However, emissions from developing countries are expected to rise dramatically as their economies and populations grow. Some of that population growth is fueled by lack of access to voluntary family planning. Hundreds of millions of women around the world – in both the United States and developing countries – cannot gain access to the voluntary family planning services they want.
Voluntary family planning is one essential strategy among many in a comprehensive emissions reduction plan in both the United States and the developing world.
Isn't population growth only happening in the developing world, where per capita emissions are low?
Population is growing faster in the developing world than in the industrialized countries in part because more women in the developing world do not have access to family planning services. However, the United States, the third largest country in the world, has very high per capita emissions of greenhouse gases and one of the fastest-growing populations of any industrialized country. Some of the population growth in the United States is due to women being unable to access the family planning services that they need.
Though per capita consumption in the developing world is currently low relative to the industrialized countries, it is not insignificant and will rise substantially in coming years. Empowering couples in Latin America, Africa and Asia to have the number of children they want would mean healthier mothers, families and communities. In addition, as the new research demonstrates, it would also slow the growth of greenhouse gas emissions in the developing world.
Won't family planning just increase incomes and thereby increase per capita emissions?
The O'Neill research incorporates this factor and still finds that increased emissions from rising prosperity will not outweigh the emissions reductions that come when women are empowered to have the number of children they want.
Can you really expect all women with unmet need to use contraception? What about those whose partners object to modern birth control, or those whose cultural beliefs are at odds with modern contraception?
Data show that family planning programs can address most of the reasons for women's unmet need. Despite fears about disapproving partners or in-laws and cultural beliefs, when a range of modern contraceptive methods is available with accurate information and quality counseling, women make use of it. Women's desire to plan family size is very strong. Estimates of unmet need have proven to predict future contraception use with reliability.
Isn't raising this issue likely to complicate the already politically fraught international climate negotiations?
Current efforts to meet existing demand for family planning are focused on better targeting Overseas Development Assistance (ODA) and in-country spending. Investing in meeting women's needs for voluntary family planning is a stand-alone development strategy that dramatically improves health and enhances fundamental human rights. These investments are a priority for many developing nations as they seek to improve well-being, health and prosperity. They also are increasingly important in a world searching for growth pathways that provide multiple benefits to people and the climate. Meeting women's needs for voluntary family planning is one among many such strategies, including cleaner cook stoves and reduced deforestation.
Doesn't the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPPC) Special Report on Emissions Scenarios (SRES) already consider various population scenarios?
SRES scenarios do not consider the independent impact of population. When the IPCC models vary population projections, they also shift other variables, making it difficult to discern the impact of meeting family planning needs. This analysis is designed to look at population as an independent variable and is more up to date. The IPCC SRES relies on 1998 UN projections.
What models were used for this research?
Scott Moreland and colleagues estimated the changes in contraceptive use implied by current UN population growth scenarios for 99 developing countries and the United States. They then compared these scenarios with the demographic impact of satisfying unmet need for voluntary family planning and prepared cost estimates for each of the four scenarios.
Brian O'Neill and his team used an integrated assessment model that accounts for the impact of population growth on total emissions by region, as well as additional variables such as age and household structures, increasing incomes and urbanization.
Together, the two papers demonstrate the demographic impact of meeting existing need for family planning services and estimate the potential resulting emissions reductions.
How does girls' education fit into this picture?
Girls' education is an incredibly powerful strategy for empowerment, economic development and human dignity. It also tends to increase demand for voluntary family planning services. This research deals with the hundreds of millions of women worldwide who already want to avoid pregnancy and aren't accessing voluntary family planning services. Satisfying unmet need is an identified, inexpensive, no-regrets development strategy with a climate benefit.


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2 CIOs on the false flexibility of the cloud
On a report published on PC World, two CIOs discussed how the cloud causes a similar kind of lock-in experienced with traditional on-premise vendors, such as Oracle and SAP. Ralph Loura, CIO of Clorox and Ben Haines, outgoing CIO of Pabst Brewing, both spoke on the topic this week at the GigaOm Structure conference in San Francisco.
"You're kind of locked in--it's out with the old boss and in with the new," said Loura. According to Loura, most big companies sign multi-year contracts with cloud suppliers that effectively tie them to that platform. Loura alleges that these cloud providers then proceed to train employees to build applications and interfaces in a way that further ties them down, creating a flexibility that is false.
Haines spoke of his experiences with Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) at Pabst. "On the Google side, my impression from an enterprise standpoint is that they're talking the talk, but they're not backing it up yet," he said. "In the enterprise, you need someone to call." The result is that while Pabst uses services from Google, it does so through a Google partner due to the difficulty of communicating with the company directly.
It is clear that while the cloud definitely has its benefits, both self-interest and the breakneck pace of development on that front are likely to result in the development APIs and proprietary features that are likely to lock in users. And the larger size of enterprises means that cloud vendors are far more likely to mandate longer-term contracts before they commit to serving them.
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Three cheers for Randall "XKCD" Munroe! Not only has he just announced his first book of collected toons, he got a fabulous write up in the NYT about it as well. Randall's one of the most consistently funny — and sweet — geeks on the web, and every day he tops himself in finding new ways to be made of awesome.
