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Pop and Indie Music
Simmer down, Fox News. If anyone's waging a war on Christmas, it's Spotify. Ever since the
Swedish music-streaming service set up shop on American soil earlier this year and started
offering its degenerate, pagan, gay agenda of bottomless free music with limited commercial
interruption, it's made it even harder to justify giving Target that $15 for the new Ke$ha record.
Just as the pop/indie genre designation becomes less meaningful, the act of purchasing digital
records becomes more and more abstract. And yet, Santa's elves continue to cobble ones and
zeros together in some icy workshop north of Björk's recording studio for the listening pleasure
of the good little boys and girls.
Speaking of Björk, the Icelandic nymph recently released Biophilia, a hugely ambitious
science-oriented record complete with an iPad app for every track. The interactive nature of this
package is one new way in which recorded music is beginning to transcend its easy disposability
and return to the level of durability that could make for a great gift—that is, if you're a Björk fan.
The project has been panned by critics, but then this isn't a list of year-end critical picks. Look
out for those in a couple weeks.
Looking at my list here, the most economical, if discriminatory, way of breaking down
my suggestions in the pop/indie umbrella category is by gender. Let's start with the ladies.
Annie Clark just might be all things to all people. Performing as St. Vincent, Clark has
managed to craft songs that highlight both her sweet, seductive vocals and absolutely menacing
electric guitar playing. Strange Mercy is destined to top year-end lists and is a safe bet for both
conventional and experimental musical tastes. It's something to dance, rock and swoon to. On
the vocal end of things, Clark owes a debt to Leslie Feist, who also has a new record. The former
Broken Social Scene singer is virtually the archetype of the contemporary indie songstress, as
powerful in her vocal approach as she is innocent at times. Adding to the physical appeal of the
CD, fans were asked to vote on the cover art for Metals. Julianna Barwick's debut album The
Magic Place was originally filed under the new-age and ambient genres when it first came out,
but don't let that prevent you from checking it out. The singer is a one-woman choir, using loops
and effects to stack her crystalline vocals into gorgeous, pastoral blankets of sound.
On the male end of the vocal spectrum, James Blake (the British musician, not the
American tennis player) has crafted one of the most distinctive records of the year with James
Blake. The former dubstep artist rebranded himself as a singer-songwriter, drawing on a
toolbox of electronic effects—namely, vocal delay and window-rattling bass—to complement
his icy, atmospheric songwriting. On his debut as Bon Iver, Justin Vernon also went the cold,
lonely route, but with Bon Iver things took a turn for warmer climates. With detours into '80s
production values, the record goes for a big, swallow-you-whole sound, padding Vernon's
gorgeous falsetto with plenty of horns and guitar. Robin Pecknold completes the triad of
distinctive male voices. Fleet Foxes' debut absolutely bulldozed the industry a few years back,
and this year's Helplessness Blues was one of the year's most anticipated. It was worth the wait.
Here's a record you can get for the 20-something indie rocker and 60-something classic rocker in
your life. Just make sure it's on vinyl.
But, wait: Tom Waits has a new record too. Most Waits fans would be content to listen
to him sing the Betty Crocker cookbook (which I'm sometimes convinced he's doing on certain
tunes) and Bad as Me doesn't disappoint. There's as much jukebox growl on this record as on
anything he's ever put out.
So, I'm tempted to weigh in on the hip-hop side of the equation, but be careful here.
You don't want to go giving an Odd Future fan that Jay-Z/Kanye West collaboration. They'll be,
like, "swag?" Watch the Throne was rivaled only by Lil Wayne's Tha Carter IV and Drake's
Take Care this year in the realm of larger-than-life mainstream rap. It's no wonder, then, that
so much independent stuff spilled out from under the radar. There were about six dozen Odd
Future releases, but the single strongest freestyle-oriented record came from A$ap Rocky in
LIVELOVEA$AP. However, if you like your beats with a strong dose of weird, Shabazz Palaces'
Black Up is a ranking record-of-the-year regardless of genre.
–Josh Potter
Jazz has always been a genre for collectors, and as many of its perennial heroes age, we haven't
yet witnessed a wholesale shift away from the physical product. This is good news for both those
who like to stack their jewel cases to the ceiling and those who love to wrap jewel cases in fancy
Speaking of aging heroes, it was with sadness that we learned last month of legendary
drummer Paul Motian's death. No less than six new records came out this year that featured
Motian's playing, but the one for the fan and collector was The Windmills of Your Mind, his
last recording as a bandleader that came out the day he died. The one that might capture his
improvisational chops best, though, is Live at Birdland, a set he recorded with Lee Konitz, Brad
Mehldau and Charlie Haden.
Keith Jarrett has always been at his best at a piano and without a net. Fans could spend
hours of their lives on his live solo improvised recordings alone, but that doesn't make his new
one Rio superfluous. Critics are calling it the new standard for his work in this mode. Following
in a similar vein is pianist Matthew Shipp, who released four records this year exploring the outer
limits of improvisation. The ones worth looking into are Night Logic, with Sun Ra's Marshall
Allen and Art of the Improvisor featuring legendary bassist William Parker.
There was plenty of good funky stuff that came out under the jazz banner this year.
For True has been earning Trombone Shorty a lot of attention lately, and for good cause. The
high-energy, trombone-playing bandleader has become one of the day's great ambassadors of
New Orleans music. Trumpeter Steven Bernstein has always been a shape-shifter, building and
dissolving ensembles to do his bidding. The Millenial Territory Orchestra has always been one of
his most exciting, and this year they put out one of their most distinctive records. MTO Plays Sly
is just what it says: a record of Sly and the Family Stone covers. It's one fun surprise.
With lots of jazz musicians adopting the rock band ethos to record and release group
records, it was only a matter of time before Joshua Redman got in on the action. James Farm
is the name of the group he co-leads with Aaron Parks, Matt Penman and Eric Harland. And
James Farm is the name of their first release, a record that trades solo showboating for collective
Albany High grad and celebrated vibraphonist Stefon Harris has a new record with a trio
including David Sanchez and Christian Scott. Ninety Miles is an exploration of Cuban rhythms
recorded in Havana with a number of different backing quartets.
–Josh Potter
Folk, Blues, Bluegrass, and Celtic Music
As the number of CDs on retail racks dwindles as inexorably as the daylight hours at this time
of year, it's ever more difficult to find the right gift disc for the roots-music fan. That's why I've
been prowling around the electronic ethers of the Web, scoping out prime releases in the folk,
blues, bluegrass and Celtic music genres for you. Here's my hot list.
The earliest blues song we know of is "Joe Turner's Blues," heard in New Orleans in
1890. That and other traditional Crescent City tunes are performed on Wynton Marsalis and
Eric Clapton Play the Blues (Warner Bros.). This pairing of the Nawlins trumpet virtuoso
and the British guitar god represents the origins and evolution of the blues, respectively. Here
they're backed by a Dixieland combo consisting of clarinet, trombone, piano, banjo, bass, drums,
keyboards, and second trumpet. Taj Mahal guests on two sweet tracks.
Along with the late William Clarke, harmonica ace Rod Piazza was a protégé of Kansas
City bluesman George Smith, and subsequently an architect of the West Coast swing sound.
Another fine CD to consider is Piazza's latest, Almighty Dollar (Delta Groove Productions).
For this outing, Piazza, hailed by Downbeat magazine as "a superior diatonic and chromatic
harmonica player with style," is joined by guitarist Rusty Zinn, fellow harp player Johnny Dyer,
bassists Norm Gonzalez on electric and Hank Van Sickle on upright, and sax man Jonny Viau.
For bluegrassers, Grammy winner Alison Krauss and Union Station have Paper
Airplane, their first record together since 2004. Krauss' mellifluous vocals, rather than her fiddle
playing, are center-stage here, and while the album breaks no new ground, the picking is flawless
and the song choice satisfying. Dan Tyminski sings lead on three tracks, and Dobro king Jerry
Douglas contributes peerless twanging. For more hillbilly jazz, local heroes the Gibson Brothers
live up to their laurels as 2010 IMBA winners with their new disc, Help My Brother (Compass
Records). Framed by their masterful close harmony singing, the songs look at family, lives gone
wrong, and the need for love. The brothers also serve up fine covers of Jim and Jesse and the
Louvin Brothers.
How many Celtic bands can draw a crowd of a quarter-million? The Irish group Dervish
did at the Rock in Rio festival. Originally formed to record the richly ornamented traditional
music of their native County Sligo, they pushed on to earn supergroup status. Live at Johnny
Fox's (Emtee Music) is taken from a 1996 show at Glencullen, near Dublin, where the sextet
fire off swirling dance tunes and sing Ireland's mournful songs, here often performed in Gaelic.
