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we had a similar experience with guide Joseph on 10/22 in the morning touring historial sites. He was lack luster, with one word responses . Build as a "history teacher " he was dull ! dull dull. Very disappointing.
we had a similar experience with guide Joseph on 10/22 in the morning touring historial sites. He was lack luster, with one word responses . Build as a "history teacher " he was dull ! dull dull. Very disappointing.
We took this tour last weekend with family. Our tour guide was very knowledgeable and it was clear that he loves what he does. The tour lasted a little over an hour. I recommend this tour if you want to learn more about the history of Galveston Island.
My husband and I went on this tour while on our honeymoon. We were actually the only people on the tour at the time but we had a great time. The driver, Joseph, was very knowledgeable about the island and its history. He spoke very clearly and told interesting stories about the people who founded Galveston and the history of... More
This is kind of a layed back tour, guided by a long time local who know the story of Galveston Island. First of all the tour begins at the Tourist Information Office behind the Moody Mansion. The person in the Office will can the driver and tell him how many riders he has. He arrives with a 8-10 seater golf... More
Thank you Jacab for being a wonderful tour guide. I grew up in Houston and have taken numerous trips to Galveston. I didn't know about the golf cart tour until my brother and wife, who are from Duncanville, Texas, came to Galveston to celebrate their wedding anniversary in February 2013. The tour was fantastic and will defintely tell others!
This tour was great! My mother, myself, and my two children learned so much about Galveston on this tour. It would have been such a shame if we had not gone on the tour. It made us want to stay and explore Galveston longer. Thank you to our tour guide, and if you are thinking about booking this tour don't... More
First off- we did not even get on the tour. So this review is only about our experience with the people who ran it. We called the night before to make reservations. Got there and signed in 30 minutes early. Went to load...and there were too many people for the tour. The tour guide asked who made reservations...us and one... More
My husband and I took this tour with the tree sculptures in mind. The additional views were an added bonus. We were able to find a cool diner due to the tour as well. It is the Star Drugstore. It has a traditional soda fountan feel. We at there after the trip and loved the food. It is worth the... More
This is a 1.5 hour tour on a golf cart around the east end of Galveston (the historical section, including the Strand, mansions, and tree carvings. The tour is chock full of current tidbits on where locals gather and eat as well as historic information. This is a great, low cost tour.
Jacob does an excellent job--above expectations. Our entire group said it was one of the best tours they have ever experienced.
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3 pc. Socket Rack Set Brings Organization You Can Count On
Whether you're a seasoned mechanic or a weekender with a bit of talent behind the wrench, the Craftsman 3 pc. socket rack set keeps your workspace, tool box and trays in order. Featuring a total of 28 studs between three racks, this set is ready to take hold of sockets that are ordinarily rolling around your toolbox and getting lost.
Ready to suit 1/4, 3/8 and 1/2 inch drives, each rack sets up both in the shop and on the road, and built from a tough plastic frame, they're stronger and more durable than their flimsy metal counter parts, so you can count on each for years of solid service. A great way to know exactly where your tools are when you're working, this 3 pc. socket rack set combines a solid grip and easy to sort, sliding action so you can rifle through it fast, and keep the job moving forward. Serious organization at a simple price, this set delivers every time you reach for it. Stock up and start saving time in the shop.
- Craftsman 3 pc. Socket Rack Set includes: 1/4, 3/8 and 1/2 in. racks
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I bought an even quantity of the socket racks from Craftsman, and also from **************. First impression is that the HF socket holders are a little sloppy. The Craftsman one's are tight. I keep my tools in bags, and carry them remote often. Lifting the heavy bags is hard on the rails, causing bending and flexing. Several of the HF one's broke in half where the Craftsman are all still like new. Great product.
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Have tried the traditional metal clip racks but they tend to be flimsy and sharp. These do not suffer from any of these faults. They are plastic, but they are a very rigid durable plastic and should hold up well to use. Even when loaded with 13 deep impact sockets (very heavy) the rack does not bend or flex when held from one end. The metric versions do get dirty pretty quick though since the finish on them is very matte which isn't so relevant with the SAE (black) versions. If the plastic was a bit more polished they would be far easier to keep clean though I suppose they would look scratched a lot faster. The big benefit in my opinion over other racks are that these are completely customizable. You can remove the clips you don't need which makes it very easy when cleaning up to tell if you are missing a socket. I purchased a total of 24 of these along with the 176 piece socket set and the 55 piece impact socket set and they keep everything nice and tidy and easy to find the right socket when you need it. Buy an extra one to keep your conversion and swivel adapters and even your extension bars from rolling around as well.
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The sockets fit onto these holders securely but they also release for use quickly. I have had the light weight aluminum holders in the past, but the plastic set beats them all.
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Holds sockets tight, several sets ratling around in a bag together.
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I bought some of these so I could keep my sockets organized. The ability to take the studs off and add them to other racks is great. Most socket racks come with 10 studs per rack, but how many socket sets have 10 pieces? With these racks you can add more to the rack to get the perfect number of studs to get an entire socket set on one rack. For $4ish per rack, you can't beat it. They also have them in gray so you keep your metrics on one color and SAE's on another.
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I was looking to organize my toolbox, everytime I take my toolbox somewhere my sockets roll around in the drawers and I can never find anything. This tool holds the sockets in order and in place.
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Best socket rails I have ever used.
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These will probably not be your ultimate solution, but they can be a very useful nevertheless. They're an adequate substitute for drawer trays, but get very expensive if you have a lot of sockets. It will take a good number of these rails and many packages of studs, at five per package, to fit all of your sockets! The only labeling you will get is that which is on your sockets themselves. If you keep your sockets in a 20" tool box, these are a good bet. The rails are stiff and the sockets stay put. They are, however, a bit short and will not hold a full range of 1/2" sockets. In any case, only eight studs are included. Gray rails for metric sockets can be handy to have! Ball detents in the studs can rust, but not easily. You can mix and match studs sizes on the rail. Best use is to throw studs and sockets from your drawer onto one or more rails and put into your 'go box' when you take your tools with you to the salvage yard or to attempt an in situ repair somewhere away from your shop.
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It does what it is supposed to. I have no use for the small ones and will have to get more of the bigger ones, but other than that no issues.
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Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Spring is in the hair!
Houston, we have peach fuzz!
Von is officially through the really rough part of the treatment program. It's only been 6 months, and even though we still have three years to go, we're feeling just grand about graduating into the maintenance stage.
