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I am so sorry you and Sean (and Peg) are going thru this.
You are an amazing spirit as I know Sean is. So as you ask, I am praying for the highest good of Sean, whatever that may be.... and of course the highest good for yourself and Peg.
I just cannot imagine how difficult this must be for all of you, tho I identify enough to sit here with tears in my eyes, so if this is full of typos, please understand.
I don't know if I could be as brave and open as you are being, Deb, if this were my son.... I tend to clutch at those around me even tho I believe the same things you do. For some reason, physical presence means everything to me.
Perhaps I can learn detachment from you and your strong belief in another existence.... I had that conviction once and lost it. Perhaps thru your and Sean's dynamic, I can get it back again. There is a lesson for all of us in this.
I have lost three relatives in the last two weeks. And my mother is 89 and my in-laws are in their 90's so more loss in the next few years is inevitable. I hope I can learn equanimity from you and your circumstances.
I am sorry I spent so much time talking about myself. But your situation was such a shock to my system I probably am not making sense at all.
Just let me close this by telling you I love you and am sending my intention for the highest good. I am sure the Universe knows what that is.
Love, C.
Dear C,
Thank you so very much for your loving tender care, your prayers and loving intentions.
Not quite sure of what your perception of detachment is but let me share with you what I am feeling. I have to say that I am so totally entrenched with the attachment to this situation with my son that I am seeping in it and that is what holds my whole of attention right now. I do not feel detached in any way but more so enthralled in all that is going on.
I suppose there is a difference between detachment and acceptance. Yes, I accept this situaion but I am so not detached from it. I am in it fully and experiencing it. My heart bleeds when my son bleeds. I struggle with communication between us as does he. My heart is heavy to see him go through all of this pain and these surgeries. I want so much to just hold him in my arms and rock him like I used to do when he was but a baby. I want to sing to him like I used to do. I want him to know that he is so very loved. There is no detachment in that.
I understand how some people may think that I am detached because I am not screaming at the top of my lungs. But in my heart, I am. I want to make everything better for him. Isn't that what mothers do? But I can't and that is what I have to accept. I can only be there for him as he goes through all of this trauma. Oh yes, I am feeling all of that from my head to my toes. But I have to accept that to be there for him. I have to maintain, to be there for him or else I couldn't stand it.
So, I'm loving you my friend, and hoping that you understand where I am coming from - a deep well of love in total attachment for that which I love, but attempting to proceed for the betterment of all. Am I hurting, oh yes.
Love, Deb
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Objective: Cross-sectional/retrospective data have indicated that individuals with body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) have high rates of suicidal ideation and attempts. However, no study, to the authors' knowledge, has prospectively examined suicidality in BDD. Method: In the first prospective study of BDD's course, the authors examined suicidality in 185 subjects for up to 4 years. Results: Suicidal ideation was reported by a mean of 57.8% of the subjects per year, and a mean of 2.6% attempted suicide per year. Two subjects (0.3% per year) completed suicide. Conclusions: Individuals with BDD have high rates of suicidal ideation and attempts. The completed suicide rate is preliminary but suggests that the rate of completed suicide in BDD is markedly high.
Many case reports underscore the suicidal ideation, suicide attempts, and completed suicides that can occur in people with body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) (e.g., reference 1). In cross-sectional/retrospective studies, 45%–70% of the patients reported a history of suicidal ideation attributed primarily to BDD (2, 3). Reported rates of past suicide attempts are 22%–24% (4, 5). To our knowledge, the only study of completed suicide is a retrospective study of patients in two dermatology practices known to have committed suicide over 20 years; most who committed suicide had acne or BDD (6). However, suicidality in BDD has been minimally studied, and no study has examined any aspect of suicidality prospectively, to our knowledge. Therefore, we examined suicidal ideation, suicide attempts, and completed suicide in the first prospective study of BDD's course.
Two hundred subjects were enrolled in this prospective observational study of BDD's course. The study did not provide treatment. Inclusion criteria were meeting criteria for DSM-IV BDD or its delusional variant, being age 12 or older, and being able to be interviewed in person. The only exclusion criterion was an organic mental disorder. Fifty-two percent of subjects were self-referred; 48% were referred by professionals. An institutional review board approved the study, and the subjects signed statements of informed consent (assent plus parental consent for adolescents). The subjects were interviewed at intake and then annually. Because the subjects were enrolled over 2.4 years, they had varying follow-up durations. Of the 200 enrolled subjects, 185 (92.5%) had a 1-year follow-up interview, 163 (81.5%) had a 2-year interview, 95 (47.5%) had a 3-year interview, and 25 (12.5%) had a 4-year interview.
The Longitudinal Interval Follow-Up Evaluation, a semistructured rating system for assessing the course of mental disorders (7), assessed weekly BDD severity during follow-up with the 7-point Psychiatric Status Rating for BDD; scores of 1 and 2 indicate minimal or no BDD symptoms, 3 and 4 indicate subthreshold symptoms, and 5–7 reflect full BDD criteria. The Longitudinal Interval Follow-Up Evaluation also assessed treatment received and suicide attempts during follow-up, including medical threat and intent. We determined the importance of BDD in precipitating the attempt (in the subject's view) using a 5-point scale; attempts were considered attributable to BDD if BDD was a moderate, major, or primary reason. We used the semistructured BDD Form (3, 5) to assess suicidal ideation during the year since the previous interview. Suicidal ideation was attributed to BDD if BDD was considered primarily responsible for the ideation. This measure also obtained data on demographics and BDD's clinical features, including past suicidal ideation and attempts (cross-sectional/retrospective suicidality data from the intake assessment are reported elsewhere [8]). Means, standard deviations, frequencies, annual weighted means, and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were computed. Rates are based upon the number of subjects interviewed at follow-up; the rates of completed suicide are based on the number of subjects interviewed or due for an interview. Suicides were determined by searches of the Social Security Death Index, other search procedures, and examination of death certificates.
A total of 126 of 185 subjects (68.1%) were women, 138 (74.6%) were unmarried, 157 (85.8%) were white, and 13 (7.2%) were Hispanic. At intake, the mean age was 33.0 years (SD=12.2), and the mean duration of BDD was 16.0 years (SD=12.5). At intake, 164 (88.6%) of the subjects met full DSM-IV BDD criteria (11.4% were in partial or full remission but had met full BDD criteria in the past).
At intake, 147 of 185 subjects (79.5%) reported a history of suicidal ideation; 51 (27.6%) had a history of a suicide attempt. Table 1 shows prospective suicidality data. The mean score on the Psychiatric Status Rating for BDD over 1–4 years of follow-up was 4.6 (SD=1.4) for the entire group and 4.9 (1.2) for subjects who met full criteria for BDD at intake. A total of 167 (90.3%) of the subjects received mental health treatment at some point during the follow-up period. The nine subjects (four men and five women; age: mean=37.1 years, SD=11.6) who attempted suicide during follow-up made a total of 30 suicide attempts; when we considered all attempts, the maximum level of medical threat was minimal for one subject, moderate for four subjects, severe for one, extreme for one, and resulted in death for two. The maximum level of intent (excluding the suicides) was definite but ambivalent in one, serious in three, very serious in two, and extreme in one.
Two subjects committed suicide (both were receiving psychiatric treatment at the time of their deaths). One was a 31-year-old single white man who was receiving disability pay and had no past hospitalizations or suicide attempts who hanged himself. The other was a 54-year-old single white unemployed man who stabbed himself. He had four past hospitalizations, all primarily for BDD, and one prior suicide attempt, attributed primarily to BDD. At their last interview, both subjects had extremely severe BDD (score of 7 on the Psychiatric Status Rating for BDD), and both considered BDD their primary (most problematic) diagnosis.
Consistent with previous studies of past suicidality (2–5), this prospective study found that individuals with BDD had high rates of suicidal ideation and attempts. The mean annual suicidal ideation rate of 57.8% is approximately 10–25 times higher than in the U.S. population, and the mean annual suicide attempt rate of 2.6% is an estimated 3–12 times higher (9, 10). With adjustment for age, gender, and geographic region, our completed suicide rate was approximately 45 times higher than in the general population (11), that is, the standardized mortality ratio for BDD was approximately 45. Although rates of completed suicide for other disorders vary, depending on the study, and comparisons should be made with caution, examples of estimated standardized mortality ratios for suicide for other mental disorders (based on meta-analyses) are 23 for eating disorders, 20 for major depression, and 15 for bipolar disorder (12). Thus, our standardized mortality ratio for BDD appears markedly high. This result is preliminary. However, individuals with BDD have many suicide risk factors, including having high rates of psychiatric hospitalization, being single or divorced, and having high comorbidity, poor social supports, poor self-esteem, and high levels of anxiety, depression, and hostility (8).
