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A feature length musical-comedy starring one of TV's most recognisable faces, with Julie Walters and Matt Lucas.
This brooding feature from Thomas Clay (The Great Ecstasy Of Robert Carmichael) takes its Western director (and protagonist) to an Eastern setting, revelling in the casual asymmetries that emerge from such a relationship
With his controversial feature debut The Great Ecstasy Of Robert Carmichael (2005), Thomas Clay combined a Kubrick-ian control of his medium with abhorrent shock tactics, dividing critical responses between adulation and disgust.
His second feature Soi Cowboy, though very different in style and subject matter, is no less of an easy ride and the divisions that it is likely to inspire in viewers are encoded in its very structure. For this is very much a film of two halves - although even the aesthetic comfort of symmetry is avoided by a filmmaker apparently intent on promoting his cinema's awkward ungainliness.
There is asymmetry everywhere in Soi Cowboy. Its first section, more than twice the length of the second, broods over an unequal love affair between European film director Tobias (Nicolas Bro) and pregnant Thai former sex club worker Koi (Pimwalee Thampanyasan). He seeks both relief and intimacy through Viagra-assisted sex and pays for everything; she seeks economic security for herself and her unborn child and gives little away.
As the staid, precisely framed black-and-white imagery observes two days of their Bangkok routine followed by an excursion to the temple ruins of Ayutthaya, the disparity between this odd couple is marked by their different diets and appetites, their faltering linguistic exchanges (expressed in broken Thai and English) and the visual discrepancy of his rippling corpulence against her tiny frame.
Then, 85 minutes in, the screen fades to black, and the film's second half begins, contrasting sharply with the first in its much shorter duration, its use of saturated colour film and handheld camerawork, its shift to crime genre, and its inverted movement from the Thai countryside back to the city. Koi's younger brother Cha (Petch Mekoh) carries out a tragic assignment back home on behalf of his Mafia uncle (Somluck Khamsingh), before heading back to the red-light district of Soi Cowboy (where Tobias and Koi first meet) to get his ill-earned reward and bring the narrative full-circle.
By drawing inspiration from the stately geometric cinematography of Michelangelo Antonioni and the narrative enigmas of Thai auteur Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Clay may earn some praise from hardened cinephiles but he risks alienating pretty much everyone else.
But then it's doubtful that with this film he was ever intending to pursue popular acclaim. A full 20 minutes elapses before the first (muffled) line is heard. Characterisation emerges as much from the slow scrutiny of inanimate objects as from dramatic dialogue or action. And one skilfully played longueur goes from dull to tense to haunting to borderline hilarious as it tracks in a wide-shot single take the progress of an elderly woman using her Zimmer frame to hobble slowly from a hotel elevator into a shadowy corridor, only to change her mind halfway down and turn back again. Such patience-testing material certainly has its place and its proper audience - but those whose tastes are married to the mainstream had probably best avoid.
Perhaps the biggest problem with Soi Cowboy is that, although it presents an economic sketch of the uneven traffic between East and West, city and country, filmmaker and 'exotic' subject (with Tobias a barely veiled stand-in for Clay who is himself a director exiled in production hell), in the end its circular structure will leave viewers too with the sense that they have been on a road to nowhere, while the final pay-off is no more welcome or satisfying than the one ultimately received by Cha. The last, lurid sequence in uncle's 'lady bar' may, as Clay suggests in the production notes, bring us to a point where "we are left with only essence", but it is an effect which also tends to divest the film of any sense of direction or purpose.
A bold experiment or a crashing bore? Clay's muted hybrid is a bit of both, in unequal measure.
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Six different states, including Georgia, launched the "Hands Across the Border" campaign today, marking the 23rd year, CBS Atlanta reports.
State trooper, deputies, and police officers have set up check points near each state's border in an attempt to catch people who are driving under the influence of alcohol. In addition, they'll be looking out for anyone who is driving on a suspended license or without a license, drivers with outstanding warrants, uninsured drivers, fugitives, and drug offenders.
According to the Georgia Governor's Office of Highway Safety (GOHS), with Labor Day right around the corner, more drivers are out on the road, and many see the holiday as the end of the summer. The campaign was created to keep the roads as safe as possible during these times.
"So many people see Labor Day as the unofficial end of summer and want to hit the road before fall rolls around. Because so many people are going to be traveling leading up to Labor Day weekend, we want to make sure that drunk drivers don't turn someone's summer of fun into of summer of tragedy," said GOHS director, Harris Blackwood.
Alabama, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee are also participating in the campaign, which will run the six days prior to Labor Day. Authorities state that the legal blood alcohol limit in all 50 states is .08.

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PRESS RELEASE: Direct from Greenville Technical College
Dr. Norman Raiford, a professor of history and leadership studies, was honored today upon his retirement from Greenville Technical College as the longest serving faculty member after 39 years of service.
Since arriving at Greenville Tech in 1974 on what was then a four-building campus, Raiford has been named the college's Outstanding Educator of the Year three times. He has also been the college's nominee for the Governor's Professor of the Year award. In 1989, the S.C. Technical Education Association named him the Outstanding Educator of the Year for the entire sixteen-college Technical College System.
In his years of Greenville Tech service, Raiford has created many firsts. In 1977, he planned and led the first study abroad program at the college, taking a group to England, Scotland and Wales. He launched the college's first college skills and orientation credit course in 1986. In 1997, he development the first online history course at Greenville Tech. He pioneered the first Leadership Through the Humanities course in 2008.
He is remembered by many students as being an exceptional instructor. Among those students is Dr. Daniel Dreisbach, who graduated from Greenville Tech in 1980 and became the only recipient of a Rhodes Scholarship to come through the South Carolina Technical College System. Dreisbach is now a professor at American University. Raiford was instrumental in bringing Dr. Dreisbach back to Greenville Tech in 2011, where he was honored for his many scholarly achievements.
Raiford earned a bachelor's degree from Lander University and master's and doctorate degrees from the University of Virginia.


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Pineapple Coconut Cupcakes with Coconut Buttercream
from Emily (who loves food)
The taste of the tropics in one beautiful little cupcake. Chunks of pineapple, flecks of coconut, topped of with THE BEST coconut buttercream you will ever try. Ever. So fragrant and coconutty and delish.
The secret?
Coconut cream.
A couple of tablespoons of in the frosting, and a little more in the cake, heralds a soft, fluffy, authentic coconut flavour without the need for tablespoons of metalic tasting coconut essence. Perfect for birthdays, parties, or just eating in general.
The 'cream' in your can of coconut cream is the thick bit on the top, so it's important not to shake the can before opening. This recipe will leave you with about 1/2 can left over, which is perfect for thai curries later in the week.
I made these for my friend's birthdays – luckily, within a week of each other. Half went to Emma, who has since been pestering me for the recipe, and the rest are going to Annabel tonight.
How, you ask?
The freezer is the answer.
Because buttercream is totally, 100% freezable. Forget throwing away half the batch when you totally overestimate your cake's capacity for frosting: pop it in a plastic bag, stick it in the freezer and it'll be ready when you want it – simply stick it in the fridge the night before, and bring to room temperature before baking.
Cupcakes themselves are equally freezable – again, just stick 'em in the fridge the night before, and bring them to room temperature in the morning to avoid soggy cake.
As with any frozen thing though, there's no back and forth. Once it's defrosted, you have to use it – there's no re-freezing.
Anyway – these cuppies are definitely worth your time. You could spice them up witha bit of maibu, but I personally love them as they are. A little slice of the holidays in the middle of your working week.