It means we can travel a bit more as a family, enjoy some crowds and outdoor activities, have fewer weekly hospital visits, and as an added bonus, Von is growing hair. No more stares or commentaries on his appearances from other little kids in the cereal isle.
If you were needing a haircut and putting it off, consider a celebratory haircut in Von's honor, now that he will be growing some of his own.
10 comments:
- Tim Rovenstine said...
I am very glad to read this report. Congratulations to you and to Von.
- May 14, 2009 at 4:09 AM
So glad to hear your family can live a little more normally! Love the picture! Gap! Cool kid!
Tammy D. - May 14, 2009 at 5:57 AM
- Marlita said...
Yay! What good news, especially the part about you traveling more. Maybe we can see you soon. Tell Von I think he looks cool without hair, but peach fuzz is cool too.
- May 14, 2009 at 6:00 AM
- Marlita said...
Hi Von! hope you get more fuzz it is so cool I hope you come and see me! love evi
- May 14, 2009 at 6:24 AM
- Oma Roberta said...
What a smile! On our faces as well! Grateful to the Lord who heals and restores. Von, you are lookin' good, buddy, and Oma would love to rub that fuzz! Hugs and kisses.
- May 14, 2009 at 6:40 AM
- jennifer... said...
That's really great news! And if GAP decides to market porta-caths as a new fashion trend, they have their model. CUTE KID!
- May 14, 2009 at 7:54 AM
Awesome! I'll shave my head today in Von's honor. My own peach fuzz is out-of-control. Here's to Von having a full head of hair again soon! And here's to your part of the Rovenstine clan getting out more as a family! Von looks great, and Oma Roberta is right--great smile!
- May 14, 2009 at 8:30 AM
- Robin said...
rock on little man!
I think that you (Von) look incredibly handsome without hair, but I know you will look just as handsome with your new soft locks! - May 18, 2009 at 10:29 AM
- Design Chicks said...
Yeeaah!!! That's so awesome! We still pray for Von every night during bedtime prayers. It's awesome to see God answering our prayers. :)
- May 20, 2009 at 6:58 PM
Von, congratulations on the Peach Fuzz. It will be replaced soon by handsome hair, just wait.
Congratulations to the family too, being able to resume a somewhat normal life.
Take care,
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Hi Zou Thanks , yeah a time limit is good, as I'm trying to be quicker and not get bogged down in detail Art school? nice! any art education is better than none! I missed having structured lessons so I've treated myself to Jason Seilers Caricature course on Schoolism for Christmas (the self-taught one, took advantage of the discount. Watched the first lesson today and it's awesome! A great supplement to your course I guess if you haven't already checked them out.
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Scientists are unsure whether fish samples were tainted by researchers on the boat or in the laboratory. The fish were collected and dissected off Los Angeles, Palos Verdes Peninsula and Huntington Beach, shown above.
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Scientists who reported discovering feminized fish in the Pacific Ocean off Southern California now say the findings were based erroneously on samples accidentally contaminated by researchers.
The 2005 discovery received worldwide attention because it was the first and only time that intersex animals – a phenomenon when males exposed to hormone-like pollutants have ovary-like testes that grow eggs – were found in the ocean. At the time, the half-male, half-female flatfish were linked to massive sewage outfalls off Los Angeles and Orange counties.
But when scientists at the Southern California Coastal Water Research Project returned to the same locations to test several hundred more fish, they didn't find any egg-growing males. So last November they retested the original fish samples, and reread the pathology report, and realized that the eggs found on the males were not actually inside their testes.
Steven Bay, head toxicologist at the government-funded research institution, said they apparently were "stray eggs." Some of the females' eggs apparently dropped onto the male fish tissues. Bay said he is unsure whether the cross-contamination occurred on the boat, where the turbot and sole were collected and dissected off Los Angeles, Palos Verdes Peninsula and Huntington Beach, or in the laboratory.
"What happened, when we interpreted the report, we weren't careful in reading the pathologist's words," Bay said. "The problem was in my group not interpreting the report with as much caution as they should have. The hints were there."
Other scientists who do similar work with fish said they were surprised by the mistake. It's a sign that the tissue dissection or processing, perhaps most likely in the field, was "sloppy."
"If the knife was not cleaned between samples and people were sloppy then they may have contaminated the testes samples. I guess the best thing to do in this situation is to accept that this is what happened. Very unfortunate," said Karen Kidd, a biology professor and Canada Research Chair at University of New Brunswick who researches hormone disruption in freshwater fish.
Emerging over the past 20 years, research that connects hormone-mimicking pollutants to feminizing effects in wildlife and people around the world has been highly controversial.
Joseph Gully, supervising environmental scientist at the Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts, called the mistake "a bit of a disaster."
Gully said the false feminized fish "triggered a lot of concern and a lot of effort" by the local sewage agencies, which were so worried that they funded a $750,000 follow-up study of 600 more fish in 2006. "We couldn't figure out why [intersex fish] were there one year and not the next. It is somewhat encouraging that we don't have the results we first thought we had."
Altered hormones in ocean fish
Despite the error, the Southern California scientists said their new peer-reviewed, published research confirms that bottom-dwelling ocean fish are highly exposed to hormone-disrupting chemicals off Los Angeles and Orange counties. Other more subtle signs of altered hormones were confirmed – including reduced estrogen levels in male turbot near the sites where wastewater is discharged.
Every day, billions of gallons of treated sewage from the two counties are discharged into the ocean via three outfalls, or ocean pipelines, that extend two to five miles offshore. The discharge includes women's natural estrogen as well as manmade, hormone-like substances from birth control pills and consumer products.


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So, what do you do? Or...want to do...Or working at? yeah =)
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Majoring in computer science. What exactly in computer science, well thats still up in the air. I support myself by work for a Media Group.
I am not bothered by the fact that I am unknown. I am bothered when I do not know others.
11-04-2005 #3
Well, Im doing nothing right now.. but I might be getting some car wash job. It's $10 an hour but only 2 - 3 days a week. But thats still good. When summer comes around im going to temporarily work at Marc's which is just a grocery store. I'll just be a stocker.
11-05-2005 #4
I am a student. I do not expect on changing my professions until they build the LOWES here.
"When you mess with the best you fall like the rest"
Hey read this>>> http://ps3forums.com/viewtopic.php?t=399
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I am a student taking Multimedia Graphics Design, plus many Audio Video courses as well.
