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Recently I was approached and asked if I would like to try out some products from an American company called Cailyn Cosmetics, which are exclusively imported into Ireland by LV Essentials. Always being one to try something new and interesting, I was all over it, and was given three items to try, their idifine liquid eyeliner, which is a felt tip pen affair, but is quite pleasant to work with, their BB Fluid Touch compact, which looks really innovative (it dispenses liquid from a compact – I might feature this when I have a tan and the shades match up better) and the most interesting item of the three, a brush. Their O! Wow Brush, which is the subject of today's Tested Thursday.
First things first, this is like no brush I have ever seen before, unless I count my toothbrush. It looks so strange to look at on first glance, and that in part is why I was so interested and excited to give this a go, once I got over the whole "what do I do with this" thing. I am so used to my Blank Canvas F20. It is my go to foundation brush, and I would feel wrong cheating on it. Sometimes you have to do these things though. The blurb on the box tells me:
"Through its velvet-like bristles and densely packed ultra fine fibers, this amazing brush is made to ensure an airbrushed effect, with an immaculate streak-free touch. This brush features an oval and angular surface that is beautifully crafted to blend liquid, cream or powder seamlessly into your skin. The flexible tilted handle of the brush is designed to reach every contour with precision and offers easy and stable grip. "Oh, wow" is what you'll say. No kidding"
Just to reinforce that, it lists its four features again:
- Compatible with any type of foundation, BB Cream, powder, blush etc.
- Super densely packed ultra fine fibers delivers streak-free flawless coverage
- Oval, angular surface offers effortless application and seamless blending
- Flexible tilted handle for precision and stability
That is quite a lot of claims to make, so lets dive in and see what is what.
The head, as you can see from the side on and angled shots is jam packed with super dense, really short, and super soft bristles. It is oval shaped and has a domed head. While the head is quite small compared to some foundation brushes, it is still very effective, and once I figured out how to use it, it was a joy to use.
Handle & Neck:
From the full length photo, you can see two things, a flat handle and a thin tapered neck. The best thing I can say here is hold it like a toothbrush. Thumb on top, fingers wrapped around and you're good to go. The thin neck is really a clever addition to the brush. It is super flexible. I could not for the life of me put enough pressure on the brush to make it uncomfortable or to splay the bristles. The neck took all the pressure out by flexing as it moved across my face, and undulated beautifully across every contour. Once you get used to how to hold the brush, it is amazingly comfortable to use!
How it actually performed in use:
This bit features half a completely bare face. Just FYI!
On the left is a bare face, on the right is just my Max Factor Skin Luminizer foundation, nothing else, applied using the O! Wow Brush.
I'll admit it now. The "Oh, wow" thing. I said it. I honestly did. I followed the instructions on the box (pick up choice of product with the brush, start at the centre of face and apply with "push & pull" motions, before finishing with light circular motions over the face) and the more foundation I applied, the happier I was with the O! Wow Brush. The finish it gave was phenomonal. Sometimes with the F20 I have to go over again, or apply powder to help even things out. Whit the O! Wow there was nothing. It was flawless! At this point I must also apologise to my beloved F20, but I may be cheating on you with the funny looking new brush more often!
The Cailyn Cosmetics O! Wow Brush is €29.99 and is available online from LV Essentials.
Note: Product was provided for review


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Antonio remains in bed for days after his fever breaks. The doctor diagnosed pneumonia and prescribed bed rest. He finds out that his father found Narciso's body and went to the sheriff to accuse Tenorio, but to no avail. The people of the town dismissed his death as caused by his alcoholism. Antonio remembers Narciso as a man who had "the magic of growth." Narciso's garden dries up soon after he dies.
Andrew tries to visit Antonio in his sick bed, but Antonio is not feeling like taking care of Andrew's feelings. He knows Andrew feels guilty about not helping Narciso, and Antonio is not interested in relieving him of that guilt. Andrew stops visiting his room after that, only looking in on him from the doorway. Antonio asks Ultima if he betrayed Andrew's secret about Rosie's in his delirium and she says he did not.
After Christmas, Leon and Eugene come home. They arrive in a state police car. They explain that on their way home in the storm, they lost control of the car and it wrecked in an ice bank. To avoid freezing, they had to burn parts of it. They fell asleep in exhaustion huddled against the car and woke to find the car in flames. The state trooper saw the fire and rescued them.
As Antonio begins to feel better, he sits up with Ultima in her room and she tell shim stories of the old people of Las Pasturas. He learns about Narciso as a young husband whose wife was killed by the diphtheria epidemic. Ultima had struggled to save her and since then Narciso had been loyal to her. She tells Antonio that the old people always helped each other and stuck together through good and bad.
Antonio's mother prepares him for his first communion. She tells him he will be a leader of the people as a priest. She tells him that he will "hold God in his mouth, in your body, in your soul--you will speak to Him and He will answer--." Antonio asks, "Then I will have knowledge of God?" and she answers in the affirmative. María also has Antonio read her the catechism in English, even though she does know understand all the words. Antonio knows that many of the people do not believe in learning English, "the new language," but his mother wants him to succeed as a priest and knows English is essential.
Gabriel becomes depressed at his sons' talk of leaving. He drinks all day and comes home in a morose mood. He talks nostalgically about how they used to work together in building the house. He cries as he tells the story. He tells them that the line of the windmill has come loose an he will have to go outside in the ice storm to fix it. The sons let him do this dangerous job alone. The next day they leave while he is still at work. Andrew goes with them.
Antonio learns in the is chapter that his older brothers will forever be vague memories to him and distant strangers on rare visits. The sons do the worst thing possible to their father. They let him risk his life in an ice storm and do not offer to help him. They have abdicated all duties as sons of their father. He knows what their inaction means and so does everyone else in the household.
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It is very seldom when watching a TV show that you find yourself completely clicking with it. For me it's happened a handful of times over the last 10 years or so. One such time was when I watched House. Those first three seasons were great for me. I got the show. I loved the main character, the tone, the soundtrack. I knew what David Shore was trying to accomplish.
Those first three seasons of House were thematically and philosophically rich character studies. The show was reserved and deliberate in how it dealt with character development and back story, parsing it out carefully through the main cast's interactions with the patient of the week.
Over time, House changed. The main characters' stories became more important than the patients' and each season became seemingly more jokey while being punctuated by bombastically dramatic sweeps episodes that involved bus crashes, the CIA and House operating on his own leg. I'm not saying one version of the show is any better than the other, but the show definitely changed after that third season. No longer was it a show set in a quaint little world where everyone psychoanalyzed each other and discussed ethical dilemmas while conducting differential diagnoses. In its place was a TV show that was more like a... TV show.
Needless to say I continued to watch as the seasons wore on. Season five was great, season six and seven drowned under the weight of House's romance with Cuddy, and season eight -- while not the same as the earlier seasons -- felt like hanging out with old friends again.
Having enjoyed season eight, it was with a nervous sense of excitement that I awaited the final hour of a show whose early seasons meant so much to me. And I have to say I'm impressed with how the finale, "Everybody Dies," paid respect to the the eight seasons that had preceded it. The finale managed to blend the sensibilities of the early seasons with the later seasons and although it's taken me the better part of a day to process it, I think it was a fitting conclusion.