Pineapple Coconut Cupcakes with Coconut Buttercream – Makes 18 cupcakes
Prep time: 10 mins Cook time: 18-22 mins
- 2 cups flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 3/4 tsp baking soda
- dash of salt
- 100g butter, softened
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 3/4 cup white sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 cup coconut cream (the runny bit) diluted with 1/2 cup water
- 440g can chopped pineapple peices, drained
- 2/3 cup desiccated coconut
- 100g butter, softened
- 1/4 cup reserved coconut cream (the thick bit on the top)
- 3 cups icing sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 tsp coconut essence
- dash of salt
Preheat the oven to 180c, and line 18 muffin holes with cupcake cases.
Take your can of coconut cream, and open without shaking. Using a spoon, remove 1/4 cup of the dense, creamy portion at the top of the can, and reserve for the frosting.
Take 1/2 cup of the remaining runny coconut cream, and dilute it with 1/2 cup of water. Set aside.
In a medium sized mixing bowl, comine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Again, set aside.
In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream the butter and sugars for 2-3 mins, or until light and fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time, beating for 1 min after each new addition, or until the mixture turns billowy and slightly moussey in texture.
Add a third of the flour mixture, and mix on a low speed until just combined. Pour in half of the diluted coconut cream, again, mixing until just incorporated. Repeat the process, finishing with the last third of the dry mixture.
Remove the bowl from the stand mixer, and fold in the coconut and pineapple pieces.
Spoon the mixture into the cupcake cases, filling to about 3/4 full. Bake for 18-20 mins, or until lightly coloured and springy when touched.
Cool for at least 30 mins before frosting.
To prepare the frosting, beat the butter and coconut cream until creamy and well combined – about 2 mins. Add in half the icing sugar, and beat for about 3 mins, until it reaches a billowy, stiff texture.
Add in the vanilla and coconut essences with a dash of salt, turn the mixer back on and gradually add in the remaining icing sugar, until you get a firm frosting with a smooth finish.
If you find the frosting is too thin, add more icicing sugar. Too thick? Add a splash of milk.


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Rihanna Tells Piers Morgan: "Grow a D**k"
Rihanna isn't about to take criticism from Piers Morgan.
The CNN host was watching the superstar's performance with Coldplay at the Paralympic Games on Sunday when he tweeted, "ps I think @rihanna needs to grow her hair back. Fast."
The newly tattooed singer's response was swift and severe.
She retweeted Morgan and added, "grow a d*ck… FAST!!!!"
Morgan, not to be outdone, seized the opportunity.
"This a good time to ask for an interview?" he tweeted at Rihanna, who replied, "@piersmorgan haaaa! Only if it's not about cosmetics! But phuck yea lets do it!!!!!!!"
Morgan responded, "Excellent! I'll supply a wig."
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Discount Cab is in need of over 50 cab drivers. Currently, Discount Cab is looking for drivers in the Mesa and Glendale areas. Cab drivers make around $10/hr plus tips.
People interested in joining Discount Cab as drivers are encouraged to apply on their website.
For more additional job links in the East Valley, check out my East Valley Job Board. Its a list of direct links to various public and private HR websites, many with job listings.


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will you please give a link to their website?
I see that Sidharta Auction is having an "Artfordable Auction" on November 30 in Kemang Village. Their web site displays 199 paintings on the block with estimated prices from approximately 2 to 20 jt. I have attended many auctions in the US, but no art auctions and never any kind of auction in Jakarta. My thinking is that this event might be fun entertainment, even if you don't buy anything.
I am hoping someone on the forum has experience with Jakarta auctions, particularly Sidharta Art Auctions. Any thought, recollections, or advise would be appreciated.
will you please give a link to their website?
Need help with the forum? Contact me!
Butuh bantuan dengan forum ini? E-mail aku!
Don't forget to stop by our primary website, Living in Indonesia, A Site For Expatriates.
The administrator beat me to the punch in posting the link. You can also Google "Sidharta auction Jakarta" and it come up as the first link. Again I am hoping someone has attended one of the Sidharta events and would be willing to fill me, and other potential attendees, in on the reputation of the auction house and what to expect.


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Did you have a happy Thanksgiving holiday? Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of the Treasure Coast & the Palm Beaches certainly hopes your turkey was delicious, your dressing was perfect, and your pies were sweet. Most of all, we hope you had a wonderful time with those closest to you and the time was filled with warmth and laughter. As with any celebration or gathering, I'm sure you've already spent some time reflecting on it. What would you do differently next time to make it even more memorable? If you had to remind your guests to watch their step as they left, outdoor lighting is the perfect addition to help you host even better gatherings. Outdoor lighting not only provides adequate visibility so that guests can make the trek to their automobile safely, but it also transforms the atmosphere of your home.
Remember back to when you were a kid. I bet you loved campfires, fire pits, and even fireplaces. There was something magical and safe about stepping up to a crackling fire, with all of its warm colors, and just soaking in the heat. It made you feel better, and of course, it also allowed you to roast marshmallows and hot dogs on sticks. No matter where you were, a fire had the ability to draw you to it like a paper clip to a magnet. It likely still has that effect on you. The magic and feelings of safety that fire creates makes us feel relaxed and at home, and a large component of this effect is visual. The light emitted by fire contrasts against the cold, darkness. It brings to mind times by the fire when we were warm and safe, and of course, we want to experience that again. Warm light, unlike cold or bluish light, evokes those same sorts of emotions in us. Warm light welcomes us and draws us in.
Outdoor lighting from Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of the Treasure Coast and Palm Beaches drives away cold shadows and darkness. It makes your home appear warm, safe, and appealing to your guests. As warm light bathes your home, landscape, and walkways, your guests will be eager to come inside. Outdoor lighting beckons in ways that no other home improvement or decoration can. It can change the appearance of your home in such a beautiful way that you won't even have to do as much decorating as you would if you were without it.
When your guests arrive this month for Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanza, Winter Solstice, or New Years, be sure that they feel welcomed and excited to enter your home as soon as they round the corner, even before they exit their vehicles. Call Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of the Treasure Coast & Palm Beaches today! With years of experience designing, installing, and maintaining some of our area's most beautiful outdoor lighting, we can make your property magnetic, appealing, and welcoming just in time for the holiday season. And best of all, it will last all year long.
Greg Jett, Owner
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The New York club has added two young international signings in forward Rafhinha and midfielder Marius Obekop.The New York Red Bulls announced the signings of two foreign players on Monday, inking 18-year-old Cameroonian midfielder Marius Obekop and 21-year-old Brazilian-born forward Rafhinha to MLS deals.
"Both of these young players have shown signs that they can play at the Major League Soccer level and we are pleased to follow their progress this season," Red Bulls sporting director Andy Roxburgh said in a team statement.
Obekop was previously with Cameroon MTN Elite One side, Renaissance FC de Nhoumou, where he scored five goals in 18 games during the 2012 and helped his team to the quarterfinals of the Cameroon Cup. He also has experience with the Cameroonian youth national teams, playing for both the Under-17 and U-20 sides.
Rafhinha comes from Brazilian side Toledo where he has been since 2009. With Toledo, he was part of the squad that earned promotion to the Campeonato Paranaense First Division. He also spent time in the Borussia Dortmund youth set-up and played for Austria's U-18 team in 2010.