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Im a student doing Computing : Software Development just now, fun stuff!
Im also S/E programmer, done a bit of programming here and there for some people
Also helped with peoples websites, Google being one , i love Google, in the API developers program
I intend on becoming a games programmer, designer, audio/visual whatever lol, although mostly programmer and designer, i prefer that, and thats why im doing this course and Game Technology after it
I may get a summer job or something next summer, depends, not too sure yet
I was thinking of getting one just now, but the times are all messed up sadly...I have no signature.
No, really, i don't. You're just imagining this.
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Im working at a local electronics store, tvs, music, sound systems, car multimedia, games ect. I am also studying at TAFE (australian college) to get into the army some time in the future.
If you can read this, thank a teacher, if you can read this in English, thank a soldier.
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I work at a restaurant while I goto college.
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I am a network engineer, the business I work for looks after Medical Centres, so I get alot of access to some really sensitive information and plus on the side I pick up work in what ever from home network installations to Website design.
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... I .. work as a secretary for a car parts manufacturing/distrubuting company. While I go to High School as a Senior. ... though.. I sleep and play solitaire a lot at work.. though.. on the side I make shirts and I'm working towards makeup artistry. =) just for fun though. BUTTTT... I need to take a class on bartending because I want to do that when im 21 as for idk. I just like to have fun.
11-08-2005 #13
im still in high school, but im getting a job at the local movie theatre. i should start next week.
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Network Operator for one of the worlds largest web-hosting providers. I'm also starting a software devlopment house on the side while going to college for a business degree.
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My first job was when I worked at Toys R Us (I was 14)
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Now I run support sites for teens.
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I was a vendor for Homedepot but got laid off, found me a temp job as an unloader at Wal-Mart but just got hired by the city so I'll be quitting Wal-Mart soon. Hopefully within 2 years I can get on with an electric company and work towards my electrician license.
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I'm unemployed. One day, I hope to be a music composer/arranger.
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Right now im studing computer design and drafting at ITT-Tech, and making game with the game developent and design club( with the Unreal Engine)
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my name is doug, and i pwn nubs for a living. i am also a hired mercenary so if anyone wouldliek to get someone back i'll be happy to "BOOM HEADSHOT" them.
meet me in cs or on my webiste purepwnage.com
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11-09-2005 #21
I'm unemployed right now but I will be a weather person or Storm chaser. If I can't do that then I will be a computer programmer or video game maker.
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as for FPS Doug, BOOOOOOM HEADSHOT!!!!!!
I work at Gamestop right now (definately the BEST place on earth to work, i mean i LOOK FoRWARD to going to work!!) not to mention that i have a really cool manager who passes out 10 dollar gift certificates out like every week, i know, i have it tough haha. and when im not there, im at college getting my degree in web/graphic design. yippee and thats me in a nutshell. oh and by the waay, i dunno if im the only person to notice, but this website is horrible for college students, ive been late to almost every class cuz i lose track of time on this site I LOVE IT!!!!@@@"Yea, I work for PSU...wanna fight about it?"
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Armin van Buuren at Glow!Get your tickets NOW on clubglow.com before they sell out! $35 presale, higher at the door!
This event is being held at Fur Nightclub in Washington DC, open to all persons ages 18+.
Armin van Buuren at Club GLOW DC w/ Jerome Isma Ae — This Tuesday!
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Tuesday Nights at Lima are College Nights! Lima's only 18+ night!
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Lima Tuesdays are the perfect way to get out and party in the middle of the week. Its a chill spot with three levels, three bars, two dancefloors, two djs, and a relaxing outdoor patio. Sip on a mojito in the cool night air, rock out to DJ Tektronics on the dancefloor downstairs, lounge around the main level bar, or bust a move on the latin floor. There's a million ways to enjoy a Tuesday Night at one of the finest DC Nightclubs.
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A candid interview with Marcus Schossow before his show on Saturday at Glow!
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Marcus Schossow at glow washington DCIt's very difficult to put this producer in a particular category on any level. Marcus Schossow exudes an independent, out-of-the ordinary personality with a forth right tongue with a facetious twist that had me laughing quite a bit. He seems like he knows what he wants at the age of 24, and doesn't seem to care about the title of a DJ/producer but more is about anyone, from a music addict to the occasional club drifter, enjoying his tunes. Marcus has been producing since he was 14 yrs old and has turned quite a few heads from artists like Ferry Corsten, Pete Tong, Armin Van Buuren, and Sander K. Schossow got the project to do a remix for the classic track, Carte Blanche. This task was quite challenging for him as he was trying to find the right balance of the modification without stripping the original mix apart.
Speaking of Marcus's distinctiveness, his first debut album title "Outside the Box" validates my claims to his progressive personality and way of thinking. This CD was experimental and Schossow admits himself that he doesn't really like any particular genre or does what he believes in doing and not what others say. Maybe it runs in the family genes as to where Marcus gets his artistic outlet in music, "My dad is in a band and we always had a little music room at our place. I remember being you and was fascinated by the pads that came out of an old Roland synth. I guess that's where the true passion started [for me]. If I wasn't doing this I would probably be a chef or a writer of some kind. I need to be creative. "
Since his career has advanced full tilt, I asked what the apex of his career was so far, "I believe there are no peaks. It doesn't matter if you play for 100,000 people or 80, you still have to deliver and keep your feet on the ground. I think the true peak for me is that I can be on tour and still keep up the studio work. Not many can do that. Hence, the 59487548 million ghost producers out there to various superstar DJ's. "On that note, what is going on in the production world of Marcus? I'll let him tell us, "The music side, I've got a new thing with Leon Bolier out right now which is going crazy in the charts. I've also got a new tune called "Genre This" which will be out in a months or so. And I've been testing it out a few times, and every time I play it people come and ask "WTF is this? [So] Expect a banger!" [Smiles]
Something that was significant for Marcus recently-was that his radio show, "Tone Diary" is now airing in Brazil. "Tone Diary been going on for over 2 years and I'm really happy to see that we have finally reached Brazil! Not only is it a wonderful place, but also an interesting place as there is both European and American influences on what's going on there regarding the music scene. I can't wait to show them what I have for them." Honoring his New Year's Resolution, Marcus also shares with me that he is working on a second album. For the WMC, Marcus is playing with Markus Schulz on Tuesday at the Official Opening Party and on Wednesday, with Andy Moor at the AVA Recordings party.
