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Juan de 59 años de edad habita junto a su familia, conformado por su esposa y sus hijos en casa propia. Es un hombre muy responsable que toda la vida lo que más le ha importado es el bienestar de sus hijos y su esposa. Siempre con deseos de superación Juan ha trabajado toda su vida como agricultor y se caracteriza por cultivar tener una de mejores cosechas de la zona ya que tiene frijol y maíz, de lo que recolecta vende cierta parte y gracias a Dios siempre le va bien porque tiene precioso accesibles al público y vende de mejor calidad. Juan desea comprar insumos agrícolas antes que se aproxime la próxima cosecha es por eso que solicita INTEGRAL un préstamo para la comprar de semillas, abonos, herbicidas, insecticidas entre otros. Cuenta con un excelente referencias de pago cero atrasos pues es un hombre comprometido con sus responsabilidades. Agradece a Dios y a las personas de buen corazón que harán que sus ganas de seguir cultivando los mejores productos lleguen a tiempo y así podrá seguir brandando una buena calidad de vida a él y sus hijos.
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The warming trend at the end of the Pleistocene led to new and generally richer terrestrial and coastal environments that were exploited by human foragers in several regions of the world (Straus et al. 1996). Post-Pleistocene complex hunters and gatherers who practised intensive maritime adaptations and established extensive often sedentary communities are best represented by the Jomon culture in Japan (Habu 2004), the Ertebolle culture in Scandinavia (Miller et al. 2010), the ring-mounds in the south-east of the United States (Thompson & Worth 2010) and the sambaqui mounds in Brazil (Fish et al. 2000). The settlements of these cultures are invariably characterised by mortuary rituals suggestive of social differentiation, and by extensive shell middens that have yielded a wide array of marine and terrestrial species. At different times between ~8000 and 4000 cal BP, some of these communities also practised various degrees of horticulture as evidenced by the appearance of food crops. Like these regions, the Pacific coast from southern Ecuador to northern Chile witnessed the early rise of complex societies, especially in Peru where sedentism and monumental non-domestic architecture appeared by at least 5200 cal BP (Moseley 1975, 1992; Richardson 1981; Bird et al. 1985; Haas & Creamer 2006). Some of these developments are due to the unique ecology of the region, with diverse and abundant maritime resources closely juxtaposed with a long fertile but arid coastal plain, through which rivers descend from the Andean mountains. Others are the result of emerging ideologies adopted by these communities, which built monuments prior to the use of pottery. Associated with these changes was a variety of food and industrial crops (Bird 1948; Pearsall 2008). Particularly important was cotton for producing fishing nets, textiles and gourds for net floats. One of the early coastal monuments is Huaca Prieta, a large stone and earthen mound measuring 138 x 62 x 32m, built on the southern point of a remnant Pleistocene terrace overlooking the Pacific Ocean and estuarine wetlands and the delta plain of the Chicama River valley (Bird et al. 1985) (Figure 1).
Huaca Prieta was first excavated by Junius Bird in the 1940s and radiocarbon dated to between ~5302 and 1933 cal BP in the 1950s (Figure 2; Table 1). Based on the large size of the mound, on an abundance of marine resources, wood charcoal, ash and soot, thus the appearance of a black or prieta mound, and on the presence of small stone structures, Bird believed that the site was occupied by sedentary people living in pit-houses. In addition to a marine economy, he documented incipient gardening and social differentiation, as indicated by the remains of several food crops, the uninterrupted accumulation of cultural layers, the presence of room structures, the interment of human burials with grave offerings and a wide variety of material technologies including lithic, gourd, basketry, bone, wood and textile. The most developed technology at the site was cotton weaving and netting (Bird & Mahler 1952). The site's weavers devised sophisticated iconographic styles with various designs. Iconography was also exhibited through incised and engraved gourds, hematite painted pebbles and recently recovered coral sculptures. A crude lithic industry included grinding stones for processing plants and edge-trimmed pebble flake tools, hammerstones, cores and other implements used for various tasks (Bird et al. 1985: 77-91).
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Michigan Central R. Co. v. Mark Owen & Co.
