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That's a rather... uh.... unfortunate! yes that is the word I was looking for - color combination? for the "pear" cake.
word verification: kelen
As in "that cake is kelen me"
I sure HOPE it's a pear, I don't want to know what those two ... bumps are if it's not.
And...that's where I used to live (shudder). So, so proud.
Pear tree? I have to admit, I've never heard it called that before. It's appearant that they should have peared up with someone who could pear down their inadvertent double entendre.
Wow. Just...wow. And the coloring...are those Mike & Ikes?
Oh.My....I can barely type for the tears in my eys!
And a very shapely pear it is, also.
I feel...so dirty now :S
Really like your pears, want to shake your tree.
...Nope, just doesn't have the same ring as the Steve Miller original.
Blink. Blink. Blink. Um. Aren't pears usually green or red rather than, um, nicely bronzed and tanned, like they've been hanging out at a nude beach?
Region of WATERLOO? That's. I mean. SO DIRTY.
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The original bronze had sever entendres going.
"And the pear represents nourishment", so the art statement says. Riiiight.
Bleh. Waiting for carrot jockeys to come to the rescue.
--link to picture of sculpture--
Oh my. Oh my, oh my.
If not for the unfortunate color choice, that would have been a nice looking cake. And not a look-twice cake. Oy.
Oh. My. Gosh. Oh dear. Oh heavens. Did NO ONE notice what that ... apPEARs to be?
Good gravy. Those Canadians are supremely innocent souls. (That, or they just LOVE to play those little games.)
You're gonna get comments on this, you DO know that? "I can't POSSIBLY let my 3 year old LOOK at this!"
Life goes on, and with any luck, Cake Wrecks will long endure to keep us giggling and spitting tea on our keyboards.
Keep up the good work, you two!
Wow, just.......um...huh?
Even being from Waterloo Region in Canada I still have no idea what the "pear tree" is.
And that cake isn't helping either.
I think it needs more Tree... and a lot less bumps in awkward places.
I once worked as a nurse in a GYN office... I know exactly what that is.
On the upside - kudos to the decorator for spelling the very difficult "occasion" correctly.
It's so smooth, and shapely, and shiny... mad fondant-covering skills, if there ever is a call for a cake of a different nature, please call this decorator! (no, there won't be such a call, I mean, who would ever want a... ok, stopping now!)
MC from NZ
Ha ha, that's awesome, I live in Waterloo Region! The pear tree in question can be seen here: http://www.region.waterloo.on.ca/web/region.nsf/97dfc347666efede85256e590071a3d4/1f1a9a14ab25405f852570ec0056bfa3!OpenDocument
Here's a picture of it:
It's bigger than I thought, and smaller.
Has info about the sculpture; looks like the pear the cake was modeled after is by the 3rd story
You can see the original sculpture http://www.region.waterloo.on.ca/web/region.nsf/97dfc347666efede85256e590071a3d4/1f1a9a14ab25405f852570ec0056bfa3/Body/0.84!OpenElement&FieldElemFormat=gif" rel="nofollow">here. It looks like a halved pear, not like... I thought maybe the sculpture itself was vaguely sexual, nope.
"I had the pear dream again."
Wow, brings a whole new meaning to the phrase "facing my Waterloo".
OTOH, I now have a dandy new euphemism!
That must be one of those Brazilian pears, which is odd given the whole Canadian dealie.
word verification: chessess
As in "Holy Chessess, that's one curious pear."
What a BALLSY choice for a cake design!
But I would have made a deferens...I mean different decision. That decorator was NUTS! He or she really should get a grip.
PS - my WV is "PROPER".
Tee hee.
I don't even have to make a joke...
Random off-topic fact of the day: the female equivalent of 'phallic' is 'yonic'. Just so y'all know. Totally unrelated to today's cake. Really.
*snortgiggle* My, what a cosy gutter.
Where is a fig leaf when you need one?
The sculpture is beautiful. There's a whole lot less pear and a whole lot more tree to it. A stem and leaves would have been so effective in communicating the true nature of the cake.
WV: trynogro. Even though "Pear Tree" try, no gro.
The cutting the first slice of cake...all I can think of is episiotomy.
As usual, the comments are as funny if not funnier than the post. Go Wreckerators! Norine
What a coincidence! I just happen to have my "Partridge" in a "Pear Tree" as I type! Aren't euphemisms fun!?!
Que horror! The too-close-to-flesh-tone color of the cake was rather unfortunate as well, so yes, what I hope it ISN'T is the first thing that came to mind...
I live there and well lest just say that if they did not have the occasion this cake was for listed on the cake there might have been many interesting questions raised about the kind of statement this is making.
Uhh... all the pears I eat are green. So yes I see what you see.
Holy awful, Batman!
Stacy Q, I echo your sentiment with gusto. That is fierce.
I almost shot a bogey on the laptop when I read "had the pear dream again" I heart you, comments. I heart you.
If that is a pear it is one ugly pear and I sure wouldn't want to eat it! Those two lumps in the middle.. eek. Nope mind is out of gutter and running for the hills lol.
Dear Jen & co.,
Up until a few minutes ago, I would have said that today was the oily green-black mottled icing on the half-burnt, half-raw cupcake cake (patooie!) that this past month has been for me. But then I read this post and the associated comments, and I cannot stop smiling. Thank you for sharing things like this, thank you for the laughs, thank you for being there.
it's not just you. before the ads had even finished loading, I was absentmindedly thinking, "why do I see labia?"
Which I don't think I have ever thought before when viewing cake. And hopefully will never again.
I wasn't going to comment, but my word verification was just too good to pass up, especially considering the subject matter: valatio!
I swear those things aren't computer generated!
I actually felt dirty looking at this... Wow.
I viewed the 'inspiration' for this cake, thinking that would help make sense of it. Hey, we all have crazy ideas from time to time.
"The oval things at the top, with the long tails? Those are leaves. That's a pear in the middle, and that big oval thing at the bottom is an egg. It's all about nourishment and home and family and raising kids. Yeah, that's it -- that's the ticket!"
It's about making kids, I'd say. Heretofore I thought only American officials fell for stuff like that -- 'nice' to know those of us who have to shell out for these pieces of... art have some company.
What else awaits the unsuspecting;
"The Towering Mushroom" perhaps? I shudder to think where that might be thought appropriate.
As to the cake: At first, I thought it was a giant nose, but that didn't explain the bumps. Then I turned slightly and saw the pear. Still trying to forget what I saw next.
I can see where the 'tree' might tend to lock one in a certain frame of reference, but there must have been some latitude in choice of color. "Settle down, Bevis."
Oy, indeed.
Oh. My. God.
And I LIVE in that region... WHY WASN'T I INFORMED OF THIS SOONER DX!
I must be a complete innocent because until I started reading the comments I thought it just looked like an over-ripe pear cut in half.... hmmm, I really must get out more....
Ummm.... wow.... thats all I have.
When the baker was done with this cake, did he/she stand back and think, "Yes, this is a gorgeous pear?" Really?
I definitely just squealed and minimized my browser to avoid work discovery...oh pears, why be you so saucy?
Oh. My. God.
...So that's what they're calling it these days.... hmmmm.


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Yes, it is very common to see heavy dogs here, but "correct weight" is very very subjective.
I'm sorry if your feelings are hurt, but it is undeniable fact that shorter nosed dogs have breathing difficulties. Dogs with over elongated noses have eye problems. ANY extreme causes health problems.
The breed as a whole has serious health problems. Are there athletic EB's out there? Sure, of course. Are they the exception? Yes, and if that makes you upset I don't know what to tell you.
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Sharp Shooting Sends Rams Past NYU-Poly
Farmingdale State - 99, NYU-Poly - 75
Farmingdale, N.Y. - The Farmingdale State men's basketball team took a 99-75 victory tonight from NYU-Poly, as they shot 51-percent from the field, 35-percent from long range and 82-percent from the charity stripe. The Rams improved to 3-3, 2-1 in the conference, while NYU-Poly falls to 0-8, 0-6.
With a 48-27 halftime lead, Farmingdale went 20-for-35 in the second half (57.1%) and held on for the win. Six players scored in double figures for the Rams, including a team-high 18 points from junior guard Dyshaun Flournoy (Brentwood, N.Y./Brentwood). Junior guard Josh Smith (Deer Park, N.Y./Deer Park) and senior forward Jermaine Abraham (Brooklyn, N.Y./Wadleigh) both scored 17 points, while senior guard John Dabney (Freeport, N.Y./Freeport) recorded 15. Junior forward Robert Adon (New York, N.Y./A. Philip Randolph) was perfect from the floor with 5 field goals and one free throw for 11 points. Junior forward Davon Henry (New York, N.Y./Wadleigh) rounded out the group with 10 points. Junior guard Richard Payton (Amityville, N.Y./Amityville) grabbed a team-high eight boards, along with five assists and five steals.
For NYU-Poly, senior forward Anthony Mottola (Brooklyn, N.Y./St. Edmund Prep) scored the games only double-double with 19 points and 10 rebounds. Senior guard Eddie Johnston (Queens, N.Y./Bronx Science) had a game-high 20 points and junior guard Eric Southworth (Dutch Harbor, Ak./Unalaska City School) finished with 19 points.
