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  • Sony Ericsson announced today that their highly popular Unlocked Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 phone would no longer be receiving anymore updates to the Android operating system from here on out. This announcement was met by wrath for many XPERIA X10 users who have already made it clear that they have had a problem with the slow upgrading process that has been seen through many of their releases so far.

    You would think with the past criticisms that the team has had to face that they would be more apt to upgrade some of their current releases. Their slow upgrading process has been a problem for many of their users, and the company has shown no willingness to go above and beyond expectations with their current upgrading model. Hopefully they will reconsider their decision and will upgrade the Xperia X10 software past Android 2.1, where it currently sits.

    The company argued in their tweet that the features that were included in the 2.1 update for Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Unlocked were on par, and may even exceed those of a basic 2.2 installation. Of course, anyone who followed the update knows that this is not true in many areas and seems to be a bit of a cop out by the company. This caused outrage among their loyal customers. the problem was not only that they weren't going to be updating the phone in a timely fashion - again, it was mostly that the company seemed to announce that the move wouldn't be made for all of the wrong reasons.

    There is no doubt that the company will have to address the issue again the future, based on the response that they have received thus far. With the slow roll out of updates, Sony seems to have demonstrated that their phones will, in most cases, not be willing to budge on the issue of updates. They can be a bit tricky to handle between models, and they seem to be focusing more on releasing new, updated phones rather than worry about the updating process of older phones.

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  • The CEO of Hulu, Jason Kilar made an appearance at a recent Samsung event to announce a new deal that was on the horizon. The announcement came at a press event at the Consumer Electronic Show today. Hulu Plus will be available for Android 2.2 in the coming months and will be available for Android 2.2 devices only.

    After the announcement he also gave a quick preview of the app, running on the Unlocked Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant which runs on Android 2.2 So far there has been no mention of the price of the app, but you can bet that there will be some sort of subscription fee.

    This means that you will be able to access all of the content that is currently available on Hulu straight from your Android device. It will be interesting to see what they say about a possible subscription fee for the service that has been highly popular since it first launched. Bringing Hulu Plus to Android devices means that you will be able to use it from many different devices that are currently running on Android 2.2 or above - one of the most popular mobile operating system currently being offered. This is something that did not leak out at all before the announcement, but will probably be to the enjoyment of most of their users.

    Hulu constantly updates their offerings in their Hulu Plus service and often time’s television shows will allow their content to be available just days after it airs on TV. So if you have a hard time keeping up with your favorite shows, this service is undoubtedly for you. Hulu Plus has received a lot of praise from current users and hopefully the quality of the video will be great for Hulu Plus users.

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  • The Samsung Unlocked Phone “SCH-1520” is a handset without a name. To most, that might make it a Little less ape paling, but that certainly doesn’t mean that it doesn’t come with a host of features that most would love to have for the price of the phone. The best part about the phone is obviously the display. Its 4.3 inch touch screen display is among the best out there, with a beautiful AMOLED display that makes every screen look unbelievably crisp and sharp.

    The phone also comes with a 1 GHz processor as well as an 8 megapixel rear facing camera, and a 1.3 megapixel front facing camera. This will enable the phone to partake in the various video chat apps that are available for Android 2.2, the software that the phone will run on. So while you have to feel kind of bad for a phone that is referred to by its model number, or simply as the “Samsung 4G LTE Smartphone” as Verizon referred to it in their press release, you can’t say that they skimped on the features this time around.

    Although the focus of the hand set should be on the excellent Super AMOLED Plus screen that delivers everything in crystal clear clarity, it also has a wonderful design that make it easy to hold, use, and comfortable in the hand. These, combined with the fact that the phone boasts a completely open HDMI out port have made it an unlikely hit at the Consumer Electronics Show this year. It will be interesting to see how the phone continues to gain popularity as more become aware of the great features, despite the fact that it does not yet have a name. The phone is expected to be released during the first two quarters of 2011, so expect it to have some sort of official branding here soon.

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  • HTC unlocked phones has made another mammoth announcement, just in time for the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show. The HTC EVO 4G will be receiving another model of the phone, and this time on a completely new carrier. The phone will feature a 4.3 inch touch screen display and will be called the Inspire 4G, running on a 4G network provided by AT&T.

    The announcement comes just days before the Consumer Electronics Show. Many companies have opted to make their announcements prior to the show to build anticipation for the booths and event that will take place at the show. Along with the excellent LCD display, the phone will also offer an 8 megapixel rear camera and a 1 GHZ CPU that should enable it to run just about any app available. It will also utilize the Android 2.2 operating system that features HTC’s customized Sense UI, which allows users to use a “Find my Phone” feature that is very similar to the feature that was recently released by Apple for their unlocked iPhone 4.

    HTC continues to impress in the days leading up to the Consumer Electronics Show, and has made a number of huge announcements including the development of their own tablet device.

    It will be interesting to see how much hype this announcement receives, especially considering that the phone has already been released. The upgraded features should draw a few new users over to the phone, but the fact that it will be released on a new carrier with 4G capabilities is undoubtedly the biggest draw of the device.

    The Inspire 4G is a huge upgrade for a device that has already been immensely popular throughout its history. HTC might be the underdog in the saturated mobile market, but they continue to impress with wonderful deals and excellent devices that push the ever expanding envelope for the company.

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  • HTC Scribe Unveiled in February
    Posted on January 5, 2011 by Pure Mobile

    HTC is a company that is known for delivering excellent mobile devices to their customers, but also has not attracted as much attention as some of the other companies within the same space. Now, it appears that the company will be making the official unveiling of their new HTC Scribe tablet device at the MWC in February. A number of sources close to the company have said that they will be making the announcement about their 7 inch screen tablet in Barcelona in February. Some have already speculated that the tablet device will be more popular broad than it will here in the states, but that doesn’t mean that it couldn’t rise to popularity in the west as well.

    The HTC Scribe will reportedly run the Android 3.0 software, a few ticks below the latest version. This information was reportedly leaked by the Taiwanese parts manufacturer that has been working with HTC unlocked phones to build the device over the course of the last few months.

    HTC is known for being a company that was one of the first to utilize the Android operating system for their devices, and in some instances can even be credited with helping Android rise to the popularity that it has now. HTC has yet to develop a tablet device and the Scribe will be the first offering by the company.

    Although it won’t be as feature loaded as the PlayBook and other tablets that are set to hit the market here soon, the Scribe is expected to be one of the most popular tablet choices on the market as soon as it is released. HTC hopes to snatch up niche markets of users that are looking to find a tablet that will allow them to browse Flash websites, a feature that is missing from the iPad.

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  • iPad 2 Will Have Different Case
    Posted on December 31, 2010 by Pure Mobile

    As per one of the leading unlocked cell phone blog site, although Apple is not typically known for varying their devices too much from one design to another to keep some continuity, It appears that they will be making a number of changes to the second version of the highly popular iPad. A source in China has stated that the company is already working on the second generation of the iPad and that the case will have a new design compared to the first model. The new case will be just a bit smaller and will measure 239 mm x 186 mm, which is a bit smaller than Apple’s current case which is just a few millimeters larger.