Our study's limitations include the lack of a control group or data directly comparing subjects with BDD to individuals with other disorders, use of different instruments than in studies of other disorders, and conduction of the study in a BDD specialty setting, which may attract more severe cases. On the other hand, our rate of suicide could be an underestimate because our methods may not have detected all suicides. Our group size and limited duration of follow-up limited the stability and precision of our suicidality estimates. Studies are needed over longer follow-up periods and in other BDD samples and settings.
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Film listings are edited by Cheryl Eddy. Reviewers are Kimberly Chun, Dennis Harvey, Lynn Rapoport, and Sara Maria Vizcarrondo. For rep house showtimes, see Rep Clock.
Augustine When a 19-year-old Parisian kitchen maid (single-named French musician Soko) has a dramatic seizure during dinner service, she makes for Salpêtrière Hospital, where she becomes the superstar patient of Dr. Charcot (Vincent Lindon) — a real-life 19th century professor and neurologist who later mentored Sigmund Freud. There's no "talking cure" at work here, though; Augustine's medical treatment consists mostly of naked poking and prodding, as well as hypnosis-induced episodes of her increasingly sexualized "ovarian hysteria." The tension builds as Charcot struggles against popular disdain for his methods (read aloud to him from newspapers by his coolly elegant wife), as well as his forbidden attraction to Augustine. Occupying the same moody, sensual milieu as David Cronenberg's too-talky A Dangerous Method, first-time feature writer-director Alice Winocour approaches her tale of misunderstood madness from a point of view that's more emotionally-driven, with some subtle feminist undercurrents. Points deducted, though, for some obvious symbolism — like costuming Augustine in a brand-new red dress right after she starts her period for the first time. (1:42) Opera Plaza, Shattuck, Smith Rafael. (Eddy)
A Band Called Death See "Live to Tell," this issue. (1:36) Roxie.
Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay David Mamet fans will recognize Ricky Jay from multiple appearances in the director's work; he's also been in films like Boogie Nights and Tomorrow Never Dies (both 1997). But Jay's true passion is stage magic, specifically card and other sleight-of-hand tricks, performed with a skill so dazzling that it's tempting to believe he really does have supernatural powers. He's also a witty, self-deprecating, and sometimes "irascible" (to quote a word used in Molly Bernstein and Alan Edelstein's doc) character — and has a vast, ever-expanding interest in magic history. Using first-hand interviews, TV and stage-show clips, and some wonderful vintage footage, Deceptive Practice traces Jay's career (he was a child prodigy in the 1950s, thanks to his supportive grandfather), pausing along the way to pay tribute to the men who influenced him and, in many cases, taught him their top-secret techniques. Throughout, Jay is seen demonstrating his own mind-bending tricks — as "simple" as changing a card's suit, as elaborate as making it sail across the room and plunge like a knife into a watermelon — although never, of course, revealing how he does it. (1:28) Opera Plaza. (Eddy)
Despicable Me 2 The laughs come quick and sweet now that Gru (Steve Carell) has abandoned his super-villainy to become a dad and "legitimate businessman" — though he still applies world-class gravitas to everyday events. (His daughter's overproduced birthday party is a riot of medieval festoonage.) But like all the best reformed baddies, the Feds, or in this case the Anti-Villain League, recruit him to uncover the next international arch-nemesis. Now a spy, he gets a goofy but highly competent partner (Kristen Wiig) and a cupcake shop at the mall to facilitate sniffing out the criminal. This sequel surpasses the original in charm, cleverness, and general lovability, and it's not just because they upped the number of minion-related gags, or because Wiig joined the cast; she ultimately gets the short end of the stick as the latecomer love-interest (her spy gadgets are also just so-so). However, Carell kills it as Gru 2 — his faux-Russian accent and awkward timing are more lived-in. Maybe the jokes are about more familiar stuff (like the niggling disappointments of family life) but they're also sharper and more surprising. And though the minions seemed like one-trick ponies in the first film, those gibberish-talking jellybeans outdo themselves in the sequel's climax. (1:38) Four Star, Presidio, Shattuck. (Vizcarrondo)
I'm So Excited I'm So Excited may be to Pedro Almodóvar what Hairspray (1988) was for director John Waters: a kind of low-intensity, high-fluff gateway drug for a filmmaker who's otherwise an "acquired taste." (Note: unlike Hairspray, this is not a family movie.) Almodóvar's previous pictures were far more explicit about their obsessive thinking: mothers suffered (1999's All About My Mother); sex was deadly (1990's Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!) and men were dishonorable (all of them). But in this drug and booze-addled flame-fest, Almodóvar takes one of his lesser themes (the joy of confinement) and transforms a flight from Madrid to Mexico into the funniest soap opera to ever feature cabaret and S&M talk. Early in the flight we learn the landing gear is shot; this means the flight's dueling pilots have to find a place to host an emergency landing while Europe is on holiday. They anesthetize all of coach (um&ldots;metaphor, anyone?), leaving the rich to bellyache over their lost children, lost happiness, and stubborn virginity. Business class is full of drama queens so the flamboyantly gay attendants spike a cocktail with ecstasy (to make everyone get along) and an orgy ensues, complete with a seemingly victimless rape and multiple change-overs from hetero to homo. Almodóvar does have a knack for make-believe, but his biggest gift for fantasy happens in his stress-free transitions; oh, that coming out could be so liberating — but living in a Catholic country lousy with sexual disorientations, maybe the only place that can happen is at 30,000 feet. (1:35) SF Center, Sundance Kabuki. (Vizcarrondo)
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The Way, Way Back Coming-of-age comedy about a 14-year-old (Liam James) who strikes up an unlikely friendship with the manager of the local water park (Sam Rockwell). (1:42)
Before Midnight Proving (again) that not all sequels are autonomic responses to a marketplace that rewards the overfamiliar, director Richard Linklater and his cowriters Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke reconnect with the characters Céline and Jesse, whom we first encountered nearly 20 years ago on a train and trailed around Vienna for a night in Before Sunrise, then met again nine years later in Before Sunset. It's been nine more years since we left them alone in a Paris apartment, Céline adorably dancing to Nina Simone and telling Jesse he's going to miss his plane. And it looks like he did. The third film finds the two together, yes, and vacationing in Greece's southern Peloponnese, where the expansive, meandering pace of their interactions — the only mode we've ever seen them in — is presented as an unaccustomed luxury amid a span of busy years filled with complications professional and personal. Over the course of a day and an evening, alone together and among friends, the two reveal both the quotidian intimacies of a shared life and the cracks and elisions in their love story. (1:48) Piedmont, Shattuck, Sundance Kabuki. (Rapoport)
The Bling Ring When it was revealed that high schoolers were behind a series of robberies targeting the lavish homes of Hollywood's famous-for-being-famous types — most notably Paris Hilton — the fallout became fodder for gossip websites like TMZ.com, plus a memorable Vanity Fair article. The latter (recently expanded into a book by author Nancy Jo Sales) is the basis for Sofia Coppola's new film, a fictionalized take on the crimes. Bored by upper-middle-class lives that leave them with lots of free time and habitually absent parents, a posse of SoCal teens (newcomers Katie Chang and Israel Broussard, and Harry Potter's all-grown-up Emma Watson, lead the charge) begin creepy-crawling the homes of Hilton and others, dovetailing their celebrity obsessions with a raging hunger for expensive shit. (Was ever a crime so victimless, one wonders, than a heist perpetrated at the expense of a starlet's handbag collection, so vast she won't even notice a few missing Birkins?) Flashing their ill-gotten new clothes, jewelry, and wads of cash in Facebook selfies, the burglars miss the most valuable lesson of all: that the friendships they share are fleeting and meaningless — kind of like fame, kind of like blowing (stolen) money on designer clothes that will soon be out of style. Ironically, with The Bling Ring, Coppola has delivered her least-vapid film since 1999's The Virgin Suicides; it's both candy-colored and canny, a cautionary tale that lingers just long enough on its scenes of youthful excess to let you know it's in on the joke. (1:27) Metreon, Shattuck, Sundance Kabuki. (Eddy)
The East In Zal Batmanglij and Brit Marling's powerful second film collaboration (Batmanglij directs, and the pair co-wrote the screenplay, as in 2011's Sound of My Voice), Marling plays Sarah, an intelligence agent working for a private firm whose client list consists mainly of havoc-wreaking multinationals. Sarah, presented as quietly ambitious and conservative, is tasked by the firm's director (Patricia Clarkson) with infiltrating the East, an off-the-grid activist collective whose members, including Benji (Alexander Skarsgård), Izzy (Ellen Page), and Doc (Toby Kebbell), bring an eye-for-an-eye sensibility to their YouTube-publicized "jams." Targeting an oil company responsible for a BP-style catastrophe, they engineer their own spill in the gated-community habitat of the company's CEO, posting a video that juxtaposes grisly images of oil-coated shorebirds and the unsettling sight of gallons of crude seeping through the air-conditioning vents of a tidy McMansion. A newspaper headline offers a facile framework for understanding their activities, posing the alternatives as "Pranksters or Eco-Terrorists?" But as Sarah examines the gut-wrenching consequences of so-called white-collar crime and immerses herself in the day-to-day practices of the group, drawn in particular to the charismatic Benji, the film raises more complex questions. Much of its rhetorical force flows from Izzy, whom Page invests with a raw, anguished outrage, drawing our sympathies toward the group and its mission of laying bare what should be unbearable. (1:56) California, Piedmont. (Rapoport)
Epic (1:42) Metreon.
