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SUMMER 2015: We no longer promote the user of Firefox with add-ons, as the solution can be insecure still and easily misconfigured. We will be releasing our new Tor Browser-based mobile browser app named Orfox in the next few weeks. Follow the news here: https://dev.guardianproject.info/projects/orfox-private-browser/news
We will keep the information below up for now as a reference to understand possible helpful add-ons to Firefox, and basic settings modifications you can make on your own.
The latest releases of Firefox on Android are proving to be very usable, stable and an increasingly viable alternative to the built-in webkit browser. However, it unfortunately lacks the ability to manually configure proxy settings through any sort of standard user interface. This is a common problem for Android, which also lacks the ability to set browser or system-wide proxy settings. To solve this problem, we have created a very simple Firefox add-on Proxy Mobile that exposes the Firefox browser's proxy settings through a simple, graphical options menu.
This means any user can easily set the HTTP and SOCKS proxy settings for Firefox, enabling access to web browsing on networks which require a proxy to access the web. This also means that users can connect Firefox to Orbot on Android devices and browse the web using the Tor network or any other HTTP or SOCKS proxy.
Simply proxying through Tor is not the same as the full TorBrowser feature set, and does not provide any strong anonymity protections against directed attacks.
That said, there are many things you can do to configure Firefox for Android to be more privacy-preserving and secure.
First, you will need to get Firefox for Android:
- Install Firefox from the Google Play Store
- or go to firefox.com/m in your phone's web browser.
- or download the Firefox APK file directly from the Mozilla FTP server.
Then follow the 10 steps below to enhance your mobile web privacy!
- Use Mobile Private Browsing which "allows you to browse the internet without saving any information about which sites and pages you've visited". Learn more in this detailed article.
- Use the Phony Add-on to change your user-agent, to impersonate a different mobile device or browser. INSTALL ADD-ON
- Use the Clean Quit Add-on to ensure your browsing history, cookies and other data are deleted when you want them to be. INSTALL ADD-ON
- Use the Self-Destructing Cookies Add-on to only keep cookies around as long as you need them. INSTALL ADD-ON
- In Firefox Settings, set "Plugins" to "Disabled" under the Content section.
- Under "Privacy & Security", set Cookies to "Enabled, excluding 3rd Party"
- Also under "Privacy & Security", set Tracking to "Tell sites that I do not want to be tracked".
- If you want the browser to remember your passwords, make sure to "Use master password" to secure them.
- Switch your search engine to DuckDuckGo (a search engine that does not track) using their SSL mode search add-on. INSTALL ADD-ON
- Obviously, if you haven't done so, already, install ProxyMob to proxy your traffic through Tor, protecting it from logging, interception and targeting. INSTALL ADD-ON. It requires that Tor is already running, so make sure to get Orbot: Tor for Android and turn it on. ProxyMob will have all of the settings configured automagically. To test that it's working, goto check.torproject.org and look for the congratulations message saying that it's configured properly.
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- Jan 31:
- Max Wade arrives at San Quentin as more details surface in Marin cases
- Jan 23:
- Guy Fieri Lamborghini theft: Marin teen Max Wade sent to prison for shooting, stealing
- Dec 6:
- Marin judge grants delay in Max Wade sentencing
- Oct 31:
- Marin jury convicts Max Wade of attempted murder, Lamborghini theft
- Oct 29:
- Marin: Celebrity chef Guy Fieri testifies in Max Wade trial
- Oct 11:
- Witnesses testify at Max Wade trial about menacing motorcyclist
- Sep 3:
- Plea talks fail in Max Wade shooting and auto theft case
The jury considering the fate of attempted murder suspect Max Wade adjourned for the day Tuesday after about three hours of deliberation.
The jurors will return on Wednesday.
Wade, 19, is charged with attempted murder, shooting at an occupied vehicle, commercial burglary, vehicle theft and receiving stolen property. He could face decades in prison.
The prosecution alleges that Wade, who grew up in Tiburon and San Rafael, tried to shoot a 17-year-old girl and her 18-year-old boyfriend to death in Mill Valley last year in a jealous rage.
Wade is also accused of breaking into a San Francisco dealership the previous year and stealing a $200,000 yellow Lamborghini that belonged to Guy Fieri, a well-known restaurateur and television chef.
Wade was arrested at a Richmond storage facility, where investigators recovered the Lamborghini, the gun and motorcycle allegedly used in the shooting, and numerous other pieces of evidence.
Wade was charged as an adult, even though he was 17 when he was arrested.
The trial is being held before Judge Kelly Simmons in Marin Superior Court. The prosecution and defense rested Monday after brief testimony by Fieri.
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The Astounding, the Amazing and the Unknown by Paul Malmont
Published by Simon and Schuster, July 2011
420 pages
Review by Mark Yon
In the world of Science Fiction, the range of potential subjects is such that not only can we deal with vast distances but also a variety of 'what if's'. Indeed, we can also blur the lines between reality and fiction, through alternate universes or just by playing with what happened.
Here's a great example of a book that mixes real events with fiction, and real people with some fictional.
The real events involve the war work of some of our legendary science fiction writers: Isaac Asimov, Robert Heinlein, L. Sprague de Camp, L. Ron Hubbard. It is well documented in books, such as William H. Patterson's recent biography of Robert A. Heinlein, that these writers worked together under Heinlein at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyards.
Here things are taken a step further, in that Malmont supposes that in 1943 this gang of intensely serious, studious and gifted authors are actually involved in a covert war mission. The so-called Kamikaze Group, led by Bob, are given the task of turning the science-fictional flights of imagination into something real. Ron and Isaac are employed to create an invisibility paint but really want to make scientist Nikola Tesla's Wardenclyffe Tower work as a Wunderwaffe, a 'wonder weapon'. The rumour is that Tesla has made this work, but shut it down following its initial tests. Tesla is now dead, believed by some such as Gernsback as murdered, so its purpose is unclear. Is it an energy beam with unlimited power, a weapon of mass destruction or a means of providing free energy to those who want it? And does it work?
In order to determine whether Tesla's ideas work, the Group travel from California to New York and to the Aleutian Islands and the Kingdom of Tonga in search for components of Tesla's machine. Following their covert activities is the FBI, convinced that the Group is working on an Anti-American Communist plot. The end of the novel is a race between testing the potential super-weapon and avoiding those out to cover up the secret, people who will not stop at killing those who know about the device.
There's a lot of fun as our fictional/semi-fictional characters intermix with real people: Hugo Gernsback, John W. Campbell and Albert Einstein, to mention just a few. We also have the return of William Gibson (creator of The Shadow) and Lester Dent (creator of Doc Savage) who were in Malmont's first book in the series, The Chinatown Death Cloud Peril and who aid our group in times of need.