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Michigan Central R. Co. v. Mark Owen & Co., 256 U.S. 427 (1921)
Michigan Central Railroad Company v. Mark Owen & Company
No. 299
Argued April 28, 1921
Decided June 1, 1921
1. Under a "uniform" interstate bill of lading providing that property not removed by the party entitled to receive it within 48 hours after the notice of its arrival may be kept in car, depot, or place of delivery of the carrier, subject to a reasonable charge for storage and to the carrier's responsibility as warehouseman only, or may, at the carrier's option, be stored in a public or licensed warehouse at the
owner's cost and risk, subject to a lien for the carrier's freight and other charge, the carrier remains liable qua carrier during the 48-hour period, pending delivery. P. 256 U. S. 430.
2. A carload of goods, upon arrival at destination, was placed upon the railroad's public delivery track, and the consignee, having been notified, accepted the car, broke the seals thereon, and proceeded to unload. Held that this did not constitute a delivery of the goods, and that a loss of part, occurring during the unloading and within the 48-hour period provided in the bill of lading, ut supra, par. 1, must be borne by the railroad. P. 256 U. S. 431.
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By Ralph Sanchez, L.Ac.CNS,D.Hom.
One of the longest held thoughts about damage to our brain's cells (neurons) was that once they were lost, it was a fait accompli. Damaged neurons were considered damaged goods, never to regain their function, and without any hope for regeneration. Fortunately, for those concerned about recovery from brain trauma, stroke, and the neurological damage associated with Alzheimer's disease (AD), there is promising research indicating that growth factors in the brain, not only promote brain structure and function associated with memory and learning, they can promote brain growth and recovery from damaging events to the brain.
Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor
Growth factors comprise a varied family of proteins and hormones that regulate and control cellular growth and differentiation (cell division). In the brain, nerve growth factors (neurotrophins) have recently been discovered to play a vital role in neuronal growth, development and survival. In the brain, neurotrophins are vital signaling molecules * that regulate the function and structure of connective junctures (the synapse) between brain cells (neurons), and the processes that lead to learning and memory formation.
Promising research is emerging around one particular neurotrophin-Brain-derived neurotrophic factor ** (BDNF), in Alzheimer's disease and other neurological disorders. BDNF, one of 4 identified neurotrophins ***, was originally first identified in the brain. It was later found in the peripheral nervous system and other tissues. In the brain, BDNF is normally produced in the entorhinal cortex, the hippocampus, and other vital areas of the brain (cerebrocortex) where memory and learning are facilitated.
How important is BDNF? In studies, the inhibition of BDNF and Neural Growth Factor (NGF) to neurons stimulates the molecular events typical of the AD process. Amyloid beta (AB), the protein that accumulates and aggregates into the plaque lesions of AD, is increased in a neuronal environment of BDNF and NGF deprivation. The interruption of BDNF and NGF signaling sets forward the toxic mechanisms that induce the death and loss of neurons. (1) On the other hand, evidence is mounting indicating that augmentation of neurotrophic factors, BDNF and Nerve Growth Factor (NGF), prevent or reduce the loss of neurons in Alzheimer's disease models. (1)
One of the most promising interventions for rescuing cognitive function in AD is neural stem cell therapy. Stem cell treatment portends to be the proverbial cure for the loss of memory and cognitive function related to neurological disease. Neural stem cell transplantation can restore cognitive function in neurological diseases like AD. In animal research, stem cell therapy restored cognitive function in mice that exhibited the typical lesions associated with AD. In spite of the extensive plaques and tangles present, stem cell transplantation restored memory and spatial learning **** to aging mice via BDNF mediated increases on hippocampal synaptic density.***** (2)
The Synapse
In the brain, BDNF promotes the optimum communication between neurons by enhancing "plasticity" at the synapse (see illustration below). In my article on the role of insulin in brain and synaptic plasticity, I described brain plasticity, as "the brain's malleability-its capacity for adaptive change". This adaptive capacity by the brain is reflected in the ability to integrate information and experiences, and through higher cognitive processing, anchor them into learning and memory formation.
The synapse is a critical locus in this adaptive capacity. The integration of learning and subsequent memory formation, and the plasticity that enhances that process, is reflected and promoted by the formation of new synapses that extend the network of communication, and the strength** of the synaptic connection. BDNF plays an important role in the survival of neurons, their growth (axons and dendrites), and the formation and function of the synapse. (2) Without sufficient BDNF and other neurotrophic factors, neurons die. (3)
The synapse is a crucial messaging exchange center between neurons. Synaptic junctions between neurons are where the cell-to-cell brain circuitry is facilitated. This complex neural circuitry and its growth and development, is what facilitates learning and memory formation. BDNF is key in both the growth and formation of the network of synapses, and the signaling mechanisms that underlies synaptic function and plasticity. (2) Since the role of BDNF is essential in the structural and functional elements integral to learning and memory formation, it has become a research target in its potential role in mitigating the degenerative process associated with AD and other neurological disorders.