Having primarily seen House as a character study of its titular character and a philosophical discussion from his point of view, I was relieved when the finale established House was hallucinating within the opening few minutes. House has always done hallucinations and non-linear storytelling well, with early episodes "Three Stories" and "No Reason" offering a master class on this form of storytelling. In "Everybody Dies," the hallucinations served to provide a final statement on all the main themes that had defined the show: futility, faith, pain, meaning, change, happiness, addiction, puzzles, love, friendship, truth and death. The fact that the finale was able to offer one last House-ian bit of commentary on all those things in the span of 40 minutes while using the characters of Amber, Stacy, Kutner and Cameron as the four cornerstones of House's subconscious is quite an achievement. To do this while bringing back a slew of former cast members, paying homage to Sherlock Holmes, honoring this season's plot lines and giving us one final medical mystery is even more impressive.
This isn't to say the episode was perfectly paced. Nor is it to say that I was overly enamored of every choice made in the episode's final act. But I certainly appreciate what David Shore and his writing staff wanted to achieve with his finale and I appreciate the ambition that went into creating it. And in many ways those last few sentences apply to how I felt about some of the show's later seasons. If you didn't like Huddy, House driving his car through her wall, House's Survivor-esque game to find a new team, the Tritter arc and so forth, I feel happy in knowing that all these major developments in the show were grounded in Shore looking for new ways to explore what he was trying to say thematically. There was always a reason for each creative decision. And although some decisions may not have always worked for everyone, I don't think it's fair to be too damning of ambition.
For the same reason, I don't think it's fair to be too dismissive of House's legacy. In a sea of procedurals, it is the rare one that eschews the world of law enforcement. And it is rare that each episode of a procedural is so layered. If you go back and watch any episode of House, there's scarcely a medical scene that goes by that doesn't work on at least three levels. The first level involved talking about the case of the week. Then beneath that the same scene would often deal with the ethical dilemma that case presented. And then those ethical dilemmas shed light on the main cast, which in turn would fuel House's arc/story in a given episode. This was always incredibly layered storytelling and is very rare on network TV, procedural or otherwise. To have people neglect that part of House's legacy 'cos they disliked a few seasons would be a shame.
And as the Desperate Housewives series finale reminded us all (in case we'd, y'know, forgotten), life is cyclical. And with the death of House, comes the birth of another show...
From ABC Family and Amy Sherman-Palladino, the creator of Gilmore Girls, Bunheads is a fun, fast talking show about a Las Vegas show girl who moves to a small town on a Californian beach where she becomes a ballet instructor. As I watched the pilot this past week, thanks to a preview stream, I went in hoping for something along the same lines as the Gilmore Girls. And I was not disappointed.
Sherman-Palladino is as great at dialogue as ever and the new troop of actors she's assembled, including lead actress Sutton Foster, are every bit as capable at delivering their lines as Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel were back in the day. Kelly Bishop's presence also doesn't hurt, as the sole familiar face from the Gilmore clan to appear in the Bunheads cast.
The concept of Bunheads isn't as rich with history as the Gilmore Girls was with the Gilmore family's ever-complex relationships, but part of the fun of this show is going to be watching those relationships grow from scratch.
I'm far from being the target audience of an ABC Family show about a ballet school, but there's always been something so escapist and fun about the worlds Amy Sherman-Palladino creates. So if you loved or were curious about the Gilmore Girls, I totally and completely recommend you give Bunheads a chance when it lands on ABC Family on June 11th.


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ROLLE, Switzerland (April 30th, 2014): To mark the 19th annual International Noise Awareness Day (INAD), Nissan has taken to the streets of one of Europe's quietest villages during the middle of the night with a silent "ride" of its 100% electric Nissan LEAF.
The activity, complete with a start and finish line in Provence Alpes Côte d'Azur, was designed to demonstrate the noise reduction levels of the Zero Emissions car compared to traditional combustion engines.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) states at least 13.5% of Europeans are exposed to road traffic noise at levels exceeding 55 dB, which is considered detrimental to human health*. The medical effects of noise levels include insomnia (50dB), obesity (50dB), psychic disorders (60dB) and reduction in life expectancy (50dB)*. As a result, Nissan has filmed a 'silent ride' to help support INAD in raising awareness about noise pollution levels across Europe.
The video stunt, filmed in one of Europe's quietest villages in the early hours of the morning, shows four Nissan LEAF vehicles racing around the backstreets at high speeds without waking anyone up. Members of the village were filmed while they slept to monitor their reactions.
To see the Nissan LEAF in action, click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-rGQxTzxWo
The running noise of the Nissan LEAF engine is 21dB*, recording less noise than a ceiling fan (26dB) - which is way below the World Health Organisation's night time noise target for Europe (40dB).
Launched by the Center for Hearing and Communication (CHC), INAD aims to raise awareness about the dangers of exposure to noise on hearing and health - including emotional and physical health problems such as impaired mental performance, high blood pressure and increased risk of motor vehicle injuries*.
The Center for Hearing and Communications Executive Director Laurie Hanin said "International Noise Awareness Day was initiated by the Center for Hearing and Communication in 1995 in order to increase public awareness about the harmful effects of noise on hearing, health, and general well-being.
"As a result, many thousands have had their hearing screened and many more have been educated in the numerous ways to prevent exposure to hazardous levels of noise.
"It is exciting to see Nissan showing off the benefits of their all-electric car, the Nissan LEAF, in this video highlighting that as well as being friendly to the environment, it is also friendly to the community by reducing noise pollution. Congratulations and good luck in this endeavour."
Launched four years ago, the zero emissions Nissan LEAF continues to provide consumers with the benefits of an all-electric car - a quiet and dynamic driving experience, lower operating costs, the increased convenience of charging at home and less scheduled maintenance - at a price after tax incentives that rival comparable gas-powered vehicles.
Jean-Pierre Diernaz, director of electric vehicles, Nissan Europe commented: "One thing that surprises people most about the Nissan LEAF is the feeling of near silence, it is incredibly liberating and makes for a very relaxing driving experience. Most of the noise you hear when a Nissan LEAF is running at low speed in town is actually artificially created to help alert pedestrians to the vehicle's presence.
"Electric vehicles like the Nissan LEAF will play a very large role in the move to create 'smarter cities' worldwide - cities that aim to create smart solutions for a range of city problems from air pollution to traffic congestion. The goal is to build cities like these where people drive electric vehicles like the Nissan LEAF and the new e-NV200, which will launch in June - this is a concept that Nissan supports whole heartedly and aims to be a part of now and in years to come."
The United Kingdom, France and Italy are the countries worst affected by traffic noise during the day (levels higher than 55dB), resulting in higher risks of cardiovascular diseases and premature death*.
Europe's noisiest countries in the day*
Number of people exposed to noise levels over recommend 55dB level
1. United Kingdom
5 million
2. France
3.8 million
3. Italy
1.6 million
4. Germany
1.5 million
5. Spain
1.2 million
6. Switzerland
7. Belgium
8. Austria
9. Portugal
10. Czech Republic
Europe's noisiest countries at night*
Number of people exposed to noise levels over recommend 40dB level at night
1. United Kingdom
3.8 million
2. France
2.6 million
3. Italy
1.6 million
4. Germany
5. Spain
6. Belgium
7. Switzerland
8. Czech Republic
9. Portugal
10. Austria
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Since many people use public transit or the subway for getting to work, we've collected apps that can work off-line, so you don't have to worry about having good cell reception.