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By Lauren Levine, JWI Executive Associate & Library Project Coordinator
Put yourself in the shoes of a child victim of domestic violence. After weeks, months or maybe years of watching your parents fight, your mom getting hurt, and maybe even being hurt yourself, you are one day taken from your home and probably your friends and community, and brought to an emergency shelter. You may be in a new city or state, and suddenly all of your favorite toys, clothes and people are gone. Your surroundings are unfamiliar. The house you live in has cameras on the front and your mom is worried about staying hidden. Other families live here and you suddenly have to share your space with other kids.
Now imagine that in this unfamiliar home surrounded by unfamiliar people, you come across one colorful room. In the center is a bright blue rug with animals around the edges and the alphabet written in a circle. There's a little rocking chair that's the perfect size for you. On the shelf behind it, you see books. But one book stands out. It's your favorite book. Your mom used to read it to you in your old home, which now seems so far away.
You pick up the book and flip through the familiar pictures. Your mom comes in and sees you with the book. She sits down in a bigger rocking chair right next to you. She smiles at you, just like she used to, takes the book from your hands and begins to read. You sit down on the colorful rug and listen. Suddenly you're not so far from home…
Yesterday, I had the pleasure of opening the newest children's library as part of JWI's National Library Initiative in Taretum, Pennsylvania, right outside of Pittsburgh. The library is at the Alle-Kiski HOPE Center – an amazing organization with an emergency shelter and transitional housing for victims of domestic abuse. Through a generous grant from Verizon Wireless, we were able to stock the new children's library in the Alle-Kiski emergency shelter with 500 books, adult and children's rocking chairs, multiple bookshelves, a child-sized table with chairs, and a bright, colorful rug.
This library is our 41st in our effort to open 100 across the country. Like the last 40, this library will be a reminder of hope for children whose lives have become turbulent. The staff at the shelter was so thankful to have this space especially for the more than 80 children who live in this shelter each year.
As we looked through the bookshelves after the library dedication event, each person attending the opening saw a book or two that brought forward memories from his or her childhood. Hopefully, these books well help create the same positive memories for the children living in the shelter.
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ABERDEEN - A man accused of murdering a woman in Chicago has waived extradition from South Dakota and voluntarily agreed to be returned to that city to face prosecution.
The Brown County Sheriff's Office tells the American News that 29-year-old Daniel Neasom likely will be transported to Illinois next week.
Neasom is accused of pushing his girlfriend, Cynthia Barnes, out the window of his third-floor apartment in Chicago after an argument in July 2011. He was arrested in late January in Aberdeen. Court documents indicate he came there to live with a family member.
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Normally, something as big and loud as a rock concert amphitheater would take months of public back and forth to win approval. That's why it's all the more amazing that the America's Cup and Live Nation landed permission for a 9,000-seat venue on San Francisco's waterfront without a single commission vote or hearing.
"It's like it just fell out of the sky," said Jon Golinger, head of the Telegraph Hill Dwellers Association, whose members will be serenaded by as many as 40 outdoor shows this spring and summer.
It didn't quite fall out of the sky, but it's close.
America's Cup organizers originally had permission to build a 4,000-seat amphitheater on Piers 27-29 for opening and closing ceremonies and other events connected to this year's sailboat-racing competition.
But in March, after the America's Cup hit rough financial waters, the Board of Supervisors approved a package of changes that didn't need to go through the usual public review.
Among them was permission to more than double the amphitheater's size to 9,000 seats and allow as many as 40 concerts there during the racing season.
There was a brief reference at a single board hearing about expanding the amphitheater, but no mention of the planned concerts.
"The first I heard about it was when I read in the paper that Sting was going to be playing," said Supervisor John Avalos, who voted for the package.
To be fair, there were a number of other issues about the races that were taking up the supervisors' attention at the time – like the collapse of the $100 million-plus rehab deal for Piers 30-32 and questions about how the city was going to come up with $34 million to host the event.
Board of Supervisors President David Chiu – whose district includes the amphitheater site – said he had told organizers of America's Cup-related activities to meet with the neighbors.
"And I was told they were going to do it," Chiu said.
Golinger, however, said his politically powerful Telegraph Hill Dwellers Association hadn't been told about the amphitheater expansion – or the concerts – until after they were a done deal.
"We were definitely surprised," Golinger said. "As a neighborhood we play host to a lot of tourist events, but no one was expecting 40 Fourth of Julys."
America's Cup head Stephen Barclay has since begun meeting personally with the Dwellers.
"We want to make sure we present something that will work for everyone," Barclay said.
The amphitheater plan is heading to the Entertainment Commission, where they're breaking out the rubber stamp.
"It's already been approved by the city, so there really isn't much for us to do except work on how loud or how long the concerts will go," said Jocelyn Kane, the commission's executive director.
"That may not be the rational way to do things, but remember, this is government," Kane said. "We'll work through it."
Behind the ride: Even with multimillion-dollar surpluses reported over the past three years, BART is raising fares by 5.2 percent to help cover the system's ballooning health care and pension costs.
Health care costs have soared 31 percent in the past six years, from $35 million to $50.8 million projected this year.
During the same period, pension costs have climbed more than 24 percent – from $43.7 million to $57.8 million.
BART's 3,000 workers put no money into their pension fund and pay just a fraction toward health costs – $92 a month, and going up. BART picks up most of the tab.
On the other hand, BART employees haven't had a raise in four years. Talks for a new contract are just getting under way.
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By the way, in a presentation to the board, BART's staff said the fare increases are intended to keep up with inflation – making no reference to health and pension costs that are rising far faster than inflation.
BART spokeswoman Alicia Trost acknowledged that the agency's public comments have been focused on explaining that "if passengers want BART to maintain its 95 percent on-time performance rate, we need to continue to invest in our system" – a signal that the money was needed for new train cars and other service improvements.
Did BART intentionally avoid talking about higher worker costs, which might not be as well-received?
"You can draw your own conclusion," Trost said.
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Given the Note II's amazing interactive image capture and design tools, we're pretty sure it's the latter option.
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Romantic Circles is happy to announce the publication of a redesigned and updated Publications page. At the heart of the page is a new Romantic Circles Bibliography, which offers tables of contents from selected Romanticism journals and, more important, annual listings of books likely to be of interest to Romanticists. The RCB is intended as a "browser's bibliography." While it does (or soon will) offer a limited search capability, it is not intended to compete with or replace the more robust research databases that are available from most university libraries. Instead, the RCB offers a convenient listing of recent books, complete (where possible) with links to publishers' Websites and to online reviews--either on Romantic Circles itself or elsewhere on the web.
A note about the principles of selection: It is, as students of the period well know, impossible to define with any precision exactly what books might be relevant to the study of Romanticism. The book lists provided in this first edition of the RCB are the result of various library, publisher, and database searches on the key persons and historical topics that are most central to the study of British Romantic-period writing. Inevitably, important books will be omitted from such a list. Readers who are aware of books that should be included are invited to click the "Make Submission" button at the top of each book listing page. The editor will compile such submissions and include them in quarterly updates of the RCB. In theory, the RCB will develop by this process as a kind of reading list attuned specifically to the needs and interests of the Romantic Circles community.
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New England Water Utilities Can Reduce Costs with Improved Energy Management
Release Date: 02/04/2008
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(Boston, Mass. – February 4, 2008) – Reducing climate impacts, saving money, and saving water – these are the goals of projects and programs being developed by EPA and state partners at the nexus between energy use and water use.
EPA and professional water and wastewater partners have developed a useful new guidance to help facility managers better confront the serious challenges related to rising energy costs. The guidance, "Ensuring a Sustainable Future: An Energy Management Guidebook for Wastewater and Water Utilities," will help utilities systematically assess their current energy costs and practices, set measurable performance improvement goals, and monitor and measure their progress over time.
EPA will also hold a workshop on March 6 in Lowell, Mass. where New England water professionals can learn more about how to increase energy efficiency into the operations of water treatment facilities.
Steadily rising energy costs and associated environmental effects have made energy use one of the most pressing challenges facing water utilities. Energy management is also at the heart of efforts across the industry to ensure that water and wastewater systems are operated in a sustainable way.
"Integrating energy efficient practices into the daily management and long-term planning of the water sector will help reduce operating costs, freeing valuable resources for other priorities," said Robert Varney, regional administrator of EPA's New England office.
The guidance follows the successful Plan-Do-Check-Act methodology embodied in environmental management systems and other utility management tools. It was developed with the help of utilities that are successfully confronting their own energy challenges using this approach. It will serve as a step-by-step guide to help utilities systematically manage their energy programs over time.
More information:
- EPA workshop in Lowell, Mass. on March 6, 2008 - Innovative Energy Management for Water and Wastewater Treatment Plants in New England (PDF document, 2 pages) (epa.gov/region1/eco/energy/assets/pdfs/EnergyManagementBrochure_March6th.pdf)
- Sustainable water infrastructure and energy use ( epa.gov/waterinfrastructure/bettermanagement_energy.html)
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Amy Ohm
Cancer leaves a lasting mark on an individual, even for those who live with the promise of survival. The unfortunate reality is rooted in coping with the thought of it returning and the battle ahead, the combination often causes depression and anxiety. This inspired me to create an online community known as TreatmentDiaries.com, to support people living with any type of chronic illness along with those who care and advocate for them.
In 2004, at 41-year old I was diagnosed with melanoma, a term I had never heard before. In an attempt to calm my fears, I searched the Internet to learn more about the stage-three skin cancer I was up against.
What I found was a lot of negative news. There was not a lot of good information about the prospective of beating the odds. I think I went into denial after that. It took me a few days before I could even accept the diagnosis.