For Schossow many artists inspire him, "Trentemoller, the producers behind Sasha, Danny Howells, 16bit Lolitas, James Holden and the list could go on forever!" As for what's in his CD player at the moment, his tongue in cheek response was "CD's" at first, but then answered, "Right now, I'm digging the new mix CD from Anjunadeep."
As many had heard about Marcus's run in with Deadmau5, I wanted to know the full story behind the "deadrat6" story and if it was a publicity stunt. Marcus responded, "Hahahaha, you have to come with way more bribes to get that story off me!" So I bribed him with a copy of Deadmau5's latest album, do you think he took the bribe? I guess we will see as he visits CLUB GLOW this Saturday, March 27th. For Schossow he anticipates his arrival, "Yeah, I'm super excited! First time in Washington! My good friend Casey a.k.a Breakfast lives around there, so I have heard loads about it!
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Club Glow is held every Thursday night at Lima Restaurant and Lounge and every Saturday at Fur Nightclub. For the past 11 years, Glow has brought the biggest names in electronic dance music to the best DC nightclubs, and is the leader in DC Nightlife.
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Lima's Four Year Anniversary Celebration is this Thursday!
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Its hard to believe its been four years since Lima first opened its doors back in 2006. Since those early days, Lima has grown to be the talk of the town. Featuring the best in fine dining, great happy hours, and great clubbing. Its one of the best DC Restaurants and one of the best DC Nightclubs, and we're proud to be a part of the Lima experience.
Come celebrate this Thursday with local legend and long-time Glow Resident Dan Sampson playing the best in House and Dance. With a friendly accent and a smile on his face, Dan Sampson has charmed his way to the top of the DC Nightclub scene, headlining at venues all over the city. Dan has also opened for just about every major DJ in the world including Armin van Buuren, Tiesto, and Oakenfold, just to name a few.
Come get dinner beforehand from the Glow Fixed Price menu. $35 gets you a 3 course, 5 star dinner, plus free admission to the big party afterwards. Check out the special fixed price menu here on the Glow fan page.
Lima Restaurant and Lounge is an upscale venue located at 1401 K St. in Northwest Washington DC. This event is strictly 21+. Proper ID and attire is required.
Dirty South takes over GLOW on Saturday!
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Get discounted admission with this printed flyer!This Saturday, brace yourself for a killer night of House, Electro, and Dance as Dirty South takes over the dancefloor!
Besides the successes he has had on his own, with releases like "It's Too Late", "Let It Go", "The End" and "Alamo", Dirty South has joined forces with some of best producers in the world and created anthems such as "Open Your Heart" with Axwell and "How Soon Is Now" with David Guetta and Sebastian Ingrosso. On the remix tip, Dirty South has given the remix treatment to some of the most recognisable names in the music industry including U2, Snoop Dogg, Tracey Thorn, Depeche Mode, David Guetta and Josh Wink.
Dirty South is awesome, and has always packed the club. Do not miss this show!
Glow is held every Saturday night at Fur Nightclub DC and every Thursday night at Lima Restaurant and Lounge DC.
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Come check it out this Saturday to see what the buzz is all about. You'll find hundreds of partiers rocking out on all the different floors to all the different music styles. From the old school in the basement to the hip hop and dance on the main floor, from latin upstairs in the bedroom to the international and house up in the VIP, Ultrabar redefines the clubbing experience in DC!
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Eric Prydz at Glow Thursday @ Lima!
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Tweet Eric Prydz at Club Glow Washington DC One of the biggest DJs in the world, Eric Prydz, is coming to Lima this Thursday to absolutely destroy the dancefloor. His best known hits, including Pjanoo, Proper Education, On/Off (as Cirez D), his infamous Call On Me, and sooo many more. Eric Prydz is on a [...]


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September 17, 2012
by Jaime Daremblum
Last month in London, Mexico's Olympic soccer team won gold by defeating its Brazilian counterpart, 2-1. The victory gave Mexico its first-ever trophy in a major international soccer tournament (apart from the 1999 Confederations Cup), and it proved that the soccer gap between Latin America's two largest countries is shrinking, with Mexico catching up on the region's traditional powerhouse. The Olympic final also became ametaphor for the recent performance of the Mexican and Brazilian economies.
After growing by 7.5 percent in 2010, Brazil ran into a series of headwinds last year, including a slowdown in China (its largest trading partner), a sharp rise in its national currency (which depressed exports), and a worsening of the European debt crisis. The country grew by 2.7 percent in 2011 and by a measly 0.1 percent in the first quarter of 2012. On August 31, the Brazilian government announced that second-quarter growth was only 0.4 percent, prompting Reuters to note that "Brazil may struggle to reach the market's average expectations for 1.7 percent GDP growth for 2012."
Mexico, meanwhile, grew by 3.9 percent last year, and analysts expect it to grow by around 3.75 percent this year, according to the latest monthly survey by the Mexican central bank. (Barclays is more bullish, predicting
that the country's 2012 growth rate will reach 4 percent.) Mexico's car industry has been thriving, and its rapidly expanding middle class now represents a majority of the national population.
Not only is Mexico outpacing Brazil in short-term growth, its long-term economic trajectory is looking better, as well. Last month, economists at the Japanese bank Nomura projected that Mexico would grow at an average rate of 4.25 percent to 4.75 percent during the next ten years, while Brazilian growth would average 2.75 percent to 3.25 percent. If the Nomura forecast proved accurate, and if the coming decade brought high growth in Mexico and low growth in Brazil, then Mexico (current population: 114 million) would have a bigger economy than Brazil (194 million) by 2022.
Just a few years ago, things seemed quite different. Mexico was mired in sluggish growth, and Brazil was the undisputed superstar of Latin America. (It officially surpassed Mexico in terms of GDP size back in 2005.) The biggest explanation for their divergent fortunes was China: Brazilian growth was being boosted by Chinese commodity demand, and Mexican growth was being hampered by Chinese labor competition. Indeed, the world's largest country was ravenously consuming Brazilian exports, and its domestic labor costs were much lower than Mexico's.
But now Chinese labor costs are rising, and Mexico's manufacturing sector is far more competitive. In 2002, the Chinese-Mexican manufacturing wage gap was 237 percent. In 2010, it was only 13.8 percent. During the next several years, the gap may disappear altogether.