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Welcome to the Kingdom of Bridd!
Here you will have a chance to meet King Lade-Gleal, Emperor Finup, Ropettian, Johanna and other fantastical characters from my novel "The Secret of Bridd".
By simply checking out the menu at the top of this page you will find out about past and future social events, read a sneak peek of new action packed stories with your favourite characters and many more.
Do not miss a quick peek at the first chapter that will make you want to get keep reading.
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Kathleen A. Killian
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Biographical InformationKathy Killian is a neurobiologist whose research focuses on brain and behavioral plasticity; in particular, on factors that regulate the birth and survival of new neurons in the adult brain. The cricket and flesh fly are used as model organisms in her studies because, like vertebrates, they maintain specific populations of neural progenitor cells in the brain that continue to divide and give rise to new neurons in adulthood. Most recently, her research has focused on two primary areas:
1) Investigation of the cellular and molecular mechanisms allowing neural stem cells to maintain the capacity to proliferate throughout adulthood. Adult neurogenesis can occur within specialized anatomical microenvironments, or niches. Both intrinsic cell-to-cell communication and extrinsic blood borne factors can play important roles in maintaining stem cell niches; experiments have been designed to investigate such factors. Techniques utilized in these studies include RNAi and qPCR; BrdU labeling of mitotic cells; immunocytochemistry; confocal microscopy; TEM; and single cell electrophysiology. A thorough understanding of the molecular mechanisms allowing stem cells to remain mitotic in adult brains has far-reaching implications for advancing our understanding of the role these cells may play in brain plasticity and repair.
2) Analysis of the link between the insect innate immune system and the maturation of agonistic behavior, the determination of social status, and the regulation of adult neurogenesis. The cricket, a classic model organism for the study of agonistic behavior, is used in these studies. Perturbations that can lead to cellular changes that result in brain inflammation are also under study. Techniques utilized include behavioral analyses; immune assays; GC-MS; RNAi and qPRC. The goal of these studies is to examine the immune system's ability to influence behavior and brain function.
Courses Taught
Neurophysiology (BIO 469/567)
Human Physiology (BIO 305)
Graduate Seminar in Neuroscience (BIO 710)
Recent Publications
- Pinera AV, Charles HM, Dinh TA, Killian KA (2013) Maturation of the immune system of the male house cricket, Acheta domesticus. Journal of Insect Physiology 59:752-760.
- Ghosal K, Naples SP, Rabe A and Killian KA (2010) Agonistic behavior and electrical stimulation of the antennae induces Fos-like protein expression in the male cricket brain. Archives Insect Biochemistry and Physiology 74(1):38-51.
- Ghosal K, Gupta M and Killian KA (2009) Dominance status enhances adult neurogenesis in male Acheta domesticus crickets. Journal of Experimental Biology 212: 2045-2056.
- Killian KA and Allen JR (2008) Mating can reset male cricket aggression. Journal of Insect Behavior 21:535-54


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My original travelling plan for Jim, was for me to take him to India. I had the romantic notion of finishing the conversion, quiting my job, and then leaving home, with just a starting point and a destination, leaving the route and pace to be decided as I went. As time went on, and I started to research the bureaucracy of overland travel, I realised that if I left without any preparation I would get as far as Turkey before an impenetrable wall of antiquated paperwork would halt forward progress.
For a start, one needs a Carnet de Passage
to be able to temporarily import a vehicle into Iran, Pakistan and
India; without this document these countries have no assurance that you
will not sell your vehicle once inside their country and avoid paying
import duty. Secondly, one needs a Visa for each of these countries too,
and each country en route has particular intricacies which make having a
valid visa complicated. For example there is no Indian embassy in
Pakistan, and so you have to apply for the visa in Iran. Also visas for
Pakistan can only be gotten in your home country, which would be fine,
except they are also only valid for six months, and so you
have to plan carefully to avoid getting to Pakistan and finding that
your visa has expired. A third complication is that in 2011, Iran all
but banned dog ownership, making it a tricky country to travel through
with a canine companion, even one as handsome as Boris!
Whilst I had not realised that
I would have all of these complication, they were not enough to dissuade
me from travelling this route. That changed recently, and my enthusiasm
for driving to India via Iran and Pakistan wained. I have been reading a
number of blogs of travellers who have transited Pakistan over the
last few years, and have watched as the experiences of those travellers
has gotten worse. The security restrictions, whilst previously restricted to
border areas, have spread inward, and the distance the police escorts
continue for has increased from a few hundred miles, to most of the way across the country. If you wish to drive through Pakistan now, you are pretty much escorted by police from one side of the country to the other; there is little scope for lengthy stopovers or sightseeing excursions. After rushing the 1,600 miles
through Iran to avoid any dog related dramas, the last thing I will want
is 1,000 miles of police escorts and sleeping in police compounds; I spent much of my youth avoiding them!


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A month or so back, I made a small series of square collages for the Winter Art of the Library Exhibition, now in it's snazzy new exhibition space in the new annex. The unifying element across all four and my favorite part is the green and blue scrapbooking floral paper bottom left. If I could paper my walls with it, I totally would..
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Attackers are going after water plants and other infrastructure
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It is often debated if, and how often, hackers are going after critical infrastructure like water plants, generators, and such.
MIT Technology Review reports on a security researcher Kyle Wilhoit's exploration of this question. He set up two fake control systems and one real one (just not connected to an actual plant), which he then connected to the Internet.
Over the course of the one month experiment he detected 39 sophisticated attacks against his "honeypot" systems. The attackers did not just penetrate the systems, but also manipulated their settings, which would have had real world impacts had these been real systems.
One must assume that the same is happening to any real Internet accessible industrial control systems.
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Police corpse on Aleppo pavement attests strong rebel fightback
The bloodied corpse of a police commander lay riddled with bullets on an Aleppo pavement on Tuesday, testimony to a fierce fightback by Syrian rebels against an army offensive in the commercial capital.
Ali Nasser, the feared chief of the main police station in southern Aleppo, had made a run for it as the rebels closed in on his headquarters in the Salhin district after fierce fighting through the night.
He made it just 100 metres before being mowed down in a hail of bullets, an AFP correspondent reported.
The rebels hailed a major victory. The police station was a major strategic objective in their efforts to cement their control over the south of the city, said Abdel Khader al-Sater, a commander of the Liwa Al-Tawhid Al-Mujahedeen (United Mujahedeen Brigade), one of the main rebel factions in Aleppo.
Jubilant fighters said Nasser had paid the price for the wave of repression he had overseen during the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad's rule, now in its 17th month.
The attack began at 11:00 pm (2000 GMT) on Monday, with fighters converging from the rebel-held districts of Marjeh and Sakhur to the east and Al-Shaar in the city centre.
They were joined by fighters from other parts of the city. One told AFP they had "come spontaneously after hearing that a large battle was in the making."