Today, I consider myself lucky. Seven years after the jarring diagnosis, I am cancer free. But there is something about battling this illness that has never left me.
It's constantly something that's always top of my mind. I have experienced reoccurrences of skin cancer but nothing as severe as the melanoma I fought in 2004. I think once you've had something as life threatening as Melanonma, you're always worried it will come back. It's something that becomes a part of you.
Understanding first-hand the amount of support those dealing with complex medical conditions need, I wanted to help others so I created a web site that can build a support network for those who need more than a physical support circle, or want a little more anonymity, or just need support on a more regular basis. Members turn to the TreatmentDiaries site to share their thoughts about the medical battles they're fighting privately or publicly through condition-specific web pages that connect members sharing similar medical struggles.
For me it's about never feeling alone again, no matter the condition, stage or prognosis. Patients, caregivers, family members and advocates all need to feel support and inspiration from those who can identify with their journey. I am thankful for my cancer and the opportunity it has has given me to make a difference in the lives of others.
Re: Amy Ohm(4/17/2012 - 10:41pm)
You are never alone.
Live Life to the fullest, and live with no regrets because at one moment, because at one moment it is what you wanted.
Music is life.
Love your mommy no matter what.
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thanks for making that website treatment diares, i just joined, and thats about all i can say for now, ty
i am here to learn what is there after treatment


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the mound, right-hander Jack Morello (2013, Notre Dame H.S., Calif.)
tossed four and two-third frames, allowing three hits while striking
out eight. Working with a fastball that sat consistently in the
mid-80s, Morello mixed in a mid-70s changeup. A Perfect Game scout
noted that Morello maintained the same arm speed with his offspeed
offering as his fastball, making it that much harder for batters to
differentiate between those two pitches.
Smith (2013, Junipero Serra H.S., Calif.) hit yet another home run in
the tournament, this one a two-out solo shot to left-center in the
top of the sixth. The left-handed Smith, who's been on Perfect
Game's radar for some time now, assumed the number two spot on the
company's most recent high school class of 2013 prospect rankings
after his performance at last month's National Showcase in
Minneapolis, Minn.
In addition to clocking in at 6.89
seconds in the 60-yard dash and firing a 91-mph throw from the
outfield in drills, Smith made a name for himself with his hitting as
well as with his pitching. His fastball peaked at 92 mph in the
One Perfect Game scout described
the University of Southern California verbal commitment's upside as
tremendous and that all he needs is added reps to continue
progressing. Perfect Game Scouting Coordinator Todd Gold said he
believes scouts will be willing to pass on Smith's potential as a
left-handed pitcher in favor of the promise he has shown as a hitter.
For all the attention he has
received, Smith is certainly not the lone standout on this summer's
Yak West Baseball roster.
Shortstop John Crawford (2013,
Lakewood H.S., Calif.) also has a promising career ahead of himself,
said Yak West Baseball head coach James Byers.
"He's got all five tools,"
said Byers of Crawford, following the 9 a.m. game's conclusion.
"The sky's the limit with him. He can be as good as he wants to
be. A good comparison is Baltimore Orioles outfielder Adam Jones."
Crawford, who said he primarily
plays short for Lakewood, has begun to also see some time as a
right-hander pitcher as well as in center field. Like Smith, Crawford has verbally
committed to Southern Cal, making his pledge in Oct. 2011.
"It reminded me of my high
school, and the coaches are really nice," said Crawford of Southern
Even after deciding on his future
college destination, Crawford has continued to impress on the
national level.
At June's National Showcase,
Crawford threw 90 mph across the infield and ran a 6.77-second
60-yard dash. Additionally, he hit 90 mph on the gun with his
fastball while pitching in game action. A Perfect Game scout noted
that Crawford "has a loose arm with easy arm speed and repeats his
When asked about how this
tournament has gone for his team, Crawford said it has been smooth
sailing so far.
"We've been doing really well,"
Crawford said. "We've been playing well together, and everybody's
Participating in national events
this summer are significant to Crawford and his future.
"They mean a lot," said
Crawford of the National Showcase and the WWBA 17u National
Championship. "You got to play hard every game because you never
know who's watching."
This summer he has learned at least
one thing along the way.
"Never get down on yourself no
matter how bad you do," Crawford said. "There's always
Another notable player on Yak
Baseball West's squad is third baseman Kevin Franklin (2013,
Richard Gahr H.S., Calif.). Standing at six-foot-two, 220
pounds, Franklin is what Byers described a big teddy bear.
"He goes by KJ, but his business
name is Kevin," Byers laughed. "He's a good kid.
"He's blossomed a lot in the
last year. His at bats have gotten tremendously better. He's
willing to learn."
Franklin made enough of a name for
himself that he chose his college choice nearly a year before he
could sign his National Letter of Intent.
"I committed to Arizona State on
Nov. 15, 2011," Franklin said. "It was a big day for me. I loved
the place and the coaching staff. They treated me well. The campus is
gorgeous, and they have fantastic fan support. It's an awesome
place to play baseball."
Though he played outfield as a
freshman and sophomore at Richard Gahr High School in Cerritos,
Calif., Franklin moved to third base as a junior. He also plays the
hot corner for Yak Baseball West, which he has been a member of for
two years now.
"I just love it," said Franklin
of the organization. "The coaches treat me well. They treat
everybody well."
This summer has been eventful for
Franklin, even a whirlwind at times.
"I had to leave two weeks before
school ended to go to the National Showcase so I had to take finals
early," said Perfect Game's number 19-ranked prospect for the
high school class of 2013.
"I think it's worth it though.
People around the country would love for opportunities like this, and
to be one of those few who can do this is an awesome feeling. I'm
very happy and wouldn't trade it for anything."
After attending the National in
mid-June, Franklin traveled to Cary, N.C. for the USA Baseball
Tournament of Stars. He characterized those back-to-back events as
experiences that he'll never forget.
In this tournament, Franklin said
the team has been on fire lately.
"We came out real hot, and it's
because we've played together for a while," Franklin said.
"Everybody's just doing their job, and it's awesome playing
with guys who know their role. We all play together as one."
Franklin's future also looks
good, and he hopes that will mean he will be playing professionally
in the near future.
"That's my dream: to play
professional baseball," said Franklin of where he hopes to be in
five years. "Since I've started this game, I've wanted to play
professional baseball."


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The South's love affair with fried chicken, collard greens, gumbo and biscuits is being challenged — and changed — by an unlikely influence. The North.
The South's love affair with fried chicken, collard greens, gumbo and biscuits is being challenged — and changed — by an unlikely influence. The North.
Which may seem strange — or even heretical — until you stop to consider that Southern food has always been a confluence of cultures, an amalgamation of its African, European and Native American locals. It just happens that this time around it's the North that is infusing its ideas in the culinary mix.
Credit for this fresh face of Southern cooking goes to a growing band of chefs — some born in the South, many not — who are looking North as they reinterpret the classics.
Take Vivian Howard, for example. The 35-year-old owner of the Chef and Farmer restaurant in Kinston, N.C., is a true Southerner, the daughter of a North Carolina hog farmer whose grandmother baked candied yams with butter and brown sugar. Yet the yams Howard serves are smashed and double fried, like a Caribbean plantain, a reflection as much of her time spent cooking in New York as of her heritage.
In Louisville, Ky., a Korean-American from Brooklyn marries sorghum and local lamb — and bourbon! — with Asian flavors. In Georgia, Canadian Hugh Acheson showcases the Mediterranean potential of Southern staples such as ramps, morels and veal sweetbreads. And in Carrboro, N.C., Matt Neal — whose dad Bill Neal helped revive Southern cooking in the 1980s — channels his love for New York City in buttermilk biscuits topped with pastrami.
Many argue that Southern food is the country's only true regional cuisine. But much of its distinctiveness comes from its ability to blend. African slaves brought their rice growing culture, laying the groundwork for iconic dishes like gumbo and jambalaya. Sweet potatoes resembled the yams they knew from home, and were used to fill European items like pies. Native Americans contributed their knowledge of the land and its ingredients, showing newcomers how to use corn for foods like cornbread and grits.
These rich food traditions often are what attract chefs from other parts of the country. At Louisville's Magnolia 601, Brooklyn-born Edward Lee seamlessly blends tradition with the flavors of his Korean heritage in dishes like crab cakes with green tomato kimchi and mango with red onion and daikon sprouts. But rather than corrupting tradition, Lee says such innovation moves it forward.
"I'm not a Southerner and I don't cook Southern food," he says. "I cook my food with a nod to Southern food and culture. I'm playing on their culture and history. I'm not making it better or worse. I'm just doing something different."
In North Carolina, New Jersey native Andrea Reusing projects memories of childhood trips to New York's Chinatown into whole fried local flounder and tea-cured local chicken. She plays on a Southern classic with Korean-style fried chicken wings that offer a brittle crunch and a sweet-spicy glaze. Country ham shows up in fried rice and field peas dot black sticky rice instead of hoppin' John.
"A lot of these Asian flavors are also Southern flavors," Reusing says. "Crunchy fried chicken, salty ham, a great whole fish. Peanuts. There are so many similarities. "
At his two Athens, Ga., restaurants, Acheson adds French, Italian, Spanish, even North African flavors to Georgia ingredients, with dishes like grilled octopus and purple cape beans, cioppino-style local seafood with stewed collards and roasted local chicken with red peppers and sesame. He even has kimchi creamed collard greens, a nod to the classic creamed spinach. Such interpretations, Acheson says, fit right into the South's history.