Fast and Furious 6 Forget the fast (that's understood by now, anyway) — part six in this popcorny series is heavy on the "furious," with constant near-death stunts that zoom past irrational and slam into batshit crazy. Agent Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson) lures the gang out of sunny retirement to bust a fast driver with a knack for strategy and an eye on world domination. Sure, Ludacris jokes their London locale doesn't mean they're in a Bond movie, but give cold-blooded Luke Evans some time and he'll work his way up to antagonizing 007. Shaw (Evans) is smaller than our hero Toretto (Vin Diesel), but he's convincing, throwing his King's English at a man whose murky dialect is always delivered with a devilish baritone. If Shaw's code is all business, Toretto's is all family: that's what holds together this cast, cobbled from five Fast and Furious installments shot all over the world. Hottie Gal Gadot (playing Sung Kang's love interest) reassures Han (Kang) mid-crisis: "This is what we are." It's not for nothing the gang's main weapon is a harpoon gun that, once shot, leaves an umbilicus from the shooter to whatever's in the crosshairs. That's Torreto for you. Meanwhile, the villain's weapon is a car with a spatula-like front end, that flips cars like pancakes. The climactic battle on a cargo plane has to give a face time to every member of the eight-person team, so naturally they shot it on the world's longest runway. Of course the parade features less car porn than previous editions but it's got a wider reach now — it's officially international intrigue, not just fun for gearheads. For my money, it's some of the best action in theaters today. Stick around for the inevitable sequel-suggesting coda during the credits. (2:10) Metreon. (Vizcarrondo)
Fill the Void Respectfully rendered and beautifully shot in warm hues, Fill the Void admirably fills the absence on many screens of stories from what might be considered a closed world: the Orthodox Hasidic community in Israel, where a complex web of family ties, duty, and obligation entangles pretty, accordion-playing Shira (Hada Yaron). An obedient daughter, she's about to agree to an arranged marriage to a young suitor when her much-loved sister (Renana Raz) dies in childbirth. When Shira's mother (Irit Sheleg) learns the widower Yochay (Yiftach Klein) might marry a woman abroad and take her only grandchild far away, she starts to make noises about fixing Shira up with her son-in-law. The journey the two must take, in possibly going from in-laws to newlyweds, is one that's simultaneously infuriating, understandable, and touching, made all the more intimate given director Rama Burshtein's preference for searching close-ups. Her affinity for the Orthodox world is obvious with each loving shot, ultimately infusing her debut feature with a beating heart of humanity. (1:30) Shattuck, Smith Rafael. (Chun)
Frances Ha Noah Baumbach isn't exactly known for romance and bright-eyed optimism. Co-writing 2009's Fantastic Mr. Fox with director Wes Anderson is maybe the closest to "whimsy" as he's ever come; his own features (2010's Greenberg, 2007's Margot at the Wedding, 2005's The Squid and the Whale, 1997's Mr. Jealousy, and 1995's Kicking and Screaming) tend to veer into grumpier, more intellectual realms. You might say his films are an acquired taste. But haters beware. Frances Ha — the black-and-white tale of a New York City hipster (Baumbach's real-life squeeze, Greta Gerwig, who co-write the script with him) blundering her way into adulthood — is probably the least Baumbach-ian Baumbach movie ever. Owing stylistic debts to both vintage Woody Allen and the French New Wave, Frances Ha relies heavily on Gerwig's adorable-disaster title character to propel its plot, which is little more than a timeline of Frances' neverending micro-adventures: pursuing her nascent modern-dance career, bouncing from address to address, taking an impromptu trip to Paris, visiting her parents (portrayed by the Sacramento-raised Gerwig's real-life parents), "breaking up" with her best friend. It's so charming, poignant, and quotable ("Don't treat me like a three-hour brunch friend!") that even those who claim to be allergic to Baumbach just might find themselves succumbing to it. (1:26) Smith Rafael. (Eddy)
The Great Gatsby Every bit as flashy and in-your-face as you'd expect the combo of "Baz Luhrmann," "Jazz Age," and "3D" to be, this misguided interpretation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic tale is, at least, overstuffed with visual delights. For that reason only, all the fashion-mag fawning over leading lady Carey Mulligan's gowns and diamonds, and the opulent production design that surrounds them, seems warranted. And in scenes where spectacle is appropriate — Gatsby's legendary parties; Tom Buchanan's wild New York romp with his mistress — Luhrmann delivers in spades. The trade-off is that the subtler aspects of Fitzgerald's novel are either pushed to the side or shouted from the rooftops. Leonardo DiCaprio, last seen cutting loose in last year's Django Unchained, makes for a stiff, fumbling Gatsby, laying on the "Old Sports" as thickly as his pancake make-up. There's nothing here so startlingly memorable as the actor and director's 1996 prior collaboration, Romeo + Juliet — a more successful (if still lavish and self-consciously audacious) take on an oft-adapted, much-beloved literary work. (2:22) Metreon. (Eddy)
The Heat First things first: I hated Bridesmaids (2011). Even the BFF love fest between Maya Rudolph and Kristen Wiig couldn't wash away the bad taste of another wolf pack in girl's clothing. Dragging and dropping women into dude-ly storylines is at best wonky and at worst degrading, but The Heat finds an alternate route. Its women are unlikable; you don't root for them, and you're not hoping they become princesses because such horrifying awkwardness can only be redeemed by a prince. In Bridesmaids and Heat director Paul Feig's universe, friendship saves the day. Sandra Bullock is Murtaugh to Melissa McCarthy's Riggs, with tidy Bullock angling for a promotion and McCarthy driving a busted hoopty through Boston like she's in Grand Theft Auto. Circumstances conspire to bring them together on a case, in one of many elements lifted from traditional buddy-cop storylines. But! The jokes are constant, pelting, and whiz by like so much gunfire. In one running gag, a low-rung villain's worst insult is telling the women they look old — but neither character is bothered by it. It's refreshing to see embarrassment humor, so beloved by chick flicks, get taken down a peg by female leads who don't particularly care what anyone thinks of them. (1:57) Marina, 1000 Van Ness, SF Center, Sundance Kabuki. (Vizcarrondo)
Hey Bartender Hey, have you heard of this trendy thing called craft cocktails? Be warned, sophisticated San Francisco drinkers: Douglas Tirola's upbeat documentary mentions our fair city in passing only a handful of times; instead, it concentrates on New York City's relatively recent "cocktail revolution," interviewing movers and (literal) shakers on the scene while giving a brief history of cocktails in America (again, with an emphasis on NYC). Hey Bartender's focal points are well-chosen studies in contrast: ex-Marine Scott — tattooed and scrupulously mustached — who's working his way up the ranks at hipster lounge Employees Only; and middle-aged Steve, who runs a struggling blue-collar bar just outside the city and is slowly coming around to the idea of adding fancier drinks to his menu. Though dive-bar denizens may roll their eyes at some of Hey Bartender's more pretentious trappings (the movie doesn't mention it, but drinks at Employees Only are in the $15-16 range), it does make the case that today's superstar "mixologists" deserve just as much recognition as superstar restaurateurs. And the film has a point: can a Top Chef spinoff for bartenders be that far off? (1:32) Roxie. (Eddy)