Rebels killed two police officers who attempted to escape during the night.
The security forces responded by strafing the area from helicopter gunships, but around 6:00 am (0300 GMT) the rebel force took up position around the police station.
At 6:45 am, rebel fighters used a car to hurl a large gas cylinder rigged with explosives at the front of the building but the detonator failed.
Less than two hours later, the police chief attempted his escape from his besieged headquarters accompanied by another officer, who was also killed.
A further five officers then surrendered leaving just a single officer inside when the rebels finally overran it at 10:20 am (0720 GMT).
The jubilant fighters ransacked the hated symbol of the regime before setting it ablaze.
A crowd of curious civilians gathered to view the destruction but within an hour they took flight in the face of new attack by a helicopter gunship, the AFP correspondent said.
Rebels released video footage later Tuesday that they said showed their assault on the police station. Fighters are seen weaving their way towards the entrance of a sandbagged building amid cries of victory.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said at least 40 police were killed in the rebels' capture of the Salhin police station and another in the nearby Bab al-Nayrab district.
The Britain-based watchdog said that later Tuesday rebel fighters captured a third Aleppo police station, in the Hanano neighbourhood.


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LapseLab HD for BlackBerry 10 is a super camera application that will allow you to take a number of photos in quick succession and then the app will convert them into a video file with a higher frame rate - resulting in a time lapse video of images.
Not only is the app free but it's also available for all BlackBerry 10 smartphones, so this one should go down rather well with the community. There are a ton of options within the app in terms of how many photos you take and the time between them. In the video above - the demo one I shot was 61 images with one photo being taken every second, but you can adjust to you own personal preference.
Once you select from the three different modes available and adjust the time settings it's just a case of tapping the camera tab and you're set to start shooting. Once you are finished you'll be presented with a share option and the finished product will automatically be saved in the videos folder on your BlackBerry
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This is sort of a tricky one for me, since I haven't really seen a whole lot of black and white movies, but here's a quick stab at a list at least.
5. Skenbart – En film om tåg (tl: Seemingly – A film about trains. Yeah, the pun doesn't really translate well. Known internationally as Illusive Tracks, it seems.)
A wonderfully silly swedish movie about a to say the least interesting train ride in December of 1945 boud from Stockholm to Berlin. Much of the the people who defined swedish humor in the 1980's (and in some cases since before then) all appear and the film has a delightful hint of black comedy all the way through. Not the best movie of all time, but good fun and a throwback to some really good 80's swedish humor.
4. The Seventh Seal
I was expecting a drastically slower and heavier film, being a Bergman film and all, but it surprised me with terrific timing between the actors and genuinely warm scenes. Don't get me wrong though, there is the heavier more thought provoking stuff there also, but it was much eeasier of a watch then I expected. I also find the medieval setting visually and thematically compelling. It would probably rank higher on my list if it wasn't for the fact that I've never actually seen it the whole way through since things have gotten in the way. One of these days though.
3. Young Frankenstein
Pretty much everything you mentioned in the episode. There are just so many funny moments and quotes that spring into my mind so often that I can't justify keeping it off my list. ("Yes! Yes! Say it! HE VAS MY BOYFRIEND!")
2. Psycho
Now where to begin here, there are just so many elements that makes Hitchcocks Psycho such a compelling film. The actors are fantastic, the sudden change in the story when Janet Leigh as Marion Crane pulls into the Bates Motel is somehow still effective even when you already know that the famous shower seen will be coming up (or maybe even more because of it?), there is a since of dread hanging over the entire film and the very last scene… it's perhaps more cognitive horror then body horror, but I find it just as disturbing. Terrific thriller.
1. Casablanca
So obvious it could make you sick, I know. But it really is that good. It is one of the defining moments of cinema and for a good reason. Once again terrific acting, wonderful script, very good music and one of those bittersweet endings I so adore. If you haven't seenthis you are only doing yourself a disservice.
The list maker in me says that most of this list is waaaaaaay to predictable, but oh well. You can't make a list that blows everyone's mind every time, and I suppose there is a reason for them coming up so frequently.
I'm not sure I've seen 5 B&W movies but I love Young Frankenstien, Gojira and I liked the original King Kong.
There are so many great movies in B&W, I could easily rattle off a top five for comedy, drama, sci-fi, etc.
Cutting the list to just five would seem impossible. How do you pick between, say His Girl Friday and Some Like It Hot and Arsenic & Old Lace? There are at least five Bogart B&W movies that I find equally enjoyable. How could I even choose between In a Lonely Place and To Have & Have Not? I have a top five just for cinematography. Add in foreign films and it really gets insane. Ask me tomorrow, and my list would shift. Everything I would leave off my list would be a "Sophie's Choice" struggle. I better stick with a Top 50.
oooh man. Arsenic and old lace is so good. Completely forgot about that one. Nice pick.
King Kong
The 3. man
All of the Marx Brothers movies
The Birds
Sons of the Desert (Laurel and Hardy)
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid is not a cop out. It marvelously predicts the mashup/YouTube culture of today. It's brilliant.
5. A Touch of Evil – Orson Welles' noir masterpiece. Charlton Heston and Janet Leigh with Welles as a corrupt, but complex character. Amazing.
4. Todd Browning's Freaks – A really disturbing movie, filled with actual circus freaks. Great, horrifying stuff.
3. Bringing Up Baby – A leopard, a dog, and a missing dinosaur bone. Throw in Katherine Hepburn, and Cary Grant taking you to school in comedic timing and you have one of my favorite comedies of all time.
2. Duck Soup – The Marx Brothers best movie…with A Night At The Opera in a close second. The Mirror scene and the trial of Chicolini are some of the funniest moments ever put on film.
1. The Manchurian Candidate – Talk about paranoid…This is one of my favorite movies ever. One of the ultimate conspiracy theory movies. Angela Lansbury is great as the villainous Eleanor Shaw Iselin and mother to the mind-controlled Raymond Shaw, sweatily played by Laurence Harvey. Intense.
Hard to narrow it down to just five, but let's see what we can do.
5. Pi – pretty much for the reasons yall listed, the mood, pacing and the weird plot.
4. Arsenic and Old Lace – Rock Hudson and Peter Lorrie 2 classic film stars, Uncle Teddy charging up the stairs, and the two old aunts doing their "charities" with elderberry wine. Just a fun romp as they used to say.
3. Ed Wood – It's got Johnny Depp in drag, George 'the animal' Steele as Tor Johnson and an Oscar winning performance by Martin Landau as Bela Lugosi.
2. Plan 9 From Outer Space – Not the best movie by any stretch of the imagination, but one of my favorites. I'm not sure if it's the paper plate ufos, the clear difference between Bela Lugosi and Tom Mason (who played the part after Lugosi's death), or the childish acting but this film speaks to me for some reason.
1. Harvey – How can you not love a film about a 6′ 3.5″ invisible rabbit. It's a movie that says it alright to be a bit weird. I think Elwood P. Dowd himself said it best "Well, I've wrestled with reality for 35 years, Doctor, and I'm happy to state I finally won out over it." And this movie also taught me that it's better to be "oh so pleasant" than "oh so smart".