What is engaging here is the way that Malmont fleshes out the SF authors that we think we may know quite well. They are all quite quirky. Bob is seen as a film-star like leader who has pretty much given up writing SF, and who has a decidedly odd wife, Leslyn, diagnosed as an insane alcoholic. Ron is a character generally seen as a weaker link in the group. Having being demoted in the Navy, going through a separation and having career issues, he spends a lot of time with women and drinking, whilst dabbles in religion and secret societies. Isaac is perhaps the brightest but one of the most neurotic – a shy, geeky guy who writes galaxy-spanning SF whilst afraid of heights and who is trying to make his recent marriage work. Sprague de Camp , who with Catherine Crook/de Camp is one of a couple with near-royalty status in the science fiction fraternity and whose levelheadedness and sensibilities act as a useful sounding post through the novel.
It must be remembered that this is fiction, though some proceedings here are based on real events and comments in the biographies and autobiographies of the authors included. Whereas there is a risk that our view of the 'real' authors may be coloured by their fictional exploits, the characters themselves are generally treated with respect and have understandable (if at times unlikeable) motives. At times this can be a little unnerving – some of them have sex! – but generally their characteristics fit what we as readers imagine the authors to be like.
This is a great novel that celebrates the fledgling days of the genre and mixes it up with an excitingly fast paced, pulp-style plot. We have secret agents, hidden underground chambers, dead bodies, betrayals and obscure satanic rituals. There's even a little romance. Most of all, though, there's a warm reverence for the originators of SF pulp.
A great surprise and recommended for anyone with a love of 'the old stuff'.
Mark Yon, December 2011.


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In a bizarre, right-wing caricature of Phileas Fogg, Glenn Beck takes us around the cuckoo's nest in a minute-and-half...
In less time than it takes to place an order on goldline.com, Glenn takes us from Obama, to his wife's personal shopper, to labor protests in Wisconsin, to "hippie dope radicals having Woodstock in the capital", to our relationship with Great Britain and Egypt, to a disagreement with the Saudis, to Iranian warships in the Suez Canal, to chaos and revolution, to......... wait for it....... SOCIAL SECURITY!
Yes, in just 90 seconds, Professor Doofenschmirtz neatly connects the dots between Michelle Obama's personal shopper and a Muslim/communist conspiracy that stretches from Cairo to Sheboygan.... and he only has to refer to his chalk board once!
I imagine that as Glenn's "beautiful mind" rambled through this cascade of causation and connection.... even his most ardently fearful and gullible viewers were lost in this surreal, "WTF" moment.
Glenn's show is starting to sound more and more like Jared Laughner's rambling YouTube videos every day, including taking on the creepy, menacing vibe of the misunderstood genius.
It's time his fans started considering the probability that, what they first saw as Beck's brilliant ability to "connect the dots" of a massive and subversive communist plot... is actually just a convoluted, Rube Goldberg of a shell game; utilizing distraction and snappy-patter designed to bamboozle you while the grifter takes your money.
As Beck's ramblings become more incredulous and unsupportable, more and more people are becoming aware of the con job.... and viewers are taking off the tinfoil hats and changing the channel in droves.
Keep it up Glenn...... at this rate you'll be the irrelevant punch line to an old joke within a year.
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SEBRING - An 82-year-old man died after he was struck by a vehicle around 9 a.m. Tuesday, Sebring police said.
Doyle Herrin was pronounced dead at 10:33 a.m. after he was transported to Highlands Regional Medical Center, Sebring Police Cmndr. Steve Carr said.
The accident apparently occurred after the man stepped onto Lakeview Drive and was struck by a vehicle driven by 89-year-old Ruby Collier, Carr said.
Based on a preliminary investigation, Carr said it doesn't appear as if charges will be filed. The final decision won't be made until after a more thorough investigation, he added.


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Big Bang kicks off Alive GALAXY Tour in Hong Kong with a Samsung press conference
7 December 2012, Hong Kong – The Big Bang ALIVE Tour has travelled around the globe with the proud sponsorship by Samsung, and KAvenyou is glad to be able to be at the press conference for this event. Let us take a look at what the boys have to share with you fans out there dying to know more about them, and their experiences in Hong Kong.
The boys entered the room looking bright and swag as usual, and greeted everyone in mandarin "大家好!我們是BIG BANG!" (Hello everyone! We are Big Bang).
Interview transcript:
Emcee: What are your feelings about having a tour in Hong Kong?
GD: They are very happy about the Hong Kong tour because it is their first time having a concert in Hong Kong. This is the same for many other countries they're touring because it is their first time going to many of the countries. They know that fans are very excited in their concert so they're very happy about it.
Emcee: Which country that you have toured to is the most unforgettable in terms of fans?
Seungri: It is rather difficult to say which is the most special because in all the countries we have toured to, we receive overwhelming support from our fans. Fans from different places have different characteristics. We are curious about how fans in Hong Kong are like because it is our first time having a concert here.
Emcee: Has any fans given gifts to you that are really special/unforgettable?
Daesung: No… because to us, fans are the greatest gifts already.
Emcee: What plans do you have for Christmas?
Seungri: Christmas will be a very busy time for us because we all have our own individual schedules. Hong Kong is a very beautiful place at Christmas because there are Christmas lights everywhere! When I was filming for my drama in Hong Kong earlier this year, I had the chance of seeing Hong Kong's famous 'Symphony of Lights' night show. It was so beautiful, also the lights on buildings!
Emcee: This month is Seungri's birthday! How will you celebrate it?
Seungri: It's not my birthday yet but fans, my members and staff are already celebrating it with me. I feel very very happy. But since we have live shows and busy schedules during that period of time, my birthday but it will likely be spent on the plane. But it's ok because for my fans, I will work hard to show them our music and a better side of me.
Emcee: These years, Hong Kong people are starting to like a lot of Korean products because of the Hallyu wave. As Koreans, what products would you recommend to Hong Kong people?
Taeyang: For this tour, we have traveled to a number of countries and to our surprise, we found out that fans from different countries also like to eat Korean food. We think that, if everyone wants to know more about Korean culture, start with Hansik(Korean cuisine). Korean dishes are prepared and made especially with unique cooking procedures; it is a good start for people who would like to learn about Korean culture.
Emcee: Big Bang won a lot of awards at MAMA 2012 exactly one week ago. How are your feelings about it?
TOP: We are very happy about it. Also, MAMA was a good opportunity for the five of us to regroup again after our solo activities and schedules. MAMA was a good learning experience for Big Bang.
Emcee: After your tour this time, when will you visit Hong Kong again?
Big Bang: There are no plans yet. It depends on our concert this time. If we have good response from fans this time we will consider coming to Hong Kong again, or for other schedules.
Emcee: Any plans to star in a drama as a group?
Taeyang: No plans yet
Emcee: G Dragon, you always present yourself to fans with different hairstyles and hair colors. How do you take care of your hair? What kind of treatment do you do to your hair to prevent it from falling out/damaged?
-audience and Big Bang all laugh-
GD: I don't have any special methods in protecting my hair. I always would like to dye my hair in different colors to show to fans and other people. I am not too worried about it falling out now. But in future if I dye –pause- I will be worried about it.
Emcee: GD has had very good results from his solo activities. In 2013, hat solo activities does Big Bang have?
Big Bang: Maybe, maybe in 2013 every member of Big Bang will have his solo album. We are continuously writing songs and music.