The Internship The dirty little secret of the new economy continues to be the gerbil cycle of free/cheap labor labeled "internships" that propels so many companies — be they corporate or indie, digital or print media. But gee, who's going to see an intern comedy titled The Exploitation, besides me and my local union rep? Instead, spinning off a Vince Vaughn story idea and a co-writing credit, The Internship looks at that now-mandatory time-suck for so many college students through the filter of two older, not-quite-wiser salesmen Billy (Vaughn) and Nick (Owen Wilson) hoping to make that working guy's quantum leap from watch sales to Google's Mountain View campus, which director Shawn Levy casts as a bright and shiny workers wonderland with its free spring rolls and lattes, bikes, and napping pods. Departing from reality: the debugging/coding/game-playing/app-making competition that forces Billy and Nick to bond with their team of castoffs (Dylan O'Brien, Tiya Sircar, Tobit Raphael), led by noob manager Lyle (Josh Brener), in order to win a full-time job. Part of the key, naturally, turns out to be a Swingers-like visit to a strip club, to release those deeply repressed nerd sexualities — nothing like a little retrograde sexism to bring a group together. Still, the moment is offset by the generally genial, upbeat attitude brought to The Internship by its lead actors: Nick and Billy may be flubs at physics and clueless when it comes to geek culture, but most working stiffs who have suffered the slings and arrows of layoffs and dream of stable employment can probably get behind the all-American ideals of self-reinvention and optimism about the future peddled in The Internship, which easily slips in alongside The Great Gatsby among this year's Great Recession narratives. Blink too fast and you might miss the microcameo by Google co-founder Sergey Brin. (1:59) Metreon, 1000 Van Ness. (Chun)
Iron Man 3 Neither a sinister terrorist dubbed "the Mandarin" (Ben Kingsley) nor a spray-tanned mad scientist (Guy Pearce) are as formidable an enemy to Tony Stark (Robert Downey, Jr.) as Tony Stark himself, the mega-rich playboy last seen in 2012's Avengers donning his Iron Man suit and thwarting alien destruction. It's been rough since his big New York minute; he's been suffering panic attacks and burying himself in his workshop, shutting out his live-in love (Gwyneth Paltrow) in favor of tinkering on an ever-expanding array of manned and un-manned supersuits. But duty, and personal growth, beckon when the above-mentioned villains start behaving very badly. With some help (but not much) from Don Cheadle's War Machine — now known as "Iron Patriot" thanks to a much-mocked PR campaign — Stark does his saving-the-world routine again. If the plot fails to hit many fresh beats (a few delicious twists aside), the 3D special effects are suitably dazzling, the direction (by series newcomer Shane Black) is appropriately snappy, and Downey, Jr. again makes Stark one of the most charismatic superheros to ever grace the big screen. For now, at least, the continuing Avengers spin-off extravaganza seems justified. (2:06) Metreon. (Eddy)
Laurence Anyways Xavier Dolan's latest is yet another gorgeously-designed love story; it fits perfectly alongside his extremely personal I Killed My Mother (2009) and the devastating Heartbeats (2010). Although some critics have suggested that this young director needs to hire an editor (Laurence Anyways clocks in at two hours and 48 minutes), I would argue that this epic, gender-bending love story needed to take its stylized time to achieve what most films never do: humanize a transgendered lead character. Melvil Poupaud (Raúl Ruiz's favorite ingénue) is stunning as Laurence; as his longtime lover, Fred, Suzanne Clément performs with a guttural passion that should keep audiences glued to the screen. For those willing to accept a decade's worth of hypnotic set and costume designs (the film spans 1989-1999); cryptic character development; a crew of campy castaways; and an electric, eclectic soundtrack (Depeche Mode, Celine Dion), Laurence Anyways is well worthy of its epic running time. Could this be the film that elevates Canada's best-kept secret to being the leader of a post-gender film movement that's just about to explode? (2:48) Metreon. (Jesse Hawthorne Ficks)
Man of Steel As beloved as he is, Superman is a tough superhero to crack — or otherwise bend into anything resembling a modern character. Director Zack Snyder and writer David S. Goyer, working with producer Christopher Nolan on the initial story, do their best to nuance this reboot, which focuses primarily on Supe's alien origins and takes its zoom-happy space battles from Battlestar Galactica. The story begins with Kal-El's birth on a Krypton that's rapidly going into the shitter: the exploited planet is about to explode and wayward General Zod (Michael Shannon) is staging a coup, killing Kal-El's father, Jor-El (Russell Crowe), the Kryptonians' lead scientist, and being conveniently put on ice in order to battle yet another day. That day comes as Kal-El, now a 20-something earthling named Clark Kent (Henry Cavill) — resigned to his status as an outsider, a role dreamed up by his protective adoptive dad (Kevin Costner) — has turned into a bit of a (dharma) bum, looking like a buff Jack Kerouac, working Deadliest Catch-style rigs, and rescuing people along the way to finding himself. Spunky Lois Lane (Amy Adams) is the key to his, erm, coming-out party, necessitated by a certain special someone looking to reboot the Kryptonian race on earth. The greatest danger here lies in the fact that all the leached-of-color quasi-sepia tone action can turn into a bit of a Kryptonian-US Army demolition derby, making for a mess of rubble and tricky-to-parse fight sequences that, of course, will satisfy the fanboys and -girls, but will likely glaze the eyes of many others. Nevertheless, the effort Snyder and crew pack into this lengthy artifact — with its chronology-scrambling flashbacks and multiple platforms for Shannon, Diane Lane, Christopher Meloni, Laurence Fishburne, and the like — pays off on the level of sheer scale, adding up to what feels like the best Superman on film or TV to date — though that bar seems pretty easy to leap over in a single bound. (2:23) Metreon, 1000 Van Ness, Sundance Kabuki. (Chun)
Monsters University Seven-year-old Mike Wazowski is even more adorable than grown-up, Billy-Crystal-voiced Mike Wazowski. It's a pity, then, that one of the big lessons Monsters University teaches is that the essence of monster-identity is how scary one is. What Mike loses in frightfulness he forcefully recovers in spunk, and after a trip to the scare floor that briskly reminds us the premise of 2001's Monsters, Inc., mini-Mike becomes the first ever career-driven Pixar character. (For this, I love him.) We all know he eventually becomes a superstar in this scare-powered retro-verse, but first he has to overcome frat boy-inflicted embarrassment and flunk out of school. The most noteworthy thing about Pixar's first prequel is how very massively its characters fail — it's a lovely tilt that suggest the greatness of tomorrow begins when you overcome the failures of today. The administrators of Monsters University (in particular Helen Mirren's dragon-lady Dean) require formal perfection in the scares they grade, but in the world of actual scarers, oddness and difference actually become advantages. It's all theory but no rulebook. And doesn't that sound like a good lesson from the studio that once proudly said "story is king," yet now scrambles to meet Disney's once-a-year feature demands? Such rigidity comes at a price. (1:50) 1000 Van Ness, Presidio, SF Center, Shattuck, Sundance Kabuki, Vogue. (Vizcarrondo)
Much Ado About Nothing Joss Whedon (last year's The Avengers) shifts focus for a minute to stage an adaptation of the Shakespeare comedy, drawing his players from 15 years' worth of awesome fantasy/horror/sci-fi TV and film projects. When the Spanish prince Don Pedro (Reed Diamond) pays a post-battle visit to the home of Leonato (Clark Gregg) with his officers Claudio (Fran Kranz) and Benedick (Alexis Denisof), Claudio falls for Leonato's daughter, Hero (Jillian Morgese), while Benedick falls to verbal blows with Hero's cousin Beatrice (Amy Acker). Preserving the original language of the play while setting his production in the age of the iPhone and the random hookup, Whedon makes clever, inventive use of the juxtaposition, teasing out fresh sources of visual comedy as well as bringing forward the play's oddities and darker elements. These shadows fall on Beatrice and Benedick, whose sparring — before they succumb to a playfully devious setup at the hands of their friends — has an ugly, resentful heat to it, as well as on Hero and Claudio, whose filmy romance is unsettlingly easy for their enemies, the malevolent Don John (Sean Maher) and his cohorts, to sabotage. Some of Acker and Denisof's broader clowning doesn't offer enough comic payoff for the hammy energy expenditure, but Nathan Fillion, heading up local law enforcement as the constable Dogberry, delivers a gleeful depiction of blundering idiocy, and the film as a whole has a warm, approachable humor while lightly exposing "all's well that ends well"'s wacky, dysfunctional side. (1:49) Albany, 1000 Van Ness, Piedmont, SF Center. (Rapoport)