BDNF & Alzheimer's disease
To summarize some points made above, BDNF levels are the highest in the areas of the brain associated with memory and learning. The deprivation of neurotrophic factors, BDNF and NGF, leads to the development of AD. Lack of BDNF signaling at the synapse, is a link in the cascade of amyloid beta formation that leads to the toxic aggregation and plaque lesions associated with AD. (Please read my article on Amyloid Plaque & Tangles).
Until recently, the research to date on the role of BDNF in AD risk has centered on laboratory cultures of hippocampal and other brain tissues. Now, a recent animal study (2/2009) at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), affirms the promising role of BDNF in the prevention, and the possible reversal of neuronal degeneration, and cell death, associated with AD. (4) Memory loss, cognitive impairment, brain cell degeneration, and cell death were prevented or reversed in several animal models after treatment with BDNF. The UCSD study treated animals had widespread lesions associated with AD (plaques & tangles). Despite the cognitive impairment present, BDNF treatment improved the performance of impaired animals in a variety of learning and memory tests, as compared to control groups not treated with BDNF.
The UCSD study on the role of BDNF in AD is particularly significant as it showed that BDNF treatment might potentially provide long-lasting protection by slowing, or even stopping, the progression of Alzheimer's disease. Mark Tuszynski, M.D., Ph.D., professor of neurosciences at the U.C. San Diego School of Medicine, reported: "When we administered BDNF to memory circuits in the brain, we directly stimulated their activity and prevented cell death from the underlying disease."
Optimizing BDNF
Optimizing BDNF in the brain can provide two essential benefits for brain health:
- Enhance cognitive function, and
- Protect your brain from the degenerative processes associated with aging, as well as the neurological decline that marks AD.
The good news is that there are core nutrition and lifestyle factors that directly influence BDNF levels and benefits to the brain. Numerous studies demonstrate the benefit of exercise on cognitive function in healthy individuals, as well as those afflicted with AD . Nutrition and stress also mediate a significant impact on the risk for AD. In related research, it is shown that these same factors influence BDNF levels and function.
In my next article on BDNF, I will delineate more on these nutrition and lifestyle factors, and their influence on optimizing BDNF, and how key nutraceuticals can also enhance BDNF in the brain.
For those of you reading this article at another website other than TheAlzheimersSolution.com, please visit the Neurotrophic Factors category at TheAlzheimersSolution.com.
* Signaling molecules: chemical messengers that serve to transmit information between cells.
** Neurotrophic factors–derived from the Greek "neuro" for nerve and "troph" for nourish.
*** The family of neurotrophins includes BDNF, Neural Growth Factor (NGF), Neurotrophin-3 (NT-3) and Neurotrophin-4 (NT-4)
**** Spatial learning–implies the ability to orient oneself in relation to their environment
***** Synaptic density: the number of connections via synaptic junctions between neurons
****** Synaptic strength: the established ease of communication across the synapse (between neurons).
The repetitive and frequent stimulation of the neuron in a learning process establishes synaptic strength-i.e. learning how to write, or play an instrument, strengthens the neural pathway, and establishes the synaptic strength between neurons.
1. NGF and BDNF signaling control amyloidogenic route and Aβ production in hippocampal neurons
Carmela Matrone, Maria Teresa Ciotti, Delio Mercanti, Roberta Marolda, and Pietro Calissano
PNAS September 2, 2008. vol. 105 no. 35 13139-13144
2. Neural stem cells improve cognition via BDNF in a transgenic model of Alzheimer disease
Mathew Blurton-Jonesa, Masashi Kitazawaa, Hilda Martinez-Coriaa, Nicholas A. Castelloa, Franz-Josef MA llerb, Jeanne F. Loring, Tritia R. Yamasakia, Wayne W. Poona, Kim N. Greena and Frank M. LaFerla
PNAS August 11, 2009. vol. 106 no. 32 13594-13599
3. Role for brain-derived neurotrophic factor in learning and memory.
Yamada K, Mizuno M, Nabeshima T.