"Eighty percent of what we think of as Southern food is from slaves who were not indigenous," he says. "It's amazingly geographically different, inflected from so many parts of the world."
While some may think of the newcomers as carpetbaggers, Howard is flattered by the attention. Playing with Asian flavors or adding Mediterranean accents not only helps develop the region's food culture, she says, but also honors it. "It says a lot about what people have come to appreciate about our regional cuisine here."
Howard is one of a growing number of native Southerners who traveled or lived outside the region, then returned home with fresh ideas. Trained in New York at WD-50 and Jean-Georges Vongerichten's Spice Market, Howard initially tried to bring Northern dishes to the South. The response was lukewarm.
So she began embracing all the things she'd grown up on — collards, sweet corn, cucumbers, field peas — but reinterpreting them, drawing on lessons she learned in the North. Today, baby collards are flash fried like potato chips, and lima beans are slow cooked with mustard greens and sausage until they melt on your tongue. A pecan pie isn't a pecan pie at all, but something between a chocolate-chip cookie and a salty, crunchy nut bar.
"What I'm trying to do is translate my region," Howard says. "There are all these subcultures of Southern food. People are familiar with low country, with Appalachia. I'm trying to do that same thing with the cuisine of the frugal farmer in eastern North Carolina, but do it in a way that's attractive for people who live here and is interesting for people who don't."
Like Howard, 41-year-old Matt Neal first fell in love with New York and its food during a childhood visit to the legendary Second Avenue Deli. Back home, he says he and his wife Sheila finally gave up on someone coming from the city to open a deli they could eat lunch at, so they decided to do it themselves.
"I'm not Jewish or Brooklynese or anything like that, but I figured we could figure out how to make pastrami," he says. "I had smoked meat before — whole pigs — so pastrami wasn't a huge stretch."
At Neal's Deli they serve that pastrami on Southern buttermilk biscuits, and offer a roster of groovy hotdogs like the Chilean "completo," served in the style of Chile with mayonnaise, sauerkraut, avocado and housemade hot sauce. The pimento cheese is made not just with cheddar, as per tradition, but with Swiss and provolone as well.
These chefs are successful, observers say, because their audience also has been traveling the world.
"What is happening in the South is that we are more open to discovery," says Southern cookbook author Jean Anderson. "There's always a core of Southern recipes that will be there forever. But I do think, and it's because many Southerners are much better traveled and much better educated, they're open to experimenting."
An influx of new immigrants over the last couple of decades also has inspired a more adventurous spirit in chefs and home cooks alike, say Paul and Angela Knipple, authors of "The World in a Skillet: A Food Lover's Tour of the New American South." Vietnamese immigrants, Kurdish refugees, and in the last 10 years many Hispanic farm workers have all brought their culinary cultures.
"The cuisine our grandchildren will eat will look a lot like it does now, but the flavors will be different," she says. "Southern cuisine is made of immigrant cuisines. And it will slowly embrace the cuisines that come in, as it always has."


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I offer here a few remarks to the article "More on the Archaic Writing of the Name of Enlil/Nippur" by P. Steinkeller (2010) that appeared in the Festschrift Owen, of which one might rather claim, "more is less, and less is more." The question of the graphic realization of Enlil/Nippur in the period from Late Uruk to Old Babylonian (ca. 3500-1500 BC) is in fact, after extensive research, still quite fascinating, leading the reader along various paths that touch on early Mesopotamian totemic cult symbols; pantheistic syncretisms, often "marriages made in heaven" by court theologians of the Early Dynastic period; complex paleographic tables of the signs E2 and KID; the history of Nippur; and the semantics of NUN and EN. Wang deals comprehensively with many of these issues in his recently published AOAT volume Metamorphosis of Enlil in Early Mesopotamia (2011), and this excellent study should be the basis of subsequent discussion. The following restricts itself to the method of presentation in the Steinkeller article, and on the reliability of his conclusions, with but passing notice given to the record of attestations of the sign combinations representing the Nippur pair Enlil and Ninlil in 3rd millennium texts. The ultimate etymology of "Enlil" is left aside, although it will be obvious from the data presented that the Semitic origin *il-il? ("god-of-gods"), long believed by Gelb, then popularized by Steinkeller (1999: 114, n. 36) and others (for instance, Michalowski 1998; wisely rejected by Jacobsen 1989), merely perpetuates an ancient folk eymology.
P. 239. "The logograms such as UNUG.UTU = Larsa, UNUG.INANA = Zabalam, UNUG×HA = Nina/Nimin, and kulUNUG = Kulab demonstrate the primacy of Uruk as a political and cultural center during the Uruk period." UNUG is merely one of a string of complex signs and sign combinations based on the sign AB. Thus AB.MUŠ3/INANNA = ZABALA(~a; of the 38 Late Uruk attestations, a singular instance [W 15771,w] is said to be written with the UNUG sign, but it derives from the reading of a poor photo of an inaccessible and heavily damaged fragment in the Iraq Museum); AB×KU6 = NANŠE/NINA (12 Late Uruk attestations, one ED I-II, exclusively with AB); UD.AB = ARARMA2/LARSA (12 Late Uruk attestations, three ED I-II, exclusively with AB). The source of the author's "kulUNUG = Kullab" seems to be two instances of SI NUMUN UNUG in UET 2, 274 and 279, and thus not from the Uruk period, but also with no likelihood that NUMUN would signify anything other than "seed." The author does not mention the combination URI3.AB = URI5 that, while attested only four times in the proto-cuneiform records, does lead both the lexical Archaic Cities List as well as the Jemdet Nasr Cities Seal that themselves also demonstrate only the presumed "household" referent AB in toponyms, but that offer the interesting graphic indication that the striations incised within the base of the AB sign to form UNUG might indicate the terraces of a stepped tower, or rather the niches of the Anu Ziggurat (cp. Mattthews 1993: 37-38). UNUG is, incidentally, in fourth position in the Cities List and the JN Cities Seal (disregarding Steinkeller 2002: 254-255) and therefore not likely, in the conceptual world of the ancients, to offer a good justification for an Uruk primacy exposed by proto-cuneiform orthography–if anything, one would have to argue that the replacement of AB with UNUG, inconsistently in the ED I-II period (for instance, Ur City Sealings nos. 4 and 9-11 in Matthews 1993: 61-62 and figs. 12-13) and more systematically in the ED IIIa period, signalled a shift of cultural focus to Uruk only after the close of the Late Uruk period ca. 3000 BC. The matter of EN KIDa//NUNa found in the second (list) and third (seal) entries, respectively, and apparently representing Nibru, did not seem pertinent to the author in this connection (discussed in Matthews 1993: 34; but cp. Wang's argument [2011: 43-46] that the seal entry is to be read ENx+KIDx!?.NUNx?). Quite aside from any UD.GAL.NUN or rebus speculation, however, the pair is of some syntactical relevance, given the correspondences between Late Uruk Cities List l. 38 (ATU 3, pp. 35 and 147) and ED IIIa Cities witness OIP 99, 21, obv. iii 4 with E2?.NUN and KID.NUN, respectively (of the archaic witnesses, ATU 3, pl. 77 W 23998,1 appears to have E2 NUNa+E2, while the other three are damaged, making the reading of the component "E2" uncertain), on the one hand, and ED IIIa witness SF 23 obv. iii 1 with NIN.KID = NINLIL on the other, suggesting that the local cults of "EN.KIDa" and "E2 (or KIDa).NUNa" (Wang's comments [2011: 88] on ED IIIa NIN // NUN are unclear to me) were conjoined in the span between Late Uruk and ED IIIa times to form the union EN.E2 and NIN.KID in Nippur (EN.E2ki). In the full archaic corpus, there are more than 100 instances of "EN NUNa" and "EN+NUNa" recorded, many reaching back to the Uruk IV period (cf. expecially the references in ATU 5; EN+NUNa has, based on its appearance in the list entries Lu2 A l. 92 and Officials l. 14, usually been considered a professional designation), and 25 of "E2 NUNa" (plus 14 in the ED I-II period). We should remember that NUNa (NUNb, with a single long horizontal stroke, is a glyph derived from the buckling [young male goat] sign MAŠ), as one of a series of signs representing early cult totems (Englund 1998: 102), is usually considered the standard of the Enki cult of Eridu to the far south, and therefore of Eridu itself–and that the classical Sumerian pantheon as it emerged in the ED IIIa god lists is nowhere to be found in proto-cuneiform texts, so that discussions of archaic cults remain highly speculative, but should also not leave the ground of the textual evidence.
p. 240. "Englund then chose to analyze the sign in question [namely, KIDa of ENLIL] as a variant of KID ...". It remains a source of some frustration for those of us who have contributed to the Hans J. Nissen-led Uruk project that the basic precept of consistency in readings vs. preference in readings will not set in the minds of some casual users of our data. The proto-cuneiform sign list ATU 2 is most assuredly not "Green and Englund" as Steinkeller cites the volume in fnn. 7 and 9, but was created and published by Margaret W. Green and Nissen; it offers a variety of signs that the authors determined should be gathered under specific designations (and note that the lexical lists volume ATU 3 is authored by Englund and Nissen, whereby major contributions to that volume were made by Green and Nissen well before I became a project staff member in Berlin). As I and others have stated, in the course of transferring the proto-cuneiform transliterations to electronic form, we had to make decisions about a number of these graphic variants that were at odds with the leveling intent of ATU 2. One of many such instances is the case of KID that, in the Green/Nissen scheme, contained at least four relatively distinct graphic forms consisting of a rectangle with varying iterations and orientations of strokes incised within. Semantically neutral graphic variation will of course be greater in the earlier phases of writing systems, but we nevertheless assiduously assigned distinguishing tags to many of the Uruk IV period exemplars that in a more mature stage of decipherment can, where justified, be removed, so that KID signs were initially entered and may be referenced in our online files as KIDa, KIDb (Uruk III forms), KIDc and KIDd (Uruk IV forms; the Uruk III period KIDe was added later; all Late Uruk variants can be accessed via CDLI search). Of these entries, that labeled by us as KIDa was the grapheme which corresponded to the sign I inspected in the Baghdad text ATU 3, pl. 76, W 21126. Whether this KIDa or the graphically similar, but syntactically distinct sign KIDb (a tripartite KID frame but with oblique strokes top to bottom), is the true precursor of KID = reed mat is not clear; the pictographic referent of KIDa may have been something like three wooden slats woven together with reed or rope (see figure 1).