Ireland alone has a musical instrument for a national symbol. Masters of the Irish Harp, an
anthology of leading Irish harpers, includes the playing of Grammy winners and Riverdance
troupe members who have entertained U.S. presidents. The music here spans up to five centuries;
harp tunes by the Baroque-era bard Turlough O'Carolan are mingled with jigs and reels and even
a 21st-century composition for harp, flute and trumpet. This one's a delight.
Next year marks the centennial of Woody Guthrie's birth. Note of Hope—A Celebration
of Woody Guthrie (429 Records) offers unpublished lyrics by the Dustbowl balladeer set to
music by Jackson Browne, Ani DiFranco, Lou Reed, Madeline Peyroux, Pete Seeger, Tony
Triscka, and others. Readings of Guthrie's critically acclaimed prose are included, most
notably by Studs Terkel. While it's unlikely to be the occasion's sole tribute to Guthrie, it will
nonetheless be hard to beat.
Gillian Welch and longtime musical partner David Rawlings ended an eight-year
songwriting hiatus this summer with The Harrow and the Harvest (Acony Records). The two
reportedly spent considerable time tweaking their old-time-flavored material, and critics have
lauded the 10-track, sparely textured album as some of their best work. With its dark Appalachian
themes of heartbreak and tragedy, this is must-have Welch.
–Glenn Weiser
Classical Music
If you followed my suggestion last year and purchased the 103-CD Jascha Heifetz box set,
your investment is now appreciating. The set is out of print and its price is climbing. All the
more reason to consider the forthcoming Arthur Rubinstein: The Complete Album Collection.
With 144 CDs, packaged in miniatures of their original LP releases, two DVDs and a hardcover
book, it's selling on Amazon right now for $259, a price that surely will climb by the Jan. 31
release date. Its predecessor, a Complete Rubinstein in jewel boxes, was released for $1,600, and
the expense of producing the set pretty much killed the RCA Red Seal division. Evidently the
original jackets approach is more economical.
It's been a good year for great pianist. Martha Argerich turned 70 and was celebrated by
EMI with three multi-disc sets: Solos & Duos (6 CDs), Concertos (4 CDs) and Chamber Music
(8 CDs), much of it drawn from her Lugano Festival collections—to which was added another
excellent installment, Live From Lugano 2010, which includes Chopin's Concerto No. 1 and a
charming quintet by Granados among its three discs.
Gould, Glenn: In Concert 1951-1960 (West Hill) is an elusive six-CD set that features
a fascinating array of broadcast recordings, including yet another Goldberg Variations and such
other Bach works as the Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 and the Keyboard Concertos 1 and 5; also
works by Beethoven, Schoenberg and others.
You can see Gabriela Montero in concert at the Troy Music Hall in early May in a recital
featuring her amazing improvisations. There's a healthy taste of them, along with a number of
neglected Latin works, on Solatino (EMI).
A couple of young violinists made a splash this year. Ray Chen performed at Union
College in the same program as his self-titled debut recording (Sony Classical), featuring sonatas
by Franck and Tartini ("Devil's Trill"). And even without the brooding, GQ-esque cover photos
of the handsome fiddler, Charlie Siem should be selling CDs on the basis of talent. His self-
titled collection of short pieces (Warner Classics) includes works by virtuoso violinist-composers
Wieniawski, Kreisler, Paganini and Sarasate, and features Bazzini's finger-busting "Round of
the Goblins." His recording of concertos by Bruch (No. 1), Wieniawski (No. 1) and Ole Bull on
Warner Classics affirms his place in the realms of interpretive skill.
The incredibly prolific and fascinating Jordi Savall continued to release recordings
old and new. Among the latter: The Sublime Port: Voices of Istanbul, a follow-up to last
year's Istanbul, this time exploring the multinational realm of song over the centuries with an
appropriately multinational ensemble. Rereleases included Mozart's Requiem and five discs of
the five books of Marin Marais's Pieces de Viol, reminding us of Savall's million-selling success
with the soundtrack recording of the film Tous les matins du monde (all on AliaVox).
Two of the 20th century's bad boys of classical music were Conlon Nancarrow and
George Antheil. Ensemble Modern tackled Nancarrow with As Fast as Possible (Wergo),
collecting a number of transcriptions of his tough, fascinating pieces for player piano, among
other works.
Antheil's horribly neglected one-act opera The Brothers, his version of the story of Cain
and Abel, got a good recording in Germany (cpo), while his four fascinating, widely varied violin
sonatas (including one for solo violin) were nicely recorded by violinist Mark Fewer and pianist
John Novacek (Azica).
What's the Mahler news this year? Valery Gergiev's symphonies cycle with the London
Symphony finished with the release of Nos. 5 and 9 (LSO Live), as hot-blooded and dynamically
rugged as the rest of the set. Meanwhile, Simon Rattle returned to the Symphony No. 2, this time
with the Berlin Philharmonic (EMI) and soprano Kate Royal and mezzo Magdalena Kozena.
It features a far more expansive reading of the first movement than he's given before, but Rattle
makes it make sense.
Kate Royal put together A Lesson in Love (EMI), a gorgeous, melancholy look at the arc of a love affair threading together songs by Schubert, Wolf, Copland, Brahms, Duparc, Bolcom
and others.
In other vocal recommendations, Nikolaus Harnoncourt tackled Brahms's German
Requiem with soprano Genia Kühmeier, baritone Thomas Hampson, the Vienna Philharmonic
and the Arnold Schoenberg Choir (Sony Classical) in version that's deliberate of tempo but filled
with excitement in a showcase of what a good recording should sound like.
Another favorite Requiem is that of Gabriel Fauré, newly recorded by Paavo Järvi in
his new position of Music Director of the Orchestre de Paris (EMI). With baritone Matthias
Goerne and countertenor Philippe Jaroussky, it's a lovely performance of the full orchestral
version, and the disc is filled out with such Fauré rarities as Super Flumina Babylonis and
Cantique de Jean Racine.
Fauré's chamber music also gets its due in a new five-disc Virgin Classics set featuring
the Capuçon brothers, Renaud (violin) and Gautier (cello), the Quatour Ebène and others.
Here are the two violin sonatas, the two cello sonatas, a piano trio, a string quartet, the two piano
quartets and the slightly forbidding piano quintets.
Finally, local favorites the Emerson Quartet are newly arrived on Sony Classical. Their
debut there is a revisit of Mozart's three Prussian Quartets, his last works in this form. Typically
with the Emersons, they avoid the sentimentality that can creep into pieces like this, and instead
give us music that's crisp and scintillating and ageless.
–B.A. Nilsson
Under-the-Radar Recordings
While music is a constant in people's lives, the album era is all but gone and shuffle play has
become the intermingled soundtrack to all manner of other activities. Great albums are still being
made (or, in some cases, reissued), but they are quite easily missed. Here then are some gift
suggestions for your musically inclined friends and family who may have been distracted when
these all quietly landed in whatever is left of the marketplace.
At the top of the list is Ry Cooder's Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down (Nonesuch).
Even erstwhile Cooder fans didn't seem to know about this one. He revitalized and expanded his
recording career over the past half-dozen years with a trilogy of albums that found him, for the
first time, flexing his muscles as a songwriter. Having been a great interpreter of songs composed
over the past century, he learned his lessons well. With this year's release he's brought forth
a formidable set of protest songs. They're rich with character; he's pulling no punches as an
armless soldier ponders an empty Christmas, or a high roller wonders how he'll get by without
his maid. Potent stuff, and some richly supple playing with his usual gang of musical cohorts.
With his Yo Miles! Ensemble, Wadada Leo Smith released two double albums (Sky
Garden is 2004, Upriver in 2005) devoted to Miles Davis' '70s funk-based music. Heart's
Reflections (Cuneiform) is the second with his band Organic. The extended pieces are comprised
of far brighter colors than what Davis was creating 40 years ago. It's a rich tapestry of electric
guitars (including the legendary Michael Gregory), keyboards and bass, drums (Pheeroan akLaff),
saxophones and a violin on a few, and Smith's stunning trumpet throughout.
Ray Bonneville's Bad Man's Blood (Red House) is a new peak in his 30-year career.
Born in Canada and living in Texas, he writes rich vignettes suffused with the stuff of life: love,
regret, hope, and loss. One cannot listen to this album's "River John" and be unmoved. The
performances are built around his acoustic guitar, his tapping foot and some judiciously deployed
accompaniment by sympathetic players. As with Greg Brown and Chris Smither, Bonneville
doesn't fit easily into categories, being neither folk nor blues, but falling into both those camps,
while always delivering with a soulful honesty.
On the reissue front are an important pair by country soul songwriters. Harlan County
by Jim Ford (Light in the Attic) was released in 1969. Sly Stone called Ford "the baddest white
man on the planet," and there is quite a tale to read, but suffice to say songs and performances
of this caliber were never going to go away. A contemporary reference point of sorts would be
the stripped-down approach that Nick Lowe has adopted over the past 20 years of his career.