"Plan 9 From Outer Space – Not the best movie by any stretch of the imagination" Got that right :) Did you hear the Filmsack episode where they broke it down?
Sorry to be a pedant, but considering what web site we're on… :)
Anyway, it's not Rock Hudson, it's Cary Grant.
As to casting, there's the cool Karloff joke that is even a little bit funnier because it is Raymond Massey playing the role that Karloff originated.
"Harvey" is another great play to movie adaptation, but I always lean a little more towards Arsenic because of the creepy Halloween vibe in the look and the macabre killings.
5. Godzilla – Raymond Burr and a guy in a rubber suit!
4. Angel and the Bad Man – John Wayne will always be the Man!
3. Night of the Living Dead – They still have not done a better zombie movie
2. 12 Angry Men – Such a great movie done entirely in real time.
1. Seven Samurai – One of the best adventure movies of all time!
If I did make a top 50 list, 12 Angry Men would be right on it. There are a few movies that, whenever they are on TV and no matter how far into the story they are, I always end up watching until the end. And that movie is one of them. Every actor is pitch perfect, and the six or so who get to chew a little bit more of the scenery are even more perfect. Klugman and Jack Warden are truly memorable. I love Sidney Lumet. I was just watching "Murder on the Orient Express" last night. Heck, I'll even watch The Wiz!
I give Night of the Living Dead massive amounts of props for inventing the modern Zombie as he/she/it is today, there were a few zombie films before that, mostly looking at the Voodoo version of zombies but Romero changed the game. The only reason I don't include that movie on my list and why I don't find it to actually be the best zombie movie ever is the insanely slow pacing of the film. That's a product of the time, and while I throughly enjoy when the director lets the scene breathe, there's almost literally 10 minutes where we watch the character Ben (Duane Jones) nailing boards over the doors and windows. I definitely thought that the movie was all about what was happening inside that house more than outside. I actually just picked up another copy of Night of the Living Dead on dvd at a Goodwill the other day. I already owned it but the copy I found has this great little college made short on it called Night of the Living Bread. It's a ridiculous little farce that's good for a chuckle.
I CAN'T watch Citizen Kane anymore. Back when I was still delusional enough to try to study film, I took a film history class that we spent 4 weeks of 3 hour classes – 12 hours total – going through Citizen Kane shot by shot. I loved Citizen Kane before that. That class ruined it for me.
Is it any surprise I changed majors to Creative Writing?
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This was a tough one. I had to eliminate all the ones you mentioned on the show, because you already talked about them. My top 5 would be:
5: The General – Buster Keaton's civil war comedy. Mostly because it filmed here in Oregon and used a lot of old 4-4-0 locomotives that haven't survived to modern times. Plus, it is funny, and Keaton does things with locomotives that would make the Workers Comp people and insurance adjuster cringe.
4: The Informer – A forgotten John Ford classic about an IRA terrorist who informs on his best friend in order to collect the reward and go to America with his girl friend. He squanders the reward in one night of drunkeness and debauchery, driven by his guilty consciousness, and hunted by his IRA compatriots. John Ford made this movie for like, maybe $12, and made up for the lack of money for sets by using dark scenes and foggy streets, and the movie turned out to be a masterpiece. It was film noir before film noir existed.
3: The Hidden Fortress: A classic Samurai film, but also the inspiration, according to George Lucas, for Star Wars. Akira Kirisawa filmed it on the side of an active volcano! What more need be said?
2: The Seven Samurai: A classic Samurai film that inspired a whole genre of lesser Western remakes and imitations. It's even been remade as an sci-fi anime series (wtf?)!!! Perhaps one of the more noteworthy things about this classic was that Kirisawa's favorite actor, Toshi Mirfune, was given a lesser role, of a farm boy who is torn between his contempt for the Samurai class and his desire to become a Samurai himself. Also, his character doesn't survive the movie, which was probably as shocking to the Japanese audience as those rare westerns where John Wayne bites the dust were for American audiences. This movie holds up to repeat viewings, too.
1: Casablance: Without a doubt, Humphrey Bogart's best film. The entire cast of The Faltese Falcon, except maybe Mary Astor, is here, in roles that are even more enduring than in the Falcon. Nobody is really a good guy, and nobody is completely evil, and the whole movie is shot in tones of gray that echo the ambiguous morals of the characters. Moreover, this is a movie that shouldn't have worked. The script wasn't even finished until after the movie was in the can, the studio went through teams of scriptwriters faster than Matthew goes through an IHOP on free pancake day, and they even had to call back the main actors to reshoot scenes after they'd moved on to other projects. It should have been a cluster(censored) but it turned out to be a classic. Even that dreadful theme "As Time Goes By" and the awful way they reduce the character of Sam to a Jim Crow stereotype couldn't kill this film.
There are so many others, like Psycho, that belong on the list, but these are my personal top picks.
nobody mentioned high noon yet. a great suspensefull western. The story enfolds itself in real time in the movie. And with great actors.
High Noon almost made my list. It was the first of the psychological westerns and deserves a mention just for that. However, it is painful to see an aging Gary Cooper playing a coward, and, no matter how you slice it, his character is so cowardly that it is left up to his poor Quaker bride to violate the tenants of her religion and save his sorry behind. I could have forgiven that – almost – but every time I've tried to see it since the first viewing, the ticking clock on the wall puts me to sleep. That's not the sign of a great movie. Groundbreaking in its scope and execution, yes. One of the first westerns to focus on the psychology of the players, yes. One of the early movies to cast a superstar hero in the role of an anti-hero, yes. But not the greatest western ever made. Others have taken the tools fist forged first in High Noon and made much better movies in my humble opinion.
I like High Noon, and could easily put it on a list. Hey, John Wayne hated it and that's good enough for me!
There's always Stagecoach and My Darling Clementine to fill a top B&W western slot! (I discovered the latter through what I think is my favorite episode of M*A*S*H).
It looks like most of my choices have already been mentioned but I'll play along anyway.
5. The Road to Morocco. It's hard to pick only one Hope and Crosby road picture. This one is considered the best of the bunch, so who am I to argue.
4. A Hard Day's Night. An excellent snapshot of Beatlemania, and possibly the first mockumentary, except with a real band.
3. 12 Angry Men. A great look into our justice system, with hints of what each man's life is like outside the jury room.
2. Duck Soup. The Marx Brothers at their finest.
1. To Have and Have Not. The first pairing of Bogart and Bacall is the best (The Big Sleep is a close second).
Dr. Strangelove – It's funny.
Rashomon – It's got a twist.
Raging Bull – It's dramatic.
It's A Wonderful Life – Heartwarming.
To Kill A Mockingbird – Classic.
My top 5 Black and White Movies: because it's never too late to be topical.
5. M: My formula for a killer movie: realistic characters in an interesting setting. This tale of a 'good' guys and 'bad' guys uniting to track down a Kindermorder. And I love me some Peter Lorre: that man is creeptastic.
4. Dr Strangelove…: I'm generally not a fan of the "Hey look, I'm playing three parts" school of comedy. But Peter Sellers pulls it off here. This one set my expectations high for all future black comedies.
3. Citizen Kane: For the love of Corellon and all he holds dear, can we stop talking about lighting effects and directing tricks and blah blah blah and instead talk about this is still one of the most penetrating examinations of the culture of the United States?