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Choosing a typeface, either for a web page or a brand identity, requires a long and sometimes frustrating process for a designer. Most software works with the same principle when it comes to the font selection: A drop-down menu filled with the fonts installed, on minimum font-size. There's no quick preview chance, you select the font, adjust the size, adjust the tracking a little. If you don't feel like it will work, turn back, try again. The project of Fahri Özkaramanli, Wordmark.it is an welcome alternative to this annoying process. Think of an application that works just like the Word Preview option of Google Webfonts Version 2 does, but it also displays all the fonts that are installed in your own system, and also gives you lots of options to adjust the previews of these fonts.
To use this handy, small and useful application, just go to Wordmark.it, and a slick design homepage welcomes you. Once you click the Load Fonts button in the middle, wordmark imports all your fonts with a flash font detection tool in a few seconds and here we go! Write whatever you want on top, press enter. Ta-da!
The best thing is, you can change lots of properties from the simple toolbar above. You can also adjust the font size or change the default black-on-white style with the positive/negative options. Invert all of the wordmarks with one click. And it's free! Cool isn't it?
The founder, Fahri Özkaramanli also added a Pro account option to the site a few months ago, which is free for the first month. After you login, you have more control on the fonts below such as creating selections and saving them, filtering an amount of fonts and being able to compare them side-by-side, adjusting tracking of fonts, specifying the font sizes and toggling between lower case, title case or upper case previews.
In this video (although its in Turkish), Özkaramanli says he launched Wordmark.it in order to help himself in the design process of identities, but he made a tool that he believes major softwares would be jealous of.
What do you think about the possible font choosing interfaces and Wordmark.it? Don't you think it's worth giving a shot? Share your thoughts on the comments section below. Cheers!


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The Tastemaker
Lisa Shames | Photo: Portrait by Katrina Wittkamp | July 1, 2013
Long the innovator behind some of Chicago's most beloved restaurants, Donnie Madia prepares for his next act.
Even if you don't know who Donnie Madia is, you know his restaurants. Madia, along with his partners at One Off Hospitality—Paul Kahan, Terry Alexander, Eduard Seitan and Peter Garfield—owns some of the city's most venerated spots, including Blackbird, Avec, The Publican, Publican Quality Meats, Big Star and The Violet Hour. Nearly 16 years after opening Blackbird, Chicago-born Madia—and the restaurants he helped create—shows no signs of slowing down (although his newborn son, Bronson, might have something to say about that). Next up for One Off? Nico, a two-story seafood-focused Italian restaurant inside the Gold Coast's Thompson Chicago hotel (formerly Sutton Place), scheduled to open in early September, with the restaurant to follow in December.
First off, congrats on Paul Kahan's recent James Beard Award for Outstanding Chef. It was really well deserved. It was extremely blissful to see Paul win because he doesn't enjoy the limelight. He's very humble, and that makes him human.
I feel safe in saying that all of your projects are hits. Do you have a culinary crystal ball? Our secret is to evolve our business sensibility and not follow a trend, but create one before it becomes a trend. That's our goal. That's what we talked about 16 years ago. Blackbird was just a labor of love of four guys who got together. We had only one aspiration, which was to create a 65-seat dining room that people would love to be in and love the food and the experience. I think that stays true to all of our concepts.
Your restaurants aren't just known for their food but for their timeless interior design and vibe, too. I'd have to credit Thomas Schlesser [designer of all of One Off's spaces] for an unbelievable design foresight, for being ahead of the times but not over-designing our restaurants. Once Thomas comes up with the design he's happy to get our point of view. He's kind of like our extended business partner. He cares about design, food and wine as much as we do, so it's a healthy collaboration. I'm lucky to get to collaborate with him on materials, textiles, wallpaper and all of the good stuff that makes a restaurant look great.
After all these years, how have you and your partners managed to not only stay together but thrive? Love of the game, humanity and for one another. I think as we grow as men, we are more compassionate about each other's privacy. Nobody wants to be inundated with more emails, text messages and Twitter information. We give each other space and we know the importance of being level-headed with one another. We're also very competitive. We want to source the information first and we want to win the deal before anybody else. Not only on the outside but on the inside, too. We all have ideas on how we can grow this company. I think that's a healthy competitiveness. Then there's the fact that we don't want to let each other or our guests down. Now it's bigger than that: We have an entire city we have to continue to raise the bar for. There's a lot on the line and we take that very seriously on a day-to-day basis.
What can you tell me about the new project? It's going to be Paul, Terry and myself, and we are bringing Kimberly Phillips-Galban, our director of operations, into the fold. We're doing all the food and beverage. The first-floor lounge and restaurant space is about 5,500 to 6,000 square feet. It's cut up a bit. It's going to have a beautiful outdoor seating area. The owners are doing a great job at rehabbing all the rooms and the public spaces. Tara Bernerd & Partners out of London are doing the interior design. For the kitchen, Paul and his team are going to have a battleship in the basement. We're taking our sensibilities and using some of the characteristics from our other restaurants for the space, too.
What was it about this project that made you guys want to come on board? We always wanted to do a hotel. This was our fifth or sixth try at sitting down at a table. But the good news is we know when to say no and when to say yes. This deal was the right one for us with the right partnership. We went up against four other restaurant groups to win the bid and we are proud of that. This one's a heavy hitter.
What do you like best about what you do? In my mind, I created a scenario just in case the universe wills me to win a James Beard Award. [Madia has been nominated for numerous Beard Awards, including twice for Outstanding Restaurateur.] I'd credit my partners, of course, but more importantly my mother and my aunt. They were incredible caretakers and role models for me, even though I learned it through complaint. They set me up for success today. Meaning that I have one job: to take care of the guests in the highest regard. I've held true to that since the day we opened Blackbird all the way up to today.
The secret to your success? No one person is bigger than the whole. I'm only as good as my partners and the immense amount of great talent we have around us. I like to make these analogies to baseball. Why do the Yankees hold 27 titles? Because their talent is deep. It's not just the players that play every day. It's also the players that get called on once every week or every other week that contribute to the hierarchy. I pull you up, you pull me up. I love that analogy and I live my life by it. I really do.


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Quad-core HTC Endeavor may end up being sold as the HTC One X
Oh my.
First, the history. HTC will obviously announce a new flagship Android smartphone during Mobile World Congress in Barcelona at the end of this month. This device has started its life bearing the codename Edge, which then got changed to Endeavor not long ago. However, it will end up being sold under neither of these names.
Last we heard anything about this, the HTC Endeavor was going to be known to the masses as the HTC Supreme. Yet PocketNow says that has changed. And while HTC may still use the name Supreme for retail branding for an Android smartphone, it may be the dual-core Ville – but definitely not the Endeavor.
So what will the Endeavor's street name be? HTC One X. With the X being placed as superscript above the word "One". Yep.
Well, at least it won't be the One S. Looks like phone makers have discovered a brand new letter to suffix to every possible brand name. X is the new black (sorry, S). Nice going, HTC.
Suffice to say we're hoping this turns out to have been wrong. Then again, at least it's short (compared to, say, the Samsung Galaxy S II Epic 4G Touch).
Still, are there no creative people left in the mobile industry? Or are all of those who are supposed to be creative actually baristas?


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La Canela
141 Gibbs St. (Washington St.) Send to Phone
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OpenLunch & Dinner daily
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- Dress code: Casual
- Full bar
- Kid-friendly
- No Credit Cards
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La Canela Restaurant Review: The upscale sister of Gaithersburg's La Flor de la Canela, this Rockville dining room offers polished woods, grill work and patio dining. A fine menu includes some of the standards, such as a perky ceviche; fried yucca with pork; the old-fashioned huancaina, the steamed potatoes with a creamy, piquant cheese sauce; and the chopped chicken cooked stew-like with potatoes. Best bet for dessert? The tres leches cake, one of the best versions around.