Pp. 240-241. Of the three ED I-II EN.E2 references offered as corroborating evidence for the line of reasoning in this article, no. (1) is a seal rendering that could be E2, could be KIDa–one needs merely move on from this seal to the second in Matthews' convenient compilation of Ur City Sealings (1993: 61 and fig. 12 nos. 1-2) to find the presumably intended rendering of KIDa in the sequence Ur - Larsa - Nippur; no. (2) (now CUSAS 17, 104), based on the much better images available at <http://www.cdli.ucla.edu/P251646>, could be E2, could be KIDa; no. (3) may be KIDa, at least according to the hand drawing fig. 3 (the image p. 242 is illegible), but the discussion p. 241 of ED I and II has neither archaeological nor paleographic credibility. Read E2 or KIDa as you will, all three corroborate nothing at all.
I offer in figure 1 above my own hypothetical paleography of Enlil (and Ninlil) that derives from evidence available through the CDLI. The Uruk IV forms are little more than idle speculation. In Uruk III, "Enlil"/"Nibru" is written EN.KIDa/NUN, whereby the stone text MSVO 4, 73, offers an excellent parallel to the form of EN ("ENc") found in the JN City Seal (and note the strong resemblance of this sign to the offering of stacked beveled-rim bowls carried by an officiant standing above the bearded ram in the uppermost frieze of the Uruk Vase), and "Ninlil" appears to be written E2.NUN (quotation marks signal conventional pronunciations; incidentally, an image of the tablet MSVO 4, 73 = AO 19936 may be viewed at the commercial site <http://www.lessing-photo.com/> and for those of a mind even purchased in limited license for about $100). Both the ED I-II tablets and the City Sealings excavated at Ur contain some evidence for the continued use of the Late Uruk sign combinations for Enlil and Ninlil, and we might posit that the transfer of the KIDa glyph to a seal surface effected its replacement by the more classical KID form found in the ED IIIa writing of Ninlil. Thus, during the initial phases of the Early Dynastic, the short vertical (using the conventional orientation) strokes impressed in the upper and lower registers of the left half of the sign, and the middle register of the right, are being simplified to full strokes top to bottom left and right, but retaining the bold stroke down the middle. The intrusion of the archaic E2 form in the ED IIIa rending of Enlil cannot be explained on paleographic grounds, unless it was motivated by the syncretism of archaic EN.KID/Enlil and E2.NUN/Ninlil. In this period, the sign E2 represents both e2, "household," and lil2 as a component of Enlil, but not of Ninlil (passim, for instance in the same text in ELTS 106, 122-123; MVN 10, 83; RTC 13; etc.–RIME 3/188.8.131.52, ex. 39c obv. 4 is a good example of an early Ur III royal text with exactly the same sign used for both e2, and for lil2 of Enlil). (It is unclear why KID in the early periods can also represent or qualify a very large number, for which compare the vocabulary ATU 3, pl. 81, W 20335,3 obv. i 3 [Uruk III]; TSŠ 190 obv. i 2 [ED IIIa]; MEE 3, 72 TM.75.G.2200 obv. 3 ["kid'u"!, for which cp. further the practice text OSP 1, 12 obv. ii 3'-4'], MEE 4, 78 TM.75.G.1678 rev. ii 2 (šar2-KID = 10×603?; both late ED IIIb]; and MAD 5, 112 rev. 1 [Old Akkadian surface measure text with fantastically large numbers, including šar2-KID as a bundling step above šar'ugal, representing 216,000 bur3 or ca. 5400 square miles–50 times the recorded arable land of neo-Sumerian Girsu; s. Friberg 2005, §4.7 with literature]). The stone tablet RIME 22.214.171.124 ex. 1 iv 3 appears to document use of den-KID in an Ur-Nanše inscription, but the line art publication of the Louvre text (CIRPL Urn 26 = AO 3177) requires collation, and the common genetive+ergative marker -ke4 (=KID) found after den-lil2 in royal inscriptions may have intruded in the orthography of the name itself. The KID form of lil2 (reading "lilx") in Ninlil is replaced only in the Old Akkadian period (BiMes 3, 31 obv. ii 3 is a potential exception, but requires collation–and may read dnin-e2-šum2, as in SF 1 ii 17), and even the few examples in CDLI files of nin-E2 are uncertain. We note that the Early Dynastic KID sign with reading ke4 or ge2 itself, as genetive+ergative and as an element of the "cult prostitute" kar-ke4 (ke4 replacing ED IIIa ke3/AK in ED IIIb [VS 27, 33 obv. v 14]), held through the Old Akkadian period (but note one Old Akkadian instance of kar-ke3 in MAD 1, 276 rev. 1), and was replaced by the E2 form thereafter. Old Akkadian (for instance, Adab 632 obv. ii 2 [and cf. the less common older form in ASJ 14, 102 no. 6 obv. 4], with an often still prominent final vertical impression within the rectangular form) and Lagash II scribes used a form of E2 (see figure 1, with wedge heads aligned diagonally within the rectangle, eventually dropping the lowest horizontal stroke; this graphic form is common, though not always displayed in published hand copies of 3rd millennium documents–photographic images are currently available, for instance, for RIME 3/220.127.116.11, ex. 2 l. 8, and DCS 21 rev. 4, to cite both a royal and an administrative text) exclusively for e2 "household," in the Ur III period usually for lil2 in Enlil, and seldom for lil2 in Ninlil; Ninlil appears to retain the "new" kid (old e2) form (this is best checked by searching CDLI for image-documented texts with the "dates referenced" entry for Šu-Suen 6, that is, 'Shu-Suen.06,' which in its fuller form is mu dšu-dsuen lugal uri5ki-ma-ke4 na-ru2-a-mah den-lil2 dnin-lil2-ra mu-ne-du3, "year: 'Šu-Suen, king of Ur, erected the Great-Stele for Enlil and Ninlil'," for instance in AAICAB 1/1, pl. 46, 1911-483, and CUSAS 3, 37). Old Babylonian scribes writing the name den-lil2 may have merged the older form of E2 (that is, new KID) for lil2 still used for Ninlil in the Ur III period with that used for Enlil known from Old Akkadian, and Ur III royal inscriptions on stone. A clear and archaizing (Ur III) example of the distinction of the two signs is evident in the stone insciption of the Codex Hammurapi stele, comparing, for instance, i 3 den-lil2 with ii 1 e2 abzu.
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The Toronto Maple Leafs blanked the Edmonton Oilers 4-0 in Edmonton Tuesday.
Leafs blank Oilers 4-0
Phil Kessel had two goals and two assists on Tuesday as the Toronto Maple Leafs won their second game in a row, defeating the Edmonton Oilers 4-0.
James van Riemsdyk and Nazem Kadri also scored for the Maple Leafs (9-4-0) who have won three of their last four to take over sole possession of first place in the Atlantic Division, moving ahead of the Tampa Bay Lightning.
James Reimer stopped 43 shots for his 11th career shutout.
Richard Bachman stopped 22 shots for the Oilers (3-9-2), who have now lost four straight.
Edmonton outshot Toronto 43-25.
Toronto started the scoring just over a minute into the game on their first shot of the contest.
Kadri made a nice play to hook a pass to a hard-charging Kessel on his way to the net and he was able to fake out Oilers goalie Bachman with a quick move to score his eight goal of the season.
Edmonton had its chances in the fast-paced first period. Most notably on a drop pass from Nail Yakupov that defender Nick Schultz shot wide of an empty net. The Oilers outshot the Maple Leafs 14-12, with Reimer making all the stops through 20 minutes.
Bachman was able to keep it a one-goal game early in the second on a big glove save on Mason Raymond, but couldn't do it again a minute later as Kessel dished a two-on-one pass off to van Riemsdyk, and he chipped it into the net.
Toronto went up 3-0 with 11 minutes left in the second period as Bachman lost track of a deflected shot that went behind the net and Kessel displayed his skill by barely pulling the puck over the goal line before putting it in the roof of the cage for his second goal of the night.
The Maple Leafs added to their lead six minutes into the third period as Morgan Rielly finished off a tic-tac-toe passing play by rifling a puck off of Kadri and in. Kadri also had two assists in the game.