4. Neuroprotective effects of brain-derived neurotrophic factor in rodent and primate models of Alzheimer's disease.
Nagahara AH, Merrill DA, Tuszynski MH, et al.
Nat Med 2009; E-pub 2009 Feb 8.


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(FlyNet Pictures) Pantslessness truly has taken the pop world by storm. A few years out from Lady Gaga's inital foray into underwear as outwear, the who's who of the Billboard charts still refuses to cover up. It's a thing. During a live performance on Today on Friday morning, flame-haired R&B superstar Rihanna showcased her miraculous fishnet-clad thighs in a pair of high-waisted black panties accessorized with a thick gold chain. She matched this with a purple-and-black striped crop top...Read Full Story
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Being a somewhat proficient iOS developer, I have just started working on a desktop OSX project in Cocoa and I'm running into issues that I just can't grasp. So this question is for the OSX developers out there.
I don't like the Interface Builder much, so I tend to write my views in code. The most prominent method I write my view layout code in is a view controller's
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When I ran into the issue below, I thought it must be my code was wrong, so after trying out long enough I re-created it with Interface Builder just for confirmation's sake, and guess what: I got the exact same result. Take a view with four vertically stacked subviews. Set the middle two to have flexible heights, the outer ones to be fixed. When you run it, size it down and back up again, I get two completely different layouts before and after the resize. See image:
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This spacesuit was made for and worn by Frank Borman, Commander of the Apollo 8 mission that was the first of the Apollo missions to orbit the moon in December 1968.
The Apollo spacesuits were designed to provide a life sustaining environment for the astronaut during periods of extra vehicular activity or during unpressurized spacecraft operation. They permitted maximum mobility and were designed to be worn with relative comfort for up to 115 hours in conjunction with the liquid cooling garment. If necessary, they were also capable of being worn for 14 days in an unpressurized mode.
The spacesuit was made by ILC Industries, Inc. with the designation A-7L and was constructed in the Extra-vehicular or EV configuration.
NASA transferred this object to the museum in 1969.
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Shapeways: Bring your creativity to life in 3D http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php Shapeways: Bring your creativity to life in 3D Wsf Figure painted http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=8579&th=1780#msg_8579 <![CDATA[Heres a photo of one of my models painted. It was printed in WSF, I sanded it verly slightly with 220grit paper and primed and painted it with acrylic "art" paints ( as opposed to "model" paint)

 Paint job isnt that great, been a long time since I painted something this small. ]]> Inlite 2009-12-28T09:27:51-00:00 Re: Wsf Figure painted http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=8580&th=1780#msg_8580 <![CDATA[Looks lovely!

 Just one coat?]]> joris 2009-12-28T12:10:33-00:00 Re: Wsf Figure painted http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=8589&th=1780#msg_8589 <![CDATA[Most of the painting is two thin coats, its much easier to get an even coverage that way - and you get two chances to clean up the edges of each colour which is handy if you're out of practice with small brushes.]]> Inlite 2009-12-28T20:31:35-00:00 Re: Wsf Figure painted http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=8600&th=1780#msg_8600 <![CDATA[Thin coats is a great idea. I have noticed that too much paint is annoying with White, Strong & Flexible and creates ugly surfaces. ]]> joris 2009-12-29T08:02:38-00:00


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1976 Pontiac Trans Am Clutch Pedal - Bearing Down For ActionWritten by on January 1, 2006 Improving The Clutch Pedal Action Of A Second-Gen Firebird
Most hobbyists who own street-driven Pontiacs are continually searching for new ways of updating their vintage iron with today's technology, hoping to improve its operational characteristics. Oftentimes that revolves around the drivetrain and suspension. For those of us with cars originally equipped with manual transmissions, this includes modern, heavy-duty overdrive units that bolt in with minimal modifications. But one component often overlooked and used as much as any other is the clutch countershaft assembly.
Not many have thought to consider the action that occurs every time the clutch pedal is depressed. It takes just one look at the countershaft assembly to realize that any of its pivot points could wear and be a potential source for binding. Most points, however, are in an environment exposed to the elements and in places not easily accessible for lubrication. So they typically go without any form of regular maintenance whatsoever.