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If you're trying to make a decision on what Haunted House to hit up this month, check out what Creative Loafing's Meredith Myers has to say in her interview with Roxanne Wilder. It's all about the spookiest and the scariest places to visit this Halloween. From Halloween Horror Nights 24 at Universal Studios to Howl-O-Scream at Busch Gardens in Tampa, Meredith tells us about the frightfully best nights out!
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The new Diagon Alley section of The Wizarding World of Harry Potter sponsored a media preview in the Universal Studios Florida theme park in Orlando on June 18, and Stand-Up Librarian Meredith Myers was there to report on the festivities: "If you are a die-hard Harry Potter fan, you are going to lose your mind faster than getting hit with a Memory Charm as you take your first steps into Diagon Alley when the land officially opens July 8." Check out her videos of Red Carpet interviews, tours of the park and concessions, and a ride on the Hogwarts Express....Tampa Bay (Fla.) Creative Loafing, July 2; StandUpLibrarian, July 3
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Meredith Myers —clad in a tool-motif dress with a red petticoat, pigtails, and a variety of power tools—performed April 12 at the ARTpool Gallery, an artist co-op and vintage store in St. Petersburg, Florida. Myers is part comedian, part performance artist, part book nerd, and part librarian who has created an act for herself as the Stand-Up Librarian. "I am a librarian with a master's degree working for a home improvement center and having the time of my life," she told the crowd. "Do it yourself. Do not wait around for people to give you a job."...Tampa Bay (Fla.) Times, Apr. 30
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Stand-Up Librarian Meredith Myers (right) loves James Joyce and all things Irish, so in honor of St. Patrick's Day, she decided to mash up James Joyce with the 1990s hit "Jump Around" by House of Pain. Grab your copy of Ulysses or Finnegan's Wake and get ready to "Joyce Around" (3:51) at the James Joyce Irish Pub in Ybor City, Florida. Myers explains how she came up with the idea....YouTube, Mar. 17; StandUpLibrarian, Mar. 17
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Meredith Myers, the StandUpLibrarian, writes: "I decided to premiere my new holiday literary parody video live on stage in early December where I choreographed a chase sequence with a real ginger man (my friend, librarian Justin Brasher) and concluded with gingerbread man cookies I baked myself. Watch 'I Ran After the Gingerbread Man' (5:06), a mashup of 'I Ran (So Far Away)' by A Flock of Seagulls with the Gingerbread Man folktale."...StandUpLibrarian.com, Dec. 3; YouTube, Dec. 2
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On October 7, 1849, Edgar Allan Poe died at age 40. Meredith Myers, the Stand-Up Librarian, celebrated the anniversary by promoting Poe and libraries in her new literary parody music video, "The Raven Is Hard to Handle" (3:51), a mashup of Poe's poem The Ravenwith "Hard to Handle" by The Black Crowes. Myers shares some making-of moments in a blog post. (The Librarian is played by her acting coach Corinne Broskette.)... YouTube, Oct. 4; StandUpLibrarian blog, Oct. 5
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October 7, 2012
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October 6, 2012
American Libraries Direct
June 27, 2012
One highlight at the ALA PopTop Stage on Monday was the debut performance of the 817's (for you Dewey-challenged folk, that's "American humor and satire"), a comedy troupe consisting of Stand-Up Librarian Meredith Myers (center), MLIS of Fortune (and singer) Danica Sheridan, and RUSA's own Mr. Reference, Dave Tyckoson. In addition to the finale song, a karaoke version of Madonna's "Girl Gone Wild" (be sure to watch the amazing video, 4:54), the 817's performed stand-up and improv, and debuted a hilarious Dos Equis spoof video, "The Most Interesting Librarian in the World," featuring none other than former ALA President Michael Gorman....AL: Annual Conference blog, June 26
American Libraries Direct
June 13, 2012
Stand-Up Librarian Meredith Myers (right) honors her idol Madonna with her version of "Girl Gone Wild" in an effort to entertain and educate about the importance and fun of libraries. In "Librarian Gone Wild" (5:01), Myers designed, sewed, and styled all of her library outfits. Her dance moves were developed from 25+ years of watching Madonna....YouTube, May 31
American Libraries Direct
June 13, 2012
The PopTop Stage, at the end of the 2700 aisle on the Annual Conference exhibit floor, will feature readings, discussions, and presentations. Some highlights: On Saturday, catch the ForeWord Reviewsbook awards and ALA Mystery Day. On Sunday, go for Read Aloud and "Get Caught Listening!" On Monday, don't miss the 817s comedy troupe featuring Stand-Up Librarian Meredith Myers, Danica Sheridan (MLS of Fortune), and RUSA's own Mr. Reference, Dave Tyckoson. Besides stand-up, improv, and musical parodies, they will be doing the only book-cart drill in Anaheim....PopTop Stage; StandUpLibrarian blog, June 12
American Libraries Direct
November 9, 2011
WeHo News
by WeHo News Staff
November 3, 2011
A PR pro turned librarian comic with a masters in library science got fired last week from WeHo's new library.Photo courtesy Standuplibrarian.com
Camille Kimball
November 2, 2011
Librarian and Camille on a happier day
Los Angeles Times
by columnist Steve Lopez
November 2, 2011
Meredith Myers, seen in a photo from her Standup Librarian website, has used her sense of humor to promote literacy. (Jen Clanton Photography)
Yahoo News
October 31, 2011
Meredith Myers of West Hollywood, California goes as Puss in Boots during the West Hollywood Halloween Costume Carnaval October 31, 2011. Officials estimate that 400,000 people would attend what is described as one of the world's largest annual Halloween celebrations. Photo by REUTERS/Jason Redmond
Camille Kimball
October 5, 2011
Photo courtesy of Camille Kimball
West Hollywood Book Fair 2011
October 2, 2011
Society News LA
September 27, 2011
Photo courtesy of Ellen Olivier
April 7, 2011
ForeWord Reviews
AfterWord column: Purposely Funny:
"So a Comedian Walks Into a Library and Decides to Work There"
by Stand-Up Librarian Meredith Myers
Mar-Apr 2011
January 10, 2011
ALA Cognotes
"Popular Cultures & Libraries Discussion Group Focuses on Giles the Librarian, Expands to Images of Librarians and Researchers"
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So lately I've been trying to make my current wardrobe work with my body instead of spending any money to buy new. This is for 2 reasons: one is that I just don't have the money for new and two is that I'm still trying to lose some weight and I don't want to buy new just to have to turn around and buy new again when I lose the weight.
So today I have a roundup of some great jeans altering tutorials and then a quick 3 step tutorial for shortening jeans that are too long for you while keeping the original hem.
First up: How to take bootcut (or wider) jeans and create skinny jeans from I Still Love You
Then if, like me, you have to buy jeans to fit the thighs and then the waist is too big try this tutorial from Freshly Picked (or even this one from I Am Momma Hear Me Roar)
and this next one is just fun–fix a hole in the knee with a bit of humor!
Now let's talk about altering your current jeans that are too long without losing the original hem.
Step One: Decide how much you want to shorten your jeans by and measure from the seam line up (not from the bottom up because we are keeping the current hem). Fold up that amount and iron flat.
Step Two: Sew along the current seam line. Make sure your bobbin thread is a blue color (or a color that matches your jeans) since the bobbin thread will be visible on the outside of your jeans. Make sure you don't sew the leg opening closed 😉
Step 3: Cut off the excess fabric (where it is folded) and iron down the hem. You are finished 🙂
Do you have any other fun jean altering tutorials? Please share them in the comments!
