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American K9 Country Dog Park
336 Route 101
Amherst, NH
Well here at American K9 Country we strive to offer services in all venues of pet care.  Due to the growing depletion of dog friendly parks &...
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450 Pavilion Avenue
Warwick, RI
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Cabot Park
Newtonville Avenue and Eastside Parkway
Newton, MA
Fenced area onlyHours:Monday - Friday: 7am - DuskWeekends: 12:00pm - Dusk
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Central Bark Dog Park
821 Gold Star Highway
Groton, CT
This park is designated a "Dog Park." It is not intended as a children's playground. Dogs in the park can and will often assume "natural canine beh...
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Chief Gary K. Tyler Memorial Bark Park
Chief Ryan Way
South Windsor, CT
About Us:The Town of South Windsor's Chief Gary K. Tyler Memorial Bark Park opened its gates in November 18, 2007 and has been a huge success. This...
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Colchester Dog Park
89 Old Amston Road
Colchester, CT
Hours:The Dog Park is open from sunrise to 1/2 hour before sunset.
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Danehy Park
99 Sherman Street
Cambridge, MA
It has a leash free zone with mutt mitt dispensers and trash barrels available.
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Dedham Dog Park
269 Common Street
Dedham, MA
Hours:Monday - Thursday, 8:30am-3pmFriday - Sunday, 7:00am-Dusk.
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Derry Dog Park
Fordway, off Route 102
Derry, NH
The Derry Dog Park is an off leash dog area located on Fordway in Derry, NH. The Dog Park is positioned next to the Animal Control Building and a...
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Dufresne Park
Route 202 and Taylor Street
Granby, MA
Park Sections: - 2 Baseball fields - 1 Softball field - 1 Soccer field - 1 Large playscape area - 2 Horse corrals with judges stands - 1 Gate...
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East Haddam Dog Park
291 East Haddam Colchester Turnpike
East Haddam, CT
Park Hours:Â Sunrise to Sunset
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East Windsor Dog Park
22 Reservoir Avenue
Broad Brook, CT
The East Windsor Dog Park was developed as a community project by a group of volunteers with the help of East Windsor Parks & Recreation Depart...
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Enfield Dog Park
Ecology Drive off Town Farm Road
Enfield, CT
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Gano Street Dog Park
Gano Street and Power Street
Providence, RI
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Gloucester Dog Park
Hough Avenue
Gloucester, MA
Goals:Â - To maintain the Gloucester Dog Park, a fenced in, off-leash place where well-behaved dogs can exercise, run free and socialize in a clean...
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Salmon Brook Street
Granby, CT
Our mission was to establish a fenced off-leash recreation area within Salmon Brook Park for the benefit of the citizens of Granby and their canine...
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Hooksett Dog Park
101 Merrimack Street
Hooksett, NH
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23 Kimball Hill Road
Hudson, NH
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193-237 Newton Street
Boston, MA
Fenced in area onlyDawn to Dusk - year round
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text: The sanctions handed down this morning by the NCAA are not all there is for Penn State. The Big Ten has now tacked on its own penalties: Penn State will not be getting any of the conference's bowl revenue for the next four years, an amount estimated to total $13 million. That money will instead go to "established charitable organizations in Big Ten communities dedicated to the protection of children." Also, Penn State will be ineligible for the Big Ten championship game for the next four seasons.


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Commenter Libertardian sends along this link to a story about a Wisconsin Senator who introduced a bill that amounts to a massive social shaming campaign against single moms.
Wisconsin Bill Claims Single Moms Cause Child Abuse by Not Being Married
In Wisconsin, a state senator has introduced a bill aimed at penalizing single mothers by calling their unmarried status a contributing factor in child abuse and neglect.
Senate Bill 507, introduced by Republican Senator Glenn Grothman, moves to amend existing state law by "requiring the Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board to emphasize nonmarital parenthood as a contributing factor to child abuse and neglect.
The bill would require educational and public awareness campaigns held by the board to emphasize that not being married is abusive and neglectful of children, and to underscore "the role of fathers in the primary prevention of child abuse and neglect."
I approve of this bill. If socially shaming women to the point that even one of them avoids becoming a single mom by choice and burdening society will her illegitimate hellion spawn, then it has done far more good for the nation as well as the individual woman than all the trillions spent on leftist wishful thinking, non-judgmentalist programs over the past 50 years.
The facts are out there, for anyone willing to listen. Children do best with a mother and a father. The growing ranks of single moms are creating a degenerate horde of emotionally and mentally destitute orclings, and we — all of us — will pay the price, sooner rather than later. Count on it.
Grothman is also the sponsor of Wisconsin State Bill 202, which would repeal the state's Equal Pay Enforcement Act. Last year he claimed in an essay that the "Left and the social welfare establishment want children born out of wedlock because they are far more likely to be dependent on the government."
In "How The United States and The State of Wisconsin Are Working to Encourage Single Motherhood and Discouraging Children in 2-Parent Families," he wrote that the government urges women not to get married by making programs like low-income housing assistance, school choice, WIC, tax credits, and food stamps more attractive than marriage.
Sen Grothman: realtalker. If I didn't know any better, I'd think the good senator has been perusing the Chateau archives.
His solution? Restrict the types of foods that can be purchased with food stamps, make Section 8 housing more cramped and limit the value of assets owned living there to $2,000, and eliminate school choice, among other things. "It is inexcusable that a single mother making $15,000 gets her kid out of the Milwaukee Public Schools but a married couple earning $50,000 is stuck in the public schools," he wrote. "It is also somewhat outrageous that some married couples feel they can only afford one or two children in part because they are paying excessive taxes to provide programs for someone else to have four or five children.
This guy's policies make so much sense it's like a cleansing blast of mountain cooled breezes through marshy, addled skulls. Godspeed, Grothman. Do not go defensively into that morning light. Stay the course.
Naturally, the lefties who run the joint are three faulty synapses from a mass epileptic seizure. Case in point: the female """impartial Yahoo! journalist""" can't finish writing the story without snarling about Grothman's own childlessness as some sort of proof positive cunt whistle for the dumbass brigade.
Saying that people "make fun of old-fashioned families," Grothman — who has never been married and has no children — criticized social workers for not agreeing that children should only be raised by two married biological parents
Oh, the snark! It's so delicious, isn't it? Grothman has no kids! He's unmarried! Secret decoder ring says: what the hell does he know about single moms?! After your bout of ironic SWPL chortling where you get your feelgood fix remotely lording it over the rubes in flyover country, you may want to examine the raft of logical fallacies in your thinking. Here's a starting point: you don't have to be burned alive by non-hateful merry pranksters to know that it'll hurt.
Libertardian comments:
This strikes me as aiming at the effect (single motherhood) rather than the cause (i.e. society's unshackling of female hypergamy).
You take your policy improvements where you can get them. The root cause is unshackled female hypergamy, but a policy aimed at shaming one of the symptoms — in this case, single momhood — will do some good as well. Call it the broken persons theory of social policymaking. You fix immediate problems at the margins by shaming individual bad behavior and in time the bigger, mass scaled dominoes begin to fall. At any rate, it's a better plan than the total cultural immolation we're currently experiencing.
Of course, some exceptions to the social shaming program will have to be made. For instance, widows with children are not single moms, and shouldn't be lumped in under that label. The shaming should target those women who choose to have kids outside of marriage and those unmarried women who shack up with unreliable jerks and act all surprised when the jerk heads for the hills after a kid is born. In other words, shame the women who make bad choices, not the women who are stuck in unexpected bad situations through no fault of their own.