Bobby Charles achieved greater success as a songwriter during his life than did Ford, but he also
released a singular classic. Now expanded to a three-disc set, Bobby Charles (Rhino Handmade)
contains the perfect original album along with a couple dozen additional numbers, demos and
other fully recorded songs. People often already know his songs without knowing his name
("Tennessee Blues," "Small Town Talk, "Walking to New Orleans," "See You Later, Alligator"),
or may remember his appearance with the Band in their Last Waltz.
–David Greenberger
Christmas Music
Ho ho ho! What new holiday music does Santa have in his bag?
At the top of the list there's the duo She & Him with the appropriately titled A Very She
& Him Christmas (Merge). Zooey Deschanel's blank-sounding, 3 AM-and-the-bar's-closing
vocals prove perfectly suited to traditional seasonal tunes. "The Christmas Waltz" will make
you wistful; "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" will make you sad; and "Baby It's Cold
Outside" will make you laugh, because Deschanel and M. Ward switch gender roles on what has
become known among the younger set as "the date-rape song."
The weirdest holiday release, by far, is Scott Weiland's The Most Wonderful Time of
the Year (Atlantic). Weiland's singing has always had an appealingly mannered side, but it's hard
to know how to take the STP and Velvet Revolver dude as a flat-out crooner. Some of the songs
work well, including a reggae arrangement of "O Holy Night," but on others, Weiland sounds,
well, distracted. (And heavily auto-tuned, of course.) But since that's part of his MO, this is a
good bet if you know someone who likes Christmas music and whacked-out frontmen.
In a more traditional mode is sometime fiddler, sometime violinist (see what I did there?
) Mark O'Connor's An Appalachian Christmas (OMAC Records). O'Connor has a lot of cool
friends, and a bunch of them show up to sing and play on this lovely album: Renée Fleming, Jane
Monheit, Yo-Yo Ma, James Taylor and Alison Krauss. The various genres they represent should
give you a good idea of the album's musical range.
If you know someone who likes old-school Nashville-style singers (and if you don't, why
not?), then Mandy Barnett's Winter Wonderland (Rounder) has a classic honky-tonk sound that
pleases. Really, she's terrific—and she's the only person other than Brenda Lee you'll ever want
to hear sing "Jingle Bell Rock."
Lyle Lovett just released Songs for the Season (Lost Highway), a three-song EP that's
available via download only. There's one wry original, "The Girl With the Holiday Smile," and
two covers, "Baby, It's Cold Outside" and Vince Guaraldi's "Christmastime Is Here." Lovett is
joined on the covers by the very fine Texas-based jazz singer Kat Edmonson.
It wouldn't be Christmas without a couple of worthwhile reissues. Tony Bennett's
The Classic Christmas Album (Columbia Legacy) is a "greatest hits" culled from his many
holiday records recorded for Columbia over the last six or seven decades. All the usual holiday
suspects are included; his version of "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" is one of the most
Finally, the 1960s were a golden age of slightly nutty, overarranged instrumental music
and a golden age of Christmas records. A prime example of both is Sony Classical's reissue of
Andre Kostelanetz' 1963 album Wonderland of Christmas. Swirling strings, eccentric solos and
a devotion to melody: It's all there is this very tasty, rum-soaked musical fruitcake.
–Shawn Stone


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HOME advantage could be Uganda's best weapon at the CANA Zone 3 and 4 swimming championships due April 24-27 at the Kampala Parents Swimming pool.
As hosts, Uganda will field the highest number of swimmers (38), selected from a pool of sixty, at the three day event which has attracted eleven countries. The numbers could play a part on who wins more medals and the overall championship.
Zambia will bring in 33 swimmers, Kenya 30, South Africa 24 while Angola will field 21 swimmers.
Tanzania have confirmed 18, Malawi 17, Burundi 11 while Mauritius and Rwanda will come with 15 each with Seychelles fielding only one entrant.
Zimbabwe and Namibia who had earlier shown interest in the annual event pulled out.
The three-day event on Saturday received further boost of sh20m from Mulwana Group of Companies.
The Nice House of Plastics, Jesa Farm and Uganda Batteries proprietors will provide T-shirts and track suits for the officials at the event. They will also provide branded Nice pens as the official pen of the tournament on top of providing milk for all swimmers at the event.
"We have made this offer because we believe in young people as the future of this sport and country so we contributed to support tomorrow's generation," Mulwana group communications officer Kyeyune said.
Mulwana Group joins, the Nabagereka, Ruparelia Group of Companies, GoTv, Midland Group, Davis and Shirtliff, Umeme, Centenary Bank, Sir Apollo Kaggwa schools and Gems Cambridge International School.
USF president Don Rukare was grateful for the offer saying, "We would like to see the event taking place successfully, our team is ready and we would like to see them putting up a commendable show," Rukare remarked.
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Small Business, Big Change
When Jonathan Prato '13 transferred to Pace, he already knew that entrepreneurship was his passion. In fact, it was one of the factors that led him to choose Pace.
As a freshman at Quinnipiac University, Prato was running a residential painting company through College Pro, an innovative company that helps college students pay for school and gain critical business skills. He already had the hands on experience, but he knew he could do more. "I came to Pace primarily for the entrepreneurship program," Prato says. "I looked around at other schools and found that Pace was very unique in offering a program like this."
When he arrived at Pace, Prato threw himself into another start up, as co-founder and president of the student organization, SIFE: Students in Free Enterprise. The chapter, which has a strong focus on social responsibility and entrepreneurship, led Prato to reach out to Pace's Wilson Center for Social Entrepreneurship.
The center told Prato about its Social Enterprise in Residence program and introduced him to Stoked, a youth mentoring program that engages young people through sports. Stoked was looking to open a surf shop in order to raise money and provide youth in the program with job opportunities and training. Prato met with Stoked President Steve Larosiliere and the wheels were set in motion. With guidance from the Wilson Center and Lubin's Entrepreneurship Program and faculty advisor Bruce Bachenheimer, Prato and the students from SIFE produced a well researched 55-page business plan in just two months that was later awarded the winner of the 2012 Pace Business Plan Competition. "The whole experience was a great opportunity," says Prato. "I knew I was interested in entrepreneurship, but meeting with the founders, doing all the research, getting help from so many sources, and writing the business plan in full helped cement that."
The opportunity also helped Prato secure his next position: working on student outreach and program development for the Wilson Center. In that position, Prato helped establish a student-based committee that reviewed the enterprises applying to the Wilson Center for their paid internship program. One of the internships that crossed their desk? A paid position with the NYC Department of Small Business Services.
While Prato went through the same application process as all other Pace students, it's not surprising he earned the coveted slot. In addition to his experience with the Wilson Center, Prato has held numerous internships during his time at Pace, working for real-estate firm Level Group, direct marketing company Direct Agents, and the private wealth management group at UBS. "The internship opportunities and work experience I've gained in my time at Pace have been critical," says Prato. "Through Career Services, I've held consistent jobs and internships from the second I walked in the door here. That was another one of my drivers in coming to Pace—the opportunities that the location in New York City and Career Services provided."


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Top 10 Reasons Leslie Brenner's Texan Transplant Card Should Be Revoked!
1. Brenner has Snubbed Big Tex Five Years in a Row
I don't know if Leslie Brenner has ever checked out the food at the State Fair of Texas. If she has, she hasn't written about it once in her five-year tenure. State Fair food isn't fancy, but there's much to explore and it's been tremendous part of Dallas' food culture since 1886. I recommend she try my personal favorite, the Belgian Waffle. They're served hot off the griddle, topped with fresh sliced strawberries, whipped cream and powdered sugar. They're quite messy and oh, so GOOD! Heck, it's worth a trip to the fair just for that.
2. Queso: a Dissenting View (Brenner)
Granted, some queso is better than others, but Dallas Morning News Critic Leslie Brenner Really Hates Queso (Reitz). I don't blame her for not liking fake process cheese. But you gotta admit, writing off an entire food category kinda makes you look like a dip – and not the melted gooey cheese kind.
3. "Tex-Mex is not Dallas' strong suit." (Brenner)
Tex-Mex food can be traced back in Dallas to 1916, when Miguel Martinez opened Martinez Café and El Fenix in 1918. Today, El Fenix along with countless thriving Tex-Mex restaurants and food companies make up a multi-billion-dollar industry. Brenner does like actual Mexican food (which is not Tex-Mex), but the traditional "don't touch, the plate is hot" platters with rice and refried beans we all know and love repulse Brenner.
4. Pancita Taco Fiasco
In spite of Brenner's hatred of Tex-Mex and queso, she apparently does like tacos. Go figure!
Brenner's bloopers reared their ugly head in August when she wrote about a pancita taco she claimed was goat belly. The word "pancita" translates literally to "belly" or "tummy," but that's not what the dish is made of. Pancita is a Mexican form of haggis. To make pancita, a stomach lining is filled with visceral parts (heart, kidneys, liver, lungs, tripe, etc.) along with veggies, chilies and spices. The stomach is sewn shut, boiled then chopped up and can be served as a soup, stew or in tacos.