Emcee: What kind of emotions do you want fans to have when they attend your concert in the next few days?
Big Bang: We had a brief concert experience with our fans during MAMA last week and we also know that many of our fans watched our live performances online. But this time for the tour, we will have a longer meeting time with our fans. We hope that they'l go t oour concert with no regrets and leave with no regrets. To us, fans give us courage to stand on the stage and perform. It's a form of courage.
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Article by: Karen @ KAvenyou
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NEW DELHI: India on Wednesday entered a select club of nations possessing intermediate range ballistic missiles (IRBMs) with a range of up to 3,000 km, when it successfully test-fired, surface-to-surface nuclear-capable Agni-III missile. With this, the Indian security establishment has acquired the capability to hit targets deep inside China, including Beijing and Shanghai.
The all-solid fuel missile took off from Wheelers Island off the coast of Orissa 9:56 am and achieved its full range and accuracy by reaching its pre-designated target in 800 seconds. "The missile is now ready for induction,'' visibly happy DRDO scientists said after the missile achieved its target in a copy-book style.


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CUDWEED Overview Information
Cudweed is an herb. The parts that grow above the ground are used to make medicine.
People use cudweed as a gargle or rinse for diseases of the mouth or throat.
Don't confuse cudweed (Gnaphalium uliginosum) with cat's foot (Antennaria dioica), which is also known as cudweed. Also, don't confuse cudweed (Gnaphalium uliginosum) with Pilosella officinarum; both are sometimes called mouse ear.
How does it work?
There isn't enough information to know how cudweed might work.
CUDWEED Uses & Effectiveness
Insufficient Evidence for:
- Diseases of the mouth or throat, when used as a gargle or rinse.
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CUDWEED Side Effects & Safety
It is not known if cudweed is safe or what the potential side effects might be.
Special Precautions & Warnings:Pregnancy and breast-feeding: Not enough is known about the use of cudweed during pregnancy and breast-feeding. Stay on the safe side and avoid use.
Allergy to ragweed and related plants: Cudweed may cause an allergic reaction in people who are allergic to the Asteraceae/Compositae plant family. Members of this family include ragweed, chrysanthemums, marigolds, daisies, and many others. If you have allergies, be sure to check with your healthcare provider before taking cudweed.
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October 24, 2013
PARKERSBURG —With recommendations in place, members of the Wood County Board of Education will need to make a decision on property for the proposed new Williamstown Elementary School....
How does Tim Yeater have the right to even comment on things like this? He's never at the meetings! Anyway, the WES students are in desperate need of a new school, and since Fenton was driven into the ground, there's no better place IMO to build.
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Free public domain sheet music from IMSLP / Petrucci Music Library
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Hans Wessely(23 December 1862 — 29 September 1926)
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Washington Township supervisors recently approved measures related to three community activities:
n Supervisors approved the use of Red Run Lake for the trout derby which is scheduled April 19. The derby starts at 9 a.m., when children will be allowed to fish without competing against adults. The event will then open to adults at 1:30 p.m. The lake will also be closed to fishing on April 18 to prepare for the derby.
n The Blue Ridge Summit Ice Cream Social is scheduled for July 18 at the Blue Ridge Summit Library. Supervisors approved closing Monterey Lane during the festival.
n The Mad Anthony Half Marathon, which is scheduled for Sept. 13, was approved pending a safety review of the route by police.
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Lord of the Flies
by William Golding
Lord of the Flies Chapter 7 Quotes
How we cite the quotes:
Quote 1
All at once, Robert was screaming and struggling with the strength of frenzy. Jack had him by the hair and was brandishing his knife. Behind him was Roger, fighting to get close. The chant rose ritually, as at the last moment of a dance or a hunt.
"Kill the pig! Cut his throat! Kill the pig! Bash him in!"
Ralph too was fighting to get near, to get a handful of that brown, vulnerable flesh. The desire to squeeze and hurt was over-mastering. (7.74-76)
Blame it on mob mentality or the lure of primitivity or being called four-eyes one too many times, but our sweet Ralphie just went out of his skull.
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"Someone's got to go across the island and tell Piggy we'll be back after dark."
Bill spoke, unbelieving.
"Through the forest by himself? Now?"
"We can't spare more than one."
Simon pushed his way to Ralph's elbow."
"I'll go if you like. I don't mind, honestly." (7.124-129)
Simon is the only boy who doesn't seem to be afraid of the forest—probably because he knows he's safer alone than with the other boys. Smart choice.
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In front of them, only three or four yards away, was a rock-like hump where no rock should be. Ralph could hear a tiny chattering noise coming from somewhere—perhaps his own mouth. He bound himself together with his will, fused his fear and loathing into a hatred, and stood up. He took two leaden steps forward. (7.246)
On the one hand, this is real courage: when you're afraid of something but do it anyway. On the other hand, notice how Ralph changing his "fear and loathing" into "hatred." Talk about dangerous emotions—hatred makes people do horrible things.


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For the last six years, Dexter claimed the championship by an average score of nearly 20 points.
But this year's championship, the Bearcats' record seventh in a row, came down to the final shot as they held off second-seeded Portageville 56-55 on Thursday.
"It's still alive," said Dexter coach Eric Sitze of the streak. "That one was fun. This tournament's been a challenge for us -- every game."
Portageville had two final shots to win the game. After Chris Guethle missed the front end of a one-and-one free throw with 6.5 seconds left, Bulldog Jimmy Larry prematurely fired up a shot from just across halfcourt that airballed.
"It was too early," said Portageville coach Jim Bidewell of Larry's shot. "But it worked out good because we got the rebound and got a bank shot. You can't ask for a better shot than that to win it. We got what we wanted but it didn't go in."
For Portageville (8-1), it was the sixth time the Bulldogs have lost in the championship game since last winning the tournament in 1992.
Portageville controlled most of the game, leading through much of the second and third quarters.
"It was ours to win," said Bidewell. "Dexter's a good ballclub but we froze and started relying too much on Willie Hassell. They were in better shape than we were. We just quit fighting as a team. This will be a good learning lesson for us I hope. We've got a lot of work to do."
The Bulldogs fell behind 16-15 after one quarter and trailed by as much as 20-15 in the second quarter before taking control of the game.
The Bulldogs managed to take the lead on a Hassell 3-pointer with 3:51 left in the second quarter to propel the team to a 30-24 halftime advantage.
Portageville led by as much as eight points on two different occasions in the third quarter but the Bearcats, despite numerous careless turnovers, hung around with solid defense on the other end.
An Eric Rinehart steal and layup just before the buzzer to end the third quarter cut the lead to 43-39 and gave the Bearcats some much-needed momentum heading into the final frame.
Dexter (8-2) didn't waste any time making its move in the fourth quarter as they tied the score at 45-45 on a Derek Roberts drive to the basket with 6:18 left.
The two teams exchanged baskets for the next few possessions until Dexter took its first lead since the middle of the second quarter on a short shot by Guethle with four minutes remaining, to take a 51-49 edge.
Dexter would not relinquish the lead the rest of the way.