    Although there is no way to verify this story, the fact that it was released with such exact stats would lead most to believe that it is probably true. The first generation of the iPad has been highly successful, paving the way for other tablet devices that are looking to enter a market that is getting more competitive by the day.

    The iPad 2 will also have wide range speakers, according to the report. Apple has been quick to jump on an upgrade for their first tablet device. This is probably because the company has seen the onslaught of incoming competition with advanced features, and are looking to ensure that they are able to retain their current market share.

    It will be interesting to see what changes about the device in the iPad 2. The first version was highly successful and changed the mobile industry forever with a simple announcement. The second version will hopefully be a huge upgrade over the first version in the same way that the unlocked iPhone 4 received a sizable update on its second release. The tablet marketplace has proven to be large enough to be considered a subsidiary to the mobile market in itself.

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  • Android Market Adds AT&T Billing App
    Posted on December 28, 2010 by Pure Mobile

    Google has announced that they will be releasing a new feature for their marketplace along with a number of applications. As of now, the AT&T Direct Carrier Billing application is now available to AT&T customers that are using some of the multiple Android devices such has HTC Desire, Samsung Captivate i897 unlocked on their network. The service would let users use their accounts, and connect them with their AT&T billing accounts to allow them to more easily pay their mobile bills.

    App purchases now can be billed to their provider accounts, allowing them to pay their app bills in bulk at the end of the month. This benefits both the user and the company because it allows users to run up larger tabs on apps when they do not realize what they have spent, but also allows the users to take care of their app payments in bulk, one time at the end of the month. This is a service that has become increasingly common over the course of the last few months, and the AT&T implementation is something that has been rumored for a very long time.

    The app was made available to T-Mobile subscribers earlier in the month. Google will likely explore similar opportunities in the near future because this sort of subscription service will definitely increase app sales on mobile devices. Allowing users to not see the damages until the end of the month, or at least delay their payments on a credit-style system and including them in with their provider bills will make the payment process easier but will also make it easier for them to overspend.

    It will be interesting to see how well the customers respond to a move like this. It is a drastic change in the way that business is done in the mobile space and will take some getting used to on the user end of the spectrum.

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  • With rumors of the Playstation Phone everywhere, Sony announced today that they would be adding Playstation app to their resume. The app will only be available for Android and iOS devices. The app will give users a number of options. Unfortunately one of those options will not be to play Playstation games on their phone. The app works in a way that is similar to the XBox Live features that are available on LG C900 Unlocked Windows Phone 7.

    The app will grant you access to all of the most up to date news on the Playstation platform and will also let you see what your friends are playing and whether or not they are online. Now you do not even have to get up and walk to the Playstation to see which of your friends are online. If you are feeling like you might want to play some online games, simply look up who is online on your phone and see if anything catches your eye.

    The app will launch first in Europe, including in France, Germany, and Spain. Sony also said that they were looking to expand the features and countries that will carry the app in the near future. This is to be looked at as a testing period to make sure that everything is running smoothly.

    Unlocked iphone 4 iOS devices will have to be running version four or above to use the App, and Android phones have to be using 1.6 or a higher version. They did not announce when this would be coming to the US but if it is successful in its initial releases, you can expect it to make its way here very soon.

    Here’s to hoping the next announcement from the company is the Playstation Phone which has had several videos of it released but has received no official confirmation from Sony Ericsson.

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  • Could Nokia Start Using Windows Phone 7
    Posted on December 21, 2010 by Pure Mobile

    A recent rumor from Nokia insider Eldar Murtazin claims that Nokia is currently in the process of working on a deal with Microsoft that would allow for them to utilize Windows Phone 7 on their upcoming unlocked cell phone. The devices had previously used Symbian, but the operating system has not received good marks from experts or customers in reviews, and it is clear that Nokia will have to move away from Symbian if they would like to remain competitive in the market.

    The CEO of Nokia, Stephen Elop has reportedly been conversing with officials at Microsoft for the past few months and has spoken with them about the possibility of them launching a Windows Phone 7 device in the near future.

    Regardless of the decision that they make, Nokia still has a large place in the marketplace. Them adding a partnership with Microsoft into the mix would be to the benefit of both companies and would allow both of them to grow. Windows Phone 7 is known for being meticulous when it comes to security. Their WGA software will lock the phone down if it detects that you are messing with any of the inner-working software that runs the operating system, and Symbian is an operating system that is obviously on the decline.

    It will be interesting to see what kind of devices Nokia releases. They have never been at the forefront of the higher-end devices, but a new partnership with a growing operating system might force them to look to more advanced devices in the future.

    The rumor also stated that they were not just discussing the possibility of a single phone, but instead a line of phones that would be sold through the various channels that Nokia has at their disposal. It would be an interesting partnership to say the least. Both companies have made huge gains in the mobile market in recent years and it only seems right that they meet in the middle to continue their surge.

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  • Skype Prepares for New Cloud Features
    Posted on December 8, 2010 by Pure Mobile

    Skype is getting ready for some cloud based features that should further expand their calling platform. You can imagine the type of features that they would be able to implement through the usage of cloud computing. The move would suggest that Skype is looking to expand further than their current user base and start to offer solutions for enterprises and corporations. Google Voice was recently made available to smart phone users through an app that is available for unlocked iphone 4 iOS, and some have suggested that perhaps Google will look to release an enterprise-level solution some time in the future as well, and Skype is apparently taking heed of these warnings.

    Some have suggested that perhaps Skype is gearing up to team up with Facebook to expand their offerings and allow Facebook users to call one another from their profile pages, but that is only speculative at this point. Other experts have suggested that Skype could be looking to team up with Microsoft to utilize their cloud system that is in place.

    Either way, the announcement of the integration of cloud features is something that shows that Skype is preparing to extend their service in some way. The move to cloud computing will give them a lot more to work with and will give them the opportunity to expand upon their currently offered features.

    Skype has already been able to integrate their service with other platforms, but with other alternatives popping up in recent months, both in the form of personal computer applications and smart phone apps, Skype appears poised to build upon their current system and expand it into something that would make the barrier of entry much harder for startup businesses that could potentially threaten the success of Skype. Look for Skype to elaborate on their plans over the course of the next few months as they move most of their system tot he cloud.

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But appearances were deceiving. A hundred meters in, there was a pull-off lane for remote visitor screening. Just beyond that, a pavement sensor scanned the undercarriage of Horton's Honda Passport, and a roadside transmitter interrogated his radio-responder ID card.

Horton knew from experience what would happen if he failed either check: just beyond the first turn, he would encounter a series of barriers rising from the driveway, and be intercepted by a canary-yellow security Jeep roaring down it. Anyone who tried to go farther, or to enter the campus cross-country, would be tracked by optical and thermal sensors and met by the drawn weapons of the professionally humorless security detail.