Brenner's fallacy lit up the blogosphere: Pancita: A Note on Brenner's Belly (Scott of DallasFood.org). Taco Trail's Jose Ralato, Dallas' resident taco expert, also tried in vain to educate Brenner on the matter. Eater Dallas' Whitney Filloon got involved, and Brenner responded smugly, defending her delusion. She made a partial correction, but refused budge on the biggest boner move she made. Pancita is not pork belly, goat belly, nor any other animal belly, proving that ignorance plus arrogance is an offal, OFFAL thing (how punny is that)!
5. Best Burgers? (Brenner)
Brenner noted a few good burgers on her list, but only eight, in all of Dallas and Fort Worth, cut the mustard. The article read like a dry single patty with no bun. A few of my faves, not on her list are Lee Harvey's, Maple & Motor, Keller's Drive-In, Angry Dog and Cock & Bull. And seriously, how could anyone deny the awesome Angus burger at The Grape? Many of these meaty marvels were mentioned by readers in comments, but Brenner branded them "B+ burgers that just didn't quite make the list" or as "inconsistent" without any explanation or detail. It left me wondering, how many burgers did Brenner bother to bite?
Top 10 Reasons Leslie Brenner's Texan Transplant Card Should Be Revoked!
6. The Truck Yard Tirade
Brenner dropped the ball in her rant on the Truck Yard more than usual when she wrote,"Truck Yard: It is so totally not awesome."
The Truck Yard is a bar, off lower Greenville Avenue, with a fun, recycled-retro trailer park vibe, cheap drinks, a great patio with a tree house and rotating food trucks (three to four per day). But Brenner slammed it because it was not a food truck park with several dozen of food trucks, which it is not, and it never claimed to be.
The food truck schedule was posted, but Brenner didn't like the options because she had previously tried one of them, another was not there that day and she thought the third one was a sponsored food truck (which it was not), and she balked at the Philly cheesesteak (an in-house option) without giving it a try. Brenner blathered on that they "searched and searched" but "the Carnival Barkers food truck wasn't even there that day," which isn't even a food truck at all. It's another in-house option, located right at the entrance!
Her temper tantrum over the Truck Yard not delivering her skewed vision of reality, read like a spoiled brat who didn't get what she wanted immediately upon demand.
It really is too bad she failed to see the giant ice cream cone at the Truck Yard's front door. All things are made better when there's ice cream involved.
7. Leslie Brenner Doesn't Speak Our Lingo
In a recent review of Lockhart Smokehouse, Brenner wrote "on that visit, they'd run out of burned ends," a slip of the tongue that undeniably exposed her lack of food knowledge (open mouth and insert foot one).
The correct term is "b-u-r-n-t ends." Amateur barbecue enthusiast Cody Neathery, @DFWBBQ, was quick to catch the misstatement and jokingly tweeted about it, to which Brenner ignorantly replied:
What?!? Yes. Poor Leslie was oblivious because she didn't bother to check the facts. Even when someone pointed out the error, she still had no clue (insert foot two).
This caught the keen eye of Culture Map's Teresa Gubbins, who gave Brenner some new lingo of her own. As if the public comments and Gubbins' article weren't enough to help Brenner figure it out, this greasy barbecue stain on Brenner's record remains uncorrected in her article to this day. Does Brenner really have no clue, or does she actually believe she's correct?
8. Barbecue-Gate (Nichols)
When you use another's paper to write yours in school, that's called plagiarism. What's it called when a writer uses another's writing? Daniel Vaughn had that same question in 2010 when Brenner used his work for her "Best in DFW: Barbecue" article. Vaughn was a barbecue blogger who had written about his love of smoked meats for years, visiting more than 600 barbecue joints.
D Magazine hired Vaughn, as a subject matter expert, to write a cover story "The Best Barbecue in Dallas." D Magazine knew barbecue is a pretty big deal in Texas and their readers would be best served by a professional who could authentically articulate this matter of marvelous meat.
However, Brenner didn't think twice about taking a shortcut, primarily using Vaughn's list (and others) to compile her own. But she hung herself when she copied a mistake Vaughn made in his original article.
Where there's smoke, there's fire and this saucy story sparked more controversy than usual, reaching national press because a journalistic breach of ethics was on the table.
Anthony Bourdain had this to say about the matter in an interview (fast forward to 28 minutes in):
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Brenner stayed pompous and carried on. She admitted to using Vaughn's work and attempted to "clear the smoke." She claimed that copying Vaughn's error was "an honest mistake," and mentioned her job is "holding restaurants accountable for what they're selling." She went on to say "…certainly readers and others should hold me accountable as well."
But, Brenner's hypocritical words suffocated any sincerity she tried to convey because she didn't hold herself accountable. She maintained she did nothing wrong and fired off, "Perhaps you're not familiar with accepted journalistic practices…"
She went on to extend the burned burnt end of an oak a hickory branch with "It's natural that there turns out to be a lot of overlap in our lists, as there are a limited number of barbecue places in the DF-W (note Brenner's typo) area that smoke their meats over wood" she added "Of course I'm grateful for all your footwork — thank you for that."
Perhaps there are a limited number of barbecue places if you only consider others' lists. I'd guess there are probably more like a few hundred barbecue joints in DFW, but with a food critic like Brenner, how would DMN readers know any better?
9. Does Leslie Brenner Even Like Dallas? (Heid)
Brenner blasted Toko V before it even opened with "A wasabi-filled dose of sushi revisionist history" because she believed the sushi rolls listed on the menu under "classic rolls" didn't belong there. Her opinion wasn't based on a defined culinary term, but merely her interpretation of what that meant, based on sushi in her hometown, Los Angeles and a visit to Japan. Sumo wrestling a restaurant before it's served its' first dish – Kisama!
10. Southern Hospitality is Lost on Brenner
Texans are known for being friendly. But if you're server who encounters Leslie Brenner (or "Beverly Mitchell," one of her aliases) on your shift, don't bother to introduce yourself. She's not there to make friends with you. She expects you to wait on her, answer her questions and be attentive but not too friendly. Don't tell her your "favorite dishes" unless she asks (she hates that). Whatever you do, do NOT serve Brenner a dish garnished with a charred half lemon, she really hates that, too.
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Philosopher Chef David Uygur Dishes on the Secrets of his Success
If you've been lucky enough to score a reservation at Lucia in the Bishop Arts District, you probably already know what a gem this place is. For those who haven't already experienced it, Lucia is small (only 36 seats) and reservations are booked out months in advance because the food is so simple and lovely that it will transport you to a land far, far away. However, if you don't have a reservation and you're dying to check it out, you can try your luck at the four open seats inside at a counter (available on a first come basis) and there are a few non-reservation tables outside on the sidewalk that are used when the weather is nice.
I spoke with David Uygur to discuss his unique approach to Italian cuisine and his recent James Beard nomination. I asked chef Uygur to describe the food at Lucia and what they do that makes it so special. "I want to feel good about the food we prepare and where it comes from. Style wise, I really do like Italian food, it's what I'm most interested in. But since we're in North-East Texas, we work with ingredients that are local. The cuisine is completely influenced by what we have around us and what we have to work with. In that way, the food at Lucia is very Italian-American as far as processes and techniques. What we do here is our version of Italian food. It's influenced by the food of Italy, in that it's all about the raw product and respect for the ingredients. I get inspired by traveling and the changing of the seasons. I love when it starts getting warm out after a long winter and you get the first peas of the season, ramps and green garlic, it's a celebration of the ingredients. We make everything from scratch in-house as much as possible. I taught myself how to make charcuterie, we make that in house, too. We make all of our own bread and pastas, we butcher a whole hog every two weeks. I take a lot of pride in doing things like that, it's neat."
I asked, now that people are becoming more educated about food, how do you think that has that changed the dining experience? Uygur – "I think it's making things better, it always drove me nuts to see big restaurants with closed kitchens. It creates a disconnect between the kitchen and the dining room. People would look at the menu and talk to the waiter, order the food, they'd take the menus away and then the food just comes out like auto-mat. Ding! There it is, you know? The disconnect always drove me nuts. Back in the kitchen you could tell diners had no idea what it took to make that food be what it is. Today, I think people appreciate the fact that they can see the people who are preparing and actually tasting the food that's being served. I stress to all of my cooks, they must taste the food. It's good for people to see them eating it (not chowing down). But, people need to know that not only are you cooking it, you care about quality control. That's crucial, it's the only way it works. I like having that connection and for people to see how we do interesting things in the kitchen."