A Roberts basket pushed the lead to 53-49 but Hassell buried a 3-pointer with 3:31 left to cut it back to one.
After a Rinehart free throw gave the Bearcats a 54-52 lead, Dexter came up with a steal and ran the clock to under a minute left.
Scrambling to cause a turnover, Portageville left Levi Rawson all alone under the basket as Scott Admire found him for the open layup with 28 seconds left to give the Bearcats a 56-52 lead.
Hassell's 3-point attempt was just off the mark as Guethle came down with the defensive rebound and was fouled with 18 seconds left.
After missing the front end of the one-and-one, Portageville rebounded and got the ball to Larry, who hit a 3-pointer with 9.1 seconds remaining, cutting the lead to 56-55.
Guethle, usually a strong free throw shooter, ended up missing another one-and-one with 6.5 seconds left to set up the final sequence.
"You run the play to get it to Chris -- he had just missed one and I didn't think he could miss two in a row," said Sitze. "It's in his head. He's just got to step up there and shoot it and not worry about it. That'll come hopefully before the season's over."
Portageville wilted under the Dexter pressure in the fourth quarter, which was a sign of fatigue according to Bidewell.
"They upped the tempo and upped the pressure on defense," said Bidewell. "I think we just got tired. Everybody was looking for Willie. We've got guys that have some talent that can play and they've got to step up. We just didn't play smart.
"I didn't see any killer instinct in their eyes and that was kind of frustrating me because you either have that or you don't. We got scared and thought they would catch up and win. And that's what they did."
Hassell scored a game-high 18 points but only had three in the fourth quarter.
"Willie's a great player," said Sitze. "He's going to step up when the game's on the line and he did again tonight. They're a great program and they'll bounce back from this."
Dexter was led by Guethle and Rinehart's 12 points apiece, who both made the all-tournament team. Admire, who finished with eight points, also made the all-tournament team.
Hassell was joined on the all-tournament team by teammate Jordan Penn, who fouled out with six points.
Sitze is the first coach in Bloomfield history to win four straight championships. Paul Hale led the Bearcats to the first three titles from 1998-2000.
Sitze also tied Hale and former Malden coach Randy Scott for the most championships won with four.
Even though Sitze felt his team didn't play its best game, his Bearcats are the champs for at least one more year.
"The kids hung in there, didn't quit, stayed after them and got a little lucky on the end down there," said Sitze.
"Everything's big in that kind of game. Even one less turnover is big in a game like that. Even the last shot almost went in. Every little thing counts. We'll take it."


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Blog written by Patricia Zimmermann, codirector of the Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival and professor of cinema, photography and media arts at Ithaca College
James Ramey and Morelia
I first met James Ramey when I was invited to attend the Morelia International Film Festival in 2005. It was an absolutely heady experience: explosive filmmaking talent in fiction and nonfiction, an entire conference within the festival with Mexican indigenous filmmakers, and international players from the film industry.
When I returned this year with NAMAC codirector and documentary director Helen De Michiel to present at the Sepancine Conference, connected to the Morelia International Film Festival, that same eye-opening, attitude-changing intensity pulsated throughout. In both Mexican cinema and Mexican intellectual life, the stakes are high and the terrain is new and somewhat rocky. Ideas and people seem to connect in ways that makes new insights burst through the high desert like cactus flowers in spring.
Film scholar, festival organizer, colleague
Bilingual and living in Mexico, James Ramey was one of the Americans I met who helped to mount the festival. Gracious and collegial, Ramey is one of those people who you feel you have known forever. He always seems to be asking questions about research, about films, about filmmaking around the world, about creative economy best practices, about film theory.
James Ramey holds a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature and Film Studies from UC Berkeley, and is a visiting professor in the Humanities Department at the Metropolitan Autonomous University at Cuajimalpa in Mexico City. Among his publications are the anthology Mexico imaginado: Nuevos enfoques sobre el cine (trans)nacional (CONACULTA-UAM, 2010) and journal essays in Comparative Literature Studies, James Joyce Quarterly, and Comparative Literature. His current book project is entitled Micro-Modernism: The Pleasures of Parasitism in Joyce, Borges, Nabokov and Buñuel. He has been Academic Adviser to the Morelia International Film Festival since its inception in 2003.
Let me add one little footnote here to James' impressive credentials. I've taught Bunuel's Un Chien Andalou probably 100 times; each shot is tatooed on my brain. I didn't think it was possible for anyone to read that film in any new way. That is, until I heard James' conference presentation where he literally dissected the film, demonstrating irrefutably its links, allusions and inscriptions to insects.
The Interview
Patricia: Can you describe and explain Sepancine? Why was it formed? What purpose does it serve in the development of Mexican film theory and analysis? What are its goals?
James: Lauro Zavala and several colleagues started "Sepancine/Mexican Association of Film Theory and Analysis" in May 2005 as part of an admirable effort to solidify an academic field of film studies in Mexico and open a space for dialogue between Mexican film scholars and people working on film in other parts of the world.
It has organized five annual conferences, published several collections of articles, and has helped to create a network of national and international working groups on film studies. Main goals for the future are to start a scholarly journal of film studies and convince academic institutions in Mexico to open Film Studies departments.
Patricia: What is the role of film theory and analysis in Mexican universities? How is it developing? How is film education in film theory and analysis organized for graduate students and undergraduates in Mexico? Why is film theory and analysis necessary and urgent in Mexico?How does film theory relate to preparing the next generation of Mexican filmmakers, and the next iteration of the Mexican film industry?
James: Film scholarship has existed in a limited form for many decades in Mexico, focused chiefly on film history and historiography. Indeed, Mexican academia has produced some excellent film scholars, such as Aurelio de los Reyes, Jorge Ayala Blanco, and Lauro Zavala, who is the leading practitioner of film theory per se in Mexico.
But Mexican university administrators still tend to view the study of film as a minor subdivision of other disciplines, like communication, art history or literature. Film is also studied in an academic way (including some theory and analysis) at major Mexican film schools such as the Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfico and the Centro Universitario de Estudios Cinematográficos. But while those are very good film schools, they do not offer their graduates the equivalent of a bachelor's degree (licenciatura), which means they cannot generally go on to study an M.A. at a major international film school, which is an important step in the careers of many filmmakers at that age (apparently the CUEC is seeking to grant a licenciatura, but it hasn't happened yet).
It is my understanding that until this year there were no undergraduate or graduate programs in Film Studies per se, though students and faculty at many universities have skirted this problem by allowing students in related fields to focus on film in their thesis or dissertation projects.
My understanding (and I would be happy to be corrected) is that the first undergraduate program in film studies was opened October 2, 2009, in Morelia, during the Sepancine conference, at the new Instituto Mexicano de Investigaciones Cinematográficos y Humanísticos (IMICH). This government-authorized institution, headed up by the talented Dr. Alba Estrada, offers the equivalent of a U.S. liberal arts degree with a major in Film Studies and Audiovisual Production, and has a very good, ecumenical course program (disclaimer: I helped design it). It also offers a master's degree in Film Studies and Audiovisual Production.