The clutch countershaft assembly consists of a countershaft mounted between the frame and the engine block, and two linkages that connect the clutch pedal to the countershaft and the countershaft to the clutch fork. Watching its action, we see that when the clutch pedal is depressed, the upper linkage-which extends through the firewall-pushes the countershaft forward driving the lower linkage rearward, causing the clutch fork to apply force on the pressure plate. And it is a combination of this recurring action and lack of lubrication that can eventually lead to poor clutch pedal operation from worn components.
While most hobbyists never consider improving the clutch countershaft assembly, WFO Performance Works in Spring, Texas, offers a new product that gives owners a chance to do just that. Its newest kit (about $75 retail) for Second-Gen Firebirds consists of adjustable hardened steel and aluminum linkages with spherical bearings and all the necessary hardware required for installation. Follow along as we upgrade our '76 Trans Am and rejuvenate its clutch pedal action. You'll need to depress the clutch only once to feel how worthwhile this modification is.
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Best known for a kit that allows Second-Gen Trans Am owners to run different aftermarket intake manifolds without modifying the Shaker scoop, WFO Performance Works' newest kit is an adjustable clutch linkage assembly with spherical bearings that retails for around $75 and includes all the necessary components for installation. Follow along as we upgrade our '76 Trans Am.We crawled under the dash and removed the small clip that fastens the upper linkage to the clutch pedal, pulled it through the firewall, and removed it completely. Use caution, though, there is a soft rubber boot mounted on the firewall to prevent the elements from entering the passenger compartment. In less than 15 minutes, the original components were out.The instructions do not give much detail on how to remove the original pieces and install the replacements, but we found it to be nothing overly complicated. With our Firebird securely supported on jackstands, we crawled under and separated the lower linkage from the clutch fork. Then, using a pair of needle-nose pliers, we removed this retaining clip-which fastens the lower linkage onto the countershaft-and we had the lower portion disassembled.Once the lower linkage was removed, we used the needle-nose pliers to remove the small clip that fastens the upper linkage to the countershaft. For reference, we are working directly under the master cylinder. It can be a tight fit without much room to work if you have large hands.Comparing the new pieces to old, we adjusted the former's length for proper installation. We simply loosened the retaining nut and turned the bearing until we achieved the correct length, then locked them into place.We started the reassembly by pushing the upper linkage through firewall from inside the car and fastened it to both the pedal and countershaft. We felt safer adding a small amount of liquid thread-lock on the threads to prevent any possible chance of the bolt working loose.After the installation of the lower linkage, the project was nearly complete. We adjusted the length of its pushrod end to provide a sufficient amount of pedal free-play and inserted it into the clutch fork. We also thoroughly greased the countershaft through its fitting before letting the car down.This may first look like any other Second-Generation Trans Am with a manual transmission. But if you were to sit in the driver seat and depress the clutch pedal, you would quickly feel something uncommon-silky smooth action along with a noticeable reduction of pedal effort. With an investment of about one hour and $75, we found a new way to make our manual-transmission-equipped Firebird even more enjoyable to drive. Now who would complain about that?


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Erinel: Mom, one of my friends says that "Twilight" is a really bad book, and that a Mormon writer should have known better.
Mother: You've read it — what do you think?
E: I really liked it. And it wasn't bad — there were no bad words and nobody slept with anybody.
M: Is that all it takes for a novel not to be bad? Nobody swears, everybody keeps their clothes on?
E: It's a start, isn't it?
M: Why does your friend say that "Twilight" is bad?
E: Her parents say that vampires are evil.
M: Ouch. So they believe in vampires? I'll bet they just hated "Harry Potter."
E: I don't believe in vampires, and anyway, Edward is a good vampire.
M: Because he sucks people's blood without swearing?
E: He's tempted by blood but he doesn't do it. He controls himself.
M: So he's a good vampire.
E: Yes! And he loves Bella and he protects her from the bad vampires.
M: No swearing, no sex, vampires aren't real, and even if they were, Edward is a good one.
E: Exactly!
M: So your friend is wrong.
E: Completely wrong.
M: Then why does her opinion bother you so much?
E: It doesn't bother me! I don't care what she thinks! … Don't give me that look, Mom.
M: Sorry. My face just goes like that.
E: All right, it does bother me, but I don't know why it should.
M: It's good to think about the moral value of the things you read. Especially the stories that you really care about, because aren't they likely to be the ones that influence you the most?
E: And they don't sleep together or anything.