At first, Horton had regarded the security diffidently. It jarred with Brohier's insistence on calling the Terabyte site a "campus," because fences and checkpoints had not been part of Horton's college experience at Stanford, or Purdue, or Tennessee State. But of late he had come to appreciate the quiet vigilance of the security staff--especially after the lab received one of "Ned Ludd's" package-bombs in a shipment of office supplies.

Now Horton knew all the officers by face and first name, and they in turn lent a comforting presence when, as was often the case, he found himself keeping early, late, or weekend hours. The only trouble Horton had ever had with them was during his first winter at Terabyte, when, with his own car in for brake service, Horton tried to enter the campus on a Sunday in his girlfriend's untagged electric Saturn.

His girlfriend--that was a construction Horton hadn't had need of in longer than he cared to remember. His last serious relationship had been with Kelly Braddock at Stanford. In a year and a half of dating, they had never quite gotten to the decision to live together, but between Kelly's brittle emotional defensiveness and her bold sexual openness, that relationship came to take up as much space and energy as his friends' live-in relationships seemed to. By the time Karl Brohier showed up at Horton's door, Horton was growing weary. He had begun to occasionally avoid Kelly, and to contemplate disengaging completely.

Brohier's offer had resolved that problem, though not in quite the way Horton expected it would. A few weeks later, Kelly announced she had secured a fellowship at the University of Texas. That allowed her to leave Palo Alto a month before Horton did, thereby proving to herself that she had not compromised her independence by sleeping with him. They had said good-bye without tears or concrete promises.

For a time, they had kept up with each other over the net. But netsex had proved a pale substitute for the real thing, and the real thing proved to have been the binding energy of their relationship. Absent lust, there was too little left to keep them from drifting apart, and within a few months, they were "old friends" on their way to becoming nodding strangers.

Still, the disappearance of Kelly from Horton's life did deprive him of both an agreeable heat and a comforting unpredictability, and he made a few awkward and halfhearted efforts to replace both.

Of his several relationships that first year, the one with Moira, the owner of the Saturn, had lasted the longest. An outgoing thirty-year-old Toledo native who lived in Horton's apartment building, she had some of Kelly's fire in a softer and more accommodating package. But she lacked Kelly's enthusiasm for independence, and her principal ambition was an old-fashioned one--to marry and have children. She waited only until the first afterglow to start musing aloud about buying a house together. When she learned that Horton did not share her ambition, she wasted no more time on him.

Since then, more by inertia than design, Horton had allowed his work to swallow him whole. His recreation was limited to occasional visits to a target-shooting range or IMAX theater, plus one weeklong hiking trip into a national park each year. His social contacts outside of work were limited to netchat and two or three family holidays at his parents' new house in Columbia, South Carolina.

He told himself he did not mind his chaste bachelorhood, that the work was enough--but there was no one close enough to him to question it. He told himself he did not mind sleeping alone, eating alone, traveling alone--but the truth was that he also did not greatly enjoy it.

He told himself that there would be more time, more laughter, a fuller life later, when he had had a chance to prove himself, when work and not-work came back into balance--but he had been telling himself that for nearly six years. His thirtieth birthday was now only a month away, and it had suddenly become possible to see himself still living this way at thirty-five, and forty, and beyond.

The catalyst for all this melancholy, Horton knew, was the experiment scheduled for that morning. And the best antidote Horton could think of would be a little long-overdue success.

* * *

At the end of the snaking driveway was the main parking area and the gate into Terabyte's compound. As an associate director, Horton was entitled to one of the parking spaces inside the wrought-iron fences. He pointed the Passport toward the gate, lowering the driver's window as he did.

"Hello again, Dr. Horton," said Eric. The barrel-chested, gentle-voiced officer had been on duty when Horton left at 3 a.m. "Did that catnap do you any good?"

"Not much," Horton said, making an effort to smile. "Have you heard anything about the status of the arrangements?"

"I just talked to the boss. We'll be ready for you at seven-fifteen," said Eric. "Other than me and Tim, your team has the campus to itself. The site engineer will start taking down nonessential systems at seven. It'll be as quiet as we can make it for you."

"Thanks," Horton said with a nod, and drove on.

"Good luck!" Eric called after him.

Horton grimaced. Luck. The team had had a bundle of it, all of it bad.

The theoretical and design work on Baby had consumed nearly a year, and construction of the experimental apparatus had taken most of six months. Now, more than two years later, the rig had yet to successfully complete a single test series. There had been a fire, computer failures, power supply problems, and a series of puzzling bugs, leading to a major redesign of the detector, two partial rebuilds of the emitter, and replacement of most of the test and measurement gear.

To be sure, the project was bleeding-edge, unmapped-territory work, and setbacks were to be expected. But even in the relaxed culture of Terabyte Labs, Horton was feeling pressure--most of it self-imposed. If he had spent the last forty months and fourteen million of Aron Goldstein's dollars chasing a chimera, it was up to him to make that assessment and close down the project. And if Suite 1 didn't produce some positive results soon, Horton might be forced to do exactly that, and admit that he had been wrong.
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Arthur C. Clarke is considered to be the greatest science fiction writer of all time. He is an international treasure in many other ways: An article written by him in 1945 led to the invention of satellite technology. Books by Mr. Clarke—both fiction and nonfiction—have more than one hundred million copies in print worldwide. Mr. Clarke passed away March 19th, 2008.

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Imperial Earth
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A Fall Of Moondust
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"Comprehensive and intelligently organized. . . .  Jazz aficionados . . . should be grateful to have so much good writing on the subject in one place."--The New York Times Book Review

"Alluring. . . . Capture[s] much of the breadth of the music, as well as the passionate debates it has stirred, more vividly than any other jazz anthology to date."--Chicago Tribune

No musical idiom has inspired more fine writing than jazz, and nowhere has that writing been presented with greater comprehensiveness and taste than in this glorious collection. In Reading Jazz, editor Robert Gottlieb combs through eighty years of autobiography, reportage, and criticism by the music's greatest players, commentators, and fans to create what is at once a monumental tapestry of jazz history and testimony to the elegance, vigor, and variety of jazz writing.
        Here are Jelly Roll Morton, recalling the whorehouse piano players of New Orleans in 1902; Whitney Balliett, profiling clarinetist Pee Wee Russell; poet Philip Larkin, with an eloquently dyspeptic jeremiad against bop. Here, too, are the voices of Billie Holiday and Charles Mingus, Albert Murray and Leonard Bernstein, Stanley Crouch and LeRoi Jones, reminiscing, analyzing, celebrating, and settling scores. For anyone who loves the music--or the music of great prose--Reading Jazz is indispensable.