At Sepancine, a group of professors from the University of Guadalajara announced that they are starting a similar degree program, and I know Lauro Zavala is proposing to create an M.A. in Film Theory and Analysis at the UAM-Xochimilco in Mexico City. It is our hope that this new trend will catch on, since that would enable the academic "supply" in Mexico to meet the strong demand.
It's very heartening to hear about the interest in film and the expansion of film departments in Mexico. Here in London (and in my experience), interest in film studies, especially in film theory, is waning. Student numbers have been falling in academic film programmes.
The question of "what job can I get at the end of my studies" means that young people interested in film and media are increasingly opting for production and vocational courses, effectively changing the work of film departments and somewhat undermining critical and intellectual work.
I also suspect that film theory's twenty year love affair with psychoanalytic theory has left many disillusioned about its capacity to help us appreciate film. Arguably, the uptake of Deleuzean philosophy has helped rectify that somewhat, but I sense that the limitations of film theory leaves many (politically) dissatisfied.
I wonder what thoughts James and Lauro have about this.
It seems to me that these thrilling developments in the Academy potentially put Mexican film scholars in a strong position. Poised to survey the achievements and limitations of theoretical construct (with greater or lesser staying-power), they may historicize and compare them, and construct models that account for these while accommodating fresh, new thinking. It's probably inevitable that camps, cliques and even cul-de-sacs may form over time, but there is so much information available now, and so relatively little turf staked out, one may range freely and gather some momentum in her or his exploration. It's a great time to encourage debate, emphasize the limits of theories (as well as their unique strengths), point out the challenges presented by emerging and evolving media forms, distribution and exhibition models, and the formal and political interventions of minority and Third cinemas, and to interrogate the role of film studies in relation to other disciplines, discourses and struggles.
My concern about cinema studies (and for that matter, also higher education in film production) has long been the self-satisfaction of the field after it reached a certain age and established a toehold within the Academy (so that film departments were no longer justifying themselves or playing the part of a younger cousin to other disciplines.) Though important by way of establishing intellectual autonomy, this development has sometimes, it seems to me, set up cinema as so distinct from social and political life, students often aspire to cimema (or filmmaking) with shockingly little context -- which (arguably), cinema can afford even less than other disciplines, given the omnipresence of moving images in everyday life, the explosion of cell-phone imaging, of dvd piracy, of jumbo-tron billboard advertising, etc. Mexico is not immune to preciousness or myopia; its institutional support of the arts through federal offices and grants often (not always) takes pains to canonize unquestionably venerable works, artists, movements, etc., and this posture can easily insinuate itself into the Academy. But bearing some consciousness of this tendency, and some vision of a more inquisitive discursive possibility, the establishment of cinema studies in Mexico, with its history of conquest, its ongoing struggles over race, its turbulent economic history and its compromised position in gobal trade conventions, its agricultural and ecological and even geological precariousness (affecting corn and petroleum, to name two crucial examples), narco-trafficking and related violence -- not to discount Mexico's exquisite, syncretic art history and literary, poetic and cinematic tradtions -- all have the potential to send a salutory shock wave through cinema studies in general, and to inform the Mexican national cinema in a genuine and useful way. Such questions as "what is the public?" "How are moving images deployed publicly?" "To whom do images belong?" "How important is the idea of a national cinema in our global reality?" are all crucial questions to the field, but of immediate urgency in Mexico, one of the great cinematic petrie dishes of modern times.
Shazzer and Shannon: You both raised really salient points about the changing climate in which film theory operates internationally. Shazzer, your point about the increasingly vocationalism of film programs around the globe is a good one, and one of great concern. In my time as an film academic, I've seen programs across the US explode--there are simply more programs in film studies everywhere, in every sort of department imaginable. Partly, this is fueled by the fact that film courses in any discipline can spur enrollment in classes--in this way, it's a market driven model rather than in intellectual model.
In my time at Ithaca College, I've seen a similiar descrease in theoretical courses and an increase in vocational and arts-making courses. When I arrived at IC in 1981, the cinema department was evenly divided between practitioners and PHDs/theorists. Now, in 2009, out of more than 12 faculty, I'm the only PHD and we basically offer only three courses. Some of the degrees only require two courses in film studies, that is, the systematic, disciplinary based film studies we are all trained in.
And Shannon, your points about the social/political/historical context of film studies is a very significant point. In my mind, part of the legitimation of film studies in the academy and its subsequent migration through many disciplines (a veyr exciting interdisciplinary development) has almost contributed to its increasing etherealization and disconnect from the social/political/historical. Legitimation comes with neutralizing cinema thorugh abstractions. You might be right, the psyhcoanalytic turn contributed to this. At the same time, the most exciting parts of film studies now seem to be in the new film history and in post colonial studies, both intellectual schools of thought insisting on the political/social/economic. In addition, I have found the resurgence of political economy, public policy, transnational studies, and creative economies to be areas that are bringing new life and relevance to film studies.
But....all of these new developments which insist on cinema in the world are in many ways isolated in elite institutions, conferences, and the few schools that still, in the US teach a full range of film studies from an international (read NOT US centric perspective). In programs that have increased vocationalism and art production, these new ideas do not enter into undegraduate classrooms. I find this really disheartening, if truth be told. It seems to me that higher education in cinema is building a class system de facto, where those students who will learn languages, study theory and history, and engage in abstract thinking will be high level contributors and participants in film culture, even in the commercial industries (now some of the largest industries in the world) and the rest, from the vocational and arts production programs, will be outsourced freelancers.
The disconnect from social/political/economic/theoretical/conceptual issues is of deep concern to me. But it is exciting, I must say, to hear about the "petrie dish" of Mexican cinema and film theory in Mexico.
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I was 11 years old when my country, France, hosted and won the World Cup in 1998. The national pride when Les Bleus lifted the trophy before the eyes of millions of people around the world was overwhelming. Surely any event driving this much passion globally should never be called into question? But my grown-up self now wonders if all this enthusiasm could be used to drive much needed positive environmental change?
What issues are sustainability experts most concerned about? How well is the private sector addressing these challenges? Which sectors are most accountable for tackling these vexing problems? After analyzing responses from nearly 900 sustainability experts in 91 countries, the recently released 2013 Issues Survey, Challenges, Performance and Accountability, dives into these thorny issues, with mixed results.
It's been nearly two years since The GlobeScan / Sustainability Survey explored how our international pool of sustainability experts see issues—ranging from climate change to food safety—and the urgency and corporate performance surrounding them. In 2011 our survey (Key Challenges and Industry Performance) found urgency regarding several leading issues was in a slightly downward trend, and industries received mixed reviews about their ability to manage the transition to sustainable development—with no sectors receiving high marks for sustainability performance. …
"The current economic system, built on the idea of perpetual growth, sits uneasily within an ecological system that is bound by biophysical limits." So states the fifth Global Environment Outlook (GEO-5), published by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) in 2012.
Renowned economist Kenneth Boulding reflected the same sentiment more pointedly many years ago when he said: "Anyone who believes exponential growth can go on forever in a finite world is either a madman or an economist."