M: I think I remember Bella letting Edward stay in her bedroom and concealing it from her father. Do you think that's a good idea?
E: But he doesn't hurt her!
M: You think it doesn't hurt teenagers to lie to their parents, breaking their trust, so their parents can't stop them from doing incredibly dangerous things?
E: But she's in love.
M: Oh, yes, love. Correct me if I'm remembering this wrong, but doesn't Bella practically beg Edward to drink her blood and turn her into a vampire?
E: He doesn't do it.
M: But she puts her whole future completely in the hands of a man who is far older than she is, while hiding it all from her father, so she has nobody to help her if Edward turns out to be not so very good after all.
E: When you put it that way, it sounds so ... dangerous.
M: Children doing things that could destroy them, while keeping their parents from finding out? What's dangerous about that?
E: They're in love!
M: You said that before. But I never actually understood — why does everybody keep falling in love with Bella? She's sullen, bored, she doesn't like anybody who's actually human — in the real world, girls like that are very sad and lonely, and they don't usually find themselves in the middle of a love story.
E: "Twilight" is a lot more than brain candy for girls with low self-esteem, Mom.
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Jun 2015 - $45.00
We stayed here for one night as a stopover. The park is absolutely gorgeous, with lots of trees and a beautiful waterfall and many other opportunities to enjoy the outdoors. Unfortunately for us, it rained, so we were unable to do more than take a quick walk to see the falls. Be warned. With rain came mosquitos, many of them. But that's to be expected where there are tons of trees and it's just been raining. That can't be helped. The staff was friendly and knowledgeable, and they have someone patrolling at night. Hope we can visit again when we can beat the rain! - MikulasGoneAgain!
Jun 2014 - $46.00
Beautiful little campsite with daily/nightly patrols for our own safety. Close to town in case you need anything from the hardware store or groceries. Wood is expensive though - 6$ for a bag that barely covers one night's fire. Showers and bathrooms were SUPER clean! Dog park with enclosed fence to make sure your pup can get a good run. The chutes and river are beautiful and sandy for easy swim! - angelel83
Jul 2011 - $53.00
This pleasant park provides a convenient stopping point between Sudbury and Sault Sainte Marie, but is certainly no bargain. The sites are well-spaced but suffer the vagaries of power outlet placement that is typical of Ontario Provincial Parks. The power post for your site may be 6 feet away or it could be 50 feet (or more) off in the woods. The location of water spigots is even worse, with a single faucet serving multiple sites. The park reservation system can only be described as a joke. Prior to my visit on a Monday night, the on-line system indicated that there was only one site available. When I arrived, I was informed by the staff member on duty that "about 100" of the 132 sites were available. Considering the rates charged, I made the decision to avoid Provincial Park campgrounds for the remainder of my summer stay in the province. Note that the rate given is in U.S. dollars and includes taxes, on-line registration and credit card fees. - GreenMtn08


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The two had awoken to a strange, smoky smell and then saw their neighbor run across the street to their house, saying the house was on fire.
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FESTIVALS: Mirvish Goes to Chile-- The Santiago International Short Film Festival
by Dan Mirvish
Four twenty-something filmmakers get disenchanted with their city's biggest film festival, so in defiance, they start their own. Are we in Park City, Chicago, New York or Austin? No. Think farther south. Way south. Santiago, Chile, to be exact.
While some of you may have been following the party scene in Toronto and New York these last couple of weeks, the real western hemispheric action was the first week of September at the Santiago International Short Film Festival (aka Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes de Santiago - the FICS for short).
This was the third annual edition of the FICS, which was started when Antonino Ballestrazzi, Raúl Flores, René Martín and Marcelo Rivera reached the conclusion that the Chilean International Short Film Festival (ARCOS) was no good, and they decided to do something about it. Although just three years old, the FICS has quickly established a reputation as the most prominent competitive film festival in Chile, and by extension, one of the best in all of Latin America.
I was invited to be one of the jurors at the festival (and according to one Santiago newspaper, I was "El Presidente" of the jury!), despite the fact that most of the films were in Spanish -- a language for which my admiration far exceeds my fluency. It didn't help matters that my fellow jurors (two from Chile, one from Argentina) didn't much speak English. Oh well, I discovered that good films work in any language, and besides, the festival paid for my airfare and my hotel. How could I refuse?