David Uygur is no stranger to the James Beard House. He has been invited to cook there in the past, but this year was David's first nomination for an award. I asked, it must feel really good to be recognized by JBF for your efforts. What a nice reflection of the attention to detail you place on every dish in your restaurant. What would it mean to you to earn such a prestigious award? Uygur was very modest and humble in his response and replied simply, "I don't know. I mean, I think that all chefs are competitive, you know? It's great to see new names from Dallas on the list too, I think it is a sign of how the Dallas food scene is evolving. But yeah. I would love to win a James Beard award, that would be a-w-e-s-o-m-e."
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Up Close and Personal with Matt McCallister
Some people are obsessed with sports. But if you're like me, it's all about food and for this food fanatic, the James Beard Foundation Awards are the "Super Bowl of Everything Food." When it was announced that none of the JBF Semifinalist Chefs and other category nominees from "Team Dallas" made it to the final round, I was bummed to say the least. I reached out to Matt McCallister, David Ugyur and John Tesar recently to hear their thoughts on the Dallas shut out. What they had to say may surprise you.
I'll never forget the first time I met Matt McCallister. He was packing up at the end of an event (not related to a restaurant). We had never met and I did not know who he was. I heard him say "I gotta hurry up and get home to butcher a goat." I turned to him and implored, "Please tell me you're a chef, and you are not involved some sort of satanic cult ritual or something." He replied, waiving his hands emphatically, "Oh no, no, I'm a chef, I'm a chef!" – true story.
Matt has come a long way since he burst on to the Dallas dining scene a little more than four years ago during his first solo gig at Campo (formerly in Bishop Arts). He stands out because of his passion and eccentric creativity, starting with the seasonal ingredients he meticulously selects, sometimes foraging or even growing himself, peculiar protein choices, using cuts of meat often overlooked, right down to drawing out precisely how a dish should appear when plated.
I asked McCallister about his recent JBF nod and the Dallas snub. Here's what he had to say, "Its' been a crazy year since opening FT33. I don't know, its nice to get recognition, especially when you work 90-100 hours every week and you're just trying to put out the best food you know how to. I'm blown away by all the accolades we've received. We've got a great team. I think Ugyer and Tesar are both doing really great things and it's also nice to see so many friends I know across the country being nominated as well."
Chef McCallister hosts Guest Chef Dinners at FT33 on the third Monday of each month, he recently hosted a dinner with JBF Finalist – Best Chef Southwest, Bryce Gilmore of Barley Swine (Austin). But never fear, coming up on June 16th he will host another with JBF Finalist – Best Chef Northeast, Matt Jennings of Farmstead (Rhode Island). Later this year on August 18th, you can also catch JBF Semifinalist – Best Chef Southwest, Seth Siegel-Gardner of Pass and Provisions (Houston).
Matt's not too sad about the JBF shut out though, last week he was named Food & Wine's Best New Chef of 2014, he went on to say, "Even though Dallas is out of JBF this year, it's still great to see so many Texas and especially Dallas restaurants progressing really fast in the dining scene. I'd like to see less quantity of restaurants openings but an even higher caliber restaurants opening in Dallas to keep that going and evolving from here."
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Win a $50 Gift Basket for Your Valentine from Empire Bakery!
Dear Empire Bakery,
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways, Linzer cookies, shortbread cookies, chocolate brownies, cranberry scones and cranberry walnut bread and so many reasons more.
If you've eaten at any of the best restaurants in Dallas, Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek, to Bolsa Mercado, or Lee Harvey's, just to name a few, you're already familiar with Empire Bakery Company's delicious baked goods. What you may not know is they also have a retail store where they sell to the public.
Owners Robert and Meaders Ozarow have been honoring the tradition of bread making in their Dallas, Texas, bakery for over 20 years. This family-owned and operated artisan bakery sells wholesale to many local restaurants and bakes European style natural breads, pastries, cookies, sandwiches and salads at it's retail location (on West Lovers between the North Dallas Tollway and Inwood).
With goods this fresh, you can order your choice of bread today (download menu Empire Baking Menu), it will be baked from scratch in the morning and can be delivered tomorrow while still warm straight from the oven!
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Win an Invite to the Friends & Family Preview of Kitchen LTO
The highly anticipated permanent pop-up restaurant, Kitchen LTO makes its' debut this week. The construction dust has settled, the staff has been trained, chef Norman Grimm has developed the menu (below) and Coveal Studios has designed a stellar space for the launch of Kitchen LTO's first concept. As though that wasn't exciting enough news, owner, Casie Caldwell, announced today they will be giving away preview invitations through social media to a few lucky people to attend the Friends & Family Preview this Monday September 9th, and Tuesday 10th, where guests can nibble, nosh and savor to their heart's content.
Here's what you need to do for a chance to win:
- Like "Kitchen LTO" on Facebook
- Follow @KitchenLTO on Twitter
- Comment or Tweet "I can't wait for ________. #KLTOImHungry"
The winners will be selected from the categories above, you'll automatically be entered, (one chance for each new Like or Follow). If you've already done that, just tweet or comment about what you can't wait to see from Kitchen LTO using #KLTOImHungry. You may tweet and comment as many times as you like, each counts for EVEN MORE chances for you to win. Kitchen LTO will announce each winners via social media. Stay tuned to see if you win.
This is a promotional post, written by Bev Garvin for on behalf of my client, Kitchen LTO, photo credit: Claire McCormack.
Get Free Produce at Dallas Farmers Market this Weekend
Chipotle Mexican Grill is celebrating National Farmers Market Week by giving away $10 currency tokens at the Dallas Farmers Market! Get yours this weekend (August 10th – 11th) when you stop by the Chipotle tent at the Dallas Farmers Market. Redeem your $10 currency token that day from farmers at the market for free produce of your choice. Tokens will be given away to the first 250 market-goers who stop by the Chipotle tent until noon each day, while supplies last. Once redeemed, Farmers will receive back the full cash value of their collected tokens from Chipotle. This local farmers market initiative is part of Chipotle restaurants' national campaign to donate $110,000 to 55 farmers markets across the country. The Chipotle tent won't be serving food, but in addition to the $10 produce tokens, they will also be giving away recipe cards for classic menu items like its' famous salsa and guacamole, "Grow Your Own" cilantro seed packets and a Chipotle coupon for a buy-one, get-one free (burrito, bowl, taco or salad entrée) menu items that can be redeemed at any area Chipotle location. What a great way support buying local, eating healthy and giving back to the community in a healthy way.
About Chipotle's "Food with Integrity"
"For nearly two decades, Chipotle has been committed to bringing customers better food from more sustainable ingredients, and we believe that supporting local, family owned farms is an important part of this," said Chris Arnold, communications director at Chipotle. "Local food not only tastes better, but is better for the environment and contributes to vibrant communities throughout rural America." Through its' vision of Food With Integrity, Chipotle is seeking better food from using ingredients that are not only fresh, but that—where possible—are sustainably grown and naturally raised with respect for the animals, the land, and the farmers who produce the food.
Mexican Grill is the largest national restaurant company to commit to organic, green earth-friendly practices. Today, Chipotle restaurants source 100% of their meat (pork, beef and chicken) from naturally raised animals that are raised humanely, in open environments, fed vegetarian diets and are never given hormones or antibiotics. Chipotle will soon offer Tofu to its menu, and its' produce is from locally sourced (within 350 miles of the restaurant) certified organic farmers, whenever possible, and Chipotle has vowed to limit use of genetically modified ingredients "GMOs" or eliminate them wherever possible. Chipotle is also uses green practices in their operations like recycled napkins, and burrito bowls, aluminum and other eco-friendly initiatives. This video describes their culinary philosophy and how it supports these initiatives.


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Conahan, Rich receive NAIA All-America honors
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Concordia junior guard Kristen Conahan, a second team All-America selection as a sophomore, has been named to the 2012-13 first team All-America squad, as announced by the NAIA on Wednesday. Joining Conahan with All-America honors is senior guard Katie Rich, who was placed on honorable mention for the second time in her career.
Conahan, also a two-time first team all-GPAC choice, moves up to first team All-America after improving her numbers across the board as a junior. The Omaha native led the Bulldogs in scoring with 15.8 points per game (third in the GPAC), while tying teammate Bailey Morris for the conference lead with 3.25 steals per contest. Conahan nailed 92 3-point field goals (seventh in NAIA Division II) and topped Concordia with 3.1 assists per game. She has scored 1,374 points in her first three collegiate seasons.
Rich, a native of Tilden, Neb., collects honorable mention All-America accolades in addition to receiving first team all-conference and GPAC Defensive Player of the Year honors this season. She averaged 10.9 points, 5.1 rebounds and 2.5 steals in 31 games this season. For her career, Rich totaled 1,293 points, 653 rebounds, 265 steals and 233 assists in 124 games.
With Conahan's first team mention, Concordia women's basketball has now had 14 All-America selections (first, second or third team) in program history. Conahan joins Whitney Stichka (2008 and 2009) and Trish Kindle (1993 and 1994) as just the third women's basketball player in school history to be named an All-American in two separate seasons.