Note that a social shaming program against single moms would work regardless of the precise correlations between single momhood and dysfunctional bastards. In what I generously refer to as the Jason Malloy theory of genetically inherited Bad Lifestyle Choosing (he is the occasional web commenter who drops gems of insight in cutting edge blog comments sections) — a theory which holds that the dysfunction of single moms' kids is due to the kids inheriting the awful genetic predispositions of their trashy parents — the effect of shaming would work at the genetic level as well as the social level. Women with a jagged genetic suite that inclines them to be single moms would be shamed into avoiding pregnancy outside of marriage, and thus refrain from having kids altogether and passing on their shit genes (eugenics, yay!) or would be impelled to choose a marriage-minded mate more wisely given the social strictures against out-of-wedlock childbirth and lack of governmental support for their chosen path.
Either way you cut it — whether the dysfunction is predominantly genetic, environmental, or both — the act of shaming women away from the single momhood cesspit and cutting off the flow of their financial lifelines is good for the women, good for America, and good for Western civilization. And most importantly… it's good for the children. Especially those children who have evaded the misfortune of being born to selfish single moms.


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Openbox Themes and Apps
This wiki article deals with customizing the appearance of Openbox in Arch Linux. Helper programs such as panels and trays are also explained.
- 1 Themes and appearance
- 2 Recommended programs
- 2.1 Login managers
- 2.2 Compositing the desktop view
- 2.3 Panels, trays, pagers
- 2.4 File managers
- 2.5 Application launchers
- 2.6 Clipboard managers
- 2.7 Volume managers
- 2.8 Battery & CPU
- 2.9 Keyboard layout switchers
- 2.10 Logout dialog
Themes and appearance
This supplemental wiki article has information about customizing your desktop interface after installing Openbox.
With the exception of the Openbox Themes topic, the following section is intended for users who have configured Openbox to run as a standalone desktop, without the assistance of GNOME, KDE or Xfce.
Openbox themes
Openbox themes control the appearance of window borders, including the titlebar and titlebar buttons. They also determine the appearance of the application menu and on-screen display (OSD).
Additional themes are available from the standard repositories:
# pacman -S openbox-themes
This package is by no means definitive. You can download more themes at websites such as:
- box-look.org
- customize.org
- http://www.minuslab.net/themes/
- http://celo.wordpress.com/themes/
- http://vault.openmonkey.com/pages/openbox
- http://hewphoria.com/?p=submission&type=theme&cat=7
Downloaded themes should be extracted to ~/.themes and can be installed or selected with the ObConf tool.
Creating new themes is fairly easy and again well-documented.
For a GUI theme editor, take a look at ObTheme.
X11 appearance
If you are running Openbox as a standalone, you will need to configure .Xdefaults file. Save a copy to ~/.Xdefaults and /home/root/.Xdefaults for windows opened as Root.
Xdefaults is a user-level configuration dotfile, typically located at ~/.Xdefaults. When present, it is parsed by the xrdb (Xorg resource database) program automatically when Xorg is started, and can be used to set or override preferences for X and X applications. It can do many operations, including:
- defining terminal colours
- configuring terminal preferences
- setting DPI, antialiasing, hinting and other X font settings
- changing the Xcursor theme
- theming xscreensaver
- altering preferences on low-level X applications (xclock, xpdf, etc.)
Xdefaults Arch WiKi http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xdefaults
X11 mouse cursors
Extract the desired Xcursor theme to either /usr/share/icons (system-wide access) or ~/.icons (local user access). There are also a limited amount of themes available in the community repository that can be installed using pacman.
Add this to Template:Filename:
Xcursor.theme: [name-of-cursor-theme]
where Template:Codeline is the name of the cursor theme directory. For example:
Xcursor.theme: Vanilla-DMZ-AA
To change the size:
Xcursor.size: [size]
Sometimes it is required to symlink the icon directory into each user directory to make the window manager use them:
$ mkdir ~/.icons $ ln -s /usr/share/icons/[name-of-cursor-theme] ~/.icons/default
For more information read the Arch WiKi http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/X11_Cursors
GTK themes
First, extract the desired theme to /usr/share/themes (system-wide access) or ~/.themes (local user access), then:
GTK+ themes can be managed easily with the lxappearance, gtk-chtheme, or switch2 utilities. To install, run:
# pacman -S lxappearance
# pacman -S gtk-chtheme
# pacman -S gtk-theme-switch2
Now you can simply run Template:Codeline, Template:Codeline or Template:Codeline to set the desired theme.
If you have Template:Codeline, it can avoid you from changing the gtk theme and reverting back to original theme. By default, the autostart.sh for openbox provided with the package runs it. So, make sure that you don't have it running.
For legacy GTK1 themes, install the gtk-theme-switch package:
# pacman -S gtk-theme-switch
Then run Template:Codeline to select a desired theme.
GTK fonts
To manually change the type and size of your fonts, add the following to Template:Filename:
style "user-font" { font_name = "[font-name] [size]" } widget_class "*" style "user-font" gtk-font-name = "[font-name] [size]"
where Template:Codeline is the desired font and point size. For example:
style "user-font" { font_name = "DejaVu Sans 8" } widget_class "*" style "user-font" gtk-font-name = "DejaVu Sans 8"
Both Template:Codeline and Template:Codeline fields are required for backwards compatibility.
You can also use gtk-chtheme or lxappearance to set GTK font settings. Please refer to the above section.
GTK icons
First, extract the desired icon theme to /usr/share/icons (system-wide access) or ~/.icons (local user access), then:
Add the following to Template:Filename:
gtk-icon-theme-name = "[name-of-icon-theme]"
where Template:Codeline is the name of the icon theme directory. For example:
gtk-icon-theme-name = "Tango"
Ensure Template:Filename is configured to parse Template:Filename:
# ~/.gtkrc-2.0 # -- THEME AUTO-WRITTEN DO NOT EDIT include "/usr/share/themes/Rezlooks-Gilouche/gtk-2.0/gtkrc" include "/home/username/.gtkrc.mine" # -- THEME AUTO-WRITTEN DO NOT EDIT
You can use lxappearance to choose GTK icon themes. Please refer to the above section. You can also use lxappearance2-git from the AUR to handle the Mouse Cursor, GTK Theme and Icon Theme and Colour Scheme. If you also install the optional lxappearance-obconf-git as well, you can configure Openbox's Window Decoration settings from lxappearance as well.
Desktop icons
Openbox does not provide a means to display icons on the desktop. Xfdesktop, PcmanFM, ROX, iDesk, or even Nautilus (and the gnome-settings-daemon) can provide this function.
ROX and PCmanFM have the additional advantage of being lightweight file managers.
Desktop wallpaper
Openbox itself does not include a way to change the wallpaper. This can be done easily with programs like Feh or Nitrogen. Other options include ImageMagick, hsetroot and xsetbg. Or Pcmanfm and Xfdesktop can do it too.
You can disable the wallpaper loading in gnome-settings-daemon like this:
$ gconftool-2 --set /apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/background/active --type bool False
In Gnome 3 use:
$ gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background draw-background false
Recommended programs
This supplemental wiki article details specific applications you may want to deploy after installing Openbox.