Yes, the drug war remains a huge problem for Mexico, but the country's total number of homicides—including its total number of drug-related homicides—declined significantly in the first half of 2012 compared with the first half of 2011. There has been an especially large decline in onetime murder capital Ciudad Juárez, which boasted 215,000 export-sector jobs as of June, versus only 166,000 three years earlier. One could also argue that persistence of serious drug violence makes Mexico's recent economic growth all the more impressive: According to the New York Times, the Mexican finance ministry "has estimated that the violence shaves at least 1 percentage point from GDP growth."
While the drug warfare has undoubtedly hurt Mexico's global reputation, Brazil actually has a higher national murder rate. In July, Brazilian sociologist Julio Jacobo Waiselfisz published a study showing that Brazil's youth murder rate had increased by an astounding 346 percent between 1980 and 2010. "The numbers in Waiselfisz's study rank Brazil as the fourth-worst among 91 countries when it comes to youth homicides, behind El Salvador, Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago," noted the Associated Press. More recently, on September 3, the Rio-based newspaper O Globo reported that Brazil had witnessed 22 homicides over the previous two months that were linked to its October 2012 municipal elections, and that, in response, more than 400 Brazilian towns had requested federal police assistance.
Clearly, both countries are struggling to combat violent crime, and both countries need better legal institutions. Both countries also suffer from structural economic weaknesses that call for bold political leadership. There have been encouraging signs that Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff and Mexican president-elect Enrique Peña Nieto (who takes office in December) are willing to provide that leadership. But making the necessary reforms will be difficult.
It is important to remember that the challenges facing economic reformers in Brazil and steeper than those facing reformers in Mexico. Indeed, when it comes to promoting economic freedom and a good business climate, Mexico is way ahead of the South American giant. In the Heritage Foundation's 2012 Index of Economic Freedom, Mexico ranks 54th and Brazil 99th. In the World Bank's 2012 Ease of Doing Business Index, Mexico ranks 53rd and Brazil 126th.
As for education, both countries have achieved success with conditional cash-transfer programs that incentivize parents to keep their children in school, and yet both are still plagued by low test scores and high dropout rates. That said, in the OECD's 2009 Program for International Student Assessment test, Mexican students outscored their Brazilian peers by significant margins in all three test categories (reading, math, and science). And in the World Economic Forum's newly released 2012-13 Global Competitiveness Report, Mexico ranks ahead of Brazil for the quality of primary education, the quality of math and science education, and overall educational quality.
There has been no shortage of euphoric commentary about the rise of Brazil. Perhaps journalists should spend more time exploring the rise of Mexico.
Ambassador Jaime Daremblum is a Hudson Institute Senior Fellow and directs the Center for Latin American Studies.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A spokesman for John Kasich says the Ohio governor and former U.S. House budget chairman has urged both sides in the partial federal government shutdown to swiftly end the stalemate.
Rob Nichols said Kasich has spoken to U.S. House Speaker John Boehner, a fellow Ohio Republican, and to the White House, and both sides agreed a quick resolution is important.
Kasich was House budget chair during the 28-day federal government shutdown of 1995-96, amid another budget impasse between Republicans and a Democratic president, Bill Clinton.
Nichols said state agency heads told Kasich during Friday's cabinet meeting that their agencies felt few shutdown effects this week, aside from impacts on federally-funded Ohio National Guard workers. He said Ohio laid groundwork during the automatic spending cuts known as sequestration that braces for additional federal funding cuts or limits.
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A "brilliant and provocative" (The New Yorker) celebration of Melville's masterpiece—from the bestselling author of In the Heart of the Sea One of the greatest American novels finds its perfect contemporary champion in Why Read Moby-Dick?, Nathaniel Philbrick's enlightening and entertaining tour through Melville's classic. As he did in his National Book Award–winning bestseller In the Heart of the Sea, Philbrick brings a sailor's eye and an adventurer's passion to unfolding the story behind an epic American journey. He skillfully navigates Melville's world and illuminates the book's humor and unforgettable characters—finding the thread that binds Ishmael and Ahab to our own time and, indeed, to all times. An ideal match between author and subject, Why Read Moby-Dick? will start conversations, inspire arguments, and make a powerful case that this classic tale waits to be discovered anew. "Gracefully written [with an] infectious enthusiasm…"—New York Times Book Review "Exuberant."--Boston Globe "Brilliant and provocative…"—The New Yorker "[A] slim, passionate manifesto…"—Chicago Tribune "A slim, easy-to-read argument on why you should definitely put [Moby-Dick] on your bucket list."—History Wire "WHY READ MOBY-DICK? reels in a compelling case… short, lucid, intelligent… Philbrick's more like a literary color analyst, helping readers see the novel better while also creating a sense of excitement about it."—Milwaukee Journal Sentinel "This slender volume is packed with reasons why you might want to read the whaling classic." —Minneapolis Star-Tribune "This slender, pleasant, sincere book by the maritime historian and naval enthusiast is more than a respectable tribute unencumbered by academic prose. Approaching Moby-Dick from outside the academy is refreshing, and Philbrick's enthusiasm is contagious….So put me down for a reading of Moby-Dick in 2012, and count Philbrick's book a success."—The New Republic "Philbrick does the literary world great service by bringing Moby-Dick back into popular attention and also by his skill in keeping American history fresh and alive."—Aspen Daily News "Sure to swell the readership of Melville's masterpiece."—Booklist (Starred review) "In this cogent and passionate polemic for Melville's masterpiece, Philbrick… combines a critical eye and a reader's adoration to make a case for Moby-Dick… Less lit-crit and more readers' guide, this tome will remind fans why they loved the book in the first place, and whet the appetites of trepid potential readers."—Publishers Weekly "A slim celebration of the elements of a literary masterpiece…Philbrick is an enthusiastic salesman for a sometimes daunting novel."—Kirkus "So you liked Philbrick's In the Heart of the Sea, which re-created the wreck of the whaleship Essex, inspiration for Herman Melville's Moby-Dick? Then you'll love Philbrick's new book… From a wonderful and knowing writer."—Library Journal, pre-pub alert |
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on its knees? not really it can keep acceptable framerates on everything with max settings, maybe not 60 fps, but 30 in pretty much every game
As far as I know and I am aware, the architecture of Tesla is a "little" different from the one of a gaming card. Heck, even the Quadro series is a little different from gaming cards. So I won't be in a hurry in comparing this Titan with Tesla just yet, even is some of the specs coincide...
