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Most people wouldn't mix the rhymes of Notorious B.I.G. with the melody of Elton John's Tiny Dancer and expect an ear-pleasing result. But then again, most people don't have an ear like Pittsburgh native Gregg Gillis, better known as the one-man band, Girl Talk. The musical misfit and laptop magician broke into the mainstream with his 2006 hit album Night Ripper, whose 16 tracks sampled more than 150 artists, from Abba to 2 Live Crew to Aerosmith. His latest album, Feed the Animals, is already available online; the CD is out November 3rd. TIME spoke...
...predict the full consequences of the financial upheaval in the U.S. and Europe, but it's already clear that the boom years are over. Turkey's banks haven't tottered, but its economy is now starting to. After six years in which growth averaged almost 7% annually, most forecasters expect the economy to expand by less than 4% this year and next. Foreign direct investment poured into Turkey this decade as companies ranging from French insurer Axa to U.S. private-equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts snapped up Turkish assets. But that flood has now been reduced to a trickle...
...Sancken adds: “You can’t go in, give the people a kiln, and expect magic to be made.” Like everyone involved in the project, she maintains that education is at the root of its success...
...truth is, I think that whatever is to be built, we expect to be built to very high standards,” said the BRA’s deputy director for institutional development, Michael F. Glavin...
...Autler said that the city does not expect to approve a 350-bed dorm on the east side of Commonwealth Ave. until further study. He added that approval of the master plan does not constitute a blanket authorization for every project that the BC has proposed, and that each building will have to undergo a separate review process before ground can be broken...