"The ideal gift for jazzniks and boppers everywhere. . . . It gathers the best and most varied jazz writing of more than a century."--Sunday Times (London)

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Jelly Roll Morton
Sidney Bechet
Louis Armstrong
Willie "The Lion" Smith
Duke Ellington
Sonny Greer
Leora Henderson
Art Hodes
Buck Clayton
Hoagy Carmichael
Eddie Condon
Mary Lou Williams
Cab Calloway
Lionel Hampton
John Hammond
Count Basie
Billie Holiday
Mezz Mezzrow
Artie Shaw
Charlie Barnet
Max Gordon
Anita O'Day
Milt Hinton
Art Blakey
Milt Gabler
Miles Davis
Willie Ruff
Art Pepper
Charles Mingus
Hamton Hawes
Paul Desmond
Cecil Taylor
Anthony Braxton

King Oliver: A Very Personal Memoir by Edmond Souchon, M.D.
A Music of the Streets by Fredrick Turner
The Blues of Jimmy by Vincent McHugh
Jack Teagarden by Charles Edward Smith
Even His Feet Look Sad by Whitney Balliett
The Cutting Sessions by Rex Stewart
Thomas “Fats” Waller by John S. Wilson
Sunshine Always Opens Out by Whitney Balliett
The Poet: Bill Evans by Gene Lees
Black Like Him by Francis Davis
The House in the Heart by Bobby Scott
The Big Bands by George T. Simon
Homage to Bunny by George Frazier
The Spirit of Jazz by Otis Ferguson
The Mirror of Swing by Gary Giddins
Jimmie Lunceford by Ralph J. Gleason
Two Rounds of the Battling Dorseys by Tommy Dorsey and Jimmy Dorsey
Jazz Orchestra in Residence, 1971 by Carol Easton
Flying Home by Rudi Blesh
The Fabulous Gypsy by Gilbert S. McKean
Minton’s by Ralph Ellison
Minton’s Playhouse by Dizzy Gillespie
At the Hi-De-Ho by Hampton Hawes
Bird by Miles Davis
Waiting for Dizzy by Gene Lees
An Evening with Monk by Dan Morgenstern
Theloious and Me by Orrin Keepnews
John Coltrane by Nat Hentoff
Bessie Smith: Poet by Murray Kempton
Mahalia Jackson by George T. Simon
Lady Day Has Her Say by Billie Holiday
The Untold Story of the International Sweethearts fo Rhythm by Marian McPartland
A Starr is Reborn by Gary Giddins
Moonbeam Moscowitz: Sylvia Syms by Whitney Balliet
The Lindy by Marshall and Jean Stearns
A Night at the Five Spot by Martin Williams
You Dig It, Sir by Lillian Ross
Johnny Green by Fred Hall
Jazz in America by Jean-Paul Sartre
Don’t Shoot—We’re Americans! by Steve Voce
Goffin, Esquire, and the Moldy Figs by Leonard Feather

Bechet and Jazz Visit Europe, 1919 by Ernst-Alexandre Ansermet
Harpsichords and Jazz Trumpets by Roger Pryor Dodge
Conclusions by Winthrop Sargeant
Has Jazz Influenced the Symphony? by Gene Krupa and Leonard Bernstein
No Jazz is an Island by William Grossman
The Unreal Jazz by Hugues Panassié
All What Jazz? by Philip Larkin
The Musical Achievement by Eric Hobsbawm
King Oliver by Larry Gushee
Bix Beiderbecke by Benny Green
James P. Johnson by Max Harrison
Coleman Hawkins by Dan Morgenstern
Not for the Left Hand Alone by Martin Williams
Time and the Tenor by Graham Colombé
Bop by LeRoi Jones
On Bird, Bird-Watching, and Jazz by Ralph Ellison
Why Did Ellington “Remake” His Masterpiece? by André Hodeir
On the Corner: The Sellout of Miles Davis by Stanley Crouch
Space Is the Place by Gene Santoro
Easy to Love by Dudley Moore
Bessie Smith by Humphrey Lyttelton
Billie Holiday by Benny Green
Cult of the White Goddess by Will Friedwald
Ella Fitzgerald by Henry Pleasants
The Divine Sarah by Gunther Schuller
The Blues as Dance Music by Albert Murray
Local Jazz by James Lincoln Collier
Fifty Years of “Body and Soul” by Gary Giddins
Everycat and Birdland Mon Amor by Francis Davis
Bird Land by Stanley Crouch
Louis Armstrong: an American Genius by Dan Morgenstern
A Bad Idea, Poorly Executed...by Orrin Keepnews
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Jay Bruce Is On Another Roll

Jay Bruce is a very frustrating, enigmatic type of player.  If you are a fan of the Cincinnati Reds, you know what I mean.  He is so hot and cold, it will drive you crazy and thrill your soul many times over in the same season.  As much as Bruce talks about trying to be more consistent and patient at the plate, he just cannot seem to translate that into action.

All of that being said, Jay Bruce is on one of his patented hot streaks right now.  When he gets like this at the plate, he can and does carry the team.  Here is all he has done recently.  He has 4 homeruns, driven in 9 and gone 8 for 15 in the last 4 games played.  If you stretch that to the last 6, he has 5 homeruns, 12 RBI and has 10 hits with a 6 game hitting streak going.  At one point he accounted for the only runs produced by the Reds during a two game stretch.  He is seeing the ball and putting good wood on it – right now.

If only he could do that consistently throughout the season.  He will go the same number of games and at-bats and, seemingly, strikeout every other time up.  Very frustrating.  But you cannot go without him.  He is just too dangerous to leave on the bench.  Not only is he one of the two lefties in the everyday lineup, but he is rock solid in the field with a cannon for an arm.

For the season, though, Jay Bruce is putting together a resume that is starting to get him mentioned in the same sentence as MVP now.  He is batting .265, with 32 HR and 93 RBI.  He does have 128 strikeouts, many in the most inopportune times.

Streaky players scare me in projecting for the future.  Jay Bruce is one among them.  However, if he can get on a hot streak during a playoff series, I’ll take my chances anyday against any team.  And who knows, maybe he will finish so strong that an MVP is there for the taking too.

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On their way to the World Series, the Detroit Tigers faced the difficult task of winning the AL Central division. The race for the division came down to the wire with the Chicago White Sox and ultimately the Tigers made it into the 2012 MLB Playoffs. A recent trade by the Cleveland Indians may have a big impact on the Tigers’ quest for three straight AL Central titles.

The Indians completed a huge nine person trade with two other teams. The key elements for the Indians were trading away outfielder Shin-Soo Choo and receiving back outfielder Drew Stubbs and starting pitcher Trevor Bauer. Two relievers, Matt Albers and Bryan Shaw, were also acquired through the trade.

The trade could have a huge negative impact on the Tigers in several ways. The Indians should have a stronger roster, in turn posting a better record. Last year, the Tigers were one of only two teams in the AL Central to post a winning record. Here is a look at 2012 records:

  • Tigers 88-74
  • White Sox 85-77
  • Royals 72-90
  • Indians 68-94
  • Twins 66-96

Detroit’s biggest impact by the Indians last year was the team’s failure to beat their divisional rivals. The Indians were the only team in the AL Central that had a winning record against the Tigers. Here is a look at how the Tigers fared against all of their divisional competition:

  • Vs. Indians 8-10
  • Vs. Royals 13-5
  • Vs. Twins 10-8
  • Vs. White Sox 12-6

The Indians are expected to use Justin Masterson and Ubaldo Jiminez at the top of their rotation. Both of these Indians pitchers had 2-2 records against the Tigers. Bauer is expected to start at some point in the Indians rotation and will strengthen the team.