The print xkcd book is not being published through a traditional company but rather by breadpig — which was created by Alexis Ohanian, one of the founders of the social-news Web site reddit. The site has sold high-concept merchandise like refrigerator magnets or T-shirts, but never a book. (Its profits go to the charity Room to Read.)"We never made any projection — 10,000 seems like a good run," Mr. Ohanian said, adding that this lack of research "is laughable from the perspective of anyone who knows the book industry. It's what makes sense."
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text: Hobby Lobby and religious conflict It's summertime, and the Supreme Court is in recess until October. Before going on recess, it decided a case called Hobby Lobby, recognizing a closely held corporation's right to adhere to its religious beliefs. The particular question was whether the contraceptive mandate in the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, could be imposed on an employer whose religious views conflicted with that mandate. A closely held corporation is typically one with only a couple of shareholders. While the Court has been pilloried for being against women, the case actually turned on a law signed by President Bill Clinton, which gave employers with religious views the right to adhere to them. As a labor and employment lawyer, I am more interested in the Hobby Lobby case because it sets up potential conflict between employers and employees with differing religious views. As you probably know, under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, religious discrimination is prohibited, and employers must make reasonable accommodations to employee's religious beliefs. In addition, many jurisdictions now prohibit discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation, and these laws can present dilemmas to employers and employees whose religion frowns upon certain practices. In a case decided several years ago, a corporation was found to have violated an employee's religious beliefs by requiring him to sign a "tolerance statement." Some of the things he was being asked to tolerate violated his legitimately held religious beliefs. I expect there to more litigation in this area, as employers must balance their obligation to accommodate with their obligation not to discriminate. The Supreme Court also held at the end of this term that President Obama's recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board were unconstitutional. On the day I am writing this column, the President announced that he intends to reappoint at least one of the individuals whose recess appointment was found improper. I am not concerned about the constitutional question, but the person he intends to reappoint is one of the Board members who appears to be stridently anti-employer. Because the Senate still has a majority of Democrats, she is likely to be confirmed. Therefore, I expect the NLRB will continue to be a thorn in the side of employers throughout the United States. Despite numerous setbacks, the labor agenda is alive and well. This is especially troubling because the NLRB continues to knock down company policies promoting civility. As I have said in this column previously, the NLRB believes that if the employee is exercising rights protected under the National Labor Relations Act, he or she cannot be penalized just because raw, disrespectful language is used in the process. I wonder if the First Amendment protects my right to assert that the NLRB is FUBAR. Several federal courts have, through judicial fiat, established a four-month after pregnancy extension of the pregnancy discrimination laws. In a case decided in New York, a court found that an employee could pursue her claim that a denial of promotion within the four months after she delivered her child could still be pregnancy discrimination. I have no particular quarrel with an employee who can establish that her pregnancy was a factor in a post-pregnancy decision, but setting up a four-month rule makes no particular sense. Why not three or five months? Just keep in mind that after an employee returns from a pregnancy leave, she still may be able to contend that post-return decisions against her were motivated by her pregnancy and her pregnancy leave. The FMLA may also be a factor. Finally, I would like to take a few minutes to talk about the government. We read all the time about government misconduct, especially by prosecutors. It has been my experience that many government lawyers want to win at all cost, and they will do whatever it takes to win, including taking outrageous legal positions. In addition, the government either covers up its misconduct (recent reports about the IRS losing emails of critical witnesses involved in a government investigation of IRS abuse are very troubling) or asks for more tax money to address the problem. If one of my clients makes a mistake, the government comes down on it hard; the government, however, does not apply the same standard to itself. I am constantly confronted with decisions on whether to cooperate with the government. If you cooperate and still get sued or fined, you feel foolish. If you do not cooperate, and the government seemingly comes down harder on the client, you wonder whether you made the correct decision. In retrospect, I still think that the best approach for dealing with the government is a firm "no" whenever possible. Give the government what helps your case, and try to avoid giving the government what does not. Obviously, there are differences between civil and criminal investigations, but this is generally the best approach in a civil investigation; total noncooperation may be the best approach in a criminal investigation, especially if there are serious concerns about criminal liability. I know this has been a hodgepodge of law-related stuff, but it is, after all, summer. I hope yours is been pleasant and lawyer-free.


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UPDATE: TIME Reveals Nintendo Games, Including Star Fox Wii U - NewsVGChartz Staff, posted on 11 June 2014 / 3,184 Views
UPDATE: A new Star Fox game was announced for the Wii U shortly after the end of the Nintendo E3 Digital Event. The game features a first person view from within the Arwing's cockpit on the Wii U GamePad screen, with an ability to quickly switch to the Landmaster tank. In a multiplayer mode, one player can control a helicopter and another controls a robot that collects objects on the surface and brings it back to the helicopter.
Project Giant Robot and Project Guard were also announced and are playable on the E3 show floor. Project Giant Robot lets players create their own robot and use it to fight other robots. The game uses the GamePad's analog sticks to throw a left or right punch, using gyro controls to aim it, and also includes a laser attack mapped to the buttons. Project Guard tasks players to place 12 security cameras armed with lasers within a maze. Then, players use the GamePad to switch between cameras and shoot down all intruding robots.
ORIGINAL STORY: TIME has seemingly jumped the gun on the outing of 3 new Nintendo games, previously unannounced by Nintendo. The list of games includes: Project Giant Robot, Project Guard, and the biggest of the 3, Star Fox for the Wii U. Both of the "Project" games are still in an experimental phase.
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