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I want New England to win the SB but Denver's got this. two words: PEYTON MANNING
It's NFL kickoff week, the most exciting time of the year! The 2013-14 season begins Thursday night — get ready with our in-depth write-ups and bold predictions for all 32 NFL teams.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Terry Van Der Aa, former owner of school bus contracting company Vancom Inc., is joining TransPar Group as a consultant to lend his expertise in the area of labor relations.
Before he sold Vancom to Laidlaw in the late 1990s, Van Der Aa built the company up to 3,500 school buses, becoming the largest family-owned school bus company in the U.S. He was also named SCHOOL BUS FLEET's Contractor of the Year in 1985.
Van Der Aa got his start in the transportation industry at a young age, washing buses for his father's company while growing up. His father owned about 30 school buses and a service station in the suburbs of Chicago.
After a stint in the military and some time at college, Van Der Aa stepped in to help for a year while his father was dealing with a health issue. "During that year, I started bidding other contracts, and by the end of the year, we had 50 buses," he said. At that point, he decided to stay on.
In 1973, Van Der Aa and his brother bought the company from their father and an uncle who was also a part-owner. They continued to acquire other bus companies, achieving significant growth over the next two decades.
Van Der Aa also was involved with the public transit industry, developing a company that managed and operated transit systems at about 60 locations in the U.S. and Europe.
At TransPar, Van Der Aa will help the company expand consulting services on labor relations for school bus contractors and school districts. Maintaining positive employee relations centers on communication, he said. "[At Vancom] we had a structured mechanism for communications, and we told them a lot more about the company and why we were doing what we were doing than most bus operators would ever tell the people who drive the bus," Van Der Aa said. "Because of those techniques, we had an extraordinarily good relationship with our drivers, who really are your product."
In his view, today's economy will make it difficult for contractors to increase their prices in contracts with school districts. "It's probably going to compel them to not pass on increases and figure out ways to reduce costs. That's going to have a profound impact on their labor force," Van Der Aa said. "To do that and keep your employees happy is going to require more communication than most companies are typically providing today to their employees."
Van Der Aa has used similar techniques in his position on the board of the University of Chicago Medical Center and at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola. "I teach there about every other month, working with prisoners whose attitudes can be completely changed through information," he said.
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Terry I work for you as a mechanic and shop manager I started out in 1977 in Westmont Il. Transfer to St Louis it was the best company you could ever work for. I stay with laidlaw wnen they sold out then stay with first student when laidlaw sold to them,after 33 years school bus mechanic in 2011 I was laid off.first student was the worst company ever to work for.I work for the best family own company there could be. thank you Fred.
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Scientists estimate that people are not washing their hands often or well enough and may transmit up to 80% of all infections by their hands. From doorknobs to animals to food, harmful germs can live on almost everything. Handwashing may be your single most important act to help stop the spread of infection and stay healthy.
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So i stole the Belmont road sign near my house, my friend ken just tore it right out of the ground (the ground was really wet) then we just unbolted it from the post. It was good times. He's done it hundreds of times before but I'd just done one satellite dish (off some assholes roof) up till then. This will be the prefect accent to my game collection. Being as Castlevania is my favorite series. I also live near the city of Belmont but its too hard to take a city sign cause its too public. Plus the signs like 30 feet from a police station.
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Philip Hershberger
Born: Hesston, KS, 1933
Current Residence: Topeka, KS
Phil is a Topeka based artist and has lived and worked in Topeka for many years. He received a B.F.A. with Honors, majoring in painting, from Emporia State University in 1977. In 1979 he received his M.A., majoring in painting, from Emporia State University. His influences include: Richard Slimon, David Hockney and Jim Dine. He has also recieved many honors including: The National Endowment for the Arts, 1987, the American Academy of Arts and Letters Purchase Exhibition and Purchase Award, 1987, The Kansas Governor's Art Award, 1999, and the United States Department of State Art in Emassies Program, 2004 to present. His work has been exhibited in many galleries and museums throught the United States and is in many public and private collections.
"Philip Hershberger's...work is very mysterious. It's like looking into a room, seeing what's here now, but also seeing the "ghosts" of things that have been and gone. Like if you moved the furiture around, but the furniture's former places remained visible. As if you can see through the walls as well as the window. Or you could see memories. Like someone has been here and left, but the scent of their perfume still lingers."
- Sherry Best, exhibit curator, The Topeka Public Library, The Sabatini Gallery -
"Philip Hershberger...creates images of interiors, sometimes with exterior views through a window, which may be read litterally or metaphorically. The objects within each scene seem to be part story, but the absence of figures imparts an eerie quality, as if things have been interrupted. The indeterminacy of Hershberger's paintings invites the viewer's contemplation, and the artist in fact encourages us to interpret the paintings through the filter of our own experience."
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"I want to create a scene in a space that is not tied down to a specific time. There are things that are there and not quite there. I'm playing those opposite things off each other: land and sky, object and space."
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Medium: 4 Color Lithograph
Edition: 10
Paper: Arches Cover, White
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A St. Augustine Beach woman was shocked last week to discover thieves had attempted to make charges to her bank account, because she still had all her bank cards in her possession.
Barbara Cook (pictured below) said she believes she was a victim of something that's called "pocket surfing," "electronic pickpocketing" or "crowd hacking."
Experts say thieves use a device that looks similar to an iPad, waving it across someone's purse or pocket. The device uses a technology capable of picking up credit card or debit card numbers without seeing them.
"How could somebody do that to somebody else?" Cook asked. "This was not my primary account, so I was upset, but I know people who live paycheck-to-paycheck, and if that went out, and they didn't catch it in time, they're not going to get food, they're not going to get rent, and I think it's horrible."
Cook said she just happened to check her bank account, and it was overdrawn. But she knew it should have money in it. She went to the bank and found out thieves had made two pending transactions of $105 and were trying for a third.
The charges were made at a Jacksonville Publix at times when Cook had been at work at the Betty Griffin House in St. Augustine — with her debit card.
Cook said the bank teller told her that she's not surprised.
"She said the pattern was they went as far as they could," Cook said. "They did a certain amount at once, and then they did it again, and then they did a lower amount."
Now Cook has picked up something to protect herself in the future — a new wallet called a "safe scan" with its own technology that makes it impossible for thieves to scan her credit card number.
"It's just trying to stay on top of technology somehow, when you don't think it's going to happen to you," Cook said.


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It appears there is something to the president's warning that the sky will fall on Friday if sequestration is allowed to kick in. The automatic budget cuts will be so severe that they will even affect government agencies that no longer exist.
Reason.com's Mike Riggs writes:
If you want a thorough agency-by-agency rundown of the budget cuts sequestration would deliver, the Office of Management and Budget has you covered. In compliance with The Sequestration Transparency Act of 2012, the OMB sent a detailed report to Congress in September 2012. But there's a small problem with the report: One of the cuts it warns against would affect an agency that no longer exists — and didn't exist when the OMB sent its report to congress.
The first line item on page 121 of the OMB's September 2012 report says that under sequestration the National Drug Intelligence Center would lose $2 million of its $20 million budget. While that's slightly more than 8.2 percent (rounding error or scare tactic?), the bigger problem is that the National Drug Intelligence Center shuttered its doors on June 15, 2012 –three months before the OMB issued its report to Congress.
Riggs asks whether other such errors might be found in the OMB report. A related question is whether the administration is overstating its dire predictions.
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Hello XDA Users / HD2 Owners,
This is an All in One Toolkit for HTC HD2 NAND Users. The main purpose of this toolkit is to simplify many complex tools/guides which are difficult or unsafe to use. As we all know that HD2 has got a powerful hardware base, but the pre-packed Windows Mobile operating system just ruins all the fun of having a device with high specs. So, developers on XDA like codesmith and Cotulla have created alternative bootloaders which can load Android kernels so that we can use Google's Android operating system on our devices. This tool will help you install those bootloaders, and also do many other customization/modding works easily from one control panel. Here are the main features of the Toolkit:
Simplifies Installation of cLK and MAGLDR (Android Bootloaders)
Simplifies Installing Roms, Radios, SPL's and other things by letting you install NBH Files with one click
Makes it easier to Re-Partition your Android Phone
Makes it easier to install Reicvery
Automates process of flashing NBH Files
Well, those were just the main highlights of the tool. There are a lots of other numerous features that will let you easily do many complex stuff. After lots of nights without sleep and red eyes, i have finally made this small piece of software able to do most things that a normal HD2 NAND Android would want to do easily.