While analysts are praising the trade for the Indians, the Tigers should be worried heading into 2013. The Indians, now led by manager Terry Francona, could bring intense competition for the AL Central. In the offseason, the Tigers have strengthened their lineup by bringing in Torii Hunter and several other players. However, the Indians strengthening their lineup could lead them to once again beating the Tigers in their 18 divisional games next year.

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Toronto’s big splash this summer was adding Hedo Turkoglu. The Raptors also added combo guard Jarrett Jack and promising youngsters Marco Belinelli and DeMar DeRozan. I expect Chris Bosh to have a MVP-caliber year as he’s in the last year of his contract. The playoffs are in sight for a team that essentially gave up halfway through last season.

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When I heard Toronto stole Hedo Turkoglu away from Portland, I immediately thought: ‘Hey, maybe we’ll actually have some competition in the division this season’. I mean, you take a guy like Turkoglu, put him in place next to your All-Star in Chris Bosh and suddenly you have a very formidable inside – outside punch. Factor Jose Calderone at point guard into the equation and the Raptors finally have something of a head turning nucleus. And we can’t forget about Andrew Bargnani, who’s finally transforming into a real NBA player. We at least have to take them seriously, right?
I was looking over their roster though, and I still can’t decide how I feel about it.

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Joey is big, he is strong, and he is hard to move.  Joey is athletic.  Joey can rebound!  The one area of his game that has improved since his rookie year is his rebounding.  That in and of itself makes Joey worth a second look – on this Raptors team anyway.  In modest minutes, under 20 per game, Joey’s rebounding numbers have gone from 3.0rpg in 2005-06, steadily up to 3.7rpg last season. (The 07-08 year not being reflective of anything, except Mitchell)

Joey also performed well guarding bigs like Dwight Howard or stronger wing players who prefer to post up, where he could use his strength to hold his ground.  Joey’s mid-range offensive game is decent as well, reflected in a very acceptable shooting percentage of about 48%.

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I am sure some of you have seen reports on the homebuilt LRK brushless motor on the ezone. I like to build things so I have decided to push myself. I have been in contact with Peter Rother from Germany concerning a partial kit for the LRK brushless motor.

The motor is an outside runner with high torque (fixed stator with rotating outside magnets), Actro like. The kit they are offering will produce up to 600W (maybe more) according to its windings and stator length. I am looking at the 500 to 600W version. You also need a sensorless brushless controller.

They are offering a kit for CNC parts at 150 to 170 DM, this translates to about 70 to 80 US dollars. The magnets, stator, wire, adhesive, etc must be purchased (about $50). There are German suppliers listed on Peter's web site. It would be nice to find some US suppliers, anybody know of any?

If any are interested we could place one order for the kit and supplies. See the web site for more information:

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Friday, 08 June 2012 14:23

On Sunday, July 1st, Bethel Wesley United Methodist Church will host a benefit performance of a new play, The Chronicles of Lincoln and Grant.  The Civil War show is co-authored and performed by Quad City actors Tom Swenson and Dan Haughey, who will portray Lincoln and Grant, respectively in a 50-minute, two-person performance.  Showtime will be 6:30 p.m.  A free-will offering wil be taken, all of which wil be donated to the Wounded Warriors Project.

This original play features key reflections of Lincoln and Grant as they struggle through the early years of the Civil War, attempting to grapple with their public and private lives and their faith and to balance loyalties to family, friends, their fellow citizens and history.  A question and answer period with the performers wil immediately follow the performance and then the audience will be invited to enjoy dessert.  Swenson, of Davenport, and Haughey, of Moline, who have portrayed their interpretations of Lincoln and Grant separately as solo artists in schools, libraries, and museums across the nation, now combine their talents in this compelling drama.

The Wounded Warriors Project has provided assistance to the church's pastors, Sonia and Julio Alvarado, whose son, Sgt. Luis Alvarado, was critically injured in Afghanistan last November.  He has been in an ICU unit in San Antonio and now in Tampa.  Recently, he was awarded the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart.  Church members hope this performance will enable people to celebrate the Fourth of July while also giving thanks to the Wounded Warriors Project for its support of the Alvarados and others in need of their services.

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It would be easy to say that Monticello is the oldest business in town. Easy, but wrong if continuous operation counts.  From 1831-1923, the place was more of a private dwelling than it was either a plantation or an acclaimed tourist site and research center.

And that's just one illustration of the problem of trying to come up with a list of the oldest Charlottesville businesses.

Here's another question: Should a place be included if it's now in the hands of– egads– non-Charlottesvillians? That was once the roiling debate at a blog called cvillenews.com on the subject of Keller & George, a venerable jewelry store now owned by a Greensboro-based family of jewelers.

And there are other swirling questions. When I started compiling this list, I had the pleasure to chat with retired business owner and avid historian Preston Coiner, who passed away suddenly in September. He told me how his grandfather began trading things at a Water Street marketplace near the C&O freight office called "the tie lot" (so named because folks would tie their horses there).

"It was commerce before it was organized," said Coiner, who was unable to specify exactly when in the range of 1907 to 1910 the business eventually called Coiners' Scrap Iron and Metal began.

"Just a willing buyer and a willing seller," said Coiner. "I was never able to determine when my grandfather went into the scrap business."

And Coiner sold it to a Roanoke outfit in 2008.

My personal favorite old business is the Jefferson Theater; and, no, that's not because I owned and operated it for 14 years. It's because it's a) fun, and b) still entertaining Charlottesvillians. It also meets practically every test: same building, same name, same basic configuration, maybe a little more music and beer today than in 1912.

If you look at the accompanying list I compiled, you'll see that I included a bunch of non-profit businesses but not churches. Sorry, I had to draw a line somewhere. You'll also see that I included McGuire Woods even though I couldn't get the behemoth firm to return my entreaty for information. By contrast, the little law firm of Richmond & Fishburne not only took my call but posed for a photo. Maybe that's what local ownership is all about!

1819 - University of Virginia - Established by the General Assembly with the urging and energy of former American president Thomas Jefferson.

1832 - Charlottesville National Guard - Established as the Jefferson Guard and later reorganized as the Charlottesville Blues and still later as the Monticello Guard.

1834 - McGuire Woods - Egbert R. Watson begins a law practice in Charlottesville, later partners with George Perkins, and eventually it grows into a multi-state behemoth with more than 900 attorneys in 19 offices. Now headquartered in Richmond.

1855 - The Michie Company/LexisNexis - Like McGuireWoods, it's hard to continue calling this a local business because the firm has been swallowed by an international conglomerate.

1856 - St. Anne's-Belfield School - Traces its roots to the opening of The Albemarle Female Institute.

1870 - The Hatton Ferry - Established as a for-profit business, long run by the state, and now in the hands of a non-profit, this tiny hand-poled boat ferries cars and people across the James River west of Scottsville.

