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know how any reporter could write so positively about something so negative. I hope you will wake up one morning and realize how lucky it is to not be in an institution or in a straight jacket. My son wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t so lucky. Your article hurts, truly hurts.

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Polarizing A â&#x20AC;&#x153;differentâ&#x20AC;? business idea can catapult its founders to greatness.

However, the Psycho Donuts business concept (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Crazy about Donuts,â&#x20AC;? MetroMenu, April 8, and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Donut Notes,â&#x20AC;? Letters, May 6) has succeeded only in offending and polarizing a community. Not because a few people donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t â&#x20AC;&#x153;have a sense of humor,â&#x20AC;? but because they are educated, organized and willing

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When they choose offensive and discriminatory business practices, we choose to disagree publicly. And we are helping others make an informed choice about the kind of donuts they

want to buy and the kind of business they support.

Brian Miller, Spokesperson, Friends United to Support Equality (F.U.S.E.), San Jose

Not So Lucky Your article about Psycho Donuts actually offends me more than the donut shop and their exploitation of people who are stricken with disease and traumatic injuries. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t

Some of us living near The Alameda close to Shasta are not at all interested in Mayor Chuck Reedâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s newest folly, a baseball stadium with no conceived plan. Also, one of our residents who is a real estate attorney questions the legality of such a land swap.

Property values do not rise with a baseball stadium, they drop. Also, as I have read from other posts, there is a signiďŹ cant amount of Giants fans who live in San Jose, and may not travel to games in San Francisco when they can watch major league baseball in San Jose. The Giants have more than territorial rights at stake.

There is also the issue of traffic and parking. Reed lives in the hills and does not have to worry about such things.

We have three branches of government at all levels, so we can ďŹ nd deaf ears or there, but the only audience this San Jose stadium may ďŹ nd in the next several years is a courtroom audience and 12 peers.

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stadium amid an industrial area which already has an arena and a train station set to become a major transit hub. The idea that a baseball stadium alone would alter the landscape of Shasta-Hanchett (which is honestly not even that close) is simply a load of crap. I guess the current residents prefer concrete and dirt lots (see Ohlone mixed use), because those attract a safer crowd than baseball games.

Nam Turk

Inferno Red Our culture is impressed with future inventions such as the sleek Hovercar 3000 that uses garbage as fuel. We look forward, conďŹ dent that scientists are busy solving crises as they arise. This may be true.

Renewable science is growing, but we cannot rely on the future; so far most modern technology has only created more problems. Technology is not going to save us, but it may help us.

Consider Rizhao, the solar-encrusted China city, where the government has subsidized solar power. Here, 99 percent of homes have solar heatingâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;but remember that solar panels use cadmium, a by-product of copper that is toxic to humans.

Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve begun the heavy climb to a balanced existence with the earth, but in the meantime, letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s turn down the A/C, buy local food and live by the â&#x20AC;&#x153;greenâ&#x20AC;? tips found online, until the scientists solve all our problems.

When that happens, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll take the Hovercar 3000 in inferno red.

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SEND US your anonymous rants, raves, gripes and diatribes about your co-workers, bosses, enemies or any badly behaving citizen who rankles your ireâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;or about citizens you admire. Send to: I SAW YOU, Metro, 550 S. First St., San Jose, 95113, or via email to isawyou@metronews.com.

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INCE LOCAL ROCK history keeps rearing its Medusa-like head these days, allow me to throw some more gasoline on the fire. Since 2009 marks the 40th anniversary of Woodstock as well as the Altamont circus, people in San Jose’s neck of the woods are exhuming fond memories of two local festivals that preceded those more legendary get-togethers.

Writing in last week’s Metro, Gina Arnold extrapolated some highlights from the two Northern California Folk Rock Festivals, which took place at the Santa Clara County Fairgrounds during the month of May in 1968 and 1969, respectively. At that time, a setting aptly called “Family Park” was located inside the gateway arch, to the right.

At the 1968 festival, Jefferson Airplane, plus Big Brother & the Holding Company with Janis Joplin, headlined on Saturday, May 18, and the Doors headlined on Sunday, May 19.

The weekend was marred by all sorts of events, including the mass ingestion of a drug in pill form, which landed dozens of folks in the hospital. Everyone seems to have their own account of what happened, but apparently the Hells Angels were the ones who distributed the drug, which they referred to as “Hog.” It turned out to be what’s now called PCP, and this concert was one of the first documented occasions at which the drug was mass consumed.

This same festival also pops in many conspiracy theories including Mae Brussell’s “Operation Chaos: The CIA’s War Against the Sixties Counter-Culture.” The following festival, in 1969, also featured a star-studded lineup, including Jimi Hendrix, Jefferson Airplane and Chuck Berry. Grace Slick of the Airplane would later say that San Jose rivaled Woodstock in those days.

Those two festivals were not the first ones, however. On Oct. 8, 1967, another event, billed as Dr. Sunday’s Medicine Show, took place at Family Park inside the fairgrounds, organized by David Breithaupt, one of the first physicians to volunteer at the Haight Ashbury Free Medical Clinic, which had opened earlier that year in San Francisco. The gig featured Big Brother & the Holding Company and Quicksilver Messenger Service, along with Freedom Highway, Mother Earth, Congress of Wonders and Ace of Cups. The ticket stub declares the address of the fairgrounds as “First Street & Tully,” and since Highway 280 didn’t exist yet, the directions were, “Take First Street Exit from Bayshore Freeway.”

Seventy-five hundred people paid the $2 admission price.