Infinite growth is the operating principle, reinforced by our current economic and political systems, on which many of the world's business leaders, policy-makers and investors make decisions every day. As a result, the gap between our current burn rate and what the planet's environmental systems can support on a sustained basis continues to grow. This gap represents a significant risk – and an opportunity – for the business community.
This is the context of the most recent collaboration between UNEP and SustainAbility, along with Green Light Group: a just-released report titled GEO-5 for Business. Using GEO-5 (a 500+ page compilation of environmental data, policy options and scenarios) as its foundation, GEO-5 for Business serves as a translation and primer written specifically for business leaders. While much analysis has been conducted on the impacts of business on the environment, this report looks in the other direction – at the impacts of environmental trends on business….
Last week I was in Stockholm once again for World Water Week. This is the second year in a row that I have attended the mega-conference at the request of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development to moderate a session covering various water management tools.
The theme of this year's conference was …
I have been in Brazil since last Wednesday, participating in the madness that is Rio+20. The insanity is part logistics (the main event sites are scattered far apart and moving from one to the other can take literally hours), and the apparent lack of progress at government level on any meaningful negotiated agreement is certainly maddening, but it is also that the sheer number of people (50,000?) and events (hundreds daily) create a kind of 'opportunity overload.'
Midst everything, one of the guidewires I've followed has been the activity associated with the release of UNEP's "Business Case for a Green Economy …
Having pretty much recovered from having my iPhone, iPad and laptop stolen (and having also pretty much recovered from one of the worst bouts of flu in my life), today in Rio was, on balance, a great day. People often ask me whether I am optimistic generally on the sustainability front and I find myself repeating that I wake up an optimist and go to bed a pessimist. And so it looks today.
In GlobeScan and SustainAbility's latest survey of sustainability experts, we notice a worrying trend emerging: the sense of urgency to address critical sustainability issues is in decline across the globe.
In fact, the five most urgent issues on the sustainability agenda – climate change, water scarcity, food security, poverty, and biodiversity loss – are all perceived as less urgent challenges than they were in 2009…
Water surrounds me, both literally and figuratively.
I am in Stockholm – a city of islands – this week to attend World Water Week, an annual conference sponsored by the Stockholm International Water Institute. I am here at the invitation of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, and yesterday facilitated a fascinating workshop WBCSD sponsored on water risk and some of the tools being developed to assess and manage it…
This spring, China's south suffered the worst drought in 50 years, exacerbating the country's status as one of the most water-scarce in the world. While the severity of the drought has resulted in unprecedented shocks to the energy and agriculture sectors (to name just a couple), China's not alone in facing a paradigm shift in how it must manage its water. In fact, it's joining a club of countries that are rethinking and recasting water governance and management.
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The choices government and business leaders make to resolve the tightening choke point between rising energy demand and declining freshwater reserves will form the central strategic focus of the next era of China's unfolding development.
Funny – we have one Earth Day among 365 days total. Yet we have but one, presently poorly stewarded, earth. I know I am not the first to say it, but, c'mon, really, isn't every day Earth Day?
Reflections, observations and trends (in no way exhaustive) from 2010.
Energy and water are difficult issues in their own right, but they're on a collision course in places like China.


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Definition of benefic in English:
1Beneficent or kindly.
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- From this point of view the milk can be considered as a benefic treatment to fix the problem responsible with the acid reflux.
1.1 Astrology Relating to or denoting the planets Jupiter and Venus, traditionally considered to have a favorable influence.
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- Venus is a benefic planet; the friendly sextile between the beginning of Leo and the cusps of her signs again preserve the astronomical relationship between Venus and the Sun by keeping them within the distance of two signs.
- But if a benefic planet, that is, Venus or Jupiter, is in favourable aspect to Saturn thus located by night, those things which were denied will be given in another way.
- Unlike Jupiter that we call a benefic planet, Mars is said to be a malefic.
Early 17th century: from Latin beneficus, from bene facere 'do good (to)'.
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Remaking the Road Operation
By John Holl
One of the first things it did, according to Shaun O'Halloran, director of operations, was to take on the project of right-sizing its fleet to meet the demands within Atlas' territory footprint.
O'Halloran has a work history with companies like UPS and FedEX, entities that know a thing or two about efficiency on the road. So Atlas began looking around and realized it was not always utilizing time and equipment in the best way. The company then looked at some options and first decided to get some bigger trucks on the road.
Atlas added 12 new Freightliner M2, 52GVW, straight trucks equipped with the Cummins ISC 8.3 engine. The ISC8.3 for EPA 2010 realizes a 3 percent improvement in fuel economy, he says, and it added high power-to-weight ratio, improved responsiveness, increased power density and optimized calibration for lower engine-out particulates. The body on those units comes from Morgan, and Atlas was pleased with the lighter design due to improvements like the new galvanized steel Z post construction on the sides and front of the body, a 48-inch wide diamond steel runner centered in the floor.
There are even some safety enhancements in these new models, O'Halloran says, including the 16-foot Road Warrior ramps with "spring assist," and side doors that have triple-sided door steps with braces.
Leaving no stone unturned for long-lasting durability, Atlas also addressed the rusting of the undercarriage due in part to liquid calcium chloride being used on the roads during those rough Massachusetts winters by having the body spayed with an undercoating. With previous trucks, he says the bodies looked fantastic, but the undercarriage looked awful.
"In the end it's small money," he says.
There is also an environmental factor Atlas is considering. To that end, they added seven new Freightliner Cascadia tractors that came equipped with the Cummins ISXEP10 engines. The EPA 2010 engines achieve near zero NOx and PM emissions, says O'Halloran. ISX achieves up to 6 percent better fuel economy versus the '07 ISX, improved mile-per-gallon results in a smaller carbon footprint, and each ISX can reduce CO2 emissions by up to 12 metric tons per year (compared with an '07 ISX).
In its top-to-bottom review, Atlas also looked at ways to reduce emissions and make sure fuel was being used wisely, so it installed Fleetmatics as its GPS provider and had its units installed in all trucks. The Atlas team looked at 10 different vendors before deciding on Fleetmatics and chose it over the others because it is web-based, has a phone application and not only was the price right, but O'Halloran believes it is on the forefront of the technology.
At the time Atlas installed the Fleetmatics, fuel was over $4 a gallon, so fuel cost reduction was a priority. "We've seen tremendous improvement in our idling time as well as our driving and service times. We haven't been disappointed," he says.
With so many vehicles on the road, safety is paramount for not only the drivers but others on the road. To that end, Atlas has partnered with the Massachusetts State Police and its leasing vendor to provide safety meetings for the distributor's drivers. This includes implementing the Smith System's "5 Keys for Defensive Driving," creating a safe driver program that recognizes top performers (rewarding drivers with accident-free records at the 1-year, 5-year, and 10-year mark) and by making available a Class "A" school for its class "B" Drivers to attend and upgrade their licenses.