2. Sin City: I had to watch this movie twice to get it. Once I got it, though, I loved how Robert Rodriguez creates a world where honorable men struggle to keep their principles. And being in black and white does somehow make the violence more palatable.
1. Schindler's List: Take away the hype and the emotionally wrenching setting of this movie, and what are you left with? Great acting, amazing visual moments, and a flawed hero done right. Well deserving of the top spot. :)
Peter Seller's played multiple roles, eh? Was any one of them in a fat suit saying "Hercules! Hercules!" Cause if not, I don't think I'm interested. lol.
That's one of those movies that I know I'm gonna like it but I just haven't forced myself to sit down and watch it yet.
I tried to be all original with my limited exposure to Black and White movies, and sure I could've picked a bunch of ridiculous old black and white horror films with ease, but after reflection my Top 5 has been pared down to thus:
5. Last Man on Earth – I've always been a huge fan of Vincent Price and while this isn't probably his best movie, it's one of the first that I'd ever seen and my first exposure to the I Am Legend story and I just really can watch this movie all the time.
4. The Day the Earth Stood Still – The original version of this movie had so much more going for it than the remake it's ridiculous. It's message was clear and it told a story rich with depth and told of an alien coming to earth with a message while never having to do more than have a ship and a big robot. It didn't need a giant cloud of nanites to eat everything in it's path. I just love that movie, I'm slightly more worried at the idea of remaking Forbidden Planet than I was with this one, but a remake doesn't negate the original and I just have to keep telling myself that.
3. Clerks – I thought I'd put this higher on the list given that I'd rather watch this movie more often than any of the others, but it is where it is for a reason. It's a great film that is the product of it's limitations and for that reason it's the hilariously compelling movie that unfortunately for me had my wife fall for Jason Mewes. lol.
2. It's a Wonderful Life – I used to hate having to watch this movie around Christmas with my family, mostly because it was black and white, but now I love this movie. I think it's so well made, intricate and could have possibly also fit in with the Top 5 Time Travel movies (sorta). It just hit that note with me of the Butterfly Effect and what life might be like if I'd never been born. What kind of impact has my life had in those around me, in a way probably not intended out of the movie, it makes me want to be that person that enjoys his time with the people he cares about and involve myself with the world, because without me, who knows we could all be living in Pottersville. Okay, well, maybe I haven't had that big of an impact yet, but there's still time. lol
1. Nosferatu – I had to choose this movie because of my love for the early Universal monster movies and the horror genre for that matter. Nosferatu is still such a creepy and dark movie with such an iconic villain. There was Count Orlock looking all Willem Dafoe-y and after him, a whole slew of (semi-) interchangeable Count Dracula's that each copied styles and behaviors from one another. The original vampire (or maybe Vampyr?) movie still resonates with me in an age of Saw 43's and Final Destination 12's. (If you do like Nosferatu, it's worth checking out the movie Shadow of the Vampire which stars Willem Dafoe, John Malkovich, Cary Elwes and Eddie Izzard.)
My honorable mention includes: Young Frankenstein, Psycho, To Kill a Mockingbird, and the old Kablammakus vs. Slagathor short from the late 40s. ;) Oh and crap, I just remembered Rebel Without a Cause, I love that movie, argh, well, it should be somewhere in my Top 5, maybe like 3.5 or something.


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The field, which now encompasses River, Coastal and Estuarine Morphodynamics, focuses on coupling between flow dynamics and morphological change involving sediment transport. Research in the Geocoastal Group spans a multiscale continuum from daily beach changes to Holocene and Quaternary coastal evolution. The research is undertaken through combined use of field investigations and numerical modeling and is the subject of many international conferences.
The emphasis on process interactions in coastal morphodynamics is a research focus shared with the ecocoastal group which, with the geocoastal group, comprise the majority of members in the University of Sydney's Institute of Marine Science. This emphasis is also shared with the control-systems research in the marine robotics group, and the coastal engineering and fluid dynamics group, and environmental interactions involved in coastal-marine toxicology.
Geocoastal research areas include:
- Long-term morphodynamics
- Tidal inlet studies
- Estuarine pollution
- Bank stability
- Beach morphodynamics
- Long-term margin evolution
Long-term Morphodynamics
Involves field and modelling research on the late Quaternary evolution and future impacts of climate change on coastal lowlands and continental shelves in SE Australia, Mediterranean and Adriatic Italy, NW USA, The Netherlands, Brazil, and atoll islands in the Indian, Pacific Oceans and on the Great Barrier Reef (Peter Cowell, Eleanor Bruce, , Mark Daley, Salette Figueiredo, Kate Thornborough and international partners)
Tidal Inlet Studies
Includes research on tidal inlet dynamics and sediment transport patterns in Europe and SE Australia. Present focus is on flood-tide deltas including field and model investigations on erosion hazards of associated estuarine beaches (Ana Vila-Concejo, Tim Austin, Wenping Jiang, Andy Short, Michael Hughes).
Research also includes the evolution of flood-tide deltas and estuarine beaches throughout the late holocene and how this evolution impacts on shoreline stability through event scale morphodynamic processes (Ana Vila-Concejo, Peter Cowell). Research is currently being undertaken in Port Stephens.
Estuarine Pollution
Includes research on fine-sediment dispersal and sequestration of heavy-metals and constitutes the largest estuarine ecotoxicological research program of its kind outside USA. It involves identification of contaminant signatures for different estuaries, field investigation and modeling of contaminant dispersal processes for complex mixed/stratified estuaries, investigation of drainage-basin contaminant sources and remediation methods, with the overall program integrated through the first source-fate-effects model for estuarine heavy metals: that includes modules for vehicle emission deposition; metals runoff/loading; hydrodynamic contaminant dispersal; and filter feeder uptake (Gavin Birch, Stephen Gale, Brett Davis, Serena Lee, Marco Olmos).
Bank Stability
Involves bank stability research in rivers, estuarine basins and bayhead deltas, including investigation of human and climatic impacts on vegetation, soil loss, characterisation of the mass collapse mechanisms and remediation strategies, and formation of non-deltaic estuarine beaches.
It includes a number of research techniques from fieldwork measurements to numerical modeling computations (Tom Hubble, Stephen Gale, Peter Cowell).
Beach Morphodynamics
Beach and surfzone morphology and processes, including wave and runup hydrodynamics and geographic variability, with field investigations on all coasts of Australia to determine representative attributes in variable wave and tide environments, and hazards and usage throughout all of Australia, with new field investigations for the same purpose starting in Northern Ireland (Andy Short, Michael Hughes, Ana Vila-Concejo).
Long-term margin evolution
Longterm evolution of coastal and continental-shelf sediment bodies and the effect of tectonic controls investigated modeling and field research that includes surface and subsurface characterisation of continental-shelf and estuarine sediments in southern and eastern Australia through acoustic imaging, seismic profiling and coring, in relation to mineral resources and extended continental-shelf sovereignty (Dietmar Müller, Peter Cowell, Elaine Baker, Ana Vila-Concejo, Eleanor Bruce, Michael Hughes)
Useful Links
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As the Supreme Court weighs two laws on same-sex marriage, Sen. Saxby Chambliss finds himself in an uncomfortable place where few politicians care to tread: In the crosshairs of Stephen Colbert.