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In most places in the Middle East, economies are supported by oil. Take that away and you have people living in unsustainable environments. Today, oil resources help mitigate natural deficiencies, providing governments and people the means to live a meager existence. Kings and dictators live in wealth while masses of people must be convinced that poverty is good for them.
With populations there greatly exceeding the capacity to support them in the absence of oil, there is an impending human catastrophe. What we are witnessing now are people groping for control of the most powerful asset while it is running out. Time is against them.
ISIL terrorist insurgents attacked a large Iraq oil refinery. That will get a military response like nothing else could do. The ISIL attackers have made themselves a well defined target.
Add to the attack on oil the probability that ISIL attackers will strike Shia holy shrines, and the Iraqi military will likely find the resolve to fight, where last week they became lily livered cowards.
"Isis fighters attack Iraq's biggest oil refinery
Islamist militants launch assault in Baiji as Iran raises prospect of military intervention
Mark Tran
theguardian.com, Wednesday 18 June 2014 06.19 EDT
Islamist militants have attacked Iraq's largest oil refinery in the city of Baiji, 155 miles north of Baghdad, as Iran raised the prospect of direct military intervention to protect Shia holy sites.
A top security official told the Associated Press that fighters of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (Isis) had begun their attack on the refinery late on Tuesday night. The attack continued into Wednesday morning, with militants targeting it with mortar shells, starting a small fire on the periphery.
The refinery accounts for more than a quarter of the country's entire refining capacity, all of which goes toward domestic consumption – petrol, cooking oil and fuel for power stations. At the height of the insurgency from 2004 to late 2007, the Baiji refinery was under the control of Sunni militants who used to siphon off crude and petroleum products to finance their operations. Isis has used its control of oilfields in Syria to boost its coffers.
Any lengthy disruption at Baiji risks long lines at the petrol pump and electricity shortages, putting further pressure on the Shia-led government of the prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki. Iraq's beleaguered prime minister has fired several top security commanders after Iraqi troops melted away before Isis militants as they captured the Mosul in the north, Iraq's second largest city.
Jihadi rebel forces have reached Baquba, less than 40 miles north of Baghdad, while fighting continues to rage further north in the city of Tal Afar. State television late on Tuesday aired footage of army troops and armed volunteers disembarking from a transport C-130 aircraft at an airstrip near the city.
Isis and disaffected Sunnis have threatened to march to Baghdad, the capital, and the Shia holy cities of Kerbala and Najaf in the worst threat to Iraq's stability since US troops left. The three cities are home to some of the most revered Shia sites. Isis has tried to capture Samarra, north of Baghdad, home to another major Shia shrine.
Hassan Rouhani, the Iranian president, warned that Iran would do whatever it took to protect the shrines.
"Dear Kerbala, Dear Najaf, Dear Kadhimiya and Dear Samarra, we warn the great powers and their lackeys and the terrorists, the great Iranian people will do everything to protect them," he said, in a speech on Wednesday in Khoramabad, near the Iraqi border.
On Tuesday Rouhani mentioned petitions signed by Iranians who said they were willing to fight in Iraq "to destroy the terrorists and protect the holy sites", which are visited by hundreds of thousands of Iranian pilgrims annually."
"Thank God there are enough volunteer Shias, Sunnis and Kurds in Iraq to fight the terrorists," he added."


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By all accounts, the visit of Pope John Paul II to the United States was a smashing success. Media treatment of the papal visit was, with few exceptions, very fair. Protesters were few in number and without impact. From beginning to end, this papal visit proved to be the most triumphant of them all. The only complaint that the Catholic League lodged... [Read more...]Showgirls Offends Catholics
The United Artists movie, Showgirls, which opened on September 22, was justly criticized for its indecency, and that is why it received an NC-17 rating. But the movie also contains a scene where vulgar words and behavior are used in reference to Our Blessed Mother. Language such as "The F_____ g Virgin Mary" is used and, in the same scene,... [Read more...]Pope Protesters a Pathetic Lot
What a sorry bunch of creeps. That's the only way I can describe the way I feel about those who mounted their little protest against the Pope. Pope John Paul II is arguably the greatest man of the 20th century and he is surely the most beloved person on earth today. Non-Catholics, as well as Catholics, have embraced him in a manner that is absolutely... [Read more...]FOX TV Offends Again
On September 8, the FOX TV program TV Nation featured host Michael Moore offering an invita- tion to a young Catholic woman to confess her sins at several Catholic churches. The purported goal of this exercise was to com- pile a "consumer's guide" to penance. "Sinners can be winners" was the line used to tease the story. The... [Read more...]FOX Promo Withdrawn
Using Mother Teresa to make a comedic point was not seen as very funny by the Catholic League. In September, a promotional spot for the Fox-TV program, The Preston Episodes, featured the show's star, David Alan Grier, taking a cheap shot at Mother Teresa. Grier pretended that Mother Teresa was walking toward him while he was naked; after a short... [Read more...]NEA Play Draws League Protest
The play, Nine, which has been playing this fall at the Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn, New Jersey, contains several scenes that offend Catholics. Nuns, in particular, are treated in an insulting fashion. The Playhouse, a State Theatre of New Jersey, receives funding from the National Endowment for the Arts and the New Jersey Council on the Arts,... [Read more...]CBS Show Ridicules Catholicism
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In an affront to Catholics, Windows, a program which aired on September 24 on the cable network Bravo, featured a dance routine involving a priest dealing with temptation from a nun dressed like a hooker. The seg- ment was the last one on the program, taking place on a dark street. "Temptation" was sung by a choir as the priest made sexual... [Read more...]Beijing Conference Ends But Debate Doesn't
The U.N.'s Fourth World Conference on Women ended without the virulent Catholic bashing that was evident at the 1994 Cairo Conference. Nonetheless, there was another attempt by Catholics for a Free Choice to unseat the Holy See from the U.N. And a press conference by pro-life groups was disrupted by lesbian activists. It was expected that Catholics... [Read more...]Children's Rights, U.N. Style
When most people hear the term "children's rights," they think of the right to basic necessities and the right to be protected from abuse. But that is not what the children's rights movement is all about. Herewith some observations by Arthur J. Delaney on what the Western nations succeeded in doing in Beijing. Art is the president... [Read more...]


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I currently have a test machine running Ubuntu server 9.10 with no GUI. I want to run my Selenium RC test suites which open Firefox and perform a series of operation. I could bloat my test server with Gnome or KDE to run those tests but I'm looking for a lighter solution. Does anyone have some suggestions on how to run GUI tests on an Ubuntu server?
Try this for automating headless server stuff. (Caveat, I wrote the post below)
Basic summary is I made a script to run any command within a newly-created headless X server. This also lets you run lots of headless X servers at a time if you need to.
So for starting selenium-rc in a new headless X server, you would do (using the tool described in the above post)
i haven't tested it by myself, but this sounds promising:
i will try this for myself.
first install xvfb package, on suse it is called
start xvfb in background with display, screen and resolution parameters:
change your display settings:
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Traditional and Modern,
Wild and Urban,
Fragile and Strong,
Japan is a land of contrasts.
Like a prism, it offers an extraordinary number of heady facets.
This book is a collection of reflections, a compilation of mirrored images of Japan. I hope this indirect look will raise the readers' curiosity and lead them to discover with their own eyes the beauties of this amazing country.