Chile has always been a somewhat isolated country. Over 2,500 miles long and scarcely 100 miles wide between the Andes Mountains and the Pacific Ocean, the country has only begun to emerge from General Augusto Pinochet's authoritarian regime in the last few years. Chile is still politically polarized -- often violently -- particularly in light of Pinochet's arrest in England earlier this year. But when it comes to entertainment, the mainstay of Chilean multiplexes is usually big Hollywood movies.
In this environment, the FICS is fulfilling a large demand for challenging film fare. Lasting 7 days, and showing over 170 films, the FICS has a major emphasis on Latin American films, but also showcased shorts from the U.S., Canada, Australia, Germany and several other countries. The festival takes place at an old Hoyt's multiplex in downtown Santiago's theater district, with all the screenings in a beautiful 600-seat theater. In addition to 35mm and 16mm capabilities (with excellent surround sound), the festival had also equipped the projection booth with Beta and VHS decks hooked up to a mighty powerful little Sony video projector.
One of the most talked about films of the festival was the winner of the documentary section, "Fernando Ha Vuelto" by Chilean filmmaker Silvio Caiozzi. The film portrays Chilean forensic pathologists as they clinically describe the torture and murder of one of Chile's "disappeared" from the Pinochet era. The man's widow confronts his skeleton as the doctors count off the bullet holes and bone fractures that the man endured while he was still alive. One journalist told me that by awarding the film this prize, "Fernando Ha Vuelto" has a much greater chance of getting shown on national television in Chile - a rarity for such a politically loaded documentary.
Other than the doc category, most of the other winning films skewed a little more light-hearted. Although the judging sections for film and video were divided between "Chilean" and "International," I think that the best of the Chilean shorts easily stacked up well against the international fare. The Best Chilean Film award went to Claudio Palacios' "Se Arrienda" (For Rent) -- a perfectly droll dark comedy about a couple forced to deal with a deranged landlord who claims to be an expert archer. The Best Chilean Video was Pepe Maldonado's "La Carne" (The Meat) -- a tragic black and white love triangle between a butcher, his best friend and his wife. Like many in the video category, "La Carne" was shot on 16mm, but finished on an AVID and projected on video. In fact, Maldonado plans on using the film as the first of three parts to an eventual feature. Based on "La Carne," he's already found financing for the next section of the film.
On the international side, the Best Film Award went to "El Espejo En El Cielo" by Mexico's Carlos Salces -- a beautifully shot tale of a boy trying to catch the reflection of an airplane. The best International Video was "Pelicula Bruta" by Mariano de Rosa of Argentina. It's a hysterical, politically charged mockumentary about a family barbecue in Buenos Aires.
Some of the best films of the festival were in the animation section, with Chilean Erich Breuer's "Ciro Norte" winning an honorable mention. An obsessively made (it took three years, apparently), experimental journey that stars a guy who looks curiously like John Pierson, with a very real appearance by photos of Nastassja Kinski. Though a very cool film, "Ciro Norte" couldn't keep the irrepressibly funny "Billy's Balloon," by Santa Barbara resident Don Hertzfeld, from charming yet another continent on its worldwide sweep of festivals. Besides winning the Best Animated Film at the FICS, "Billy" has already won the Best Short Jury Prize from Slamdance, and was in the main competition in Cannes. Finally, the Best Experimental award went to Michael Frank's haunting "Purgatory" from Australia -- one of the best uses of twins in casting that I've ever seen. Winning films all received cash prizes (in the neighborhood of US$500 -- courtesy of the Chilean Ministry of Education) -- as well as some film stock from Kodak.
In addition to the competition for shorts, the FICS also showed a number of shorts out of competition, a retrospective of some of their winning films from last year and a daily midnight screening of a feature. One of the best films of the fest (and one of the coolest features I've seen all year) was "La Sonámbula" by Fernando Spiner from Argentina (though much of the post work was done in Chile). Spiner's first film, it's a sci-fi melange of "Metropolis," "Total Recall" and "Blade Runner" that has some surprisingly sophisticated effects for a film that was largely originated on 16mm black and white. The digital revolution has hit the Southern Cone. [Ed. Note: "La SonÞmbula" is screening today, October 5th in L.A. at the Egyptian Theater at 6:30pm as part of the Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival.]