After the high court's oral arguments Tuesday on a 2008 California referendum that banned gay marriage, the political satirist used his "The Word" segment on Comedy Central's hit late-night show "The Colbert Report" to skewer the Republican senator from Georgia.
Adopting his popular persona of a conservative news commentator, Colbert purported to defend Chambliss for the senator's recent glib dismissal of same-sex marriage. He noted Chambliss' response last week to the recent change of heart on the controversial issue by fellow Republican Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio.
" 'I'm not gay, so I'm not going to marry one,' " Colbert accurately quoted Chambliss as having said.
He then launched into his pseudo-defense of Chambliss, a two-term senator who plans to step down next year. In mock indignation, Colbert declared, "Now, Saxby Chambliss isn't going to marry you, ergo you don't get to marry anyone."
Kicking his schtick into the next gear, the comedian said: "This is the same reason I say we should eliminate Social Security – because I'm not old, and I never will be. And frankly, why should I care about women's reproductive rights? I don't have a vagina – I've checked. . . . Now all Saxby Chambliss and I are saying is, nothing is worth fighting for unless it's happening to you."
Portman, a possible 2016 Republican presidential candidate, wrote a column March 15 about how his son's 2011 disclosure that he was gay had led the senator to re-evaluate his previous opposition to gay marriage and to conclude that he now supports it.
"I have come to believe that if two people are prepared to make a lifetime commitment to love and care for each other in good times and in bad, the government shouldn't deny them the opportunity to get married," Portman wrote in The Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch newspaper.
His aides said constituent response to the column, in which the senator wrote of having reconciled his Christian faith with his love for his son, had been positive roughly in proportion to polls that found 6 in 10 Americans now thought that gays and lesbians should be able to marry.
Portman became the first sitting Republican senator to back same-sex marriage. His heartfelt column led reporters to ask his GOP colleagues where they stand.
Chambliss didn't respond Wednesday to requests for comment from McClatchy about Colbert's caricature of him.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday heard legal arguments about California's Proposition 8 initiative banning same-sex marriage. Justices on Wednesday weighed the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act, which Congress passed by large majorities. It defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman and limits spousal benefits from federal programs to opposite-sex partners.
Colbert is a Charleston, S.C., native whose sister, Elizabeth Colbert Busch, is running for the U.S. House of Representatives as a Democrat in a special election against Republican former Gov. Mark Sanford. Colbert regularly delivers equal opportunity lampoons of the country's most powerful politicians.
Shortly before the November presidential election, he said:
"Will we be, as the Republicans desire, a nation of wealthy, heavily armed white men, befouling the air and water in a ceaseless quest for profits, beholden to no laws but those of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ? Or shall we instead embrace the Democrats' vision of a namby-pamby quasi-socialist republic with an all-homosexual army flamboyantly defending a citizenry suckling at the foul teat of government welfare?"
Michael Doyle contributed to this article.


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Robert Irwin's new work at La Jolla's Quint Contemporary Art — his first show in a commercial gallery space on the West Coast in three decades — consists mainly of fluorescent light tubes. But it's important to know that it's not about the lights.
Sound like a contradiction? On the surface, yes. But not if we take into account the dramatic evolution of Irwin's art since the 1960s — a body of work that has made him one of the major artists of our time.
Irwin, 81, has worked with an impressive array of media. There are the painted and shaped acrylic surfaces of his ethereal, wall-mounted discs of the late 1960s. Or, the tinted fence he employed in works like "Two Running Violet V-Forms" for UCSD's Stuart Collection in 1981. Then, there is the vast array of plant life in what is arguably his most famous work for a public place: the Getty Garden in Los Angeles.
But in these and myriad other examples, the major concern has never been with medium. In the making of the work, it's been about the relationship of what he makes to the place in which it resides — what he calls "site-conditioned art." This view, in which he focuses on the viewer's experience of the work, is rooted in an observation he made long ago.
"I was looking at one of my dot paintings and thought about how it's in a frame. And I thought: That is not how we see the world. It's closer to an envelope or a continuum," recalls Irwin, talking at a bagel shop near the gallery.
This notion of art without frames, a more continuous visual experience, is crucial to Irwin's art.
And though his new creations at Quint are discrete forms, they are true to his emphasis on the viewer's perceptions. We might choose to classify the selections at Quint as objects, but each one is, as Irwin describes it, "as minimal an object as possible."
Fluorescent lights are his chosen medium for them because, as a medium, it is what he calls "dumb."
But dumb, it turns out, has a special meaning for him: It's a form so simple that you end up not paying attention to it as a form.
"They are about the look of light, which really has no field of density," he says.
Aside from the huge time interval between gallery shows on the West Coast, this show is auspicious for another reason: that he's making art in a studio at all.
Until about a year and a half ago, when Irwin started concentrating on these works, he hadn't really immersed himself in studio work since 1970, when he closed up shop in Venice, Calif.
Irwin has preferred, instead, to respond to a place, be it the grounds of the Getty complex or a museum space, as he did with many of the works in his major exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego in 2007, curated by director Hugh Davies.
Irwin, who grew up and went to art school in Los Angeles, is one of the progenitors of the Light and Space School, which has come to be seen as a pivotal development in post-1945 art. For this and other work, he was recognized with a MacArthur "genius grant" in 1984.
He decided to make San Diego his home in 1987, residing first in Point Loma and a few years later, moving to the Carmel Valley area, where he lives with his wife, Adele, and his daughter, Anna Grace.
Davies has been one of Irwin's most ardent champions for decades and in one big way set the scene for Irwin's current explosion of work.
"Hugh insisted on giving me a studio," says Irwin. In fact, Davies included a studio for him in the original plans for the Jacobs Building downtown, which opened in January 2007.
"I kept telling him I don't need and don't want it. But in short order I inherited a studio, against my better judgment. And I met Joey, who was the head of the guards and he became my assistant."
The 31-year-old Joey Huppert, who worked as both a supervisor in security and an installer of exhibitions, is also an artist. He had read all of Irwin's writings and could liberally quote them, much to Irwin's amazement.
"I think he might have been the first person who had read all of them. We started having remarkable discussions and then I asked him to come work for me," Irwin says. "He's become indispensable."
But why a show at Quint and why now?
"I've always liked Mark (Quint) and admired him for surviving for so many years in a tough environment for galleries. And I really needed some walls where I could look at the work."
There is so much work he has wanted to install, it turns out, that those who saw the show when it first went on view will see a different exhibition now. Irwin may change some or all of them one more time before the show, aptly titled "Works in Progress," ends on May 1. He seems to have an inexhaustible number of permutations he wants to try out.
The tubes themselves are 4, 6 and 8 feet in length. They are arranged vertically in combinations of three up to 33. Some are colored with a gel generally used in theatrical settings; there is a spectrum from lead gray to brown to greens and blues. On some tubes, he's employed masking tape to create the effect of stripes or lines on their surfaces. Shadows and colors created on the walls are part of their effect, too. And each of these works have multiple states, created by switching tubes on and off.