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I have a Microsoft Lifecam NX-3000 that was working perfectly fine for skype yesterday and so far today skype won't even recognize that I have a camera plugged in.. I tried checking it in cheese too so it's not just skype. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
lsusb shows I have my camera plugged in and I have tried the following inputs so far:
sudo apt-get install libv4l-0 and the camera still was not working
sudo modprobe v4l1_compat gave me
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On Monday, Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO) spoke nonsense at a town hall meeting in Columbia, Missouri leading rational people to question her cognitive abilities. When asked about the potential for farming industrial hemp in Missouri, she admitted it would be good for Missouri agriculture, though she also rather ignorantly added as long as teens weren't getting high off of it .
This shows ignorance on many, many levels. If she had researched industrial hemp at all then she would know this is not possible. In fact, her logic is so obviously flawed that it's hard to not view it as malicious behavior intended to delude the public. A safer deduction would be that she knows that teens won't be smoking industrial hemp, but her campaign contributors require her to maintain the lie. Her contributors do include members of the chemical industry, pharmaceutical industry, and the military-industrial complex.
Her argument against medical marijuana and recreational marijuana became even more idiotic. For example, she seems convinced that there are all kinds of problems going on in Colorado since prohibition ended, though she finds it impossible to elaborate. She must have problems with improv and didn't think to prepare her lies ahead of time.
"I'm in close contact with my colleagues in Colorado and they're having some unexpected problems, some activity that they're not happy about. So I'm continuing to talk to them." McCaskill said, offering no specifics about these problems according to Ray Downs of The Riverfront Times.
The only "problem" widely reported from Colorado is their increased tax revenue. They are apparently collecting so much money in recreational marijuana taxes that they will legally have to give some of it back due to the state's Taxpayer Bill of Rights. Under that law if the government collects more than expected, it owes taxpayers a refund.
McCaskill, however, isn't talking about the First World problem of having too much money. She's referring to all of the teenagers that can now easily go down to the corner store and buy a joint whereas before legalization only adults knew how to find a person of shady enough character to sell them a bag of the devil weed. Wait, no sorry, that's the opposite of how the world works.
With legal establishments selling marijuana over the counter alongside alcohol that means there are people verifying the age of every customer. In McCaskill's world, though, teens get handed beer all the time and that means they will be handed joints just as easily if legalization hits.
"I guarantee you that there are kids who are getting handed beers everyday. So it's not like those same ones handing them beers aren't gonna hand them a joint. So that, that doesn't work. I'm open to watching and seeing what happens with this but right now, I'm not gonna give you the answer you wanna hear but hopefully you know that's what I do. I'm not gonna tell you I'm for it. But I'm gonna watch carefully and see what happens in Colorado."
The sad truth is they already have the weed. The thing is, when something is prohibited in a way to drive the entire industry underground then the kids are the ones with the easiest access to that industry. That's is not only common sense, but can be seen as true, evidenced throughout the entirety of the Drug War.
It may be time to vote out the 24th wealthiest member of Congress in favor of someone a little more grounded in reality.


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History has been brought to life or resurrected in Carlsbad at the new Green Dragon Tavern & Museum which announced they are finally and officially opening February 12th!
There is nothing quite like it in the city of Carlsbad, nothing that even resembles the large brick colonial building visible from the 5 freeway. The brand new building with ancient motif Green Dragon Tavern & Museum is situated off Palomar Airport road on Paseo del Norte in the coastal community of Carlsbad.
For long time Carlsbad residents the spacious vacant 3 acre lot was the previous to the long gone "Hadley's" market and although the location is prime real estate, the lot had been vacant for at least a decade despite the blossoming growth all around, literally-the world famous Flower Fields are just across the street.
It is not just the facade of the clearly east coast style brick, and iron adorned, pillared tavern that has peeked curiosity around the county, it's also the buzz about what they will have on the inside.
According to recent interviews with the GM John Lek, the Green Dragon is made up of several components; there is the 100 seat Tavern with two story rock fireplace and 30 feet high cathedral ceilings, the more formal 115 seat dining room with custom ornate glass etchings of historical scenes, a large banquet room and private meeting space, a quaint and more eclectic café and the 1,000 square foot open display museum which will feature colonial American historical exhibits.
American history needs to revived on the west coast, believes Lek, who recognizes that the current focus in schools has been predominantly focused on missions and California history, and less focus being given to American history, the united nation that we are. Rarely do children in school get to experience real colonial American history without physically going to the east coast. Catering to local schools is a top priority for the Green Dragon who hopes to also become a destination for tourists visiting Legoland and the Flower Fields in Carlsbad.
Finally- the date has been set for the doors to officially open. Just last Friday Camp Pendleton Marines helped raised the Green Dragon's American flag, and now the public is invited to dinner commencing February 12th. Even though the opening was delayed opting for the date of Lincoln's birthday and around President's Day (and Valentines Day) seems conveniently apropos!
While there are many museums and historical sites to see throughout the San Diego region, the Green Dragon Tavern & Museum in Carlsbad is the only museum specifically devoted to American Colonial history and artifacts.
History has already been made with the establishment of the Green Dragon Tavern & Museum in Carlsbad and lessons already being taught, such as history never gets old, patience is golden and it's what's on the inside that matters the most.
Opening for dinner service initially the GM John Lek hopes to extend their menu and service to include lunch in a matter of weeks. American cuisine with your traditional tavern style comfort fare and seasonal seafood dishes are all planned on the menu. Free flowing conversation, mingling and relishing the historical archives are all encouraged and likely guaranteed with no shortage of conversation pieces sprinkled throughout the expansive lair.
The Green Dragon Tavern & Museum is located at 6115 Paseo del Norte in Carlsbad, the telephone number for reservations is (760) 918-2421


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The Senate is currently debating an aid package to Ukraine. The Senate bill "would provide $1 billion in U.S. loan guarantees to Ukraine and spend more than $100 million to promote democracy and security in that country."
Former Texas representative Ron Paul, in a March 23, 2014, column, writes about the fact that US Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland has admitted that since 1991 the US government has:
"Invested more than 5 billion dollars to help Ukraine...in the development of democratic institutions and skills in promoting civil society and a good form of government."
As Paul states, Nuland was caught on tape just recently planning in detail the overthrow of the Ukrainian government. Apparently, "democracy promotion" means the overthrow of democratically elected governments and bringing to power governments that support U.S. policies.
There has been much misinformation about the recent turmoil in Ukraine. Interestingly, the standard media provide very little information about what really happened in Ukraine. Intercepted telephone messages between Catherine Ashton, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy for the EU and the Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Paet show that the snipers who killed from 70 to 100 demonstrators in Kiev were the same ones that killed some policemen.
According to The Guardian and a number of other publications, the conclusion is that the snipers "were protest movement provocateurs rather than supporters of then-president Viktor Yanukovych."
The most active groups among the protest movement have been the ultra-nationalist Svoboda and Right Sector. The attached video shows Svoboda MPs beating up the Ukrainian TV head and forcing him to resign.
It is interesting that the Congress is going through the motions of providing $1B loan guarantee to Ukraine when Russia claims that Ukraine owes it $16B for gas shipments that have already been delivered. While the EU is considering a bigger aid package, these funds will probably all go to the Russians eventually. In the meantime, the fiction promoted in Washington and Brussels is that Ukraine will become a Western-oriented liberal democracy.