The Maple Leafs are right back at it in Calgary on Wednesday to play the Flames. The Oilers remain home to face the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday.
Notes: It was the second and final of two meetings this season. The Maple Leafs beat the Oilers 6-5 in overtime on Oct. 12 in the previous meeting as Joffrey Lupul scored with under a minute left to force the extra period before Dave Bolland scored the winnera Lupul drew back into the Toronto lineup after missing the last two games with a foot injurya Out for the Leafs were scratched defenceman John-Michael Liles and forward Troy Bodie and injured players included forwards Nikolai Kulemin (ankle), Tyler Bozak (lower body) and defenceman Mark Fraser (knee)a Oilers forward David Perron was a late scratch with an illness. The Oilers remained without injured players Steve MacIntyre (knee), Corey Potter (back), Ryan Hamilton (knee), Jesse Joensuu (back), Ryan Smyth (groin) and Taylor Hall (knee)a The Leafs came into the game having been outshot in nine straight games and in 10 of their first 12 match-ups this seasona Oilers centre Sam Gagner made his return to the Edmonton lineup after missing 13 games due to a broken jaw suffered in the pre-season after taking a since Zack Kassian stick to the face. Gagner wore a full face shield in his returna Richard Bachman got his second career start in the Edmonton net after being called up from Oklahoma City with starter Devan Dubnyk suffering an ankle injury. Bachman made 47 of 48 stops in a 2-1 overtime loss to the L.A. Kings on Sunday.


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A photographer and filmmaker teaching at the University of Illinois at Chicago is one of a select group of artists, scholars and scientists awarded a 2010-11 Guggenheim Fellowship.
Silvia Malagrino, professor of photography, is among 180 winners selected from a field of about 3,000 applicants from the U.S. and Canada. Guggenheim fellows are appointed on the basis of "stellar achievement and exceptional promise for continued accomplishment," according to the foundation.
Malagrino works in film, digital video, photography and installation. She describes her work as "amalgamating critical thinking with poetry, and metaphor with documentation."
She applied for the Guggenheim in film because she sees it as the best medium for her multi-dimensional work.
"I think my narratives are more along the lines of cinema, with visual and verbal layers," Malagrino says.
Malagrino plans to use the one-year fellowship to complete another film, "Singing in the Dark," in collaboration with Chicago filmmaker Sharon Karp. The film tells how Karp's parents fled from the Nazis in Austria in 1938, hid in France, escaped over the Pyrenees to Spain, and arrived in 1943 in America, where they raised their family.
Malagrino received wide acclaim and a CINE Golden Eagle Award in 2005 for her first film, "Burnt Oranges," a 90-minute documentary on the 1976-1983 dictatorship that led Malagrino to leave her native Argentina. She interviewed torture survivors, families of "the disappeared," journalists, and high-ranking officers of the junta responsible for the crackdown.
Malagrino has exhibited internationally for more than 15 years. Her work is in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Milwaukee Art Museum, La Bibliothèque Nationale de France in Paris, the Fundaçao Athos Bulçao in Brasilia, and other institutions.
She has received awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, seven fellowships from the Illinois Arts Council, and a fellowship from Ellen Stone Belic Institute for the Study of Women & Gender in the Arts & Media, Columbia College Chicago.
UIC ranks among the nation's leading research universities and is Chicago's largest university with 26,000 students, 12,000 faculty and staff, 15 colleges and the state's major public medical center. A hallmark of the campus is the Great Cities Commitment, through which UIC faculty, students and staff engage with community, corporate, foundation and government partners in hundreds of programs to improve the quality of life in metropolitan areas around the world.


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Tire Size: LT245/75R17/E
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Sidewall: OWL
Max Load: 1449.23 kg
Warranty (km) 90,000
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4.85 out of 5Submitted by Darrin in Pennsylvania on 7/26/2017(2011 Nissan Titan PRO-4X)
I have purchased 4 sets of these tires over the past 5 years. When you drive 45,000+ miles a year, you definitely want the best quality and bang for the buck. These tires deliver. My last set had 88,000 miles on them and had at least another 25000 miles before hitting the wear blocks! Well worth the money! Just be sure to rotate every 5K-6K miles.
4.55 out of 5Submitted by Stephen in New York on 4/4/2017(2011 RAM 1500 SLT)
I had them on my 2011 Ram 1500. They were great in all weather conditions. I got 50,000 miles out of them. Great tires
3.85 out of 5Submitted by Erich in Pennsylvania on 2/26/2017(2009 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 HD LT Crew Cab)
These tires can't handle the weight of a big truck. They wear terrible and they are noisy as hell. Won't be buying these again
5 out of 5Submitted by Herbert in Massachusetts on 2/2/2017(2011 Ford F-350 Super Duty XLT 4x4)
Have purchased several sets of this tire for different trucks. Reasonable price, long wear, very good in snow for plowing.
4.55 out of 5Submitted by Will in Pennsylvania on 1/27/2017(2008 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 LT w/Z71 Pkg.)
These were great tires! Looked awesome, handled well, gripped well, etc.
Then they started leaking air within 15k. Subsequently, tread started to wear.
Still, solid tires, ran great, couldn't complain otherwise.
Then, within maybe 5k of each other (at about 40k), two tires both blew -- major, unpatchable failures with broken cords.
Strong start, disappointing finish. Since then, I've talked to two friends who have had the same issues with the lighter-grade tires.
However, a friend who put 10-plys on his F-450 still loves the tires and has had no trouble whatsoever.
Hence a thoroughly mixed review -- love the performance to a point, and 2/5 stars for if I would buy them again. Even as I sit debating which tires my truck should be shod with next, the Discoverers still look good -- waiting for the second chance...
5 out of 5Submitted by Steve in Idaho on 12/21/2016(2007 Ford F-350 Super Duty XLT 4x4 Super Cab)
Some of the stars above I cannot technically comment on, but was afraid by not doing so would detract for the score on the tire. Today, in snow, the AT3s impressed me. The OEM Continental Contitrac tires on my SuperDuty got me stuck on wet grass, mud, and even the thought of a light snowfall. I was so disgusted with the Contitracs that I thought about going extreme, getting STT's - but I just couldn't afford them. My dealer had a deal going on AT3s and I thought the value was too good not to try. Today was the test. About 3 inches of cold snow on the ground, some bladed into 8-9" humps around my driveway. My SotF 4wd wouldn't engage while trying to pull my 20' livestock trailer. I needed to back it into a spot. These tires never slipped in 2wd, even over the humps of piled snow. I have SRWs and was a little worried about carrying capacity. I've hauled a 17,000 lb tractor with a 10,000 lb tandem gooseneck and my SRWs handled it wonderfully, even with having air pressure issues due to the installation of passenger car tire valvestems (all rubber - since corrected). The tires have me very impressed.
5 out of 5Submitted by Allan in Florida on 6/27/2016(1994 Chevrolet K1500 Silverado Ext. Cab)
I wont put any other tires on my truck. I still have at least 35% tire tread left on them and I bought them in 2006.
3.55 out of 5Submitted by Greg in North Carolina on 2/15/2016(2006 GMC Sierra 2500 HD SLE Ext. Cab)
Tread did not last as advertised.
4.7 out of 5Submitted by Bruce in Indiana on 2/1/2016(1999 Jeep Wrangler Sahara (1999 mid-year release))
I just replaced the only Goodyear tires (Wrangler Silent Armors) I've ever liked on my Jeep. I got 80,000 perfect miles out of them. I would have bought another set, but they have become outrageous in price. I researched the heck out of a decent 30/9.5/15 replacement and found that for the wrangler, this is a tire of choice amongst the forum groups...mine happens to be bone-stock. I left the dealer with a brand new inch of wet sleet and 22 degrees. I was traveling 50 mph when I realized, that I wasn't in 4WD. All I can say is wow...if that was the first impression of what to expect, then I'm sold on these. I noticed significantly more steering feedback right off the bat and have since run 70+mph down my usual two lane. I'm not exaggerating here...these tires are 50% quieter than the wranglers. I'll leave periodic updates moving forward. I rotate every 5,000 so we'll keep updating incrementally.
5 out of 5Submitted by Victoria in Connecticut on 3/2/2015(1999 Chevrolet Tahoe 4x4)
OMG I love my new tires!!! So much better than the Firestones I had on previously.
5 out of 5Submitted by Bill in New Hampshire on 2/9/2015(2001 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 4x4)
I researched many different all-terrain tires and even cruised parking lots taking my own survey from the owners about how they liked their tires. After having these installed I've driven in more snow than ever before in my life - up to 16" on our private road which doesn't get plowed regularly. These tires will not spin at all unless you're on glare ice. During a storm I can pull over into an unplowed lot with over 12" of snow, get out to clear the ice from my wipers and start right up without spinning, driving through 20" plus snow piles to get back on the roadway. BUY THESE IF YOU WANT GOOD SNOW TRACTION!! They're also very quiet on bare pavement at highway speeds. I could not be happier with these tires!!
4.55 out of 5Submitted by Chad in North Carolina on 1/30/2015(2006 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 LT w/Z71 Pkg.)
Great all around tire. Excellent off road and snow traction with good road manners. Worth the money!
5 out of 5Submitted by sam in Maryland on 1/25/2015(2003 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 HD Base)
I loved these tries. 10,0000 on them from driving from NC to MD.