There is a list of Lightweight Software at Arch's wiki; most of it nicely fits with Openbox.
Login managers
SLiM is a light graphical login manager. It works for standalone Openbox configurations. Refer to Arch's SLiM wiki for instructions.
Qingy is a light, highly-configurable graphical login manager. It supports login to either a text console or an X session. It uses DirectFB. Qingy does not start an X session unless you choose a session that uses X Windows. See the article about Qingy at Arch's wiki.
Compositing the desktop view
Xcompmgr is a lightweight composite manager capable of rendering drop shadows, fading and simple window transparency within Openbox and other window managers. (It's worth noting that xcompmgr is no longer developed, and so any issues are unlikely to be fixed) (Developed an issue with tint2 0.9, the systray icons have a tendency to corrupt)
Cairo Composite Manager -- A versatile and extensible composite manager which uses cairo for rendering, is an alternative.
Panels, trays, pagers
A number of utilities provide panels/ taskbars, system trays, or pagers to Openbox:
If you wish to set desktop layout without using a pager, try obsetlayout, a packaged version of the setlayout tool.
File managers
Two popular lightweight file managers are:
- Thunar Thunar supports auto-mount features and other plugins.
- ROX ROX provides a set of file/desktop icons.
# pacman -S thunar # pacman -S rox
- PCManFM carries a bit more heft.
# pacman -S pcmanfm # PcManFM package also provides desktop icons. # pacman -S ntfs-3g # Allows PCManFM to access NTFS drives.
For even lighter options, consider Gentoo or emelFM2.. These programs implement a typical two-pane layout. Other file managers are xfe and muCommander.
Alternatively, you may use Gnome's Nautilus as your file manager. It is heavier and slower than previous solutions, but Nautilus supports virtual file systems, allowing folder access via SSH, FTP, or Samba. This is an advantage.
Application launchers
Set-up dmenu as described in the dmenu wiki article. Then add the following entry to the <keyboard> section Template:Filename to enable a shortcut to launch dmenu:
<keybind key="W-space"> <action name="Execute"> <execute>dmenu_run</execute> </action> </keybind>
gmrun provides an excellent Run dialog box, similar to the Alt+F2 features found in Gnome and KDE:
# pacman -S gmrun
For details regarding Gmrun, see the wiki article here. Add the following entry to the <keyboard> section Template:Filename to enable Alt+F2 functionality:
<keybind key="A-F2"> <action name="execute"><execute>gmrun</execute></action> </keybind>
bashrun2 provides a different, barebones approach to a run dialog, using a specialized bash session within a small xterm window. It is available in the AUR and can be launched through the Alt+F2 style approach mentioned previously. To make bashrun2 act more like a traditional run dialog, add the following entry to the <applications> section Template:Filename:
<application name="bashrun2-run-dialog"> <desktop>all</desktop> <decor>no</decor> # switch to yes if you prefer a bordered window <focus>yes</focus> <skip_pager>yes</skip_pager> <layer>above</layer> </application>
Kupfer is a launcher inspired by Quicksilver, written in Python.
"You use it to summon an application or document quickly by typing the first parts of its name. It can also do more than getting at something quickly: there are different plugins for accessing more objects and running custom commands."
Launchy is a less minimalistic approach; it is skinnable and offers more functionality such as a calculator, checking the weather, etc. Originally for Windows, similar to Gnome Do.
# pacman -S launchy
It is launched by Ctrl+Space key combination.
The LXPanel run dialog can be executed with
lxpanelctl run
The gnome-panel run dialog can be executed with
gnome-panel-control --run-dialog
Clipboard managers
You may wish to install a clipboard manager for a richer copy/paste experience.
xfce4-clipman-plugin, parcellite, or glipper-old can be installed via pacman. Add the clipboard manager to your Template:Filename.
Volume managers
Gvolwheel, gvtray
Gvolwheel is an audio mixer which lets you control the volume through a tray icon. gvolwheel at AUR.
Gvtray is a master volume mixer for the system tray. gvtray at AUR.
Obmixer, PNMixer
Obmixer is an appplet written in C. It intends to be a lighter alternative to Gnome's volume control. obmixer at AUR. Obmixer is no longer maintained.
PNMixer is a fork of Obmixer with a number of additions. PNMixer at AUR.
Volti is a GTK+ application for controlling audio volume from the system tray/ notification area. volti at AUR.
Volumeicon, volwheel
Volumeicon is a volume control for the system tray. volumeicon at AUR.
Volwheel is a tray icon which changes volume via mouse wheel. volwheel at AUR.
Battery & CPU
Trayfreq is a light battery monitor and a cpu frequency scaler.
Keyboard layout switchers
Fbxkb, xxkb, axkb
Keyboard indicator and switcher fbxkb at AUR.
Keyboard layout switcher/ layout indicator xxkb at AUR.
QT4 keyboard layout switcher axkb at AUR.
X neural switcher is a text analyzer. It detects the language of input and corrects it if needed. aneur at AUR.
Logout dialog
exitx and exitx-polkit are available in AUR as logout dialogs which use sudo and PolicyKit, respectively.
Template:Package AUR is great openbox shutdown manager.
Alternatively, you can also use openbox's menus to create a simple dialog. Which can also be binded to a key for easy access.
An example with exit-menu as the id and Exit as the label(using PolicyKit/Dbus):
<menu id="exit-menu" label="Exit"> <item label="Log Out"> <action name="Execute"> <command>openbox --exit</command> </action> </item> <item label="Shutdown"> <action name="Execute"> <command>dbus-send --system --print-reply --dest="org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit" /org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Manager org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit.Manager.Stop</command> </action> </item> <item label="Restart"> <action name="Execute"> <command>dbus-send --system --print-reply --dest="org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit" /org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Manager org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit.Manager.Restart</command> </action> </item> <item label="Suspend"> <action name="Execute"> <command>dbus-send --system --print-reply --dest="org.freedesktop.UPower" /org/freedesktop/UPower org.freedesktop.UPower.Suspend</command> </action> </item> <item label="Hibernate"> <action name="Execute"> <command>dbus-send --system --print-reply --dest="org.freedesktop.UPower" /org/freedesktop/UPower org.freedesktop.UPower.Hibernate</command> </action> </item> </menu>
Add this to your menu.xml, then later in your menu or pipemenu of choice call:
<menu id="exit-menu"/>
If you would like to bind this to a key, simply add this example keybind to the keyboard section your rc.xml:
<keybind key="XF86PowerOff"> <action name="ShowMenu"> <menu>exit-menu</menu> </action> </keybind>
This will bind it to your power button, if you prefer otherwise change XF86PowerOff to your preferred key.


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Serbis (Brillante Mendoza, 2008)
English Title: Service
Brillante Mendoza's Serbis (Service) is hardly a perfect film. In fact, it is so riddled with flaws that it would utterly be improbable and impossible for me to enumerate each and every one of them. I have a faint understanding as to why it has caused such a divisive uproar when it was screened in
I was undoubtedly fascinated. Serbis seems to be Brillante Mendoza's most ambitious and most intriguing work. Serbis is a film that can be both seen as a traditional network narrative that juggles the stories of the residents of the decrepit movie theater, and a film going experience itself, since it seems that it was purposely meant to titillate, arouse and shock to replicate the characteristic sleaze of these ruined movie houses that have been transformed into cruising spots for the horny and adventurous.