The trooper with whom Atlas has partnered offers a real solid foundation for drivers to base their driving on, O'Halloran says. Something as simple as making sure all drivers have their license, DOT card, and registration each time they pull out of the facility, shows they are serious about driving. Having those documents is less of a cause for officers to raise a red flag in the case of a stop.
O'Halloran says Atlas is not going to rest on just these changes. The company is continuing to look at ways to be more efficient, and even add alternative fuels to its fleet. Atlas is evaluating natural gas, but at this time the infrastructure hasn't been built into its central Massachusetts territory, and the engines aren't as powerful as O'Halloran needs them to be.
"With grade issues here in New England, we'd struggle in the hills," he says.
With a new year unfolding O'Halloran says the company will build upon what it's already accomplished and make sure it is getting out to locations before its competitors—something possible due to its streamlined process and larger trucks.
"If the customers are getting beer deliveries quickly and efficiently that bodes well for us," he says. "If we can become more reliable and provide great service, we'll retain that business if not grow it."


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Tag Archives: cycling
New Playlist
It's been a while since I posted a legit playlist, but this one rode well, so I'll pass it along. The intervals were fierce and the heart rate soared, but my fine group of GRRL cyclists at CORE came, saw, … Continue reading
Playlist: July 2014
I cringe a bit when I think of how long I have gone without a music update. No time like the present to remedy that, right? Here's this morning's playlist; my legs were still a little weary from yesterday's red-eye … Continue reading
New Playlists!
Lo and behold: I taught a couple of spin classes this weekend, and verily did I create new playlists. It's been too damn long! I was humbled by the challenge of crafting a good riding mix: this thing which previously … Continue reading
Every Word Handwritten — Playlist August 31, 2012
I don't care who knows it: I really (really) like the new album by the Gaslight Anthem, Handwritten. I have a feeling that it's kind of uncool to like the Gaslight Anthem; they're a little Springsteen-y, not complicated or challenging … Continue reading
Here Comes a Fighter
Lately the concept of holding one's self to a higher standard has taken a hold of me—mostly because I realize that I am slacking off in so many important areas: I'm not writing hard enough, running hard enough, or cooking … Continue reading
New Playlist: 7-13-12
I cringe when I think about how lax I have been about posting music. I owe Michelle a huge debt for encouraging me this morning to get back on track. My Friday the 13th started out pretty crappy: early alarm … Continue reading
I need a little more FUN. in my life (New Playlists)
Lordy, how did all of February go by without a music update? I must tell you, music-lovers, that I am fixin' to knock your socks right off. You will be sockless, and you may blame me. Two albums have held … Continue reading
Playlist 1-20-12
I've had a few changes in my teaching schedule as of late, giving me opportunity to meet lots of cool new folks. One of the things I love most about my fitness avocation is that, daily, I get to witness … Continue reading
Spooky Spin
Pretty scary, huh? The makeup is shockingly similar to what I used to wear in high school, and perhaps the less said about that the better. What better way to celebrate Halloween than to pre-emptively burn off all that calorie-laden … Continue reading


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City ash treatments started, now we wait
May 09, 2013
Lake Geneva is committed to saving 150 of its ash trees from the emerald ash borer.
Last year, the chemicals were purchased and the treatments applied to city-owned trees, said City Arborist Jon Foster.
Now, all anyone can do is wait.
"We'll see how they come out," Foster said in a telephone interview on Monday. That could take as long as two or three years, he said.
Last June, the city council voted unanimously to set aside $10,000 to save about half of the city's ash trees.
The treatments began this fall, Foster said in a recent telephone interview.
Fall application allows the chemical, a commercial insecticide called Treeage, to travel through the tree and kill the borers before they can do much damage.
The chemical is not cheap. According to information from the city's tree board, it costs about $495 per liter. Individually, trees receive an injection of 50 milliliters, for a cost of $25 per tree per application. According to city figures, add in equipment and labor and the cost per tree comes to $60.
But, by comparison, the city calculates that removing a 25-to-30 inch diameter tree costs about $2,000, not including a replacement tree.
Public Works Director Dan Winkler said the city might apply for a state grant this year to cover half the cost of the insecticide.
The city doesn't have many ash trees in its parks, Winkler said. Most are in the city's rights of ways.
While the city plans to treat 150 ash trees, another 150 ash trees will probably have to come down because they are too far gone with ash borer infestation.
Foster said the city took down between 30 and 40 trees this year.
"The rest we'll take down as needed," he said.
Foster said he's also looking forward to the state Department of Natural Resources' experiment with two species of imported stingless wasps.
The insects, not more than a millimeter long, are imported from China, and feed almost exclusively on the emerald ash borer's eggs and larvae.
Foster said the chemical treatments and importation of ash borer predators doesn't mean the ash borer infestation will be stopped.
But it may be slowed and allow many of the area's ash trees to live longer and healthier.
"It's going to take a few years to see how well this works," Foster said.
The program applies only to city-owned trees.
Private ash tree owners will have to find their own arborists to protect their trees. Foster told the tree board last week that he can give advice, but he's not licensed nor equipped to protect privately-owned trees.
Ash trees do not make up a majority of city trees. The city owns about 4,000 trees total.
Winkler has said the city stopped planting ash trees when news came out in 2002 that the emerald ash borer had been discovered in Detroit.
The pest has burned through the ash forests of Michigan, Indiana and Illinois. And although the invasion has slowed, it's still expanding.
So far, infested trees in Wisconsin have been identified in Brown, Crawford, Kenosha, La Crosse, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine, Vernon, Washington, and Waukesha counties, as well as Walworth county.
Foster found the first ash-borer infested tree in Lake Geneva in late May 2012.
But Bill McNee, DNR forest health specialist, said the ash borer is a stealthy pest and the beetles may have been in the area for up to two years before they were first detected.


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The pomp is out of control
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To The Editor: Looking at the inaugural pomp, I'm moved to observe that the United States has more and more the appearance of a monarchy and less and less that of a democracy.
Should we not be referring to a coronation?
Thaer Benjamin
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text: Saddle Mountain is the highest point in the north Oregon coast range, so naturally it is a draw just for that fact alone. The mountain itself is quite eroded and composed of a lot of decomposed sedimentary rock, so combined with heavy annual rainfall, trail maintenance is pretty much constantly needed here. The access road heads north from Highway 26 and snakes through the woods for 10+ miles to the remote trailhead, from which the trail begins a pleasant and easy ascent through birches. Eventually it steepens and heads ever higher toward the double summit. The final ascent can be a tricky scramble up steep slopes strewn with loose pebbles. There is a cable ladder embedded in the trail to provide some assistance. On a fine day the view from the top extends all the way to the Pacific Ocean and Astoria. On probably at least half the days of summer, you will see nothing but fog. Try to come here on a day when the winds are blowing off shore for good views.


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The following exchange of messages between Joseph Hooker at Chancellorsville and his Chief of Staff Dan Butterfield mark the moment when Hooker suspended his attack on Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. Hooker ordered his army to concentrate at Chancellorsville and wait for Lee to attack, thus surrendering key terrain and the initiative to Lee.