5 out of 5Submitted by jeremy in Pennsylvania on 1/8/2015(2001 Ford F-150 Lariat 4x4 Super Crew Cab)
Very good tire. Reasonably priced. I've got around a thousand miles on these tires and not a bit of wear. They also have been great in the snow. I hardly even have to use 4 wheel drive.
5 out of 5Submitted by John in North Carolina on 12/23/2014(2010 Toyota Tacoma 4x4 Double Cab)
Great tires! I drive over 100 miles a day with my job and on multiple occasions in snow, sleet, heavy rain, and these tires always handle great. I was able to get a little over 50k out of my first set and currently have 37k on my second set and they still have really good tread. Whenever these wear down, I will put a third set on. Great tires, great quality, great product.
4.55 out of 5Submitted by thomas in North Carolina on 12/6/2014(2011 GMC Sierra 1500 SLE 4x4)
I would buy again.
4 out of 5Submitted by kevin in Michigan on 9/27/2014(2003 Dodge Ram 1500 SLT 4x4 Quad Cab)
5 out of 5Submitted by melissa in West Virginia on 9/8/2014(2010 Dodge Ram 2500 ST 4x4 Crew Cab)
I purchased a set of 4. We use our truck to haul horses to shows, and I got really good off/road and interstate wear.. Going to purchase my second set of 4 this week.. These are really good quality tires with low road noise which is a big plus...
5 out of 5Submitted by Brad in New Mexico on 4/8/2014(2010 Chevrolet Trucks Silverado 1500 LT w/Z71 Pkg.)
These are great tires! They handle really well and are the best value. My truck looks better than when I bought it!
4.7 out of 5Submitted by Tyler in Kansas on 4/7/2014(1998 Ford Trucks Ranger XLT 4x4)
Love these tires! Had them for a year now and they have been through tons of weather and off-roading and did great in ALL conditions. They even still look brand new besides a few scrapes on the sidewalls. Will definitely be getting another set when the time comes.
5 out of 5Submitted by Laurence in Michigan on 3/28/2014(1999 Ford Vans E-350 Econoline Club Wagon XLT)
Excellent tires, all 6 of them. I bought them for my Ford Class C Coachman motor home. SMOOTH!!!! I purchased them in GA on my trip down to Florida from Michigan. Excellent handling, quiet, aggressive tread design. I feel very safe!!!!
4.45 out of 5Submitted by shawn in New Hampshire on 3/22/2014(2001 Chevrolet Trucks Silverado 2500 HD LS Base)
Great wearing tire. I would buy again.
4.85 out of 5Submitted by Andy in Pennsylvania on 2/21/2014(2003 Dodge Trucks Ram 1500 SLT 4x4 Quad Cab)
Excellent dry and wet traction. The cornering stability/steering response is much better then what came on the truck from the factory. Snow traction is good for not being a snow tire. So far I am very impressed with the amount of miles I have on the tires and how much they have worn. I will be buying these again for my next set of truck tires.
5 out of 5Submitted by Brandon in Oklahoma on 2/10/2014(2000 Chevrolet Corvette (EMT Tire) Rear)
These are actually on a 2000 Silverado z71ext cab. Very great tires, handle mud, snow, rain, everything. I've had them on the truck for 5 years and 88k miles later it's finally time for some new ones. And yes this is what will be going back on it. I have no complaints on these. I've seen people complain about road noise but these do not have much road noise. If you think it's too much you should probably buy a car. Best all terrain tire out there.
5 out of 5Submitted by lisa in Kansas on 2/9/2014(2013 Jeep Trucks Wrangler Unlimited Sport)
This has been a great tire. We live in the country, using dirt roads equal to hwy use. This tire has been great to handle all forms of weather & road conditions.
4.55 out of 5Submitted by Cody in Nebraska on 1/23/2014(2009 Ford Trucks F-150 XLT 4x4 Super Crew Cab)
Good tire, just can't wait for some mud and snow.
4 out of 5Submitted by Chris in Texas on 1/5/2014(2004 Dodge Trucks Ram 2500 SLT 4x4)
I work for an underground utilities company outside of Austin and we have 10+ company trucks. I am getting prices together to submit to the main office. I want to find a tire dealer that will make us the best deal when we need to purchase tires.
4.45 out of 5Submitted by jared in Utah on 1/1/2014(2004 Ford Focus LX)
These tires are on a F-250 but trucks don't exist on the vehicle options.
4.3 out of 5Submitted by Jacob in Iowa on 12/17/2013(2002 Chevrolet Trucks Silverado 2500 HD LT Base)
Great traction tire and even tread wear.
4.55 out of 5Submitted by Brian in Virginia on 12/13/2013(2010 Ford Trucks F-150 Lariat 4x4)
Great looking tire. Quiet ride. Hope to get snow this winter so I can try them out.
3.7 out of 5Submitted by Jason in Pennsylvania on 12/5/2013(2008 GMC Trucks Sierra 2500 HD SLE Crew Cab (17 Inch Option))
Mileage and wear of tires was a little disappointing. Good all around tire but not a great tire for snow and mud. Great highway tire with little road noise.
4.3 out of 5Submitted by Steve in Pennsylvania on 11/15/2013(2007 Dodge Trucks Ram 2500 SLT 4x4 Quad Cab)
I placed these tires on my truck which gets a wide variety of use. I have placed a 2.5" leveling kit on the front end, which raises the center of gravity a bit. I do a moderate amount of highway and city driving, a fair amount of towing a 32' camper, a 15,000# work trailer and random in-bed work loads. Overall, these tires preformed better then expected. They far out performed other "Brand" tires in the same class. My tires are inflated to 70 p.s.i. which does great at heavy loads and towing! This pressure/tire combination makes city driving a little bumpy, but then again I drive a big truck. Snow, mud, and off-road traction is pleasantly surprising. I have had these tires in the dirt and snow more than once and they have yet to let me down! Side wall 'play' is noticeable, but I feel it is well within normal ranges based on the size of the tire and my specific application. I would recommend these tires for anyone looking for a "all round", all-season tire!
5 out of 5Submitted by lori in Illinois on 11/8/2013(2002 Dodge Trucks Ram Pickup 1500 ST 4x4 Quad Cab)
I love my new tires and the price was very good for the tire that you get. They handle well in the rain and snow.
4.3 out of 5Submitted by Craig in California on 10/25/2013(2006 Ford Trucks F-250 Super Duty Lariat 4x4 (20 Inch Option))
Huge upgrade over the previous A/T tires I had. I'm sold on Cooper Tires and will be putting the A/T3 on my other truck when it's due for new tires. Great handling, quiet, have yet to lose traction in the wet or dry. Slid a bit on hard pack snow/ice, but nothing that couldn't be anticipated and easily handled.
4.85 out of 5Submitted by Mike in Alberta on 10/22/2013(2003 Dodge Trucks Ram Pickup 3500 Laramie 4x4 Quad Cab (DRW))
Tires hold up well, even with pulling a trailer all the time. Have 85,000 miles on mine and lots of wear left. Great on logging roads.
5 out of 5Submitted by eric in Colorado on 6/17/2013(1995 Ford Trucks Bronco XLT)
great tire all around, comes with milage warranty and is a great tire on and off road. price for the tire isn't too high either.
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I got 5 of these for my Jeep in 285/70/17 and have had balancing issues from the start. One tire I have been told by 2 places that it is defective and can't be balanced, went to try road force balance and it wanted 17oz of weight! At least 2 others have a wobble in them and can't get it out as well. Tire place I got them from doesn't want to hear or do anything. Tread wear now at 35k miles is pretty good, but I can't wait to get these off my ride, sorry I wasted my money on these
2005 1/2 ton Suburban
Originally wanted the AT/W but these had come out and the salesman talked me into these.
I pull occasionally (camper, boy scout trailers etc.) but most miles were just the vehicle.
I wasn't faithful at getting rotations - one time it was 10K miles - had some wearing issues at about 25k to 30k miles. Just rotated them like manufacturer suggested..... ran them until the end of June.. looked at them and decided needed new tires before taking the boy scouts to summer camp (1,400 mile round trip - pulling a trailer loaded with 7 boys).
I put another set of AT/3's on - good tire - great ice and snow traction up here in North Dakota. I have read the other reviews... people talk about wind noise.. these tires are quiet... they must be putting bigger tires than manufacturer specified... my new tires run so quiet I have driven 100 miles with the radio off just so I can enjoy the quiet!
The best tire I have owned have 103,000 miles on them no flats. I work in the construction industry and have pulled several nails out of the tread with no leaks. I will be buying another set soon.
I bought this tire for my 2015 1500 Silverado. I did a level kit and put 285/55R20 tires on it. This tire is amazing! Sticks to the road better then my stock Wrangler SR-A's, Hydroplane resistance is far superior...truck just feels more stable in rain at speed. Living up here in northern New England...I really wish the tires could get the 3 Peak winter stamp. They are really good in the snow...but could be better in NE heavy wet snow.. Maybe more sipes cut into the tread
I put 40k miles on these tires, and they still had more than half of their tread left (traded the car). They had way better traction than the Michelin's that came OEM.
They also look great.
That said, I dropped 1-2 MPG when I had these installed, and they were noisier than the OEM tires. I tried to manage and got some of the MPG back by keeping them around 38 PSI.