1872 - Hanckel-Citizens Insurance - Established as L.T. Hanckel and Sons, it merged with Citizens Insurance Agency in 1924 and moved to its present location at Third and East Jefferson in 1942.

1873 - Keller & George Jewelry - Long a mainstay of downtown, it moved to Millmont Street around 1994, the year a trio of North Carolina-based brothers bought it.

1878 - The Miller School of Albemarle - Founded as the Miller Manual Labor School, this Crozet-area high school originally emphasized the trades for boys. Went coeducational in 1884.

1882 - Richmond and Fishburne Law Firm - Founded by Daniel Harmon, it had many name changes over the years but has had the current name since 1966.

1890 - Timberlake Drugs - Always downtown, Timberlake began occupying its current building, a former bank, in 1917.

1892 - The Daily Progress - Today's readers may be surprised that the Progress was just one of many newspapers back then. Several ownership changes include one announced in 2012: its purchase by billionaire investor Warren Buffett.

1892 – Riverview Cemetery - With about 12,000 graves and room for around 7,000 more near the Rivanna River.

1893 - Martin Hardware - Now located on Preston Avenue, this is an all-around hardware store with everything crammed into one compact location.

1893 - Better Living, Inc. - Launched as Charlottesville Lumber and once having an extensive general contracting division that built such showplaces as the original University Hospital and McGuffey School, this firm now sells building materials and furniture from a pair of side-by-side locations on Seminole Trial.

1897 - The Charlottesville Elks Lodge - Although now located at Darden Towe Park, this club was long a mainstay of High Street, an edifice recently rehabilitated as the Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court.

1904 - Martha Jefferson Hospital - Founded as the Martha Jefferson Sanatorium Association Incorporated, and named for the daughter of Thomas Jefferson, it became, in 2011, part of regional healthcare non-profit Sentara.

1905 - Red Lands Club - "The swell and aristocratic club of Charlottesville, and it is here that the F.F.V.s of the masculine gender meet o'nights in executive session," according to an old Daily Progress commemorative edition.

1907 - Hill and Wood Funeral Home - Launched as the Irving, Way, Hill Company, the division of labor went as follows: Willard Irving handled the livery business, C. T. Way was a carriage maker, and J. H. Hill was the undertaker.

1907 - Grand Home Furnishings - Begun as M.C. Thomas, this is now the area's biggest seller of mattresses and more.

1907 - Gitchell's Studio - Actually, it's older than this, but 1907 is the year that Frank Gitchell bought "New Era Photography," which he renamed Gitchell's and then passed to his son, Billy, who then sold it to current owner Jim Carpenter.

1907 - Charlottesville Piano - Founded in Massachusetts as Shaw Piano, this company didn't move to Charlottesville until 1987. On the other hand, it's still in the hands of the family that founded it.

1908 - Pepsi Cola Bottling of Central Virginia - Serving up soft drinks for 104 years.

Some non-survivors

Gilmore Hamm & Snyder 1902-2005

Anderson Brothers Bookstore (Follett's) 1881-1998 (still exists online)

Charlottesville Woolen Mills - 1847-1962

H.M. Gleason & Sons - 1873-2004

1909 - Charlottesville Press - Established as Virginia Printing, Inc., this is the longest-running offset press firm in town– and one of two with a company executive on the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors: Rodney Thomas.

1910 - Cycle Systems - The Charlottesville division of this Roanoke-based company was established by the grandfather of the late Preston Coiner at the "tie lot."

1911- Standard Produce - Still one of the major distributors of fresh fruit and vegetables to Charlottesville restaurants.

1912 - The Charlottesville Salvation Army - It opened in February of that year.

1912 - Snow's Garden Center - Leroy H. Snow started the operation back in 1912 in Belmont before relocating to Avon Street in 1978. Company exec Duane Snow is an Albemarle Supervisor.

1912 - The Jefferson Theater - Opened in October of that year as a combination silent picture and vaudeville house. It would spend much of the 1970s and 1980s as "The Cinema" and "The Movie Palace," but a history-minded owner brought back the original name in 1992, and a later one made it a sizzling and viable music venue in 2009.

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Restaurateur Andy McClure says he's been trying to open a place on the Downtown Mall for several years. And he came close a few times, once at The Gleason, and another time closer downtown where Jean Theory is right now. Now finally, as the Dish recently reported, he's secured the space formerly occupied by Siips Wine & Champagne Bar, which, after four years, bowed out in February. Now the historic store space, formerly occupied by such businesses as C.H. Williams, Hamilton's of Bermuda, and April's Corner, will become Citizen Burger Bar.

McClure, who owns The Virginian, West Main Restaurant, the Biltmore, and Three, says he's shooting for a Memorial Day weekend opening, but he's got his work cut out for him. Siips was a dark and cavernous space, so McClure and his architect, Mike Stoneking, have basically gutted the place for a reinvention of the space.

"There are a lot of found treasures here," says Stoneking, who shows a reporter what was found when the floor in one of the windowed bays on the facade was uncovered. "That's original Downtown Mall sidewalk from 1925."

Another architectural feature will be a glass "case" on one wall that will expose the intricate guts of the building, as well as mirrors around the distinctively glassy storefront to allow passersby to peer into the restaurant.

McClure says he loves what he calls "shotgun restaurants," where you walk in and feel immediately at home, where everything is right there in front of you: a long wood-topped bar, booths for dining, various corners to gather with friends for a drink and an appetizer, and several big-screen TVs for game-watching. There will even be bar stools and a counter right in front of the open kitchen to watch meals getting prepared.

"I want this to be a come-here-four-nights-a-week kind of place," says McClure.

And the food? McClure says it will be classic American, with an emphasis on burgers, of course. And we're talking local, grass-fed beef burgers, and a focus on local food that will come with an educational component as well.

"Yes, we want people to know our food is local," says McClure, "but we also want to explain why buying local is good for you, and good for the community."
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Full disclosure: I own a local business. So you can imagine my disappointment when the Hook chose to run an essay that actively discourages shopping locally, [Janis Jaquith’s January 19 "Online specs: How I reframed the discussion"].

Apparently, Ms. Jaquith feels that the point of shopping locally is to “feel patriotic.”

In point of fact, there are many more tangible benefits. Using Ms. Jaquith’s “frame” of reference, I will highlight some of the benefits local residents (ourselves included) enjoy when my family buys our “specs” from our favorite local optician.

First, our local optician collects and pays state and local taxes which support our schools, road maintenance, libraries, and myriad other services we all take for granted. He donates to scores of local non-profits with in-kind gifts and cash.  He sponsors local teams for children, youth, and adults. He pays salaries to a dozen local folks who spend their money locally on housing, goods, and services. He buys supplies from local stores and insurance from local brokers. He hires local lawyers and accountants. He buys vehicles from local car dealers and contracts local carpenters and painters to maintain his business. And he advertises on local television and radio and in local magazines and newspapers. He even advertises in the Hook. (Or, at least, he used to.)

When I consider all the ways my local optician supports my community I don’t feel like a “chump” for supporting him. In fact, I feel pretty smart.