Serbis takes its cue from Jeffrey Jeturian's brilliant Tuhog (Larger Than Life, 2001), also scribed by Serbis-screenwriter Armando Lao. Tuhog details the tragic tale of a barrio lass (Ina Raymundo in her most believable performance to date) who was raped by her father, a story that is sold to unscrupulous movie producers who transformed it into an exploitative parade of boobs and butts in several acrobatic sex sessions. As structured (with the first half of the film detailing what really happened to the lass and the second half screening the movie based on the lass' experience), Tuhog makes apparent the psychology behind the exploitation, eliciting a response of pity and disgust to the blatant commercialization and bastardization of other people's tragedies.
Serbis, from the moment its opening credits takes the appearance of an overused reel before opening with the sight of a girl (Roxanne Jordan) completely naked in front of a mirror while whispering I love you's in a seductive tone to its end where the "reel" burns at the moment wherein we are overhearing what turns out to be a negotiation between an old homosexual and a young bystander for sex services, is aiming at mixing reality and fiction and blurring the fine line between film viewing and voyeurism, the same way Tuhog examined the hurtful discrepancies of crossing that same line that divides life from film. What differentiates Serbis is that
The film's plot crisscrosses to and from the dilemmas of the individual members of the Pinedas, a family characterized by strong women and inutile and irresponsible men. Nayda (Jaclyn Jose) tends to both the theater operations and the problems of her family, which includes Alan (Coco Martin), who got his girlfriend (Mercedes Cabral) pregnant but is hesitant in having everything end up in marriage; Ronald (Kristoffer King), the film projectionist who is busy being serviced by transvestites while exchanging sticky longing looks with Nayda; Lando (Julio Diaz), Nayda's gullible husband who is tasked in managing the canteen while doing other household chores. The storyline is as complicated as the labyrinthine corridors of the theater, with the characters not necessarily explicating their existences through traditional narrative structures. Instead, these characters are products of their settings, rotting at the same time as their beloved theater, and rapidly escaping from the clutches of Catholic morality just like the theater's patrons have abandoned the normal premises of privacy and decorum.
The final representative of the past's fading splendor is Flor (Gina Pareño), the family's matriarch who miserably laments the failure of both the theater and her family. She alone adamantly stands with grace amidst the deterioration that drapes the setting, a deterioration that has almost completely eaten up her theater and her family. As Flor, veteran actress Pareño gives a brave and glorious performance, allowing Mendoza and cinematographer Odyssey Flores to expose her at her lowest and most vulnerable. In one scene, we see Flor taking a bath, Mendoza's ever-present camera eagerly lingering behind her naked body, evidently aged. It's a scene that might be argued as unnecessary but in reality, merely showcases the character's trajectory from utter disgrace to undaunted resilience. She dons a splendid black dress, as all memory of her recent failures temporarily erased, and then replaces Nayda in the ticket booth, glowing with the dignity of a near invisible past.
In Serbis, Mendoza and Lao lace their neo-realist intentions with lovely moments of absurdity: of a police chase that extends to the theater's interiors and abruptly ends with the snatcher hanging for his dear life, of a lost goat suddenly interrupting a film screening, and of an unsightly boil that has turned sex into an uncomfortable chore. It is this deadpan humor that is probably the only similarity Serbis has with Tsai Ming-liang's beautiful and elegiac Goodbye, Dragon Inn (2003), a film that is also set in a rundown theater that has become the setting for several dubious activities. The two filmmakers have differing mindsets. Tsai both mourns and celebrates cinema with the final screening of Dragon Inn (King Hu, 1966) on a movie theater's final night of commercial existence. Mendoza, on the other hand, fathoms the extent and the repercussions of deterioration of culture, and the way the same interacts with the lives that are affected (the Pineda family) and the audiences (the inattentive patrons depicted in the film and us, as enchanted or disgusted viewers of this film) that feed on such mutated culture.
Serbis is not Mendoza's best film, a distinction that still belongs to one of Mendoza's most neglected films, Manoro (The Teacher, 2006), a heartfelt tale about a young Aeta girl who taught her entire tribe to write in time for the presidential elections but fails to convince her own grandfather to vote. However, it is undoubtedly his most complicated film to date, one that works in so many levels that each viewing would surely elicit a different reaction, response and understanding.
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It is unfortunate that today, thirty years later, Danojlić is a half-forgotten author, and that his novel, together with the time and context in which it was written, is completely forgotten. Criticism has changed. Today no one dares set out the differences between master and amateur, between good and bad literature. Publishers don't want to get involved; they are almost guaranteed to lose money on a good writer, and make money on a bad one. Critics hold their fire, scared of being accused of elitism. Critics have had the rug pulled out from under them in any case. No longer bound by ethics or competence, they don't even know what they're supposed to talk about anymore. University literature departments don't set out the differences – literature has turned into cultural studies in any case. Literary theorists have little to say on the subject – literary theory is on its deathbed, and the offshoot that tried to establish "aesthetic" values long in the grave. Critics writing for daily newspapers don't set out the differences – they're poorly paid, and literature doesn't get much column space in newspapers full-stop. Literary magazines are so few as to be of no use, and when and where they do exist, they are so expensive that bookshops don't want to stock them. Tracy Emin's bratty retort – What if I am illiterate? I still have the right to a voice! – is the revolutionary slogan of a new literary age. The only thing that reminds us that literature was once a complex system with in-built institutions – of appraisal, classification, and hierarchy, a system that incorporated literary history, literary theory, literary criticism, schools of literary thought, literary genres, genders, and epochs – are the blurbs that try and place works of contemporary literature alongside the greats of the canon. Vladimir Nabokov is the most blurbable of names. But if so many contemporary books and their authors are Nabokov-like, it just means that literature has become karaoke-like.
So much of this rings true, based on personal experience as much as some observations of trends related to the pop culture and book markets. It has always amused me when some irate readers call what I write "elitist," because I know better. I know that what I write is a pale shadow of the richness of commentary that used to be prevalent in book reviews a century ago. In a world of the culturally blind, the one-eyed shall be king? I don't know about that, but there is that sense that something vital is lacking in our cultures today.
And now on to read her comments on fan fiction. This might get interesting.


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My mum tells the story of what happened to her best friend who had been married twenty years. Let's call her Susan. One day she came down for breakfast to find the table laid but her husband missing. She had two sons and in front of their plates were two letters with their names printed on the envelope. When the boys (who were 10 and 12) opened them they found an account written by their father who wrote that he was terribly sorry but he was leaving their mother (my mum's friend) for another family. It turned out the affair Susan had discovered her husband had been having 15 years ago hadn't ended, as he had promised, but continued to flourish and he and his mistress had gone on to have two children.
This devastating news he thought appropriate to pass on to his young sons via a letter. To Susan he had written nothing. Just left. She later discovered he had been earning twice what he had told her, using the extra money to finance his second family while Susan scrimped and saved, thinking money was tight. It took Susan years to recover.
My beautician told me one of her clients had the worst Christmas ever. She and her husband had been married for ten years and had three children. Throughout that time the woman's best friend, who was divorced with two children, visited regularly, went on holiday with them and was part of the family. All was going swimmingly until the husband announced AT THE CHRISTMAS DINNER TABLE in front of BOTH sets of young children, that he and the friend had been 'exploring their feelings together' and was leaving the wife for the friend. They all had a big row and the husband and friend ran off leaving the wife to look after all the children!