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Ballplayer: Pelotero Movie Reviews
Ballplayer: Pelotero
Release Date: Jul 13, 2012
Genre: DocumentaryDrama
Rating: (NR)
User reviews on Ballplayer: Pelotero
I've been playing ball since I was a little boy and I love all movies about anything and everything baseball. How can you not when it's our nation's most beloved pastime?? The issue in this movie is not how much America loves baseball, but how the players in the league get to where they are. There's a lot of back room dealmaking and maneuvering that goes on that you will definitely find surprising (young men lying about their age just so they can try out) but I guess it all comes with the territory. The interviews of the young men and their families shows that they really love baseball but they also view it as a means to a better life in America where they don't have to live under the cruel shadow of poverty in the Dominican. All in all, this is a fantastic film and everyone who wants to see the human face of the largest minority in American baseball should definitely try to see it. A+
Think this movie is just for baseball fans? Think again! I am no athlete and I usually despise movies about sports teams because they all are about the same thing: a poor, down on its luck team gets a new coach and magically they become champions. Yeah! I mean YAWN. This movie is much MUCH better because it tells the real stories of real players who come from the Dominican, usually when they're no more than 16 to 18 years old and who have to go through all sorts of ordeals just to get on a team. It's a lot like a rags to riches story though not every player is able to enjoy their riches in the way they wanted. I think this is a great movie to see for anyone who wants to know what it's like for players that come from other parts of the world and how that affects the way American fans of the game view or enjoy the game. It's not an easy thing to watch, but it's necessary if you want to know the truth.
My boys love baseball, which is why I knew they would be in love with this movie when we saw it together. It is basically a doc**entary that follows a group of young aspiring baseball players from the Dominican Republic as they try to make it to American big leagues. I wanted my sons to see it so that they realized that the facade of any major league sport is just an illusion and that all the glamour that goes along with it is also an illusion. I'm not trying to get my kids disinterested in sports - not at all - but I would like them to realize that the most important thing is that they just have fun and enjoy themselves. The movie is fascinating and really takes you into the poorest parts of the Dominican so you can see why the players are so desperate to create new lives and careers as MLB players. Of course, only a handful actually make it and I wonder what happens to the ones who don't. Kinda scary to think about.
First of all, let me just say that I am no big fan of baseball. Yea, it's the national pastime and people live and die by the game and their favorite team (I'm talking to you, Boston Red Sox fans) but it's soooooooo boring! Okay? I'm sorry, but it is! Thankfully, this movie is anything BUT boring. It's a really interesting behind-the-scenes look at how the MLB gets so many players from the Dominican Republic. I didn't know it was so competitive and that the players all did things like lie about their ages, identities, or take steroids just to get picked for a roster. According to the movie something like 20 percent of all American baseball players come from the Dominican which shows why young players are so eager to get those contracts and signing bonuses. It's just as cut throat as Hollywood or as Wall Street. John Leguizamo is the narrator, which is fitting because I think he knows a lot about baseball and the Dominican people.
I am a big fan of baseball and I was very excited to see this doc**entary. I liked this film and I think it is worth seeing in the theaters. I thought that the film was well made, well directed and the story was interesting and well edited. The film is warm and compelling and almost cried couple of times but then again I am a bit of a wuss. I liked the subjects of the film and I got really drawn into their lives and their stories. Overall, even if you do not like baseball you will like this movie.
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Release Date: 2011-01-14
Genre: Drama,
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Ned (Liev Schreiber) is in the throes of a mid-life crisis. His work as a writer on an outrageous, semi-pornographic TV show is less than satisfying. His fifteen year old son has just told him he is gay and his eleven year old is afraid of almost everything. To make things worse his wife Jeannie (Helen Hunt), moves her sick and embittered father (Brian Dennehy) from Detroit into their home in NY, which causes even more stress on an already strained marriage. Then sexy female co-worker (Carla Gugino) puts the moves on Ned, and the temptation sends him spiraling. Every Day is about one family's struggle to survive the unexpected curve-balls that are simply part of real life; aging, death, commitment, freedom, love and acceptance.
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Rated 5 out of 5 by SCCoast Perfect! I have been searching for black cast aluminum chaise lounges that would accent our Charleston style garden for quite some time. I was looking for some traditional pieces that would not only be beautiful and hold up to the weather, but could also be utilized without a cushion (living in the humid South can present problems for cushion mildew if one isn't diligent about taking them in or keeping them covered). The Provence chaise lounges fit the bill perfectly. They went together quickly, and they looked stunning by the pool. The double latticework design throughout is very comfortable to sit on for those times when I don't want to pull the cushions out for impromptu sunning. Most cast aluminum chaise lounges these days have metal strapping on the seats, making them unusable without a cushion. The Provence cushions are shaped to match the stylish curve of the chaise back and are extremely comfortable. I am more than pleased with this purchase, and as always, Frontgate's customer service is second to none. April 18, 2016
Rated 3 out of 5 by lleggett Damaged I bought three of these tables. One of them does NOT have coating around all of the edges of the table. December 5, 2013
Rated 1 out of 5 by HappyHikerGirl Damaged, Missing Nuts & Not Simple to Put Together We purchased the sofa, love seat, lounger, ottoman, and two square side tables from Frontgate. We have 4 other Summer Classics wicker pieces and LOVE those items (rocker, lounge chair, ottoman, & glass top table). Given our experience with those items we hoped that the cast aluminum from Summer Classics would be of similar quality, we were wrong. Delivery went well. Everything arrived approximately 6 weeks after purchase, although the ottoman arrived 4 weeks after purchase. I admit, we waited 3 weeks after delivery to put it all together and therefore we could not take corrective action on the following: -Sofa: one arm was scratched and had been cross threaded (Obviously an item that someone had returned after an attempt to assemble the sofa and had damaged the arm). In addition the same arm had difficulties aligning with the holes in the base. My husband had to use the drill to make a hole bigger so that the holes would align for the stem. It took us 2 hours to assemble (with careful removal from packaging, inventorying everything from the box, and drilling). -Love seat: no issues assembling. Took us 30 minutes to assemble (with careful removal from packaging & inventorying everything from the box). -Square tables: one table ZERO issues! Another table: missing all eight nuts - we went to Home Depot to find nuts that fit. Took us 30 minutes to assemble (excluding trip to Home Depot and with careful removal from packaging & inventorying everything from the box). -Chair Lounge: one arm was a little difficult to align with the back and the bottom, but we did it. Took us 30 minutes to assemble (with careful removal from packaging & inventorying everything from the box). -Ottoman: no issues assembling. Took husband 15 minutes to assemble (with careful removal from packaging & inventorying everything from the box).. 4 hours and fifteen minutes to assemble the furniture and my husband is VERY handy - knows his way around tools as do I... I screwed the stems and also tightened nuts... we are both comfortable assembling items. We haven't started using the set as we put it together yesterday and it's 90+ degrees with high humidity here, but have observed the following: -The feet aren't level on the sofa, lounger, & love seat and it's not our slate patio or the garage floor, where we assembled it -There are some imperfections in the cast aluminum, rough spots. NOTE: we own a dining set by Gensun purchased elsewhere and there are no rough spots, that is there are no casting imperfections. I wish we had purchased a Gensun cast aluminum outdoor seating/living set. I will say that the pieces have a significant weight to them, I expect them to last. The Sunbrella fabric is very nice. The design and style of the Provence set is beautiful. It is black with a few minor highlights painted on in a copper/brown color. Given the amount of money we paid for the items, we are very disappointed in the difficulty assembling, the missing parts, the fact that the furniture isn't level, and that there are imperfections in the aluminum casting. The irony of seeing the QA Inspection pass stickers as we struggled with some of the quality of the pieces did not escape us. QA should not allow a scratched sofa arm that is cross threaded to go into a box. QA should not allow a table to be sent with ZERO nuts. QA should ensure that all holes align for easy assembly. Suggestions: assemble immediately to contact Frontgate about issues. Be prepared for lengthy assembly (or hire someone to do it for you) and possibly a trip to Home Depot for parts. OR... do not buy Summer Classics cast aluminum I hope we will enjoy the furniture August 16, 2015
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Provence Loveseat with Cushions by Summer Classics
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Provence Sofa with Cushions by Summer Classics
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Provence Chaise Lounge with Cushions by Summer Classics
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The life of a B Street Theatre School Tour actor isn't particularly glamorous.