Current Installer Version: 4.1
Current Recovery Version: 220.127.116.11
Last Update: 6/15/2011
New Version HighLights
Express Mode – Express Mode enables you to automatically do a lots of stuff automatically. Just check the Express Tools button and try to use the features mentioned on the msgbox
NBH File Handler – Easily install nbh files by just opening it like a normal file
About The Software
Hd2 Toolkit is the result of a lots of nights of work with help from recognized developers such as arif-ali, seadersn and others. I have tried my best to make the software as user friendly and powerful as possible. I really appreciate the fact that you guys are using and loving this little software i made. At first, i made a tool that was intended to make it easier to repartition MAGLDR bootloader. Then gradually you guys started using it and started suggesting more and more features which i implemented as soon as i could. Version after version, i started to add new new features you guys suggested and soon i changed the name to ClockworkMod Installer. After few versions of developement, and bug reporting from T-Macgnolia, i finally added support for cLK bootloader. Then after adding a lot more features you guys suggested, i changed the name again, and this time to a name that makes broader sense, HD2 Toolkit. I will keep on updating this tool as frequently as i can. I hope you guys will like this tool. Any suggestions, comments, questions, bug reports or anything related to this tool are welcome. Thanks to mods who made this post a sticky
I will update the installer with latest version of clockworkmod from seadersn/arif-ali's thread here. Don't forget to say thanks to them
General Info
1) MAGLDR Repartition – This option will completely erase all your files and data on your device and change the system partition size to the one you choose. Use this option if you get no memory left error or if you need to change partitions to use new rom.
2) MAGLDR Recovery Update – This will update your recovery from older version to newer version in MAGLDR without deleting any data or changing partitions. Use the first option if you get no memory left error. Your phone needs to be powered on, connected, usb debugging enabled and in android to use this option.
3) cLK Recovery Install – This will install/update your recovery from older version to newer version in cLK. Your phone needs to be powered on, connected, usb debugging enabled and in android to use this option.
4) cLK Repartition – This option allows you to re-partition your hd2 running clk bootloader easily like magldr.
5) Downgrade Recovery – This option allows you to downgrade recovery on your hd2 easily. This might be useful if you get an no memory available error while flashing.
MAGLDR Partitioning Instructions
1) Download the ZIP file.
2) Extract it somewhere.
3) Open Setup.exe
4) Choose the system partition size you want, or choose custom and enter custom size.
5) Press Repartition button.
6) Follow Instructions.
MAGLDR Upgrade Instructions
1) Download the ZIP.
2) Extract it somewhere.
4) Choose MAGLDR Recovery Update
5) Press Update
5) Follow Instructions.
cLK Partitioning Instructions
1) Download the ZIP file.
2) Extract it somewhere.
3) Open Setup.exe
4) Choose "cLK Reparititioin" and choose system partition size you want.
5) Press Repartition button.
6) Follow Instructions.
cLK Upgrade Instructions
1) Download the ZIP.
2) Extract it somewhere.
4) Choose cLK Recovery Update
5) Press Update
5) Follow Instructions.
Download (4.1)
I am really thankful to everyone who donated to me and helped me keep the server alive. Donations are appreciated and help me pay for the server bandwidth costs and also to buy some coffee or soda sometimes. I would recommend donating to different charities that help in the welfare of human society than donating to me. You don't necessarily have to donate to me to use this tool. You are free to modify, distribute, debrand, or do anything with this tool for free (a credit would be good though). Thanks a lot to the people listed below for donating to me and helping me keep the server alive
Niki Muller – $10
Vincent ten Berge – $10
Graziano Burlini (rebel01s) – $10
W Cunneen (shakeym) – $10
Tomas V Curbelo (vcurbel) – $10
eladavron – $15
lucian ionut huidici – $10
Thanks a lot guys, i really appreciate your donations.
Koush for Clockworkmod
arif-ali and seadersn for compiling clockworkmod and also for lots of other stuff
T-Macgnolia for doing bug testing and reporting them (Big Thanks!!)
codesmith for cLK
Cotulla and DFT for MAGLDR
Everyone who suggested me features
Everyone else who has helped in developement of HD2
Linux Users
mardurhack has confirmed that Downgrading Recovery works on linux using WINE.
I did not create an installer for linux users as the main tool required to flash CWM for MAGLDR hasn't been made for linux by DFT. I would suggest using WINE to emulate the app (haven't tried it yet but should work).
As for the cLK version, you can easily install it on linux. Just download a fastboot binary for linux and use the following command:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
What to expect on future versions
Rom manager version fix
Custom partition sizes for cLK (working on it, almost complete)
Easy repartitioner for ROM Developers
Anything you suggest
If you respect my work, please:
Do not directly link to the download link, because people will miss a lots of information and instructions provided on this thread. If you want people to download this software, provide a link to this thread.
Do not make mirrors, it just creates confusions and inteferes with updates. If you have a spare server and want to help me, please pm me and we can include it as an official mirror. And i dont get paid for distributing files, so i dont think it is necessary to make mirrors. Right?
Do not redistribute the application with viruses or trojans on them. No-one likes those. LOL
Thanks button would be great
Please don't forget to read the FAQ on third post and instructions on second post.
P.S. I take no responsibility for anything done to your device by these tools. It works on my phone. And dont forget to hit the Thanks button if this helped. Enjoy!
A. How do i install MAGLDR?
1) Open Toolkit
2) Press "Install MAGLDR" button on "Other Tools" area.
3) A new window will open, follow instructions.
B. How do i install / repartition cLK?
1) Repartitioning cLK and installing cLK is same thing. So choose repartition cLK on the top.
2) Choose the partition size you want to install and choose cache size you want to install.
2) Press the repartition button on the bottom left corner.
3) Follow instructions.
C. How do i install/update recovery on cLK?
1) Choose cLK install recovery on top.
2) Press update button on the bottom left corner.
3) Follow instructions.
D. How do i install recovery / do a repartition on MAGLDR?
1) Choose MAGLDR Repartition on top.
2) Choose the partition size you want to use. And type in the cache size you want.
3) Press Repartition button on the bottom left corner.
4) Follow instructions
E. How do i update recovery on MAGLDR?
1) Choose MAGLDR update recovery on top.
2) Press Update button on bottom left corner.
3) Follow instructions.
F. How do i change from MAGLDR to cLK?
1) Backup your current rom using recovery on magldr.
2) Open toolkit, and choose Wipe (Task29) on the bottom right.
3) Follow instructions and come back to toolkit after completing that.
4) Follow instructions from B. and C.
5) Download this file and put it on your sd. (Thanks to arif-ali, airforceproductions and charnsingh_online for the file)
6) Go to recovery and restore the backup you made.
7) Install the zip file you copied to your sd.
8) Reboot and you are ready to go.
G. How do i change from cLK to MAGLDR?
1) Backup your current rom using recovery on cLK.
2) Open toolkit, and choose Wipe (Task29) on the bottom right.
3) Follow instructions and come back to toolkit after completing that.
4) Follow instructions from A. and D.
5) Download this file and put it on your sd. (Thanks to tytung for the file)
6) Go to recovery and restore the backup you made.
7) Install the zip file you copied to your sd.
8) Reboot and you are ready to go.
H. How do i upgrade cLK?
1) Backup your current rom using recovery on cLK.
2) Open toolkit, and choose Wipe (Task29) on the bottom right.
3) Follow instructions and come back to toolkit after completing that.
4) Follow instructions from B. and C.
5) Go to recovery and restore the backup you made.
6) Reboot
I. How do i upgrade MAGLDR?
1) Backup your current rom using recovery on MAGLDR.
2) Open toolkit, and choose Wipe (Task29) on the bottom right.
3) Follow instructions and come back to toolkit after completing that.
4) Follow instructions from A. and D.
5) Go to recovery and restore the backup you made.
6) Reboot
Dont forget to check this guide if you want to change to cLK
Q: What is ClockWorkMod?
A: It is an recovery tool that helps you install custom roms, backup your phone, restore and do a lots of stuff.
Q: What is nandroid?
A: It is a tool that lets you backup and restore your phone easily. Its available on clockworkmod recovery.
Q: What does the software do?
A: It helps you choose partition size easily, update magldr recovery without loosing data, update clk recovery and lot more. Check the first post.
Q: Is it free?
A: Yeap, always free.
Q: Will i loose all my data if i flash this?
A: Depends on what you are trying to do, refer to first post.
Q: How can i avoid loosing data?
A: Update, dont reparittion, or use nandroid.
Q: How does one decide what partition size to set?
A: It depends on the rom you are using, some ROM's suggest you to use small partition and some suggest you to choose large ones (specially sense roms)
Q: Where can i find this software? please..
A: LOL, this made me laugh. Its in the zip file named HD2_Installer.exe
Q: It says no memory left, what should i do now?
A: No memory left means the last version of recovery you installed was smaller than the current one. You need to completely repartition MAGLDR in order to install new version in that case.
Q: The last version seems to be confusing. What is Magldr partitioning? Should it just say "Install CWM Recovery" instead?
A: I will add a documentation after few minutes.
Q: I have the following error:
Error Descritpion: Config load failed.
Info: .\RSPL\RSPL.cpp (725)
Error Descriptoion: Config: file not exist
Info: .\RSPL\RSPL.cpp (359)
A: Fixed in version 2.2
Q: Cursor just keeps blinking. Nothing happens.