Kai Rady
Albemarle

The author is the owner of Shenanigans (proudly local since 1974) in the Barracks Road North Wing.
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In tough economic times, it might be hard to come up with anything more visceral than this appeal from a Central Virginia businesswoman: "Buy local. Save your job."

It's a slogan so powerful that it's been attracting attention since its last-year unveiling, and it's the brainchild of a local business owner.

"I want tax dollars staying in Albemarle," says Nancy Vetter, vice president of PrintSource, a printing and marketing company located on Berkmar Drive.

Vetter says she was inspired to put her message into the iconic European automobile oval sticker format when she saw yet another customer go online to order out-of-state printing services.

"Spending money in California doesn't help here," says Vetter.

She surmises that many people just don't realize how online ordering can yank money from the local economy. And for many younger people, online is the first place they go when making a purchase.

"My daughter says toner is $3 cheaper in New Jersey," says Vetter, who notes that when one adds in shipping costs, online isn't always cheaper.

It's not just private businesses that lose out when dollars leave Central Virginia. So do cash-strapped local governments.

"Someday, you're going to need a cop, you're going to need a library, and your kid is going to need a teacher, " says Vetter, who is so impassioned about keeping money in the local economy, she has also printed a flier that urges: "Buy local. It benefits us all."

In December, with help from the city, Charlottesville artists banded together to promote "Buy Art Give Art". Over at Piedmont Environmental Council, Melissa Wiley runs the "Buy Fresh, Buy Local" program launched here five years ago, and she sure doesn't feel threatened by these new takes on the movement.

Says Wiley, "I would love to see more expanding of 'buy local.'"
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Thanks to Relay Foods you can buy Joel Salatin's chickens online and pick them up just a few miles from home. FILE PHOTO BY DAVE MCNAIR

Retail Relay, the local online grocery store that offers food items from producers and allows you to pick them up at various locations around town, recently changed its name to Relay Foods and opened up an online farmer’s market.

"'Retail' was kind of left over from a time before we narrowed our focus to creating an online food market," says Relay Foods marketing director Ted Corcoran about the name change. "We wanted to retain Relay. In fact, we refer to ourselves as "Relay" in everyday conversation."

As for the recently launched online farmer’s market, which features 20 different local farms and vendors offering produce, meat, cheese, and other locally produced goods, Corcoran says the response as been "incredible."

"For folks who, for all kinds of reasons, can't make it to the City Market on Saturday, this is a great way to support local enterprises and farms and enjoy local taste," says Corcoran. "For the vendors, they get another channel to sell their stuff 24/7."

"Relay expands our market," says John Whiteside, of Wolf Creek Farm in Madison. “We often hear our customers say that they would love to be able to purchase our grass-fed beef on weekdays or when they can’t make it to the City Market."

What’s more, Relay offers new vendors a chance to break into the market.

"Relay allowed us to put our baked goods on their site long before anyone in Charlottesville knew our name," says Shelia Talbott of Belle Haven Farm Bakery.

In addition to grass-fed beef from Wolf Creek Farm, Relay offers forest and pastured local pork from Babes in the Wood in Dillwyn and Meadow Green Farm in Sperryville. Both Susan Swales of Wild Oats Farm in Scottsville and the Miller family of Mount Vernon Farm in Sperryville provide Relay customers with local lamb raised on conservation farms that practice rotational grazing techniques. Relay's local chicken offerings include Joel Salatin's famous Polyface Farm broilers, Lovingston’s Davis Creek Farm poultry, and whole chickens from the Dayton cooperative, Shenandoah Valley Family Farms. The company has also recently developed relationships with the local Whole Foods and Horse & Buggy Produce.

Dish asked famous local food producing farmer Joel Salatin what he thought of the new online venture. While he's happy to see Relay Foods trying to do its part for local food, he says he'd like to see a "physical place with locally sourced stuff, but that's not a boutique kind of atmosphere."

Which got us thinking. Why does Relay have to have a website and drop off spots? If you wanted to distribute local food, couldn't you just open a local food store?

"I think the answer is yes," says Relay Foods CEO Zach Buckner. "But the answer overlooks an important point: Relay is built on the premise that people want to shop for food at places that are near where they work and live.”

As Buckner explains, they visited Good Foods Grocery a few months ago and saw that they had mapped the home addresses of all of their customers over a period of a month, literally with pins on a map. The pins formed a tight cloud around their store location.

"Plus, driving 18 minutes up 29 North to shop not only takes time and mental energy," says Buckner, "but it further congests our city with cars and traffic accidents and fumes."

As Buckner points out, you’d have to open at least a dozen local food stores in town to make buying convenient and environmentally responsible for customers.

"Relay allows vendors to have one central and dozens of virtual locations for customers," says Buckner, "which are shared among many vendors, are highly environmentally efficient, and don't cost a penny to operate."

But why can’t someone take the wildly successful supermarket business model and re-create it on a local level? When will buying local stop being a "movement," characterized by food boutiques, farmers' markets, and boosterism campaigns, and simply be an option for everyday shoppers?

But that, Corcoran insists, is exactly what Relay offers.

"Many of our customers always wanted to 'buy local' but really had no way to fit that kind of boosterism into their already busy lives," says Corcoran. "Relay allows vendors to reach those "every day shoppers."
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 Urban Outfitters is slated to open May 21, according to a company spokesperson.
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Walking along the Downtown Mall– to and from work during the week or with my dog during the weekend– is one of my favorite parts of the day. Recently, during those walks, I have been struggling with my feelings about a looming change in the Mall's landscape.

As recently confirmed by company statements and the appearance of a banner announcing the store's imminent arrival, Urban Outfitters is opening a store in the space formerly occupied by The Hardware Store restaurant. Urban Outfitters is a retail clothing chain based in Philadelphia with 140 outlets across the country and annual revenue of approximately $1.5 billion.

Except for CVS (and, depending on one's definition of "chain," regionally-based Five Guys burgers and high-end paper store Caspari), there are currently no chain stores or restaurants on the Mall, and there have only been a handful there since Main Street was bricked-over in 1976.

My sense is that the new Urban Outfitters may be a harbinger of a changing-of-the-guard in the Mall's merchant landscape and a precursor to the arrival of additional chains. Think Starbucks, Banana Republic, Borders, and Crate and Barrel.

To sort out my conflicting feelings about chain stores, I developed the following checklist to evaluate the pluses and minuses of chains on the Mall:

The impact on employees and consumers

Opponents argue that the employees of stores like Urban Outfitters and Starbucks make less, on average, than the employees of local retailers in the same line of business. According to some studies, within several years after chain stores arrive in a community, wages and benefits of workers in non-chain businesses decline, as local businesses are compelled to cut back on employee expenses to remain competitive. Chain store supporters argue that the evidence on wages and benefits is inconclusive and that, in any event, chains' lower wages are outweighed by the immense benefits that they offer to consumers– in particular, the chains' ability to offer high-quality goods at reasonable prices. Put differently, chain stores became chain stores precisely because they developed business models that satisfy consumer demand in a way that local businesses do not.