Now You See Me Cheese can be a tough factor to quantify, but you get close to the levels Now You See Me strives for when you picture the hopelessly goofy, tragically coiffed Doug Henning lisping, "It's magic!" somewhere between Bob "Happy Little Tree" Ross and a rainbow sprinkled with Care Bears. Now You See Me, however, is much less likely to be dusted off and adored by a Bronies-style cult. Four seemingly savvy street and stage magicians (Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Isla Fisher, and Dave Franco) are brought together by tarot card invite by a mysterious host. What follows is a series of corny performances by the crew, now dubbed the Four Horseman, that are linked to a series of Robin Hood-like, or not, thefts. Nipping at their heels are a loudly flustered FBI agent (Mark Ruffalo, working an overcooked Columbo impression), a waifish Interpol detective (Mélanie Laurent, as if slouching through a Sorbonne semester), and a professional debunker (Morgan Freeman, maintaining amusement). In the course of the investigation, the Horsemen's way-too-elaborate and far-from-apocalyptic illusions are taken apart and at least one vigorously theatrical fight scene takes place — all of which sounds more riveting than what actually transpires under the action-by-the-book watch of director Louis Leterrier, who never succeeds in making the smug, besuited puppets, I mean Horsemen, who strut around like they're in Ocean's Eighteen 4D, anything remotely resembling cool. Or even characters we might give a magical rabbit's ass about. For all its seemingly knowing pokes at the truth behind the curtain, Now You See Me lacks much of the smarts and wit of loving deconstructionists like Penn and Teller —glimmers of which can only be made out in the smirk of Harrelson and the knowing twinkle of Freeman — or even the tacky machismo of Criss Angel, as well as a will to get to a truth behind the mystery. Or is the mystery behind the truth? (1:56) 1000 Van Ness, SF Center. (Chun)
Rebels with a Cause The huge string of parklands that have made Marin County a jewel of preserved California coastline might easily have become wall-to-wall development — just like the Peninsula — if not for the stubborn conservationists whose efforts are profiled in Nancy Kelly's documentary. From Congressman Clem Miller — who died in a plane crash just after his Point Reyes National Seashore bill became a reality — to housewife Amy Meyer, who began championing the Golden Gate National Recreation Area because she "needed a project" to keep busy once her kids entered school, they're testaments to the ability of citizen activism to arrest the seemingly unstoppable forces of money, power and political influence. Theirs is a hidden history of the Bay Area, and of what didn't come to pass — numerous marinas, subdivisions, and other developments that would have made San Francisco and its surrounds into another Los Angeles. (1:12) Smith Rafael. (Harvey)
Somm First-time filmmaker Jason Wise follows four wine-obsessed men (including three from the Bay Area) on their quest to become Master Sommeliers. Their genial rivalry — the stuffiest member of the quartet is nicknamed "Dad" — somewhat offsets the immense pressure they're under, though every guy turns into Rain Man when he starts ID-ing each unmarked glass, detecting subtle yet highly specific aromas like "sage, truffle, wet forest floor, decaying dried red rose petals," "a freshly opened can of tennis balls," and (in the weirdest example) "grandma's closet." It's an insular, elite world, but Wise's camera gets right to the front lines as the candidates prep for the grueling, multi-day test, interviewing the long-suffering spouses of the candidates (one of whom ruminates on the grossness of "spit buckets" left behind after late-night tasting marathons). As the day of reckoning looms, the tension mounts along with the piles of flash cards — but the friendships and good humor remain, even after the results are revealed. (1:33) Sundance Kabuki. (Eddy)
Star Trek Into Darkness Do you remember 1982? There are more than a few echoes of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan in J. J. Abrams' second film retooling the classic sci-fi property's characters and adventures. Darkness retains the 2009 cast, including standouts Zachary Quinto as Spock and Simon Pegg as comic-relief Scotty, and brings in Benedict "Sherlock" Cumberbatch to play the villain (I think you can guess which one). The plot mostly pinballs between revenge and preventing/circumventing the destruction of the USS Enterprise, with added post-9/11, post-Dark Knight (2008) terrorism connotations that are de rigueur for all superhero or fantasy-type blockbusters these days. But Darkness isn't totally, uh, dark: there's quite a bit of fan service at work here (speak Klingon? You're in luck). Abrams knows what audiences want, and he's more than happy to give it to 'em, sometimes opening up massive plot holes in the process — but never veering from his own Prime Directive: providing an enjoyable ride. (2:07) Metreon, 1000 Van Ness, Sundance Kabuki. (Eddy)
This Is the End It's a typical day in Los Angeles for Seth Rogen as This Is the End begins. Playing a version of himself, the comedian picks up pal and frequent co-star Jay Baruchel at the airport. Since Jay hates LA, Seth welcomes him with weed and candy, but all good vibes fizzle when Rogen suggests hitting up a party at James Franco's new mansion. Wait, ugh, Franco? And Jonah Hill will be there? Nooo! Jay ain't happy, but the revelry — chockablock with every Judd Apatow-blessed star in Hollywood, plus a few random inclusions (Rihanna?) — is great fun for the audience. And likewise for the actors: world, meet Michael Cera, naughty coke fiend. But stranger things are afoot in This Is the End. First, there's a giant earthquake and a strange blue light that sucks passers-by into the sky. Then a fiery pit yawns in front of Casa Franco, gobbling up just about everyone in the cast who isn't on the poster. Dudes! Is this the worst party ever — or the apocalypse? The film — co-written and directed by Rogen and longtime collaborator Evan Goldberg — relies heavily on Christian imagery to illustrate the endtimes; the fact that both men and much of their cast is Jewish, and therefore marked as doomed by Bible-thumpers, is part of the joke. But of course, This Is the End has a lot more to it than religious commentary; there's also copious drug use, masturbation gags, urine-drinking, bromance, insult comedy, and all of the uber-meta in-jokes fans of its stars will appreciate. (1:46) Metreon, 1000 Van Ness, Presidio, Shattuck. (Eddy)
20 Feet From Stardom Singing the praises of those otherwise neglected backup vocalists who put the soul into that Wall of Sound, brought heft to "Young Americans," and lent real fury to "Gimme Shelter," 20 Feet From Stardom is doing the rock 'n' roll true believer's good work. Director Morgan Neville follows a handful of mainly female, mostly African American backing vocal legends, charts their skewed career trajectories as they rake in major credits and keep working long after one-hit wonders are forgotten (the Waters family) but fail to make their name known to the public (Merry Clayton), grasp Grammy approval yet somehow fail to follow through (Lisa Fischer), and keep narrowly missing the prize (Judith Hill) as label recording budgets shrivel and the tastes, technology, and the industry shift. Neville gives these industry pros and soulful survivors in a rocked-out, sample-heavy, DIY world their due on many levels, covering the low-coverage minis, Concert for Bangladesh high points, gossipy rumors, and sheer love for the blend that those intertwined voices achieve. One wishes the director had done more than simply touch in the backup successes out there, like Luther Vandross, and dug deeper to break down the reasons Fischer succumbed to the sophomore slump. But one can't deny the passion in the voices he's chosen to follow — and the righteous belief the Neville clearly has in his subjects, especially when, like Hill, they are ready to pick themselves up and carry on after being told they're not "the Voice." (1:30) Metreon, Shattuck, Smith Rafael. (Chun)
Unfinished Song (1:36) Albany.