As the four-member cast sings in its current production, "Fantasy Festival XXVIII," their shows aren't presented on grand, gilt-edged proscenium stages but in Hefty Bag-strewn black box spaces that double as storage rooms, and on cafeteria floors where every on-the-fly, deep-breath break "backstage" is a reminder that it's "Sloppy Joe Day."
There are no early-evening, red-carpet arrivals, but a series of commuter-traffic-fighting morning calls at more than 100 Northern California schools each season.
And said arrivals aren't facilitated by chauffeur-driven limo, but by a shared trailer-towing van that brings to mind a 16th-century pageant wagon – the kind that brought mystery plays to miracle-hungry villagers throughout England.
But for Sacramento native Tara Henry – who joined the troupe in March following a string of well-reviewed performances for Sacramento Theatre Company, Imprint Theater Works, Capital Stage, Sacramento Shakespeare Festival and other local companies – playing in front of little kids while working with fellow big kids is a miracle come true.
"I've always wanted to work with the B Street's School Tour," said Henry, a Folsom High School grad and California State University, Long Beach alum. "I've always loved kids and it was important to me that I got to perform for them."
Children and adults will have the opportunity to see Henry and castmates Michael Pollock, Kristine David and Cory Buffaloe Saturday at 10 a.m. when the B Street Theatre presents a free public performance of "Fantasy Festival XXVIII" at its midtown playhouse (2711 B St., Sacramento). The "Fantasy Festival XXVIII" tour continues through June 6.
Henry's proven talent as a comic chameleon caught the attention of B Street Artistic Director Buck Busfield and Associate Producer Jerry Montoya when the pair took in her performance as Mrs. Gardiner/Charlotte Lucas in STC's 2013 production of "Pride and Prejudice." They decided she had just the right mix of manic moxie and inspired lunacy that makes for a successful School Tour performer, and invited her to join up.
"The School Tour had a need for someone with experience in multiple-character creation, and the ability to think of different characters on a whim," said Henry.
"Tara's reputation preceded her," said Greg Alexander, director of "Fantasy Festival XXVIII." "(B Street Theatre company member) Michael Stevenson directed her in 'Pride and Prejudice' at STC and sang her praises, so I was glad to hear she was on board for 'Fantasy Festival XXVIII.' The challenge with these school tour shows is to make each character you play distinct and believable. Because there are many pieces with multiple characters – in this case six short plays – it can be a daunting task for the actor."
In this year's "Fantasy Festival" plays – chosen from the more than 300 B Street Theatre playwriting contest entries written by Northern California elementary and middle school students – Henry plays a teacher ("The Folded Paper Mystery" by Holden Vigna, Williamson Elementary, Rancho Cordova), a "snotty" little rich girl ("The Teleporter" by Diana Vang, Ilynne Xiong and Carina Candelario, Sierra Enterprise Elementary, Elk Grove), Greek deities Aphrodite and Hades ("The Greek Teaching" by River Swanson and Jonny Apodaca, Crocker-Riverside Elementary, Sacramento), a chicken named Sally ("Could You Bring Me Some Eggs" by Lilly Lo, Taylor Street Elementary, Sacramento), a schoolyard bully ("The Folded Paper Mystery" by Holden Vigna, Williamson Elementary, Rancho Cordova), and a riding crop-wielding dentist ("Cavity Troubles" by Michelle Ivanov and Lyuda Skidan, Gateway Community Outreach Academy, North Highlands) Alexander describes as "part-Tim Curry, and part-Julie Andrews."
"She's fearless," Alexander said. "She completely abandons herself to each role. Her physicalization of the characters is amazing. Sally the Chicken is worth the price of admission. She's a force."
Those familiar with the B Street's well-chosen family of actors, knows Busfield is a master of chemistry who consistently demonstrates that casting talent and directors is as important as play selection.
To her delight, Henry's personal goal to participate in theater that motivates social change, that entertains, and that expands a child's imagination is one shared by Alexander and other B Street vets. His personal directorial style also suits her, she said.
"Greg is one of my favorite directors," said Henry. "He's good with kids, he's level-headed, and allows his actors the freedom to create. He's the perfect director to have."
Alexander's praise for Henry is echoed by School Tour veteran Michael Pollock who said her humor-leavened work ethic has proven invaluable to her newfound band of B Street brothers and sisters.
"Tara is wonderful to work with," said Pollock. "She is very funny, especially when she says, "Too soon?" after a joke. She is also tough and supportive of her fellow castmates. This tour is fun, but very rigorous, and there have been many long days and countless times a well-placed quip from Tara or a timely pat on the back has helped me to have a better and brighter day. I feel very lucky to have her as my co-worker and friend."
Henry says "rigorous" is an understatement. With as many as three separate school stops per day, the School Tour schedule is a marathon made up of a series of wind sprints. The actors must adhere to a basic training-like lifestyle in order to survive.
"We're busy, that's for sure," Henry said. "It's been one of the most energy-filled things I've done – we're always on the go. I have to get eight hours of sleep, eat breakfast, and make sure I'm physically capable of constant movement. Each show is like a 45-minute cardio workout. Though some rooms are air-conditioned, some aren't and it's important to stay well-hydrated. We have to make sure we take care of our bodies."
To that end, not only is the action onstage well choreographed, but every offstage moment as well. Henry said she has programmed every opportunity to catch her breath, take a gulp of water, wipe a brow, and switch character gears (along with costume changes) into her between-scene routine.
Henry's sense of humor – well showcased in "Fantasy Festival XXVIII" and in such previous shows as Sac Shakes' 2012 production of "Comedy of Errors" (as the tongue-wagging twins) – also keeps her (and her fellow actors) going. Pollock isn't the only colleague to say that Henry's talent for lifting spirits surpasses even her ability to hoist scenery flats.
"Tara is such a blast to be on the road with," said Kristine David, who returns this year for her second tour of "Fantasy Festival" duty. "She loves to take tons of pictures and makes fun of herself by saying, 'What a freaking tourist!' She is always hilarious and incredibly hard working."
Henry said she's definitely blessed to have found a role within the B Street's School Tour team.
"I'm lucky to be in the group we do," said Henry. "The comments we've received have been so positive; it's rare to find a group that works together so well. That sense of family is definitely picked up by kids and teachers.
"It's a harmonious blend of awesomeness."
And as challenging as her current role can be sometimes, Henry said she wouldn't have it any other way, and hopes her relationship with B Street continues.
"They're so set on community development, and in seeing that kids have artistic growth – I hope I can continue with them," said Henry who, until recently, had to maintain a less-than-fulfilling office job to make ends meet. "Now, I get a pay check while effecting social change. I feel like I have a life-purpose now and that's a pretty cool thing. I feel like I've found my calling."
· WHAT: 5 plays written by children, performed for children by professional actors.
· WHEN: March 17 - June 6, 2014 in pre-scheduled schools with an added public performance at 10 a.m. May 3, 2014
· WHERE: B Street Theatre, 2711 B St., Sacramento, Calif.
· COST: Public Performance - Free
· MORE INFORMATION: www.bstreettheatre.org/school-tours | (916) 442-5635 (Outreach/Education office)