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC,As the fighting died down on May 1, 1863, Robert E. Lee summoned Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson to Lee's headquarters in the field--a clearing in the forest with a pair of cracker boxes for chairs in front of a camp fire.
May 1, 1863-2 o'clock.
[General BUTTERFIELD:]
From character of information have suspended attack. The enemy may attack me-I will try it. Tell Sedgwick to keep a sharp lookout, and attack if can succeed.
May 1, 1863-4 p. m.
Major-General HOOKER:
Your dispatch received. Copy announcing suspension of your attack sent Sedgwick. He and Reynolds remain quiet. They consider that to attack before you have accomplished some success, in view of the strong position and numbers in their front, might fail to dislodge the enemy and render them unserviceable at the proper time. They are anxious to hear from you. Six guns Horse Artillery sent to Banks' Ford this a. m., as directed. The balance of Graham's just ordered there. The enemy are sending nothing from here now to their left. I allow nothing to go to Washington and say nothing myself. Is O. K.


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The median price of a previously owned single-family home in America today is $157,000. What can you get for that in the Bay Area?
Headaches, mostly.
Here, where the median is nearly three times higher than the national, $157,000 will get you a 460-square-foot house in East Palo Alto that would fit inside a Saratoga walk-in closet. Or a two-bedroom in Antioch with mold, a squatter's mattress in the kitchen, the oily remnants of an amateur grease-monkey operation out back, and what looks like a bullet hole dead-center in the front window.
"Bring your tools & imagination to shine this piece of property," the Realtor wrote on the online real estate site Redfin.
Want to spend that $157,000 on a San Jose bungalow on North 13th Street?
No problem.
OK. So there's one small problem.
"Burned house," says the real estate agent's MLS note. "Don't go in!"
"I got the listing in November and we were trying to evict the tenants by giving them cash-for-keys as long as they cleaned the house, but what happened instead is the house caught on fire," said Leonora Cruz with Atlantic & Pacific Real Estate. "I was going to Vegas on business and I'd just landed when they called me and said, 'The house is on fire! The house is on fire!' So the cash-for-keys thing was bye-bye."
It'll actually cost a bit more, since it's going for $166,900, but that's about half the $320,000 it was listed for pre-fire. Which makes sense because, as Cruz points out, "about 50 percent of the house was damaged. The best thing is probably to tear it down. But the basement's OK."
About that basement. Right after the fire, a homeless guy settled in. The broker, who carries a Taser for just such occasions, persuaded him to leave. But the squatter's "things" remain in the dank dark bowels of the bungalow, a scene right out of "The Silence of the Lambs."
Still looking to buy cheap? San Francisco had one listing last week on Redfin for under $175,000. Humbly shoehorned into the city's Bayview-Hunters Point neighborhood sits the little cottage at 1482 Underwood Ave. It looks cute from the outside. It's when you step into the slightly akimbo structure that things get interesting. For $145,900, you can experience vertigo.
"The house is all crooked," real estate agent Alyce Cardinale said as she stepped inside. "I feel like I'm in 'Alice in Wonderland.' "
She said the place needs $200,000 in work, starting with the foundation and ending with the roof. "Actually," Cardinale said, tiptoeing across a mushy carpet you could almost sink into, "the easiest way to repair this house is to tear it down."
Believe it or not, an interested party may well have competition. Realtors report eager buyers with bags of cash looking for fixer-uppers they can patch up, slap some paint on, then rent out for enough to give them a positive cash flow on their investment, something that was unimaginable in this region when the housing market was on fire.
"Some investors are even looking for 'bulk buys,' " Cruz said, standing outside that blackened San Jose home, aluminum strips dangling from the charred roof like some devilish wind chime. "They scoop up multiple properties, as long as they can get the sales prices down."
Try it yourself. Up in Antioch, that $157,000 will get you not one, but two homes. Write a check for that bank-owned beauty over at 1117 Klengel St., listed for $78,000.
Then take a look at 36 Texas St. Yes, it comes with roosters next door and a guy down the street dismantling his motorcycle on the front lawn. And, yes, you'll have to clear out that squatter's mattress from the kitchen. And maybe, with all that motor oil soaked into the backyard, you'll need the Environmental Protection Agency to sign off on the deal. But for $69,000, what do you expect?
Still, listing agent Adriana Lopez suggests you proceed with caution. And she's not just talking about financing. "You have to be careful going into some of these houses," she said last week, doing exactly that. "Some of these houses are really dangerous. And it's impossible to keep squatters away unless you have a guard posted out front all the time."
You could also move in closer to the bay and check out real estate agent David Ormonde's listing at 22026 Western Blvd. in Hayward. Advertised for $155,000, it's currently in contract. But in this market, that shouldn't stop you from looking because these offers are notorious for falling through, usually when the buyer actually lays eyes on the place.
"A 75-year-old widow had to move out for health reasons, but for at least 40 years this was her little paradise," Ormonde said, stepping inside what he calls a "Contractor's Delight." "With some work, it could be cute, though the railroad tracks and BART line out front are two huge drawbacks. But it's a fairly quiet neighborhood. Except for the train every 10 minutes."
Maybe spend your money near a quality market like Palo Alto. If you'll settle for nearby East Palo Alto, Sarjeet Singh has an intriguing proposition for you. After buying his 460-square-foot home 10 years ago for $285,000, then watching it drop in value to a point where he says only a loan modification from the lender would keep him afloat, Singh is trying to sell the place for $130,000.
"Ideally, I want the bank to loan-modify me," he said. "But I really want to keep the house, so I have to sell it."
Confused? He figures if someone really does offer $130,000, that will force the bank to give him a loan-modification because, after all, Singh's been dutifully paying his loan each month for years, so wouldn't the lender rather work with a good borrower than foreclose on him and end up having to sell the house for an even lower amount to an even more, well, challenging borrower?
But you might want to wait before putting in your bid.
"The lower we keep listing this place, the lower the offers we keep getting," said Singh's real estate agent, Chris Hurchanik. "So I tell buyers 'put in your offer, but don't hold your breath.' "
Contact Patrick May at 408-920-5689. Follow him at Twitter.com/patmaymerc.
East Palo Alto
Address: 2169 Addison Ave.
Price: $130,000
The catch: It's 460 square feet
San Jose
Address: 642 North 13th St.
Price: $166,900
The catch: "Burned house," says the note from the realtor. "Don't go in!"
Address: 22026 Western Blvd.
Price: $155,000
The catch: "It's a fairly quiet neighborhood. Except for the train every ten minutes," says real estate agent David Ormonde
San Francisco
Address: 1482 Underwood
Price: $145,900
The catch: "The house is all crooked," said realtor Alyce Cardinale


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CHENNAI: With production at its Indian plant at Maraimalai Nagar near here expected to saturate soon, Ford India Pvt Ltd, the Indian subsidiary of the US based Ford Motor Company, is mulling further investment to expand capacity, said a top company official.
"We will make an announcement on further investment soon. We have room at our existing location for expansion," Ford India managing director and president Michael Boneham told reporters after launching Fiesta Classic, an upgraded version of Fiesta.