White House Down Ah, the mid-1990s: a time when two big-budget movies on the same subject were regularly released within months of each other (1997's Volcano and Dante's Peak; 1998's Armageddon and Deep Impact). When a director named Roland Emmerich ascended into the blockbuster pantheon with Independence Day (1996), a film that's best-remembered for that iconic shot of the White House exploding under alien death rays. The intervening years have seen Emmerich plunge ever-deeper into various flavors of disaster, and White House Down — which reignites that '90s copycat-rivalry thing by riding the fumes of March's Olympus Has Fallen — finds its boogeyman in domestic terrorism. It beings on a triumphant day for President James Sawyer (Jamie Foxx), who has just ordered all US troops removed from the Middle East — angering some high-up men in his administration, as well as some ex-military goons with axes of their own to grind. When the White House is compromised, a wannabe Secret Service agent (Channing Tatum), at the Prez's house for a tour with his precocious daughter, shoulders one-man-army duties. Rockets are launched; there's a high-speed limo chase across the White House lawn; we learn the truth about Marilyn and JFK; and thanks to evil genius Skip Tyler (Jimmi Simpson), "the greatest hack the world has ever seen" is about to unleash World War III. Yep, that's right: 17 years after ID4's Jeff Goldblum broke into the alien mainframe, thereby saving the White House-less planet, Emmerich has decided that hackers are actually bad guys. It goes with White House Down's warning that the enemy is no longer an external threat, but something lurking right under your nose. Better start working out, America — and working on your one-liners. (2:17) Metreon, 1000 Van Ness, Shattuck, Sundance Kabuki. (Eddy)
World War Z Or, Brad Pitt saves the world from undead beings with rotted brains but super-sharp hearing. Somehow, Max Brooks' innovative multi-character book — written in the form of interviews with survivors of a recent zombie outbreak — becomes by-the-numbers action horror in the hands of director Marc Forster (2008's Quantum of Solace, a.k.a. that Bond movie nobody remembers), complete with credit sequence filled with real news reports of environmental disasters, global unrest, and even a little shout-out to that guy who ate another guy's face off last year in Florida. No bath-salt jokes here, though; instead, we have Pitt playing a verrrry serious former UN investigator — former, because he quit to spend more time with his family, a promise he actually considers keeping even when the survival of the world hinges, apparently, on his very specific expertise. He jets around the world (South Korea! Israel! Wales?) in search of a cure, but it's obvious from the beginning — when he escapes immediate death in the initial rampage with his picture-perfect wife (Mireille Enos) and two daughters — that he'll eventually suss out a planet-saving solution. (Sorry, but if that's a spoiler you've never seen a movie before.) A few nifty setpieces can't save World War Z from more or less embodying the descriptor "meh," with its undynamic 3D, uninspiring CG, and cobbled-together script, complete with reassuring final voice-over. And one more thing: for the love of flesh-ripping gore, can we please make this the last PG-13 zombie movie? (1:56) California, Four Star, 1000 Van Ness, Presidio, SF Center, Sundance Kabuki. (Eddy) *


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Transverse Ranges > San Gabriel Mountains > Throop Peak > Climber's Log
Throop Peak Climber's Log
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|Bike & Hike
Date Climbed: Nov 25, 2000
|Nice combo. Started at the road closure on Rt 39.
|Posted Jan 4, 2007 8:43 pm
|Vincent Gap
Date Climbed: Sep 24, 2006
|On a trail run with my brother from Vincent Gap. Could not find a summit register, but there was a nice plaque
|Posted Sep 24, 2006 11:22 pm
|Twice to the summit
|Hiked here from Islip Saddle and from Dawson on the way to Baden Powell. Nothing to write home about, but a good peak with a little plaque to the CalTech founder. Did someone put down it's pronounced "Troop"?
|Posted Aug 8, 2006 12:03 am
|Route climbed: Vincent Gap
Date Climbed: Jul 8, 2006
|Vincent Gap to Mt. Hawkins. Bagged Throop, Burnham and Baden-Powell on the return. Summit views were a bit hazy. Plenty of solitude.
|Posted Jul 9, 2006 1:51 am
|From Mile Marker 61.3
Date Climbed: May 17, 2006
|Road closed before Islip Saddle. I think soon they'll close the entire Crest highway. Probably has something to do with the endangered toads that live up there. Anyway, hiked this peak along with Mount Hawkins. Caught by a squall line; lightning striking the ridge and driving rain. I hustled down the PCT and made it back by dark. Good hike.
|Posted May 18, 2006 5:44 am
|Route Climbed: regular route Date Climbed: 2002
|With Baden-Powell in the winter
|Posted Dec 19, 2005 11:07 am
|Route Climbed: Vincent Gap Date Climbed: December 18, 2005
|Strong cold winds from below Badden-Powell all the way to the summit. No views as the peak was surrounded in clouds.
|Posted Dec 18, 2005 6:26 pm
|Route Climbed: Dawson Saddle Date Climbed: October 30, 2005
|Started at the hwy 2 closure at Islip Saddle, walked about 4-5 miles? on closed hwy. to Dawson Saddle, then to summit, then Mt Hawkins and PCT back to car.
5-9-10 Skiied from summit down n. face to ACH, on excellent snow conditions.
|Posted Oct 30, 2005 11:10 pm
|Steve Larson
|Route Climbed: From Islip Saddle Date Climbed: September 18, 2005
|Tagged the summit on the way to Baden-Powell with my wife. Nice peak, but the air was pretty hazy, so not much to see. Easy to see the potential, though, if you caught it after a rain.
|Posted Sep 18, 2005 9:35 pm
|Route Climbed: Vincent Gap Date Climbed: 30 Jul 05
|Climbed Throop on a whim after topping Baden Powell. Caught Mt Burnham on the way over.
|Posted Aug 8, 2005 11:08 pm
|Route Climbed: Islip Saddle Date Climbed: June 23, 2005
|My fourth trip to the summit. There was still quite a bit of snow along the trail. More than I was expecting.
|Posted Jun 28, 2005 11:36 am
|Route Climbed: dawson Date Climbed: 6/95
|a quick jaunt , then on to burnham another bump of a mountain. baden-powell is really what makes this high ridge worthwhile.
|Posted Mar 4, 2005 10:10 am
|Route Climbed: Dawson Saddle Date Climbed: The 70's (I Think)
|Backpacked. Carried my friends pack the last few hundred yards (his first backpack trip). Went to Lilly Springs for the night.
|Posted Jan 14, 2005 4:51 pm
|Route Climbed: Dawson Saddle Date Climbed: July 3, 2004
|Climbed along with Baden-Powell. The nuns never did reach the summit. Oh well, I wouldn't have lasted five minutes in one of those black robes.
|Posted Jul 15, 2004 5:13 pm
|Route Climbed: Trail from south Date Climbed: 10/20/2001
|I enjoyed climbing up to Throop on my tour along the ridge visiting peaks. I enjoyed bagging of lots of peaks today in this wonderful area.
|Posted Jun 22, 2004 12:49 am
|Route Climbed: Dawson Saddle Date Climbed: June 10, 2004
|Perfect Southern California day, at least in the mountains. Bagged Throop Peak first, then went on to Baden-Powell and bagged Burnham Peak on the hike out. 4 1/2 hours car to car.
|Posted Jun 10, 2004 11:14 pm
|Route Climbed: Dawson Saddle Date Climbed: August 29, 2003
|Climbed solo first time. Climbed again May29, 2004 with my Dad, two of my kids(6&10yrs), and my friend and his son. Still a little snow about. Great day hike.
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|Route Climbed: PCT from Vincent Gap Date Climbed: April 4, 1980
|Camped on top in snow on my PCT thru hike in 1980 with my two hiking partners. Enjoyed beautiful night light views of the Southern California basin that evening.
|Posted Feb 18, 2004 7:37 pm
|Route Climbed: Dawson saddle Date Climbed: dec. 2003
|Stoped at Throop on the way to Baden-Powell with fellow SPer tonyo in dec. 2003
|Posted Feb 17, 2004 4:37 pm
|Route Climbed: PCT from Islip Saddle Date Climbed: May 5, 2001
|Started at the Islip Saddle parking lot taking the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT). Tagged Mt. Islip (8250') and Mt. Hawkings (8850') on the way to Throop Peak. Continued on to Mt. Baden-Powell (9399'). I returned the same way back to the Islip Saddle trailhead. It was a sunny clear day in early May. I recalled encountering some snow patches near Mt Hawkings.
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|Reid Garrett Hoffman
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Reid Garrett Hoffman[2] (born August 5, 1967) is an American internet entrepreneur, venture capitalist and author. Hoffman is best known as the co-founder of LinkedIn, a social network used primarily for business connections and job searching.
Early life and career[edit]
Hoffman was born in Stanford, California to Deanna Ruth Rutter and William Parker Hoffman, Jr. and grew up in Berkeley, California. His paternal great-great-great-grandfather was Christian Presbyterian minister and Indiana University president pro tempore Theophilus Adam Wylie.[3][4] He attended high school at The Putney School,[5] where he farmed maple syrup, drove oxen and studied epistemology.[6] He graduated from Stanford University in 1990 (where he won both a Marshall Scholarship and a Dinkelspiel Award) with a BS in Symbolic Systems and Cognitive Science.[7] He went on to earn an M.A. in philosophy from Wolfson College, Oxford University in 1993.