My verdict: PRO-CHAIN.

The impact on locally-owned businesses

A frequent criticism is that chain stores undercut local competition and dry up home-grown business. In particular, chains' ability to offer (1) a wider range of products and (2) lower prices (because they can buy stock in bulk) mean that consumers will frequently abandon local businesses over price and convenience. Barnes and Noble and Borders, for instance, can offer both a wider range of books and lower prices than many independent bookstores. However, a number of studies demonstrate that the arrival of a chain store in a community, or in a particular shopping area like the Downtown Mall, actually benefits the surrounding businesses by increasing the overall amount of customer traffic. Even local stores in direct competition can benefit from the opening of a nearby chain; for instance, some independent clothing boutiques have reported, after the fact, that the opening of a Gap or Banana Republic has positively impacted their sales.

My verdict: TIE (and I defer to the retail business owners on the Mall).

The impact on the community-at-large

Opponents of chain stores argue that the profits they generate do not remain in the local community, since their headquarters are located elsewhere and, in the case of publicly-owned chains, because their profits are distributed to shareholders. According to one study, only 14 cents per dollar spent at chain stores remain in the local economy, whereas local retailers spend more than half their revenue locally. Locally-owned stores rely on other local businesses (contractors, architects, banks, accountants, media, etc.), whereas chains tend to use national firms or outside providers of these services. Supporters of chain stores counter this argument by pointing out that local governments benefit directly from chains in the form of increased sales tax and property tax revenue.

My verdict: ANTI-CHAIN.

The impact on the "look" of a community

Some architecture critics and planning experts have complained about the aesthetics of chain stores. Whereas local businesses might have quirky, unusual, and distinctive storefronts, each Banana Republic looks the same as the next, and the result is that communities dominated by chains become visually homogenous and– depending on one's taste– boring or even ugly. The flip side of this argument is that successful chains have developed appealing styles. Starbucks, for instance, has been praised for having created, in layout and décor, an ambience that appeals to a range of customers.

My verdict: ANTI-CHAIN.

Based on my checklist, then, I am against chain stores on the Mall by a tally of 2 to 1, with 1 tie. All things being equal, I hope that Urban Outfitters is not a precursor of additional chain stores. I enjoy, too much, the feeling when I walk along the Mall that this space is unique and that its uniqueness stems, in part, from local ownership of so many of shops and restaurants.

Where do you stand?

~

Walker Richmond is an attorney at Richmond & Fishburne. One of his favorite childhood memories is Saturday trips to the Downtown Mall for lunch at Timberlake's with his family.

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Tendulkar is a 'cricket god': Hussey

Last updated on: January 22, 2012 16:53 IST

'Tendulkar is a cricket god'

The Indian cricket team is drawing criticism for what is being described as lack of intensity in training but it found unlikely support in Australian batsman Mike Hussey, who said the visitors are experienced enough to do well without long net sessions.

Australia lead the ongoing four-Test series 3-0 and the Indians have been roundly criticised by former players such as Sunil Gavaskar for not being intense enough in their training sessions.

Even though Australia's practice sessions have been noticeably intense, Hussey didn't think that the Indians were lacking in any measure.

"Indian players are so experienced, they know their games so well, they know what they need to be ready. I don't feel laying down a few markers necessarily means (preparing better). It comes down to an individual (how they could) give off his best," Hussey said.

Image: Mike Hussey

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It's apparent each Australian bowler has bowled with extra zip in the nets.

Hussey said it's not just the bowlers, it's the way Australians have looked to train under new coach Mickey Arthur.

"I don't know if that's the motivation. Since Mickey Arthur has taken over, there is a bit of a goal to raise the bar in training standards. The intensity, throughout this summer, has been very high.

"Whether fighting for last place or not, I expect all guys to maintain intensity," he added.

Hussey, meanwhile, is completely enamoured with Sachin Tendulkar in the present series and feels it's "inevitable" he would get his 100th century in due course.

"He has played brilliantly. Watching him closely, his footwork, the time he has and the straight bat, both off the front and backfoot, he's playing really well. If he continues it's inevitable," said Hussey as he shaped up for the final Test at Adelaide, beginning here on Tuesday.

"That's the way batting goes. Sometimes you are playing well but one ball, one mistake and you are back to the pavilion. I am sure to his own mind he is batting well, his bat is as broad as ever at the moment," Hussey added.

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'Sachin must be such a strong person mentally'

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Tendulkar hasn't got his desired 100th century from the first three Tests of the summer and his wait has only got extended to 10 Tests and 19 innings so far.

But Hussey has only admiration for the iconic cricketer as described him as "cricket god" in India.

"I don't know what he is going through mentally. I haven't scored 99 centuries though I would love to be in that position and feel the pressure. I have admired him how he's gone through his whole career.

"To score consistently at such a long period of time, deal with external pressures is amazing.

"He is a cricket God and yet how he handles himself in India, in a cricket-mad country, where just to walk on the street means being mobbed by thousands and thousands of handle all this and put it aside and perform for India for over 20 years in international cricket is just amazing," he said.

"He must be such a strong person mentally. I hope he bats well but his 100th century comes in the next series, not this one," he added.

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'Ishant has bowled really well'

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Another Indian cricketer for whom Hussey has a lot of praise is fast bowler Ishant Sharma who he feels has bowled without luck in this series.

"Ishant, if anything, has picked up little bit in pace from some spell I've faced from him in the past. He regularly touched 150 in a few of the spells in Melbourne.

"He bowled with real pace, at least early in the series but he bowled without luck.

"In the first two Tests, he beat the bat on numerous occasions. But the rub of the green didn't go his way. He has bowled well, may be 50-50 things haven't gone his way. Sometimes such things shape a series," he said.

"I hope that continues for one more Test. He's an outstanding bowler and I truly mean it, both with the new and old ball. I'm sure he's going to come back pretty hard in this Test," Hussey added.

Australians have prepared well for Ishant with batting coach Justin Langer standing up on a height and bowling to batsmen in order to simulate the style of Ishant.

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'First session will be crucial at Adelaide'

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Bowling coach Craig McDermott has laid down markers to make the bowlers bowl in good length areas in the nets.

"Each coach has his own ideas he has picked up along on his journey. Sometimes players also give their inputs. For example, the marker thing is from McDermott. (Michael) Clarke has suggested Langer stands on a stool little higher (from the ground)."

Hussey has no doubt that the Test in Adelaide would go longer than the previous ones which didn't last the five days but wasn't prepared to predict what the kind of surface it could turn out to be.

"The ideal scenario of course is to win the Test. But we are aware there's lot of hard work for it's a pretty good pitch. Having said so, there's a little more grass than in previous years. I still think the pitch would play well and the Test would go longer than WACA anyway," he said.

"It certainly does on first morning, the first session and then generally it's a good batting pitch for a few days. (Early hours) is a crucial time for openers but then good runs can be had. It's very crucial part of the game. In many ways, the first hour, the first session could shape the Test," he added.

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