Crappy behaviour by men is something with which we can all identify. Now don't get me wrong, I am not a man hater. I have a gorgeous (second) husband and I love my brother, and of course, Daryl Dixon. Nothing against men. And of course the stories I hear tend to be from the woman's perspective. I know damn well there are plenty of examples of shocking behaviour by women, but today – you lucky people – I thought I'd tell you the story of bad behaviour by two people who were very important in my life 25 years ago: my then best friend, let's call her Jezebel or Jessie for short, and my first serious boyfriend then husband – I'll call him Arse.
I met Jessie at sixth form and we hit it off straight away. One of my closest friends had recently moved to America leaving a big gap in my life. Jessie was funny, irreverent and clever. An interesting and complicated personality, her slight darkness complemented my silly, optimistic naivety and we quickly became best friends. Along with Guy who quickly became a central pillar of our triumvirate, we rock and rolled our way through sixth form and I was sad to go off to university without her. By the power of the handwritten word and landlines (seems ridiculously old fashioned now) we kept in touch.
The first term I was away, the central topic of conversation was breathless descriptions of my first serious relationship with someone I met in the halls of residence. His name was Arse. He was short, but striking looking with high, Slavic cheekbones and thickly lashed dark brown eyes. He also had weirdly small teeth like little seed pearls stuck in his gums. Oh and a gigantic nose, but I didn't really notice when I first met him as I only saw him head on and he kept his mouth shut. He also had a very thin long plait which came down his back like the young Darth Vader.
At the time I thought it looked cool, but looking back it just made him look like a knob.
He would wear a long Russian great coat and DM boots. All very on trend in the early 90's. Although I was over 18 by then, I hadn't had any significant relationships so was pretty bowled over when he showed an interest in me. He was very confident, which was attractive and made up for the nose and teeth.
My most romantic moment with him ever was standing in a seething mob of students at a bar. Loud music, the stink of spilled beer and Guinness – oh and the ubiquitous Newcastle Brown Ale, or Newkie Brown Ale, which I used to pretend to like but absolutely hated. (I preferred snakebite and black). We were standing close together and Arse was holding two pints of beer. 'I don't know whether to drink my beer or kiss you,' he said provocatively.
'You could do both!' I said.
Oh the romance!
So that was it. He moved into my tiny room in Halls and we were an item. Gushingly I wrote to Jessie spilling every detail. I couldn't wait for them to meet. I'm sure they would get on. Both of them had difficult and painful backgrounds. I pictured us telling those stories all young people tell when they first leave home: dredging up all the awful things parents had done; how they screwed up their poor children. We seemed stuck on repeating the narratives of painful childhoods as we were still too young to have forged proper narratives of our own – just reacting against perceived injustices and unfairness. Is that mean of me? I have a lot less patience with that kind of thing now!
The first holiday began and I couldn't wait for Arse to meet Jessie and Guy. We arranged a big night out at our favourite pub. I volunteered to drive so everyone could drink. Everyone had a great time. My brother turned up and loads of friends from school. I didn't miss drinking as I was high on catching up with everyone, buzzing from group to group. I noticed Arse and Jessie were getting on really well and was delighted.
Eventually the landlord threw us out and we made our way home. I was driving Guy's white VW Beetle and had to focus really hard as the country roads home were very windy and it was pitch black dark.
I noticed Guy, who was sitting in the front seat next to me, was chatting with great animation. It made me smile and I was just thinking goodness he's drunk a lot tonight, when I saw with a sickening, ice cold jolt, that Arse and Jessie were kissing in the back seat.
I remember Guy shooting me a concerned glance and I smiled weakly. To this day I don't know why I didn't stop the car and chuck the two of them out on the road before driving off to Ibiza with Guy.
You see this was just the beginning. Over the next three years I did not handle this at all well. I used to long for term to start so I could get back to university with Arse leaving Jessie and Guy behind. I cannot explain my behaviour. I think I was bewildered by the way both Jessie and Arse acted as thought everything was cool and this was completely normal.
When I tackled Arse about the kissing he just shrugged and blamed the drink. I didn't say anything to Jessie as I simply did not know where to start. She was my best friend FFS!
I felt gauche and naive and stupid and young. The others seemed so together and with it, I felt I couldn't express how painful I found all of this without sounding like a square loser.
For the next three years whenever I was home from university I had to brace myself as I knew at some point over the holiday I would catch the two of them together. Not seeing Jessie seemed out of the question. We were best mates. We hung out. We stayed at each other's houses, we were family.
But every time we went out, the two of them would slip away. I would smoke and drink and smile widely and pretend everything was fine. Once, we had gone back home and stayed up late drinking. Arse said he needed cigarettes with a loaded look at Jessie. She said she would go with him – I carried on nodding and smiling.
They didn't come back for 24 hours.
Arse and I got jobs over the holidays working in a petrol station. The hours were punishing but the pay was great. The shifts were tough: 2pm – 10pm, 10pm – 6am then 6am – 2pm. One evening I was on the 2-10 shift with the next one starting at 6am the following morning. Arse was down to take over at 10pm. He didn't turn up at 10, or 11, or 12, 1am. I had no way to contact him as there were no mobile phones.
I alternated from rage to fear that something had happened. Eventually, he arrived just after 2am. Jessie dropped him off. I had done a 12 hour shift and was exhausted but there was no way I was going to report him. I just left and came back to relieve him at 6am after about three hours of wretched sleep.
In my third year at university, Jessie wrote to tell me she was pregnant. At this point, I had been assured, she and Arse had cooled off completely ('for my sake', they had explained with sickening, condescending faces) and Jessie, who had now started university herself, said she was in a relationship with someone there.
Of course, my instant response, when I read the letter was to stare at Arse. 'Jessie's pregnant,' I said. I remember having to swallow down the bile that washed up from my icy stomach. 'Is it yours?'
Arse looked shocked. Of course not, he protested. Was I mad? He and Jessie had knocked everything on the head months and months ago. We hadn't even seen her at all the past holiday as she had been away, he reminded me.
Of COURSE I was suspicious. Of course I wasn't sure. But he was so convincing I believed him. Well, I said I did. I think it was just what I wanted to hear. If I went on about it too much he started to respond as if I was stupid, or mad, or both so I shut up. I realise now this is a classic case of Gaslighting.
The baby was born. I played the supportive, delighted friend. When we met up I kept a sharp eye on on her and Arse but couldn't find anything suspicious. When I asked Jessie about the father she would just wave my questions aside, saying he 'was a dick' and he was 'better off out of it.'
A few months later Jessie asked if I could babysit as she 'had a hot date'. I remember being excited for her. If she had a boyfriend it would help me to relax as hopefully she would leave Arse alone for good now.
Jessie dropped the baby off and away she went. After an hour Arse stubbed out his cigarette and stood up. 'I promised I would pop in to see Gran tonight,' he said. 'And I'll visit Aunty Sue's grave on the way You'll be OK?'
'Fine!' I said, ignoring my heart sinking a little.
He didn't come back that night. Nor did Jessie. When she finally returned to collect the baby I went ballistic. I screamed and I shouted that I never wanted to see her again. Arse got out of the car and bumped past me. He stank of her. I was revolted. Sickened. And I hated myself that I didn't have the strength to throw him out too
This was the guy who I was living with. Who I had been in a relationship with now for years. Yet no matter what I said, if he got a chance to be with Jessie, he would take it. I caught them in bed together once, twice, three times. Each time they would promise was the last. This was the final straw. I didn't know what was worse, getting your lover's girlfriend to look after your five month old baby while you shagged him, or him lying about going to visit his dead aunt's grave so he could shag his girlfriend's best friend.