There are many complaints about the pricetag but people have to keep in mind, the desktop market doesn't rule electronics anymore. I expected flagship gpus as well as other components to go up. They simply are not going to sell as much of these components as they have in years past.
30 FPS is acceptable if it's consistent. And don't flame bait, you really don't need to mention consoles in there as they pretty much work the same as a locked down PC. I think this card is awesome even if it only performs +75% of GTX 680. Although I would never buy it at $900. I just refuse to pay that much for a video card regardless of its performance.
The architecture of the GeForce, Quadro and Tesla cards are literally identical. The only differences are driver optimizations and the fact that with Quadro and Tesla cards, nVidia doesn't artificially limit the Double Precision FP operations like they do with their GeForce cards. Beyond those differences (and usually the amount of memory as well) of the drivers and artificial limitations, the actual architecture of the GPU is literally identical.
First of all, I love Nvidia gives us faster cards, and I'm a big fan of Kepler when it comes to gaming tbh, and since I never said otherwise, I assume that part was not for me. Unless this is an enthusiast site....
Wouldn't mind shelling $600~$700 for that card, IF the performance lives it up to its rumoured specs. Dunno, but this card seems too good to be true. 6GB is way too much though, shave off 3GB and drop the price a few hundred dollars please. Indeed, but let's be honest here and give credit to the people in DICe, Crytech and (Hurts me to say it) Ubisoft >_> There are still games worth to play on an HEDT. Waiting for BF4, Crysis 3 looks amazing, and FarCry 3 proved well the need for fast hardware.
It prevents you as the firmware is different. That has absolutely nothing to do with the architecture of the GPU itself. It's all software.
well Fermi (GF100/110) was the one gpu to rule them all and shared the same gpu die for the gaming cards (Geforce) and HPC cards Tesla / professional quadro. So yes its due to software differences i.e accelerating games vs HPC vs professional software such as CAD etc.


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William Burroughs: A Man Within | Actor | Himself | 1 | |
Orientations - Christopher Doyle: Stirred Not Shaken | Actor | n/a | 1 | |
Blunderbuss | Actor | n/a | 1 | |
The Director's Vision: Hollywood's Best Discuss Their Craft (1997-1998) | Actor | n/a | 1997 | 1 |
The Canyons | Actor | Dr. Campbell | 1 | |
The Untitled Jay Lacopo Project (1998-1999) | Actor | n/a | 1998 | 1 |
Fabulous! The Story Of Queer Cinema | Actor | n/a | 1 | |
Return to Queens Blvd | Actor | Himself | 1 | |
Champlin on Film (1988-1991) | Actor | n/a | 1988 | 1 |
Hi-Octane (1993-1994) | Actor | Guest | 1993 | 1 |
Last Days | Actor | Phone Voice | 1 | |
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back | Actor | Himself | 1 | |
Guns on the Clackamas | Actor | Himself | 1 | |
My Friend | Director | n/a | 2 | |
Elephant | Director | n/a | 2 | |
Drugstore Cowboy | Director | n/a | 2 | |
Switzerland | Director | n/a | 2 | |
Five Ways to Kill Yourself | Director | n/a | 2 | |
My New Friend | Director | n/a | 2 | |
Good Will Hunting | Director | n/a | 2 | |
Gerry | Director | n/a | 2 | |
Mala Noche | Director | n/a | 2 | |
Listen | Director | n/a | 2 | |
Finding Forrester | Director | n/a | 2 | |
To Die For | Director | n/a | 2 | |
American Flash Cards (1990-1991) | Director | ("Thanksgiving Prayer") | 1990 | 2 |
Psycho | Director | n/a | 2 | |
Ken Death Gets Out of Jail | Director | n/a | 2 | |
Junior | Director | n/a | 2 | |
Paranoid Park | Director | n/a | 2 | |
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues | Director | n/a | 2 | |
Promised Land | Director | n/a | 2 | |
Restless | Director | n/a | 2 | |
The Discipline of D.E. | Director | n/a | 2 | |
Last Days | Director | n/a | 2 | |
Milk | Director | n/a | 2 | |
My Own Private Idaho | Director | n/a | 2 | |
Paris, I Love You | Director | ("Le Marais") | 2 | |
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Chacun son cinema | Director | ("First Kiss") | 2 | |
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Kids | Executive Producer | n/a | 3000006 | |
Tarnation | Executive Producer | n/a | 3000006 | |
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues | Producer | n/a | 3 | |
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Virginia | Executive Producer | n/a | 3000008 | |
Speedway Junky | Executive Producer | n/a | 3000008 | |
Promised Land | Executive Producer | n/a | 3000008 | |
Howl | Executive Producer | n/a | 3000009 | |
Wild Tigers I Have Known | Executive Producer | n/a | 3000009 | |
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Elephant | Screenplay | n/a | 4000005 | |
Drugstore Cowboy | Screenplay | n/a | 4000005 | |
Gerry | Screenplay | n/a | 4000005 | |
Mala Noche | Screenplay | n/a | 4000005 | |
Ken Death Gets Out of Jail | Screenplay | n/a | 4000005 | |
Paranoid Park | Screenplay | (adaptation) | 4000005 | |
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues | Screenplay | n/a | 4000005 | |
Last Days | Screenplay | n/a | 4000005 | |
Drugstore Cowboy | Screenplay | n/a | 4000006 | |
Paris, I Love You | Screenplay | ("Le Marais") | 4000008 | |
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Mala Noche | Editor | n/a | 7000005 | |
Paranoid Park | Editor | n/a | 7000005 | |
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Mala Noche | Song Performer | ("Morir por tu Amor" (English version)) | 8000015 | |
Property | Sound | n/a | 14000005 | |
Milk | Rerecording Mixer | (Wildfire Post-Production Studios) | 14000015 | |
Finding Forrester | Rerecording | re-recording mixer | 14000018 | |
Good Will Hunting | Rerecording | re-recording mixer | 14000020 | |
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Collaborated with future cinematographer Eric Edwards in high school film project "The Happy Organ" |
Wrote and directed "Elephant," which was inspired by the mass shootings at Columbine High School in April 1999; nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Director |
Nominated for the 2008 Academy Award for Best Achievement in Directing ("Milk") |
Helmed "Paranoid Park," a film about a teenage skateboarder who accidentally kills a security guard; earned an Independent Spirit Award Nomination for Best Director |
As an art student, discovered the work of Andy Warhol; inspired to start making films |
Signed a contract with The Gap to film commercials |
Received credit for the sound on the comedy film "Property" |
Made feature film directing debut in "Alice in Hollywood," an attempted screwball comedy that was never released |
Returned to Portland, OR to write and direct films, commercials and music videos; also briefly taught film production at the Oregon Art Institute |
Directed "Promised Land"; film co-written by Matt Damon and John Krasinski based on a story by Dave Eggers |
Wrote, edited, and produced first widely acclaimed feature "Mala Noche" |
Directed "Milk," a biography of openly gay San Francisco City Supervisor Harvey Milk (Sean Penn) |
Wrote and directed "Le Marais" segment of film anthology "Paris, je t'aime" |
Nominated for the 2008 Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film ("Milk") |