The use of gels on fluorescent lights was a facet of Irwin's great two-part exhibition at the Dia Art Foundation's old space in New York's Chelsea district back in 1998, an installation that may get a second life at the Dia's current space in Beacon, N.Y. (Irwin designed that space, in collaboration with the architectural firm OpenOffice.) In part, it was a new piece using configurations of tubes in the 2007 show at the MCASD, "Light and Space," that triggered the current wave of work.
"This has been a whole new game for me," says Irwin. "The technology is the simplest thing of all about them."
It's the dynamics of these light pieces that fascinate him, the "rhythmic possibilities" of the tubes as he calls them — in different quantities, lit and unlit, variously colored, that hold his interest.
Irwin's concept of art as an experience over and above its status as an object is reflected in theoretical writings of his own, which were in turn inspired by his readings in phenomenological thinkers like Edmund Husserl and other philosophers. But there is an intuitive dimension to him, too, which trusts open-ended exploration.
As Irwin puts it, "Since we started making these a year and half ago, these works have grown like topsy. I believe in the blind pig method. If you root around long enough, you get a truffle."


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Vehicles entering San Francisco via the Golden Gate Bridge ($6) and the Bay Bridge (between $4-$6 depending on the time) are required to pay a toll. See below for alternate forms of transportation from SFO to our hotel.
- Airport Shuttle: Shuttles to Fisherman's Wharf are readily available outside the Baggage Claim area of both airports. We recommend Airport Express Van Service. Prices and range from $16-$28 per person when booked in advance. To reserve, contact our Concierge or visit www.airportexpresssf.com.
- BART: From Baggage Claim at SFO, follow the signs to the airport Tram and take it to the SFO BART Station. Once at the SFO BART station, purchase each traveler a ticket with enough fare to the Embarcadero Station (about $8/person). There is only one train departing from the SFO Station, board the first train that arrives. The train ride takes about 25 minutes. Exit at the Embarcadero Station and follow signs to the Market Street/Ferry Building exit. Once on Market Street, walk North towards the Ferry Building (big building with a clock on it), and continue towards the Embarcadero Street bus stop. Once at the bus stop, board the F Market Streetcar heading West towards Fisherman's Wharf ($2/person, exact change required). The streetcar ride takes about 10 minutes. Exit streetcar at Powell Street stop. To walk to the Hotel, stay on Jefferson Street, walking west, towards Mason Street. At Mason Street turn left towards Beach Street. The hotel is located at 2500 Mason Street (one block).
- Taxi: Taxis are readily available throughout the city and airports, and are usually very familiar with the Sheraton Fisherman's Wharf Hotel. Taxi rates to/from San Francisco Airport average $40, and taxis to/from Oakland Airport average $60. Some taxis offer a credit card payment option for your convenience, but please ask the driver at the beginning of your trip. Our Concierge can also arrange Town Car service for any transportation needs (to/from the airports for an average of $75).
We have many special amenities available to send to guest rooms. Please contact Guest Services for assistance. A few options include:
- A bottle of Champagne, starting from Korbel Brut for $43 bottle, and/or six Chocolate Covered Strawberries for $19.
- A contemporary cheese and fruit display for $49 per platter.
- A "Cable Car Tin" of chocolates from Ghirardelli for $34 per tin.
- Also enjoy bottles of wine or martini displays, please ask for pricing.
We offer complimentary cribs in the room when requested in advance. Please contact Guest Services to reserve.
Standard Check in time is 3pm or later, but we do welcome you to come directly to the hotel when arriving in San Francisco. If a guest room is available, we would be happy to check you in early. If a guest room is not available, we invite you to store your luggage at the bell stand so you can comfortably start your San Francisco exploration or business. Storage is complimentary.
Our state-of-the-art Sheraton Fitness Center is onsite and is open 24 hours a day. Simply bring your room key to access the center. Take advantage of the numerous cardio machines, weight machines and free weights.
Complimentary wireless broadband internet access is available in our lobby. 24 hour in-room internet access is available for $15.95(plus tax) per day for connectivity of 5Mb/sec and can be used for up to four devices. SPG Members - enjoy free standard Internet access when you book through Starwood websites, mobile websites and mobile apps. Not a member? Join Now>>
The hotel is ideally located close to almost all of San Francisco's most famous tourist attractions and business centers. Being in the heart of Fisherman's Wharf, we're within easy walking distance of Pier 39, Alcatraz ferries, Lombard Street and Chinatown. We're also next door to multiple public transportation stops, Safeway and Walgreens.
We're happy to store your luggage at the bell stand should your room not be available when you arrive. However, please do ask the front desk to see if a guest room is available. Often times we can check in guests before the standard check in time of 3pm.
The Moscone Convention Center is not far from the Hotel. The easiest way to get to Moscone via public transportation is on the F Market Streetcar, located on the corner of Mason and Beach Streets, less than 1 block from the hotel's main entrance. Take the Streetcar to 3rd and Market Street and walk about 1.5 blocks to Moscone. The streetcar comes about every 10 minutes and costs $2.00 per person (exact change required). Taxis are also readily available for an average $10 each way.
Parking is very limited in San Francisco, but there are a few different lots in the neighborhood which might charge slightly less if you choose not to park with us. Before parking your car anywhere besides the hotel, please take notice of any time restrictions so you don't encounter any issues during your stay. Parking is available for hotel guests at Sheraton Fisherman's Wharf Hotel in an underground parking garage offering elevator access directly to the hotel lobby. In and out privileges are provided.
- Overnight self-parking is available for $59 per night
- Vehicles over 6' in height will be charged $69 per night
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Furry guests are invited! We permit one dog per guest room, up to 80 lbs. Please register your pet and sign a waiver with the front desk upon check in – no additional deposit required. Learn more about Sheraton Fisherman's Wharf's pet policy.
Getting around the city is simple and inexpensive, with easy access to public transportation, including MUNI (city bus), BART (Bay Area Railway) and Cable Cars. To map out a trip, or see schedules and route maps, visit http://tripplanner.transit.511.org.
We can provide small refrigerators in guest rooms upon request. Please contact Guest Services in advance and we will have it arranged in your guest room prior to your arrival. Refrigerators are an additional fee of $20+tax per day.
A Dollar Rent A Car office is located onsite. We recommend reserving your rental car prior to your arrival online or by calling (415) 399-9873. Remember to request car drop off and pick up at the Sheraton Fisherman's Wharf Hotel, if you only want the car while staying at the Hotel. Both Oakland and San Francisco Airports also have Dollar Rent A Car offices if you desire a rental car for airport transportation. Also, guests are still required to pay the standard hotel parking fees if renting a Dollar Rent A Car overnight.
We are able to accommodate rollaway beds in King guest rooms. Unfortunately we are not able to provide rollaway beds in any other room types. For more information, and to request a rollaway bed, please contact Guest Services prior to your arrival.
Each guest room features a complimentary electronic in-room safe for your use. The Front Desk also offers complimentary safe accommodations when requested. (Size limit applies for Front Desk safes.)
You're invited to take a dip in our heated outdoor pool, and warm up around the fire pit located next to the pool. Towels are provided poolside and the pool area is open daily from 8:00am to 10:00pm.


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