I've only got about 3.5k miles on these ties, but compared to my stock tires that were on my truck, these are amazing. I used to break free just stepping on the gas in light rain, but no longer. I live in NY, so there is snow and ice in winter. No problems here. I drive with confidence. Just got back from a camping trip towing a camper in heavy rain, tires held the road with no slippage. Did some light off-roading (gravel, dirt, grass, mud) and there was never a concern about getting stuck. Overall, these are great tires. Oh yea, and they have a great ride on the street with no noise.
all tires cupped with less than 12k on them. had aligned at dealer ship after install and rotated regularly. On regular matinence appointment the told me my tires where cupped and checked alignment. Tundra was still in alignment but all tires where cupped. went back to discount and they would not do anything for me. will never run a copper again.
I bought a set of these Jan 2017 to replace the Michelins on my Colorado crew cab. There was an 8" snow the day after I had them installed. These tires made fun of the snow, excellent traction and control. Wet roads are not a problem either and the handling is superb. As aggressive as the tread is these are very quiet and the ride is second to none. These over Michelins? Absolutely.
Treadware excellent. Good in mud and snow. Noisy and is getting worse with age.
Load range E on 2004 f350. Best cooper I have owned. Very near to Toyo Open country for winter performance. I do occasionally drive logging roads with many big stones and coarse gravel, very confident tires will get be there and back. Had them on truck for about 2 yrs , put about 10000 a yr on them, mostly in NH and Maine with at least one trip to Canada, tires are good in heavy rains. I will be buying them again. At least 250 to 300 less than toyo open country I used to buy. If you cross rotate every 3000 miles they will stand up to ford solid front axel.


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There will be time to review the budget deal which was just struck by congressional negotiators in more detail. To that end, the open windows on my computer show the latest labor statistics and economic trends. But the phrase that keeps coming to mind, especially when it comes to the unemployed, is more than 200 years old – 229 years, to be exact. And while its gender-specific phrasing may render it antiquated, the expression's meaning is sadly relevant in today's political world:
Man's inhumanity to man.
I know, I know. That's a pretty depressing thing to say. But let's look at the facts: Federal workers will be expected to subsidize this deal with an increase in their out-of-pocket pension costs. There will be cuts to Medicare. Airline passengers will pay a new tax. Military retirees – military retirees – will see their benefits cut.
And the long-term unemployed, who have paid dearly for Wall Street's excesses, will receive no extension of benefits. The sequester's cuts were disastrous, but this deal is needlessly punitive. It's mean-spirited toward people who are struggling through no fault of their own, people who have chosen a life of public service, and the middle class in general.
And presumably it will pass.
Ezra Klein says that "Democrats flatly got beat on sequestration. Republicans are keeping — and increasing — the deficit reduction without ever giving up a dime in taxes." We agree with our colleague Dave Johnson: this was the ideal time for Democrats to take a strong stand, especially on behalf of the unemployed. And now the time has passed.
The deal.
Still, this outcome isn't a surprise, and the basic contours of the deal have been reported for days. The dynamics of the negotiations have been pointing in this direction even longer. Despite their crushing political defeat after shuttering the government earlier this year, Republicans took a firm budgetary stand while Democrats seemed again to go soft.
The Freudian overtones in those words aren't accidental: a conservative group chose the words "stand firm" to describe its own position in a friendly news outlet. And Democrats like Sen. Dick Durbin might as well have been tapping out the gelatinous texture of their own position in Morse code when they said, as Durbin did Sunday, that the inclusion of an unemployment extension in the budget deal was not a "take it or leave it" proposition.
Durbin added, "I certainly hope … that the negotiators will take to heart what the president had to say: there are working families across America that are struggling."
The failed experiment.
"Standing firm" versus "hoping": No wonder the Republican Party has set the terms of political debate for the last decade. The Right has been allowed to test its economic theories on the American people extensively. The results? Deregulation, which the GOP implemented the cooperation of many Democrats, dealt a harsh blow to the economy in 2008.
Wage suppression and loss of economic opportunity are crushing the middle class. Tax breaks for wealthy individuals and corporations, which were supposed to produce a trickle-down flood of jobs, led to eight years of stagnant job growth even before the 2008 crisis.
You'd think Republicans might express some remorse. Instead they are insisting that the public be subjected to more of the same. They're not even willing to extend mercy to the victims of their recklessness – the long-term unemployed who they would apparently rather see discarded than rescued.
The phrase "man's inhumanity to man" first appeared in a 1784 poem by Robert Burns. Burns called his poem a "dirge," a word which is defined as "as a song or hymn of grief or lamentation." In Burns' dirge an old man warns a young traveler about humanity's cruelty toward the less fortunate. One verse describes the hardship faced by the elderly person who is discarded for not being "useful to his kind."
Which reminds us: Don't even ask what they have in mind for Social Security.
The numbers.
The "better than expected" figures in the latest employment data were far below the level of job creation needed to put unemployed Americans back to work on any kind of reasonable schedule. It was even below the average monthly job creation during most of the 1990s. But it may have been enough to provide Republicans with cover for a cut they been pushing for many months – and timorous Democrats with an excuse to look the other way.
That's tragic. The jobs picture is still far worse than many people would have you believe. The current unemployment rate doesn't include the workers who have become discouraged and left the workforce, and workforce participation rates remain at historic lows.
The jobs numbers don't include the underemployed who are working part-time and prefer to work full-time. And, as economist Heidi Shierholz of the Economic Policy Institute explains, the ratio of job seekers to available jobs remains discouragingly high. There are no jobs for nearly two out of every three job seekers, no matter how hard they look.
The discarded.
For the long-term unemployed who have been abandoned by this deal, the statistics are even worse.
As this graph from Bill McBride at Calculated Risk shows, the employment picture for the long-term jobless remains dismal. And statistics only tell part of the story. They fail to show us the potentially soul-killing effects of long months and years without work. It would be understandable if the people whose lives make up that jagged red line felt discarded by the nation's leadership.
As the American Psychological Association reports, long-term unemployment is harmful to a person's physical and emotional well-being. The children suffer, too. The APA writes that the difficulties experienced by children of the unemployed include "more distress and depressive symptoms" as well as "academic problems, substance abuse, high-risk sexual behavior, physical health problems, impaired social relationships and increased risk of suicide."
The Washington Post's Dylan Matthews notes that most Americans are making less in real dollars than they were 10 years ago, while the top 0.01 percent is making 76.2 percent more. And yet this budget deal – which demands sacrifices from federal workers, military retirees and Medicare enrollees – includes no tax increases for high earners, even as families coping with long-term unemployment are scheduled to take another financial hit.
Democrats say that they'll keep working for an extension of unemployment benefits. Let's hope they succeed, although so far haven't shown anything which might be described as steely-eyed determination.
In the meantime, we'll keep thinking of the millions of unemployed Americans who were left out of the cold by this deal – and about the sad relevance of a phrase which first appeared 229 years ago in a Scottish poet's dirge.


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Filed under: dj mixes, Theory | Tags: 8bit, aural schizophrenia, bleep or die, breakcore, d bene tleilax, divag, diy dancefloor, dj mixes, djcrabhat, dramacore, dubstep, eclectic, egotwister, electronica, eustachian, experimental, film soundtracks, fishwod, foobar, fuck your speakers, gizmode, glitch, hardcore, he of the house, idm, industrial, lofi, lost science, metal, mixing shit up, mixtapes, multitempocore, noise, owl challenger, party music, pygmy guru, retrigger, sakura pups, schizobeat, sick to the back teeth, silaas ciarán, silencide, sleepers, so simple, so simple radio, speedbass, speedcore, stallio, terbo ted, th' mole, the tleilaxu music machine, trustfundkilla, unpredictable weirdness, variety, vernon lenoir, whourkr, winamp
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DJ set mixed together using FOOBAR & WINAMP! Total cross-genre unpredictable weirdness. Fun times! This is the 1st actual party dj set i did………..traditionally i've predominantly been a producer per4mer ;;;;;;))))) Original broadcast of the So Simple Radio episode on Dec 7th/8th 2010 can be found here.
i like shit where there's a ton of switchups. it keeps people on their toes and tests their ability to adapt to a bunch of changes while keeping it all still within the realm of party music–stuff inspired by and/or experimenting with shit you can get down to at a proper party.
a lot of this particular mix is definitely lo-fi. some of the tracks could for sure be produced & mixed better for soundsystems, but it generally reflects the way i feel about mixing shit up genre-wise. the schizo approach encourages variety and adaptability while precluding a scene from becoming super stagnant, as one will if it is based on only one particular vibe or style, for ex: all dubstep, all hardcore, all breakcore, all electro… if a style (of mixes, parties, productions, etc) is cultivated which can include ANY type of party music, the whole thing is wide open, and creativity will flourish…….
1. trustfundkilla – sugar coated demon arise
2. gizmode – sincethecrackstep
3. sakura pups – WHATTHEFUCK!?!?You Destroyed My Track…Fuck You, Timbaland, You're FIRED!!!
4. djcrabhat – can you make a hipster beat
5. sick to the back teeth – Staggering Around With Eyes Crossed
6. pygmy guru – existence cylindrical
7. pygmy guru – you are frogger
8. silas ciarán – a pretty little ditty
9. silencide – sirba
10. retrigger – mean a swing
11. sleepers – eating raoul
12. owl challenger – kaleidoscopic hiccups
13. stallio / th' mole – a spell to kill dancefloors
14. eustachian – my name is roar roar
15. whourkr – freugz
16. terbo ted – thrashifier
17. divag – damn chip
18. fishwod – ooh what a life
19. vernon lenoir – brazilicon alley
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