A: Your usb is not connected properly, reconnect it.
Q: I have one more question.
A: Reply this thread, ill help.
ChangeLog For Installer
v1.0 – 5/21/2011
Initial Release
Lots of Partition Presets
Ability To Choose Custom Sizes
Windows Only
v2.1 – 5/28/2011
Complete Re-Do
Added cLK Support
Added Console
New UI
MAGLDR Update Added
Fixed Bugs
FileSystem Fix
Lot More..
v2.2 – 5/28/2011
Fixed DAF RSPL Error
Fixed Some Bugs
Changed file working dirs
Lot More..
v3.1 – 5/31/2011
Added Complete Support For cLK
cLK Repartition Added
New UI
cLK Update added
Task29 Added
Magldr and cLK Installer added
clk fastboot update problem fixed
bugs fixed
language file support added
code optimised
clk downgrade option added
Lot More..
v3.4 – 5/31/2011
Added HSPL Installation Option
Fixed some bugs on language file
Changed Icon
Added MAGLDR cache partition size chooser
Changed default cache from 5 to 44 in clk
Downgrade Recovery works for both clk and MAGLDR now
Lot More..
v3.6 – 6/1/2011
Fixed Button Names
Fixed Language File Errors
Fixed Coding Bugs
Fixed DAF Error, Made it error proof (for real this time)
Added custom NBH Installer
Fixed File Working Dir Errors
Lot More..
v3.9 – 6/2/2011
Fixed cLK Recovery Installer Bug
Changed language file texts, more clear now.
Beta tested everything again.
Customised RUU and Task29, better instructions
Fixed file browser bug
Added 450MB cLK partition (thanks to arif-ali)
Modified task 29, its blank now. (doesnt install splash)
Fixed instructions on CWM updater
Lot More..
v4.1 – 6/14/2011
Setup File
Express Mode
Bug Fixes
NBH File handler
Update Button
Fixed bugs on language files
Lot More..
About This Version:
Really sorry that it took longer than other versions. Dont forget to check express tools and direct installation of nbh files on this version. Feedbacks are welcome
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Please help i have a htc hd2 with image file corrupted it has android on it and i downloaded all the stuff that i did to install android im getting a blurry screen i know it has a virus what is next? clockworkmod recovery or repartition please call me with an amswer please anybody or feel free to email me thank you Nathan 602-367-2390
gr8 idea, you rock
I really want to be able to use Rom Manager on my HD2 so I can experience the added conveinance and features it purportedly comes with, but have heard "clk" gives bad internet connection stability so I havent tried it. That being said, my question is do you know anything about that, how bad is the stability issue, can it or has it been fixed. It seems apparent "clk" is not ready yet for serious users who want android on the HD2 What do you or anyone have to say about this??
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any comments help or tips will be greatly appreciated Thank-You!
Hey,Kaushal You are AU3 made Isnt IT ?
After having installed the HD2 Toolkit and loaded the MAGDLR (successfully) the mobile will not boot anymore, ie. only the banner "hTC" will be displayed and the booting stalls. Worst is, that a Hard-Reset will not re-install the factory setup. So, the HTC is completely trashed with not having the ability to load any ROMs or so. Any help is very appreciated.
Rgs- Thomas
Hello there Kaushal Subedi, I just have a question that I have asked multiple times and have never found an answer(tried goggling and using XDA) but never a answer. So pretty much my question is when using MAGLDR, upgrading recovery, or trying to flash an HSPL ( both downloading files and using your tool, which is awesome when using CLK) the program opens up but nothing pops up. Is there a reason why? Its getting frustrated b.c I just received a replacement and I cant even install an HSPL.
I do not even know how I finished up here, but I assumed this post used to be great. I do not understand who you're but definitely you're going to a famous blogger if you are not already. Cheers!
as Microsoft are closing down the market for version 6.5, I am attempting to extend the usefulness of the phone, however when I use the software it comes up with a comms error 262. I have used two different cables and 3 different machines but I get the same error The load screen displays but never get beyond 0%. any suggestions?


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I recently moved outside of Battle Creek proper and not a minute too soon.
For the past two years I have watched with increasing concern the moves on the part of Battle Creek's new mayor, Dave Walters, and his fellow commissioner, Jeffrey Domenico, as they relentlessly attacked police officials over unfounded claims of corruption.
With the changing of the guard comes more support for their efforts as was made obvious on the night the new commission was sworn in and elected it's leaders. There is now a voting bloc of former city employees governing this city and I predict their tunnel vision won't bode well for the taxpayers of Battle Creek.
These people are drawing a pension and now a commission paycheck at everyone's expense! Who's interests do you think they're going to be looking out for? Certainly not yours or mine no matter how they cloak their speech.
Likewise, new vice mayor, Deborah Owens, clearly showed an example of what may be expected of her by practically commanding the other four who didn't vote for her to participate in a meeting to bridge this gap. That's certainly an interesting approach to say the least.
She doesn't appear to get it that those titles are merely a formality and not binding on anyone in any way. All members on that commission have one vote on any issue, including the mayor and vice mayor.
I doubt she'll get very far with that attitude given the seasoned veterans in the other camp.
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The Best Western Mount Vernon is conveniently located near historic Mount Vernon with easy access to key area attractions including Fort Belvoir, Old Towne Alexandria, and all of the exciting sites of Washington, DC. In addition to the classic destinations in and around the nation's capital, visitors will also find hidden gems like the Woodlawn Plantation or The Mount Vernon and Bell Haven Country Club. Hotel guests will appreciate the variety of nearby dining and shopping options, including Potomac Mills Mall.


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Two things within a week that we should pay attention to and pay tribute to - Saturday, June 14, is Flag Day and Sunday, June 15, is Father's Day.
Flag Day. Through all the turmoil and changes of our country, our flag has stood as a symbol of freedom and strength.
As we take care of our great country, the symbol that represents it should be cared for, the flag. Properly folded, each fold has a meaning or represents an ideal. So the next time you are part of a flag folding, be mindful of each fold.
First Fold: The symbol of life. Second Fold: Our belief in eternal life. Third Fold: Honor and remembrance of the veterans departing our ranks.
Fourth Fold: Represents our weaker nature, it is to [God] we turn in times of peace as well as in times of war for His Divine guidance. Fifth Fold: A tribute to our country ? "still our country, right or wrong."
Sixth Fold: Where our hearts lie. It is with our heart that we "pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all." Seventh Fold: A tribute to our Armed Forces ?[who] protect our country and our flag against all her enemies.
Eighth Fold: A tribute to the one who entered into the valley of the shadow of death, that we might see the light of day. Ninth Fold: A tribute to womanhood, and Mothers?[who] mold the men and women who have made this country great.
Tenth Fold: A tribute to the father, for he, too, has given his sons and daughters for the defense of our country. Eleventh Fold: ?Glorifies in the Hebrews' eyes, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
Twelfth Fold: ?Glorifies God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Thirteenth Fold: Flag is completely folded, [with] the stars uppermost, reminding us of our nation's motto, "In God We Trust."
Now on to Father's Day. Just like a mother, everyone has a Father. You know, all through our American history we have heard or read about "our founding fathers."
Our fathers, what a price many have paid throughout history, whether being off in the military, or on some "30-day hitch" working in Lord knows where, to those that have been omitted from watching a youngun grow up through our female-sympathetic court system.
Whatever, if the man in your life is around, try to do just a little something special for him.
Again, be reminded that our 2013-2014 hunting and fishing licenses will expire the last day of this month. It'll be here before we know it.
I mention this as a warning to the purchase of a 2013-2014 fishing license. Be sure the license you intend to purchase is indeed for 2014-2015 and not the remainder of 2013-2014.
I've seen this happen before and have been advised by a superior with Wildlife and Fisheries to ticket the new license before July 1. Again, if you have a youngster that looks like is gonna be the outdoor type, be money ahead and purchase a lifetime license.
Another reminder about school being out: Many a youngster is going to be out on Daddy's ATV in a gravel or paved road trying their dead level best to tear the road and machine up. They probably don't know any better, but you still don't have to run over them.
If you get a chance, take a kid hunting or fishing. For that matter, take anyone.
One doesn't have to kill to enjoy our outdoors. Some of the best friends and meals are made "at the camp."


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- Mainframe Entertainment, BLT, Alliance Communications, YTV, Transformer Productions
- Cartoon Characters: Maximals: Optimus Primal, Cheetor, Rattrap, Dinobot, Rhinox, Silverbolt
Predacons: Megatron, Scorponok, Waspinator, Black Arachnia, Tarantulus, Terrorsaur.
- Originally Released in 1996.
- Color, CGI
- Running Time: 30 minutes.
- Canada / Japan
Cartoon Summary:
A combination of high-tech equipment and fluke of nature creates a transport device that beams Cheetor into the Predacon stronghold and Terrorsaur into the Maximal base.
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