I spent a lot of time crying. I was in despair. I hated myself for being weak and not sticking up for myself and walking away. It was a mess. It turned me into a paranoid, insecure bag of nerves. I ate and ate to dull the pain. (Kick starting my serious weight problem, thanks, Fuxkfaces)
So why didn't I walk away?
Because I was a fucking idiot.
Also, because she was my best friend. He was my first love. I just couldn't imagine how I would cope without them in my life. God, looking back I feel such a mixture of pity and contempt for my twenty-something self. I cannot believe how long I put up with that crap for. It seems inconceivable I would put up with that now.
After Babysitting Gate I would have nothing more to do with Jessie. I decided, in true feeble-woman tradition to stand by my man – a decision that still makes me wince when I think of it today. I kept Arse under a tight a leash as I could. I questioned his every move, and went through his stuff all of the time to find evidence of contact with Jessie. Years and years later I discovered why he put up with it. My mum told me, long after the relationship had ended, that one night Arse has got drunk with her and confessed he had eventually chosen me over Jessie because 'you guys (my parents) had more money than Jessie's did.'
'Why the HELL didn't you tell me this at the time?' I asked in shock. 'You wouldn't have listened,' my mum replied. And she was probably right. Many of my friends also came forward later to say Arse would constantly hit on them, saying our relationship was 'open.' News to me.
For the next year I would have constant nightmares about Jessie and Arse meeting up behind my back. Any talk of her would make me go cold and nauseous. This was really hard on Guy who remained friends with us both. He learned never to talk of her around me.
Then.. I married Arse! I can't think why, but I suspect it was because subconsciously I thought if I married him, then I would have finally won him from Jessie. In the six weeks running up to the wedding my aunt, my mother, and my brother kept saying that it wasn't too late. I could always pull out. That I must not get married unless I was really sure. They could see so clearly that I was making a huge mistake. My mum knew I was doing it for the wrong reasons. She couldn't bear Arse, but was wise enough not to interfere.
I walked up the aisle thinking, well, I can always divorce him. Then went on to have a blast, partying with my friends, playing bass guitar in the wedding band, wearing my dress and a big pair of Doc Martens. I completely ignored Arse.
As a revenge, at the hotel after the reception, he told me Jessie's child was, in fact, his. As I had suspected. I shrugged. I knew anyway, but we were married now. Nothing he could do, he was stuck with me.
What a naive stupid fool I was.
Of course the next eighteen months were a farce. Just because Jessie wasn't around it didn't mean Arse stopped being unfaithful. He just found other women. I didn't trust him. Couldn't trust him. I withdrew from all my female friends in case he tried to get off with them. Strange men would ring me late at night while I thought Arse was working saying, 'Tell your husband if he doesn't stay away from my wife, I'll fucking kill him.'
This wasn't me. This wasn't my life. I found all this sickening and squalid. I was always sad.
This was such a low point. I had no self-confidence, I was miserable and loathed myself. I alternated screaming at Arse with begging him to stay.
In fact, that's the one thing I don't think I can ever forgive Arse and Jessie for – their behaviour not only meant I never trusted another man for years, but also I abandoned my dear female friends. It left me very lonely. Only Guy, lovely Guy kept me going with his kindness and constant support. Only now can I appreciate how horrific and difficult this must have been for him.
But things were taking a turn. I had started teaching and I was good at it. I was playing in a band. I was slowly becoming more independent and strong. I tentatively made some friends with women at work who bolstered me up.
One freezing day, in Birmingham of all places I was at a marking conference. I had to stay overnight so called home from the hotel to see how Arse was getting on. It was after 10 on a Tuesday night and he didn't answer. My first thought? 'Who's he out screwing?'
And that was it. I was worth more than this. I didn't want to spend the rest of my life wondering where the hell my husband was. A husband who seemed incapable of keeping his dick in his pants. I didn't care if I would be alone for the first time in seven years, anything would be better than this misery of a life.
I told him to leave. It was messy. It was sad and it was difficult. But I knew if I didn't shake him off he would destroy me. He didn't think I would go through with it but I did. I stood firm, even when he tried to run me over when he came to get the last of his stuff – the wanker.
Guy helped me move to my first house and even lived with me for a bit. It helped a lot over that lonely time. I met someone else who was a bit of a rebound but he thought I was great, and helped my confidence levels. I lost a lot of weight. I was still lonely sometimes but oh so much happier.
It's strange how long you can drag round a great big suitcase stuffed full with numbing cushions of bleakness and damp unhappiness and you stop noticing the burden. When I let that all go, the difference was indescribable and worth all those quiet solo evenings when it was just me and a box of digestives.
I never saw Arse again. I have absolutely no interest in seeing him again. He tried to contact me on Facebook and I looked far enough at his profile to see he was a sad, ageing man living abroad. He never settled, moving from woman to woman – an empty life whereas mine was full to busting with love and life and beautiful children.
I miss Jessie, though. We were such good friends. In a way, that was the biggest betrayal. And betrayal was what it was. They were the most important people in my life, and they both betrayed me.
I didn't see Jessie for ten years. I thought of her sometimes, but my life had moved on. The one thing I am grateful to Arse for is when I finally met Rob, I knew he was kind, clever, and loyal. The most important thing of all. I am not sure I would have appreciated his good qualities if I hadn't been so scarred by the bad qualities of Arse.
So ten years after I had screamed at Jessie to get out of my life, I met her again. It was Guy's 40th birthday party. He said he really wanted me to come, but then told me he had also invited Jessie. I was so cross with him! It was unfair of me, but I was heavily pregnant with Daughter at the time and very emotional. She would be about four weeks old on the day of Guy's party. He kept asking if I would come.
Eventually I said I would, but he had to promise to make sure that Jessie kept well away from me.
'Consider it done!' he said happily. Friends and family were put on duty to keep Jessie away from my end of the room. Rob and I arrived in full 80's goth glory carrying a tiny Daughter. (It was a fancy dress party – theme: 80's) Guy's gran happily looked after her while Rob and I had a dance and a drink. All the time my eyes were constantly scanning the room. 'Stop it,' Rob would say, eyes looking concerned behind the guyliner. 'Forget about her.'
And then it happened. Despite everyone's best efforts, Jessie appeared and made her way over to my side of the room. I only noticed because despite the throbbing disco music, the whole crowd had fallen eerily still. Guy threw me a desperate glance and started mouthing something incomprehensible. His boyfriend of the time was gesticulating, and shouting to me. I was mouthing 'what?' back when I saw her make her way through the dancers. Wearing a neon boob tube and frizzy hair she had obviously come as a member of Bucks Fizz.
It was so awkward. It felt like everyone in the room was watching. But when she sat next to me it was really odd, I felt like I had zoomed back to being 17 again and part of me wanted to give her a big hug. I didn't though. With a heroic effort I waited for her to speak.
I can't remember much of what she said, but I know she began by saying sorry. And that she missed me, and that I had been the best friend she ever had. The saddest thing was she admitted she and Arse never loved each other, 'it was just sex,' she said.