Hoffman says that in college he formed a conviction that he wanted to try to influence the state of the world on a large scale.[6] He saw academia as an opportunity to make an "impact", but later realized that an entrepreneurial career would provide him with a larger platform. "When I graduated from Stanford my plan was to become a professor and public intellectual. That is not about quoting Kant. It's about holding up a lens to society and asking 'who are we?' and 'who should we be, as individuals and a society?' But I realised academics write books that 50 or 60 people read and I wanted more impact."[8]
With that in mind, Hoffman pursued a career in business and entrepreneurship. Hoffman joined Apple Computer in 1994, where he worked on eWorld, an early attempt at creating a social network. eWorld was acquired by AOL in 1996.[9] Hoffman later worked at Fujitsu before co-founding his first company, SocialNet.com in 1997. It focused "on online dating and matching up people with similar interests, like golfers who were looking for partners in their neighborhood."[10] Peter Thiel has said SocialNet.com was "literally an idea before its time. It was a social network 7 or 8 years before that became a trend."[9]
While at SocialNet, Hoffman was a member of the board of directors at the founding of PayPal, an electronic money transmission service. In January 2000, he left SocialNet and joined PayPal full-time as the company's COO.[10] Allen Blue, whom Hoffman hired at PayPal, said that "PayPal had to scratch and claw for every advantage it had, and Reid became an expert at competing effectively in an extremely competitive environment."[9] He was responsible for all external relationships for PayPal, including payments infrastructure (VISA, MasterCard, ACH, WellsFargo), business development (eBay, Intuit, and others), government (regulatory, judicial), and legal. Peter Thiel, Hoffman's boss at PayPal has said, "he was the firefighter-in-chief at PayPal. Though that diminishes his role because there were many, many fires."[10] At the time of PayPal's acquisition by eBay for $1.5B in 2002, he was executive vice president of PayPal.
Hoffman co-founded LinkedIn in December 2002 with two former colleagues from SocialNet (including Allen Blue), a former college classmate and a former colleague from his time at Fujitsu.[6] It launched on May 5, 2003 as one of the first business-oriented online social networks.[11] Peter Thiel and Keith Rabois, colleagues of Hoffman's at PayPal, invested in LinkedIn.[6] As of November 2012, LinkedIn has more than 187 million registered users in more than 200 countries and territories.[11] The site allows registered users to maintain a list of contact details of people with whom they have some level of relationship, called Connections. Users can invite anyone (whether a site user or not) to become a connection. According to Forbes, "LinkedIn is, far and away, the most advantageous social networking tool available to job seekers and business professionals today."[12]
He was LinkedIn's founding CEO for the first four years before becoming chairman and President, Products in February 2007. Hoffman became Executive chairman in June 2009.[13] With the IPO of LinkedIn on May 19, 2011, Hoffman owns a stake worth an estimated $2.34 billion, not including any potential benefits from Greylock Partners, where he was named a Partner in 2009.[14] Hoffman believes that many people still do not know how to use its service and it is LinkedIn's job to help them out. In an interview, Hoffman said that "you have to think proactively about how to use a tool that enables your ability to move in ways that you weren't able to move before, and most of people are not very good at that".[15]
After the PayPal sale to eBay, Hoffman became one of Silicon Valley's most prolific and successful angel investors. According to venture capitalist David Sze, Hoffman "is arguably the most successful angel investor in the past decade."[16] Dave Goldberg, CEO of SurveyMonkey, says that Hoffman "is the person you want to talk to when you are starting a company."[9] He made 80 angel investments in technology companies. In 2010 Hoffman joined Greylock Partners and runs their $20 million Discovery Fund.[17] His areas of focus at Greylock are consumer and services, enterprise software, consumer Internet, enterprise 2.0, mobile, social gaming, online marketplaces, payments, and social networks.[18]
According to David Kirkpatrick's book The Facebook Effect, Hoffman arranged the first meeting between Mark Zuckerberg and Peter Thiel, which led to Thiel's initial $500,000 angel investment in the company. Hoffman invested alongside Thiel in Facebook's very first financing round.[19][20]
Hoffman personally invested and joined the board of directors in Zynga's first round of funding. Hoffman and Zynga CEO Mark Pincus co-own the Six Degrees patent.[21] Zynga is now a publicly traded company with a market capitalization of $2.48 billion as of August 2012.[22]
Other investments[edit]
His other investments include Wikia, Permuto, SixApart, thesixtyone, Tagged, IronPort, Flickr, Digg, Ping.fm, Nanosolar, Care.com, Knewton, Kongregate, Last.fm, Technetto, OneKingsLane, Wrapp, Edmodo, Vendio, VigLink and shopkick.[23] In late 2013 Viki, a company Hoffman invested in through Greylock Partners, was acquired by Japanese firm Rakuten.[24]
Hoffman is known in Silicon Valley as a person who has sat at every seat at the table. He has been a junior product manager (Apple and Fujitsu), an executive at a hypergrowth company (PayPal), an angel investor, an institutional investor, founder and CEO of a venture-backed company (LinkedIn), and independent board member of both private and public companies.
Public intellectual work[edit]
Hoffman has spoken at the XPrize Foundation's conference and the TED conference in Long Beach in 2012. He is a frequent lecturer at Stanford University, Oxford University, Harvard University, MIT's Media Lab, and others. He's appeared on The Charlie Rose Show, Fareed Zakaria's Global Public Square on CNN and other current affairs television programs.
Personal Life[edit]
In 2001, Hoffman married Michelle Yee, his high school sweetheart of many years. The couple has resided in Palo Alto, CA for 10 years.
Hoffman has written a variety of original written content on his personal website, reidhoffman.org, including an essay proposing a new form of credentialing for university students and professionals entitled "Disrupting the Diploma"[25] and "LinkedIn's Series B Pitch To Greylock: Pitch Advice For Entrepreneurs" in which Hoffman analyzed LinkedIn's 2004 Series B venture funding pitch deck and offered advice to prospective entrepreneurs on how to formulate a pitch deck.[26]
Hoffman has also written op-eds in the Washington Post, including one published in 2009 entitled "Let Startups Bail Us Out"[27] encouraging funding for grassroots innovation in the wake of the financial crisis and another in June 2013 entitled "Immigration promotes entrepreneurship and prosperity" advocating for immigration reform.[28] He has written for Strategy+Business on professional networking and is an "Influencer" on LinkedIn where he posts original written content.[29][30]
The Start-Up of You[edit]
Hoffman is co-author, with Ben Casnocha, of the business book The Start-Up of You: Adapt to the Future, Invest in Yourself, and Transform your Career.[6]
The book was released in the United States on February 14, 2012. It argues that individuals should think of themselves as businesses-of-one – the "CEO of their own career" – and draws many parallels between lessons learned from the stories of successful Silicon Valley technology companies and an individual's career.[31] As of September 2012 it had sold more than 100,000 copies.[32] It became both a New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller.[33][34]
Publisher's Weekly reviewed the book positively, saying, "with plenty of valuable guidance relevant to any career stage, this book will help readers not only survive professionally in times of uncertainty but stand out from the pack and flourish."[35] The Economist said that "Hoffman and Casnocha make a number of astute observations about shifts in the world of work."[36]
Jeff Weiner, LinkedIn's CEO, has said that "Reid's true north is making a positive and lasting impact on the world, in a very profound way."[9] He serves on the boards of Kiva.org (a micro-finance organization), Mozilla (creator of Firefox),[37] Endeavor Global an international non-profit development organization that finds and supports high-impact entrepreneurs in emerging markets, and Do Something, (an organization for young people taking action). Hoffman is also a supporter and Chair of the Advisory Board for QuestBridge, a provider of talented low-income students to top colleges/universities.