One film that I was able to slip into the programming at the last minute, and which we officially dubbed a "sneak preview" of the next FICS festival (which will be held in May 2000), was the '99 Spirit of Slamdance award winner "Herd," by Mike Mitchell. Despite the film not having Spanish subtitles, the crowd still loved the puppet alien comedy.
Finally, some of the most popular screenings of the festival were the sets of 3 or 4 international commercial spots that were screened at the beginning of each shorts program. I've never seen this at a festival before (it had some connection to one of the festival sponsors), but some of the spots were hilarious crowd-pleasers (a particular Australian commercial featuring a singing penis was a real standout) and a good reminder that some of the best short films in the world are only 30 seconds long, and their directors are some of the highest paid filmmakers around. Hmmm, so much for filmmaker snobbery.
Of course no festival would be complete without parties. And at the FICS, the staff (and jurors) don't eat dinner 'til about 2:00am, so the partying doesn't get started 'til at least 3 or 4 in the morning. After one early morning venture to a popular Santiago disco (complete with Chilean hipsters, punkers, barflies and transvestites), we all wound up at Antonino's house for a 6 am salsa and meringue party. I tell you, these guys really know their chops on the dance floor. We dubbed fest organizer Raul "The Mambo King," and it wasn't because he looked like Armand Asante.
One caveat: Unlike Toronto or New York, you have to be a little careful when you ask directions to get to the "party." Turns out that's a euphemism for the almost daily confrontations between student protestors and police in Santiago. I was there during a particularly active week, as it was the anniversary of Pinochet's 1973 coup. It didn't help matters that the day before I got to town, national TV showed a policeman getting enveloped by flames from a not-so-friendly Molotov cocktail. Needless to say, the cops were looking for payback all week. The day I left Santiago, I went to a protest at the national cemetery and managed to get rocks thrown at me from protestors, and then tear-gassed by the cops. Apparently one person had died by the time the day was done. Now that's a party!
Like their fellow upstart festivals in the U.S., the FICS has experienced an uphill battle in establishing itself in Chile. The most notable struggle is money. Unlike the ARCOS festival, the FICS doesn't get any funding support from the national government (other than the awards for the winners). With the festival organizers averaging 25-years-old, "the sponsors don't believe in people with this age," says Antonino, the FICS organizer who learned English from watching Hollywood movies. "That's the biggest problem." Despite having to support the festival with their own savings, organizers have been lucky that a Santiago cultural organization named Centro de Eventos Labarynto gives them office space, a computer, a phone and free tickets to the disco that they run. One of the festival's biggest sponsors this year is Axe - a Chilean underarm deodorant for men -- that cleverly saw an untapped market in malodorous filmmakers. At every screening, two tall, beautiful models offered deodorant samples to every willing man who walked in. With all those fluorocarbons spraying around, it's no wonder there's an ozone hole over Chile.
Like the rest of the world, the youth culture in Chile is leading the way in the digital revolution. The FICS organizers realized early on that if they were to supplant the ARCOS fest and the Viña del Mar Festival (the other established film festival in Chile - which now officially relies on the FICS to program its short films), they would need to take advantage of the internet. Unlike the other two festivals, FICS has its own website (at www.fics.cl) -- with entry information and submission forms in both Spanish and English. They also regularly search other international film festival websites (and get copies of their programs) looking for film submissions. Last year they screened sidebars curated from the Claremont-Ferand Short Film Festival in France as well as Slamdance. "Without the Internet, we can't do this festival," said Antonino. It really is their lifeline to the rest of the world.
But Chile is still not the rest of the world yet, and the FICS has some unique problems it must overcome. The FICS entry form states, "Every movie must go through the National Cinematographic Qualification Council of Chile [the censorship board]. The participation of the short-film in the festival depends on its approval." The problem is as much economic as it is political: if the festival doesn't go through the censorship board, they'll be subject to exorbitant taxes on the box office. The FICS organizers have been making strides in working with foreign embassies in Santiago, including the cultural affairs attaché at the U.S. embassy: If they can get tapes submitted through diplomatic pouches, they can avoid some of the censorship hassles. Of course, filmmakers can also do what I did: smuggled videotapes in my luggage and just hope that customs didn't search my stuff.
[For more information on FICS, visit their website at http://www.fics.cl or send them e-mail at: email@example.com. Dan Mirvish is a practicing filmmaker and is Co-Founder-at-Large of the Slamdance Film Festival. To see his photographs from Chile, go to http://www.slamdance.com]


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