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Robert Rodriguez just keeps cranking 'em out. This hasn't always been a good thing--Spy Kids 2 and 3 felt rushed in a way that the first one didn't, and Once Upon a Time in Mexico looked cheap compared with its cinematic predecessor, Desperado. But the more Rodriguez keeps at it, the better handle he seems to have on the digital tools available to him. Sin City was a striking triumph of visuals, and his latest movie for kids, The Adventures of Sharkboy & Lavagirl in 3D, plays like a more polished, better-looking second draft of Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over. .
Dumpster Divers Go Mainstream In Thrifty Germany
Sven Brylla has been furnishing his apartments for years with discarded furniture, wood and fittings snagged off the streets of Berlin. In his kitchen stands a fridge so old that it predates electricity. Meltwater from a metal icebox once ran between the panels of the wooden cabinet, cooling its contents. Now it's his cupboard. His kitchen table is a gnarled old workbench. He found his favorite armchair at a garbage dump. His revolving inventory of street junk has included 20 vintage radios and half a dozen prewar bicycles made in the USSR. In many other countries, dumpster divers like Mr. Brylla would be written off as eccentrics. In Germany, he's just a normal 36-year-old graphic printer brought up to look down on wasting money on new things when sturdy old stand-bys are there for the taking.
Clinton set to fight on after March 4th
Two of the biggest turnarounds vis-a-vis polling and actual results have occurred in New Hampshire and California, where larger than expected turnout among female voters (in New Hampshire) and Hispanics (in California) proved decisive, further emphasising the key role that racial and gender demographics have played in this years Democratic nomination contest. In Texas, Obama has a strong lead among blacks (85% to 8% according to Zogby), Mrs Clinton has a substantial advantage among Hispanic voters (55% to 33%) whilst the two are effectively tied among whites, suggesting the relative turnouts among blacks and Hispanics (respectively 21% and 24% of voters in the 2004 primary) could be crucial in determining the outcome of the statewide popular vote, a vote which both candidates realise has enormous propaganda value despite delegates being awarded based on outcomes in individual senate districts and precincts.
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NJ paid family leave program wins approval in Senate
Some legislators echoed the concerns of business leaders, who have argued the bill would slow their productivity because they would not be able to find temporary replacements skilled enough to do specialized jobs. They've asked that the bill to be amended to apply to companies with 50 or more employees, but the suggestion was denied. .
Rossi cranks up the call for change A chicken-filled start to a ...
The market will be flooded.The Associated Press effused that he "dazzled" Olympia.You bet. Foghorn Leghorn rides tall in the saddle again, and I need my glacier goggles.Sad to say, he's been in the shadows for the past 3 years, and Oly has forgotten who he is. Now the governor is stealing his thunder on literally every issue, and all he can do is choke on the chicken bone stuck in his throat.Better go back to red meat, dinosaur. It's what's for dinner - especially for the normally-vegan dems in November. Even with a weak, clumsy governor, they'll eat you alive this time. .
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