Moved extensively around the country with his parents as a child before settling in Darien, CT |
Directed Mia Wasikowska, playing a terminally ill teenage girl in "Restless" |
Landed a summer advertising job on NYC's Madison Ave. at age 16 |
Shot his first painterly, animated films with an 8 millimeter Kodak |
Directed "Gerry," which starred and was written by Matt Damon and Casey Affleck; nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Director |
Directed first film with a sizable budget "Drugstore Cowboy," made between $4 and $7 million; also first feature in color |
Directed first film he did not write,"To Die For" starring Nicole Kidman |
Directed Sean Connery in "Finding Forrester," about an African-American teen writing prodigy who finds a mentor in a reclusive author |
Short film "The Discipline of D.E." debuted at New York Film Festival |
Wrote first original feature film screenplay "My Own Private Idaho"; also directed |
Moved to New York; created commercials for a Madison Ave. advertising firm |
Worked as an assistant to Ken Shapiro ("Groove Tube"), working on comedy scripts |
Made rare TV appearance, interviewed by film critic Charles Champlin on "Champlin on Film" on Bravo |
Directed TV short "Thanksgiving Prayer," a segment of PBS compilation special "American Flash Cards" |
Executive produced first film, Larry Clark's "Kids" |
Moved to Portland, OR at age 17 with family |
Signed to make a color version of "Psycho" using Joseph Stefano's original script |
Executive produced Starz crime drama series "Boss," starring Kelsey Grammer |
Helmed an adaptation of Tom Robbins' novel "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues" |
Helmed mainstream drama "Good Will Hunting," co-written by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck; received first Best Director Academy Award nomination |
Helmed "Last Days," loosely based on the final hours of Nirvana front man Kurt Cobain |
Moved back in with parents back in Darien, CT and worked for his father in a New Jersey warehouse |
Van Sant was born in Louisville, KY on July 24, 1952 and was raised all over the United States as the child of a salesman. He was interested in filmmaking from an early age, and put together his own Super-8 home movies in addition to experimenting with photography and painting. After graduating from the progressive Catlin Gabel School in Portland, OR, Van Sant studied painting and film at the Rhode Island School of Design where his exposure to the films of Andy Warhol inspired him to follow in the silver-haired one's experimental footsteps. During several years in Hollywood, Van Sant gained production experience and became fascinated by the fringe-dwelling street characters of rundown Hollywood. "I guess I'm interested in sociopathic people," he stated, "in life and in my movies." Their stories remained fixed in his mind while he spent two years producing commercials at an advertising agency in New York. With money he saved in the lucrative position, Van Sant retreated to Portland, where he directed music videos, commercials and began work on his first feature. "Mala Noche" (1986), a dreamy black-and-white rumination on the doomed relationship between a teen Mexican migrant worker and a liquor-store clerk, was a hit on the festival circuit. Made for $25,000, the film won a Los Angeles Film Critics Award as the best independent/experimental film.
The buzz over Van Sant's debut achievement led to meetings with Hollywood studios, though the courtship came to an end when Van Sant revealed the seedy, decidedly un-Hollywood stories he had in mind for his next features. One of those ideas eventually became "Drugstore Cowboy" (1989), which chronicled the exploits of a rootless druggie (Matt Dillon) and his "crew" who survive by robbing West Coast pharmacies. Lyrically shot around Portland, and boasting superb performances from Dillon and co-star Kelly Lynch, the film earned heaps of critical praise, including the Best Film and Best Director titles from the National Society of Film Critics. Van Sant further explored the themes of alienation and non-traditional "family" within marginalized societal groups in his 1991 feature, "My Own Private Idaho." Van Sant won an Independent Spirit Award for his first original screenplay, about a narcoleptic male prostitute (River Ph nix) and his well-heeled companion (Keanu Reeves) - son of the local mayor who, like Shakespeare's Prince Hal, slums amongst the low-lifes before reclaiming his place in society. Unified by p tic visual imagery, the film combined a less than successful retelling of the Bard's "Henry IV" with a harsh, unsentimental and nonjudgmental look at the lives of hustlers.
Van Sant hovered in familiar territory with another indie road picture centering on an outsider, "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues" (1994). Adapted from Tom Robbins' 1976 cult novel about a young woman whose outsized thumbs make her a formidable hitchhiker, "Cowgirls" was highly anticipated after the attention-getting success of Van Sant's preceding features. The film's editing was reportedly rushed to be ready for the international film festivals, and after underwhelming audience response at the 1994 Toronto Film Festival, "Cowgirls" returned to the editing room for extensive recutting. Nonetheless, the final product was deemed a tedious bore, top heavy with would-be quirky characters, and it fizzled with both critics and audiences. The flop could have derailed Van Sant's career had he not already committed to helming "To Die For" (1995), his first project for a major studio. Scripted by Hollywood veteran Buck Henry, "To Die For" was inspired by the true story of a high-school teacher who seduced her teenage lover into murdering her husband. The film was a modest commercial success and critical hit for everyone involved, particularly Nicole Kidman who portrayed the tirelessly ambitious local weathercaster who romances Joaquin Ph nix into murdering Matt Dillon.
The same year, Van Sant served as executive producer on Larry Clark's "Kids," a 'verite'-styled drama about the sex and drug habits of a group of middle-class Manhattan teens as well as one of the more controversial films of 1995. Some found the work profound, while others found it troubling for its "exploitive" use of young actors. Van Sant returned to the director's chair and helmed his first major box office success "Good Will Hunting" (1997), about a working class underachiever and undiagnosed genius (Matt Damon) championed by a state-mandated therapist (Robin Williams) and a charismatic best friend (Ben Affleck). Written by Damon and Affleck, the well-crafted film was somewhat predictable but Van Sant's sure-handed direction and authentic sense of place (set in blue-collar South Boston) overcame any deficiencies. And while "Good Will Hunting" might have seemed an unlikely (and overtly commercial) choice for the director, its themes of outsiders struggling to connect to the mainstream place it squarely in his uvre. The film's $200 million box office success and Van Sant's Oscar nomination moved him closer to mainstream Hollywood, but he nearly derailed his prospects out of the gate when he opted to direct a shot-by-shot 1998 remake of Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 classic "Psycho," a bizarre career move which left film purists fuming and audiences unmoved.