In April 2013, a lobbying group called FWD.us (aimed at lobbying for immigration reform and improvements to education) was launched, with Reid Hoffman listed as one of the founders.[38]
In 2014 Hoffman donated $150,000 to the May Day PAC[39]
Honors and awards[edit]
In May 2012, Hoffman was ranked third on the Forbes Midas List of the top tech investors.[40] Forbes described Hoffman as "Silicon Valley's uber-investor" and said Hoffman "has had a hand in creating nearly every lucrative social media startup."[40]
In 2012, Newsweek and The Daily Beast released their first "Digital Power Index," a list of the 100 most significant people in the digital world that year (plus 10 additional "Lifetime Achievement" winners), and Hoffman was ranked No. 3 in the "Angels" category.[41]
Hoffman and Jeff Weiner of LinkedIn shared the Ernst and Young U.S. Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 2011.[42]
In 2010, Hoffman was named No. 17 on Fast Company 's list of the 100 Most Creative People in Business.[43]
Hoffman, along with Salman Khan of Khan Academy, was honored by the World Affairs Council and Global Philanthropy Forum in 2012. The council recognizes and honors remarkable leaders who have effected and will continue to effect social change through their private enterprise and social action. The awards in 2012 were dedicated to celebrating Technology for Social Impact.[44]
Hoffman was awarded the 2012 David Packard Medal of Achievement Award by TechAmerica for his contributions and advances within the high-tech industry, his community, and humankind.[45]
Hoffman received an Honorary Doctor of Laws from Babson in 2012.[46]
- ^ Forbes The World's billionaires: Reid Hoffman September 2013
- ^ Reid Garrett Hoffman. Quora. Retrieved on 2013-10-23.
- ^ Louise Wylie Hoffman. Losaltosonline.com (2013-10-15). Retrieved on 2013-10-23.
- ^ Wylie House Museum. Iub.edu (2010-11-16). Retrieved on 2013-10-23.
- ^ Lacter, Mark (May 2009). "Reid Hoffman LinkedIn". Inc. 31 (4): 83.
- ^ a b c d e The Start-Up of You: Adapt to the Future, Invest in Yourself, and Transform your Career. New York: Crown Business. 2012. ISBN 978-0307888907.
- ^ Reid G. Hoffman: Chairman and Co-Founder, LinkedIn Corporation. Bloomsberg Business.
- ^ Cree, Richard (July 2009). "Well connected". Director magazine.
- ^ a b c d e "Reid Hoffman Revealed: Bloomberg Gamechangers". Bloomberg Television. Retrieved December 15, 2012.
- ^ a b c Rusli, Evelyn (November 5, 2011). "A King of Connections Is Tech's Go–To Guy". The New York Times. Retrieved December 15, 2012.
- ^ a b "LinkedIn: About". LinkedIn. Retrieved December 15, 2012.
- ^ "Your LinkedIn Intervention: 5 Changes You Must Make". Forbes. July 6, 2012. Retrieved December 15, 2012.
- ^ "LinkedIn: Reid Hoffman". Retrieved December 15, 2012.
- ^ Levy, Ari (May 19, 2011). "LinkedIn's Biggest Backers Will Own $2.5 Billion Stake After Initial Sale". Bloomberg.
- ^ "Fireside Chat With Reid Hoffman". August 2012.
- ^ TechCrunch - The latest technology news and information on startups. Techcrunch.tv. Retrieved on 2013-10-23.
- ^ Greylock Gives Super Angel-Turned-VC Reid Hoffman A $20 Million Seed Fund. TechCrunch (2010-09-27). Retrieved on 2013-10-23.
- ^ "Endeavor's Board of Directors: Reid Hoffman". Endeavor Global. Retrieved December 15, 2012.
- ^ The Facebook Effect: The Inside Story of the Company That Is Connecting the World: David Kirkpatrick: 9781439102114: Amazon.com: Books. Amazon.com. Retrieved on 2013-10-23.
- ^ Meet Facebook's (Soon-To-Be) Billionaires. Business Insider (2010-05-13). Retrieved on 2013-10-23.
- ^ The Zynga Influence. AllFacebook (2009-09-25). Retrieved on 2013-10-23.
- ^ Zynga Inc: NASDAQ:ZNGA quotes & news - Google Finance. Google.com (2013-07-25). Retrieved on 2013-10-23.
- ^ LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/in/reidhoffman
- ^ The Wall Street Journal http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424127887324886704579050251323358022
|url=missing title (help). Retrieved 4 February 2014.
- ^ Hoffman, Reid. http://reidhoffman.org/disrupting-the-diploma/. Retrieved 4 February 2014. Missing or empty
- ^ http://reidhoffman.org/linkedin-pitch-to-greylock/. Retrieved 4 February 2014. Missing or empty
- ^ Hoffman, Reid (March 3, 2009). "Let Start-Ups Bail Us Out". The Washington Post. Retrieved December 14, 2012.
- ^ Hoffman, Reid (June 28, 2013). "Should the United States fund the service program AmeriCorps? President Obama would increase its budget. Rep. Paul Ryan would eliminate federal funding for the program". The Washington Post. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
- ^ Hoffman, Reid. "Connections with integrity". Strategy + Business. Retrieved December 15, 2012.
- ^ http://www.linkedin.com/influencer/1213-Reid-Hoffman. Retrieved 4 February 2014. Missing or empty
- ^ "LinkedIn co-founder on "The Start-Up of You"". CBS News.
- ^ Takahashi, Dean. "Crunchfund founder quizzes Reid Hoffman about what it's like to be 'ridiculously wealthy'". VentureBeat. Retrieved December 14, 2012.
- ^ Cowles, Gregory. "Best Sellers – The New York Times". New York Times. Retrieved December 14, 2012.
- ^ "Best-Selling Books, Week Ended February 19". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved December 14, 2012.
- ^ "Nonfiction Review: The Start-Up of You: Adapt to the Future, Invest in Yourself, and Transform Your Career". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved December 14, 2012.
- ^ "Becoming a social worker: What finding jobs and founding businesses have in common". The Economist. April 7, 2012. Retrieved December 14, 2012.
- ^ "About the Mozilla Corporation". mozilla.org. Retrieved 204-03-28.
- ^ "Our supporters". FWD.us. Retrieved April 17, 2013.
- ^ "MAYDAY.US - Our Top Sponsors". mayday.us. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
- ^ a b "Reid Hoffman – Forbes". Forbes.com. Retrieved December 14, 2012.
- ^ "The Newsweek Daily Beast Digital Power Index". The Daily Beast. Retrieved December 14, 2012.[dead link]
- ^ "Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year". Ernst & Young. Retrieved December 14, 2012.
- ^ "The 100 Most Creative People in Business 2010". Fast Company. Retrieved December 14, 2012.
- ^ "2012 Awards Dinner Technology for Social Impact". World Affairs Council. Retrieved December 14, 2012.
- ^ Foremski, Tom (October 10, 2012). "LinkedIn's Reid Hoffman Awarded David Packard Lifetime Achievement Medal". Silicon Valley Watcher. Retrieved December 14, 2012.
- ^ "Honorary Degree Candidates and Speakers". Babson. Retrieved June 2, 2013.
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- LinkedIn management page including a brief biography of Hoffman
- Hoffman's resume on LinkedIn
- Podcast and videos of Reid Hoffman, speaking at Stanford University
- The Start-Up of You book website
- WSJ: Venture Capitalist's New Frontier: Where Cellphones Meet Retailing
- Profile of Reid Hoffman on Endeavor's Board of Directors
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Walden pond up top, the great meadow on bottom. Beautiful day with my friend :)
I went on a friggin' long and scenic bike ride. Little less than 2 hours, little over 25 miles. It was super hilly and my seat is a little too low right now so it killed my knees. Lesson learned, now looking for the proper wrench.
I passed a lot of farms (for my fellow shitblr I took a picture of Z farm~*~) and met a donkey friend.
Bike ride and swim today, took these beautiful photos after we got out and wandered the area.
Frozen waterfall
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I don't know why my hydration pack photo posted 3 hours later than I sent it from my phone.. anyway, 16 miles done. Mostly along the rail trail but some of it on nature footpaths. I did a lot of looping to get it all done. 2:36 time total.. I'm beat.
Enjoy some pictures from my run. Pack = 8lbs to carry, but also means camera phone pictures.
More run pictures from today.
Pictures from my run today. 8 miles, very cold.


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"Walking down the halls to my classroom again was refreshing," she said. "It felt great."
Her students seemed equally excited to return to class.
"We had an excellent morning — great listeners," Arnaudo said. "They are a bunch of sponges ready to learn."
Norma Nunez, 38, encouraged her second-grade class during a math exercise.
"You guys are great listeners," she said. "Boys and girls this is an awesome way to start off the school year."
Osman Ibarra said he was excited about "having a new teacher."
"She's nice," Osman said.
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