In a way it would have been better if they had fallen passionately for each other. A Romeo and Juliet affair with tragic consequences. But no. It was just sex. They created such destruction, such a lasting impact on me, and it was just sex. Such a squalid and depressing biological urge.
I haven't seen her since. We are now ten years on from then. I am friends with her on Facebook. Rob thinks I'm mad. I can't really explain why I keep up that contact. Is it so I can show off my perfect (ha! Facebook perfect obvs) life, or is it simply I miss her? That friendship forged at such an important time? I don't know. I don't even know if I've forgiven her. I think I have. I feel like I can wish her well now without rancour. Maybe one day I'll message her and we'll go out and get drunk and cry, then laugh, then put it all behind us. If I do, you'll be the first to know!
So there it is. More of those scars we all gather as we age. This was all so painful at the time, but losing a child puts all this into perspective. Nothing can ever come close to the horror of giving birth to a dead child. I am pleased that this story, which defined me for so long, now feels like a distant memory which has lost its power to hurt. Because it is so long ago, I am sure the others involved in this will remember events differently, but, as they say, this is my truth and it has been strangely therapeutic to write it all down.
How about you? Ever been mistreated by a man? Or woman! Let me know your stories. And do you think I should contact Jessie again or move on altogether?
Stay strong, warriors – wear your scars with pride!


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Alloura Get Cracking Sons Sell
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Director George Lucas is among a field of groups vying to build a new cultural institution in San Francisco's Presidio, at the site of the former commissary, currently the home of Sports Basement.
Lucas is proposing a pop arts museum to house his life-long art collection, which includes some Normal Rockwell paintings.
The director of such films as Star Wars and American Graffiti is offering to foot the bill for the museum, at more than $300 million.
"We're really excited to have George Lucas in the mix," said Craig Middleton, director of the Presidio Trust. "Obviously he's a creative genius."
Lucas' presence already looms large in the park with his Letterman Digital Complex occupying the site of the former Letterman Hospital.
Middleton said the Presidio Trust has long toyed with the idea of a cultural center occupying the site of the commissary, which owns pristine views of the bay and the Golden Gate Bridge.
"It's gotta be one of the most beautiful, remarkable sites in the world," said Middleton.
The Trust put out a request for ideas on what could occupy the commissary site, which features a cavernous 90-thousand square foot building. Sixteen proposals came in just before the deadline.
They range from a Depression Museum, to a center for environment and sustainability, to a lab devoted to color.
Diane Frankel's group is proposing a play center inspired by art and innovation.
She envisions labs for artists, scientists and other people in-tune with the area's long history for innovation. "Innovation was whether someone was creating the Golden Gate Bridge back in the thirties," said Frankel, "or whether somebody was creating the idea of flight in Crissy Field."
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Professor Dawn Digrius to Present with Panel at the 2013 meeting of the American Society for Environmental History
Professor Dawn Digrius (Assistant Professor, History) will partake in a panel at the 2013 meeting of the American Society for Environmental History in Toronto, Ontario.
Their Panel is entitled "Between the Park and the Shantytown: Latin American Cities and the Environment during the Twentieth Century".
This panel explores the tensions between development and nature in Latin American cities
during the twentieth century. Cities represent a particular environmental challenge as leaders and
residents struggle to balance the man-made habitat with natural elements. The desire to find
equilibrium often stems from the immediate need to sustain the urban masses. The health and
livelihood of city dwellers require incredible inputs of energy and resources, as well as
opportunities to seek respite in sunlight and fresh air. The sprinkling of green among the
sprawling concrete, steel, and glass also reveals a deeper desire to create a very particular vision
or aesthetic. Carefully sculpted parks, tree-lined avenues, and ordinances to stem the rising tide
of pollution attempt to counteract uncontrolled growth and to present a modern, progressive
appearance. The creation of a balanced urban environment does not come easily, however. Those
in power must harness the means necessary for altering the cities and convince urbanites of the
exigency of reforms. Unforeseen outcomes often highlight the illusion of control as well as the
artificiality of many environmentally-driven actions.
From Rio de Janeiro to Mexico City, from Buenos Aires to Quito, these four papers offer unique
perspectives on environmental policies in some of Latin America's largest and most important
cities. Each presentation examines particular undertakings meant either to manage resources or
to create a specific impression. While each approach varied in its success, the projects
underscore the challenges of directing urban development and incorporating nature into the built
Shawn Miller
Brigham Young University
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The Street's Last Hurrah: Competing Motives and Contesting Spaces on Rio de Janeiro's Central
Avenue, 1903-1920.
In 1906, Mayor Pereira Passos tore an audacious linear gash in Rio de Janeiro's colonial urban
fabric, demolishing hundreds of private homes and businesses to create Avenida Central, a
stunning public space that was to become Brazil's grand first impression to foreign visitors.
Historians have tended to emphasis sanitation, transportation, and gentrification as the Avenue's
primary motives, and have most often characterized the project as an elite effort to dislodge the
poor from their downtown tenements, thus giving birth to Rio's hillside favelas. That work is
often persuasive, but we have neglected to fully examine beautification as a central motive for
the Avenue's production. Sources after the event demonstrate how central beautification of the
public realm was to the receivers, that is, those who would use and enjoy the street. The Avenue
took on an outsized place in the citizen's identity and was conspicuously "displayed" in
newspaper texts and magazine photographs for the next two decades. By approaching public
space as one would a natural resource, my interest lies primarily in how city streets as a spatial
resource are seen and used, and by whom. In many ways, Avenida Central was the last gasp of
the traditional street in the built environment, a space understood in Portuguese culture as a
logradouro, literally, a place to enjoy. The Avenida's central function in the eyes of those who
used it was not for sanitation or transportation (in fact, streetcars were banned from running on
the Avenue), but as a grand public space, a linear central square, in which many diverse users, to
be described, still competed for the space on a relatively level playing field.
Andrea Moerer
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University of Minnesota
Crusade Against Charcoal, 1938-1942
This paper emerges out of my dissertation looking at the shift in usage of Chapultepec Forest in
Mexico City in the 1920s-50s. As early as 1935, and following the Six-year Plan, the director of
the recently created Autonomous Department of Forestry worked toward reducing the use of
forestry products for heating and cooking. Miguel Angel de Quevedo, through his Department's
newly constructed Natural History Museum located in Chapultepec Forest, was able to take this
campaign against charcoal to an unprecedented public scale. Though the 'Exhibition of
Combustion Devices Substituting those of Charcoal and Wood' lasted for only two weeks in July,
1938, it generated, through daily newspapers, the First Forestry Convention, and legislation, a
discussion lasting through 1942. The opening of the Technological Museum in Chapultepec in
1942 symbolized the trend whereby the forest was highlighted as an economic— and particularly
during wartime, strategic and military—resource for use, rather than a cultural or environmental
one for preservation.
In 'Crusade against Charcoal' I trace the issue of charcoal and the campaign against not only its
production (often grouped with fires and logging), but particularly its use in the modernizing
capital of Mexico. With Chapultepec as a backdrop, those who (mis)used the forest—vis-à-vis
its products—were demeaning history and the nation. Yet, deficient citizens were not only the
charcoal producing- and using-, rural-descended masses, but also the 'ecological
paternalists' (Boyer, 2007) unable to relate to the realities of a rapidly-urbanizing population.