Van Sant's misstep was fairly redeemed with "Finding Forrester" (2000), a conventional but mostly effective tale in which a reclusive, J.D. Salinger-like author (Sean Connery) mentors an inner city p try prodigy (Rob Brown). After this commercial and critical success, Van Sant returned left of center with a pair of non-studio productions directing "Gerry" (2002), co-written by Matt Damon and Casey Affleck who also starred in the unusual film in which two men named Gerry are hopelessly lost during a hiking expedition. Hypnotic and unorthodox, to say the least, the film was received as a definite "love-it-or-hate-it" prospect, but Van Sant seemed squarely back on the road to more personalized and experimental filmmaking. He remained independent with the arresting and remarkable "Elephant" (2003), an abstract exploration of the contrast between banality and violence in American life which stubbornly refused to embrace any sort of conventional narrative. Named for the aphorism about the problematic pachyderm in the living room that is so big that it g s ignored, the star-less film followed students at a Portland high school where violence erupts, delivering Van Sant's take on the murders at Columbine High School. The crisp, spare film, which offered no easy answers, earned the Palm d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.
With "Last Days" (2005), a fictional rendition of the last days before tortured rocker Kurt Cobain's self-inflicted shotgun blast to the head, Van Sant again crafted an innovative and hypnotic film. Starring Michael Pitt as Blake, an introspective artist buckling under the weight of fame, stardom and mounting isolation, "Last Days" borrowed liberally from Cobain's own story while maintaining its independence and claim of being a work of fiction. Reviews were mainly positive but "Last Days" received only limited release in a mere 12 theaters. The following year, Van Sant contributed to the Paris-set short film collection "Paris Je T'Aime" (2006), writing and directing a humorous vignette about a crossed-signals attempt at a pickup. Van Sant's 2008 film adaptation of the novel "Paranoid Park" was not released in U.S. theaters despite positive reviews, but later that same year, he scored with "Milk" (2008), a biopic drama about assassinated San Francisco politician and gay rights activist Harvey Milk (Sean Penn). A fascinating hybrid of cultural history and character study, the film which Van Sant had been trying to bring to the screen since 1992 made an even stronger mark than it might have earlier when its fall 2008 release coincided with the defeat of a proposition legalizing marriage between same sex couples in California. The docudrama earned nearly unanimous praise - while Van Sant received a nomination for Best Director at the Academy Awards - even though its culturally significant and timely subject matter received limited release.
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"He has used 'Hollywood' actors, but he keeps them shabby, quiet, and unglamorous and he helps them be better than any system has allowed: Matt Dillon in 'Drugstore Cowboy' and River Phoenix in '[My Own Private] Idaho'. Van Sant is gay, gritty and arty all at the same time. There is no trace of camp or swishiness: he is determined on heartfelt feelings and commonplace tragedy. He has a great eye, and an even better sense of adjacency, not quite cutting, but a feeling for cut-up simultaneity." - David Thomson on Van Sant, A Biographical Dictionary of Film |
"I've tried to be as intimate with film as the written word is. There are all these little metaphors about how the clouds look like mushrooms. Or a writer can talk about the color of the sky for a paragraph. But how to do that in film was my big problem, how to take that imagery into a theater and have it be accessible, or at least watchable." - Van Sant quoted in The New York Times magazine, Sept. 15, 1991 |
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Obama was threatened by Sen. Marco Rubio's bipartisan reform, so he undermined it
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President Obama's announcement last week of a substantial change in our national immigration policy without so much as a nod to Congress should be exposed as a stunning and unconstitutional arrogation of power, rather than a serious proposal to solve a persistent problem.
The announcement came as Sen. Marco Rubio was widely expected to propose a bill that could have constituted a real step toward common-sense reforms to our clearly dysfunctional immigration system. Such an initiative could have resulted in breaking the partisan stalemate on immigration. As some of the specifics of Rubio's plan began to circulate in the rumor mill, I suspect that the Obama political team learned about it and took pre-emptive action. In doing so, however, the president once again highlighted his duplicity: He speaks mournfully about partisan paralysis while making moves that ensure its continuation.
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Senator Rubio's plan was being confidentially shopped around to build a bipartisan consensus that would have followed the proper constitutional process. Apparently threatened by that, the former constitutional law lecturer decided to bypass the Constitution in order to seize the political moment and thereby reduce the chances of making actual progress. I hope that the American public is insightful enough to see such a cynical act for what it is.
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Karachi: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has formally offered Wasim Akram a short-term coaching role for young fast bowlers.Akram, who hasn`t refused the offer, has however put forth his busy schedule as a hurdle, which the board will have to work around."I am willing to coach because I would like to work with youngsters and train them. But due to my busy schedule I can`t do this full time. But whenever I am in Pakistan, I am available to coach and groom the youngsters," the Daily Times quoted Akram, as saying."There is no dearth of talent in Pakistan, it only has to be scouted and groomed properly," he said."PCB is always very keen to utilise his (Akram) services and this is a positive gesture by him," a PCB spokesman said."The Board has established a contact with him but nothing has been worked out due to his availability. Though he has assured to find a window from his busy schedule in near future," the spokesman added.In the past Akram has turned down PCB`s offers to coach, citing his professional commitments and offered his services as a part-time bowling coach. He last worked with Pakistan bowlers five years back in 2007 in a coaching camp conducted at the National Cricket Academy.Akram is presently in Australia as a commentator for the Under-19 World Cup and will be in South Africa during the Champions League with Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Kolkata Knight Riders.BDST: 1927 HRS, August 10, 2012Edited byChanchal Ghosh, Newsroom Editor
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Michael Lynch, The Age's expert on soccer, has had extensive experience of high level journalism in the UK and Australia. Michael has covered the Socceroos through Asia, Europe and South America in their past three World Cup campaigns. He has also reported on Grands Prix and top class motor sport from Asia and Europe. He has won several national media awards for both sports and industry journalism.
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