Jennifer Hoyt
[email protected]
Samford University
The military dictatorship that controlled Argentina from 1976 to 1983 remains most infamous for
its human rights violations and campaign of state terror. However, historians have begun to
examine the broader social agenda that armed forces pursued during that period, and this paper
explores why the dictatorship made the environment quality of Buenos Aires a priority. As the
political, economic, and cultural center of the nation – not to mention home to one in three
Argentineans – Buenos Aires became the starting point of an intense effort to modernize and
rationalize the nation. The military mayor, Brigadier Osvaldo Cacciatore, enacted a series of
reforms meant to set a guiding vision for urban development. As part of his efforts, he revamped
trash collection, broke ground on a massive green belt, relocated industries farther away from
city center, and began an extensive tree planting campaign. This push to clean and green the city
closely followed the 1972 UN Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm. The
conference specifically discussed pressing issues associated with the need to balance
development with the protection of the natural environment in the third world. Given the
reigning generals' desire to make Buenos Aires, and by extension Argentina, on par with the
West, Cacciatore's environmental policies served in that quest. Presenting an image of
environmental balance became chance for the military to prove its effectiveness and to transform
the capital.
Dawn M. Digrius, Ph.D.
[email protected]
Stevens Institute of Technology
Water Resources Management in Coastal Ecuador: An Historical Assessment of Environmental
Sustainability and Power, 1950-2000.
For this project, I am examining the intersection of water resource policy and environmental
sustainability in Ecuador during the period between 1950 and 2000, and specifically examining
the social, economic, and environmental impacts as a result of hydroelectric power plants being
built (to supply electricity to the burgeoning cities of Quito and Guayaquil) with international
funds during this period. Using the history of the development of the Daule Peripa Dam and
Marcel Laniado de Wind Hydroelectric Plant (1982-1995) as a prime example, this paper intends
to unpack the legacy of inefficient and unsustainable water management practices in Ecuador
that have plagued the country for decades. Construction of the reservoir associated with these
infrastructure projects forced 14,965 farmers from their land and left 63 communities isolated.
Deterioration of the ecosystems of the Rivers Daule and Peripa resulted, and lack of maintenance
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Cultural routes, golf, adventure and water sports, gastronomy, relaxation and beauty treatments, excursions to National Parks... what would you like to do on your holiday to Spain? Take note, because here we make a few suggestions so that you can make your choice and discover Spain through its Parador Hotels .
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...and art, medieval dinners and shows, wine tasting sessions and wine courses, tours to emblematic locations in Spain... The Parador Hotels offer you the chance to discover many of the cultural activities available in Spain. Sign up for a guided tour of the Great Mosque of Cordoba, one of the most extraordinary works of art ever created. Explore the historic centres of cities such as Segovia, Salamanca and Santiago de Compostela, which all have the UNESCO World Heritage designation, on routes organised by the Paradors themselves. And all this as you rest and relax in accommodation where comfort and exquisite service play the central role. What more could you ask for?
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A Coupled Tabulated Kinetics and Flame Propagation Model for the Simulation of Fumigated Medium Speed Dual-Fuel Engines
The present work describes the numerical modeling of medium-speed marine engines, operating in a fumigated dual-fuel mode, i.e. with the second fuel injected in the ports. This engine technology allows reducing engine-out emissions while maintaining the engine efficiency and can be fairly easily retrofitted from current diesel engines. The main premixed fuel that is added can be a low-carbon one and can additionally be of a renewable nature, thereby reducing or even completely removing the global warming impact. To fully optimize the operational parameters of such a large marine engine, computational fluid dynamics can be very helpful. Accurately describing the combustion process in such an engine is key, as the prediction of the heat release and the pollutant formation is crucial. Auto-ignition of the diesel fuel needs to be captured, followed by the combustion and flame propagation of the premixed fuel.


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decades-old anti-nightclub statute. So, what's a denizen of the night to do? Well, it looks like Apple's come up with the answer. As previously rumored, the company's new midtown store, which opens tomorrow, will be open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year. The store, which has gotten a lot of buzz for its five-story, glass encased, Jobs-designed, cube-shaped entryway, will feature 4,000 square feet of retail space, most of it underground, and will be able to satisfy those musical and computing urges, day or night. Word is that the store will also be giving away one MacBook an hour to lucky visitors over the next couple of days (starting with tomorrow's 6pm opening), so we expect some pretty sizable crowds to show up. Yo, Steve: Add a dance floor and teach your Geniuses to really tend bar, and we may just drop by one night and pick up one of those pods of yours.
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I did a fresh Ubuntu 12.04 install on my Sony Vaio laptop, which worked perfectly with 10.04. Now my wireless won't work. I have read just about every Q&A on the subject and I have tried different solutions, including the official troubleshooting guides.
My laptop is equipped with a Intel 5100 wireless device. Ubuntu recognizes the device and it's status is given as connected in nm-tool. I can ping the gateway, my own IP number and localhost. Rfkill shows no soft or hard blocks.
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South Williamsport, Pa. — A youth baseball coach from Rhode Island who has become an Internet sensation for the inspiring speech he made after his team was eliminated from the Little League World Series says the talk was spontaneous and from the heart.
Players on David Belisle's team from Cumberland were crying after Monday night's 8-7 loss to Chicago in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania, when he kneeled down and told them they should be proud.
Belisle told the players they were one of the best teams in the world and they had their hometown and the state of Rhode Island jumping with excitement. One YouTube video of the speech had more than 350,000 views by Wednesday morning.
"The only reason why I'll probably end up shedding a tear is because this is the last time I'm going to end up coaching you guys," he told his players. "But I'm going to bring back with me, and the coaching staff is going to bring back with me, and you guys are going to bring back something that no other team can provide but you guys - that's pride. OK? Pride."
He added: "It's OK to cry, because we're not going to play baseball together anymore. But we're going to be friends forever. Friends forever."
Belisle told NBC's "Today" show Wednesday that he wanted the boys to walk off that field as proud as could be.
Belisle also coaches the Mount St. Charles high school boys hockey team in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, a powerhouse in New England. Coaching runs in the family: He is the son of renowned Mount St. Charles coach Bill Belisle, who led the team to a record 31 state titles and 10 national titles. The elder Belisle had 20 players drafted by the NHL.


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Patient Locating
Pediatric Asthma Services
Pediatrics Arthritis Clinic
Penticton Regional Hospital
Physiotherapy Services
Postpartum Care
Pregnancy Information and Counselling
Prenatal Services
Primary Care Mental Health
Primary Health Care
Princeton General Hospital
Public Health Services
Pulmonary Function Lab
Pulmonary Rehabilitation
Queen Victoria Hospital
Rae Fawcett Breast Health Clinic
Renal Nurse Practitioner
Royal Inland Hospital
Senior Citizens Counsellor Program
Seniors Health and Wellness Services
Seniors Mental Health
Shuswap Lake General Hospital
Sleep Disorders Services
South Okanagan General Hospital
Specialized Residential Services
Speech-Language Pathology: Adult
Speech-Language Pathology: Infant and Child
Supported Independent Living Program
Surgical Optimization Clinic
Surgical Services
Swallowing Intervention Services
Tertiary Psychiatric Services
TIA Rapid Access Clinic
Toddler's First Steps Guide
Tuberculosis Testing
Vernon Jubilee Hospital
Vernon Urgent and Primary Care Centre
Water Quality Program
West Nile Virus Information
Withdrawal Management
Women's Services Clinic
X-Ray Services
Youth Clinics