Breithaupt himself eventually went on to private practice before founding and directing a drug-treatment program at O’Connor Hospital. For 18 years, he also facilitated a weekly support group for recovering health professionals, the experience of At the show, Janis which led to his new medical suspense Joplin was hammered novel, R.I.C.E., available right now from Mad Dog Publishing. He still lives in backstage and nearly the Berryessa area and staged a book passed out with a release party last month at the San Jose bottle of Southern Athletic Club.

Comfort in hand Over coffee, he fondly recalled memories of the now-legendary 1967 San Jose gig. Originally, he wanted to stage the show at the Municipal Baseball Stadium, but the city and the team wouldn’t let him. According to Breithaupt, Virginia Schaeffer, a San Jose City Council member at the time, told him: “We’re not going to provide a city venue for these kids with self-inflicted wounds.” However, as soon as one of the county supervisors stepped up, the fairgrounds became a viable venue.

At the show, Janis Joplin was hammered backstage and nearly passed out with a bottle of Southern Comfort in hand. People were concerned that she wouldn’t be able to do the gig, but she pulled it together and gave a rousing unforgettable performance.

Other highlights: The money-taker at the gig was a nun from O’Connor Hospital.

Priests blew up balloons. The Hells Angels insisted on watching over the money. Another motorcycle gang, the Gypsy Jokers, volunteered to watch over the Hells Angels. There were no police incidents and no serious hard-core drug issues. Volunteers from the clinic, as well as many hippies, gathered at Breithaupt’s Eichler home in Willow Glen afterward. In the end, $15,000 was raised, ensuring the survival of the Haight Ashbury Clinic.

What do you remember about the ’60s? SiliconAlleys@metronews.com

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Disaster Aversion 2.0 After a bruising special election, a chance for meaningful change in Sacramento

By Phil Trounstine and Jerry Roberts

fundamental political change in California.

“The public is making a statement, loud and clear, that they expect action,” said Jim Wunderman, CEO of the Bay Area Council. “The seriousness of the problem has reached a crescendo.”

Last week executives of the council rolled out the most serious call for sweeping political reform in California since Hiram Johnson—an ambitious plan for an historic constitutional convention to overhaul the

fiscal, management and electoral structures and operations of a government that spends $144 billion a year, chronically fails to pass a budget and has plunged the state into a thick muck of debt it will take decades to clean up.

With recession sapping the economic strength of the state and voters holding record-low opinions of their state leaders, the time is ripe for this kind of quantum change. In parallel with the Bay Area Council, the goodgovernment group California

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HE SKUNKING of all five special election budget measures backed by Gov. Arnold and the Can’t Shoot Straight Legislature was a clear signal that voters are way beyond fed up with half-measures, marginal fixes and smoke and mirrors in Sacramento.

Like a winless team trotting out a five-lateral trick play in the final seconds of the last game of the season, Schwarzenegger and the Legislature tried to pull a fast one, hoping to avoid facing the hard reality that it’s time for

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California’s challenge is deceptively simple to envision but horrifically complex to accomplish: restoring democracy where institutional chaos now reigns. Since the 1978 passage of Proposition 13, when Sacramento took on the task of managing the impact of property tax cuts in cities, counties and special districts across the state, the onthe-fly reorganization of political and financial relations between the Capitol and its provinces, coupled with a decades-long binge of budgeting by ballot box, has steadily evolved into a Byzantine patchwork of stunted and often self-canceling imperatives and ideologies.

By now, democracy—in the sense of a government by, of and for the people—has become so completely distorted, perverted and corrupted in California that tinkering, however wellintentioned, is not enough.

It’s not about “blowing up boxes,” as Arnold famously, and demagogically, promised to do. It’s about dismantling and rebuilding democratic government based on three key values: accountability, trust and measurable performance of the people and programs funded by taxpayers.

None of this is entirely new, of course. As with most things about California, the writer Carey McWilliams got it right—in 1949—when he offered this assessment in California: The Great Exception.

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constitution was itself an improvisation; and from that time to the present, governmental services have lagged far behind population growth. Other states have gone through this phase too, but California has never emerged from it. It is this fact which underlies the notorious lack of social and political equilibrium in California.”

But in the past 60 years, things have gotten worse. The system today is constricted, subverted and hamstrung by special-interest ballot propositions, two-thirds vote requirements, gerrymandering, term limits and raging rivers of free-flowing political cash. The governor and Legislature have been circumscribed and neutered.

California Forward, a civic improvement coalition created by California Common Cause, Center for Governmental Studies, New California Network and The Commonwealth Club of California’s Voices of Reform Project, is advocating short-term fixes for the budget and is considering long-term reforms as well.

Short term, they’re pushing for managing the spikes in state revenues, a pay-as-you-go requirement, resultsbased budgeting, a two-year budget and other reforms. As a bipartisan group, they have not yet been able to agree on whether to push to reduce the two-thirds requirement for passing the budget and/ or raising revenues.

But California Forward co-chairman Bob Hertzberg, a former Democratic Speaker of the Assembly, personally believes the most important reform would be to return power to local governments—where accountability is most immediate—and give them the power to raise funds by majority vote.

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“The key to restoring democracy in California is bringing government closer to the people,” he said. “People should be getting what they’re paying for and paying for what they want.”

The scale at which state government is trying to operate—by funding education, health care, public safety and the like for 38 million people—is simply too large. The unintended consequences of Proposition 13—which shifted money and power to Sacramento—must be undone, he argues.

Specific solutions aside for now, fixing the fetid mess in Sacramento will require the commitment not just of politicians who see the writing on the wall but also of the mainstream media, which has nurtured widespread ignorance about the business of state politics and government by systematically ignoring it: Not a single TV station from a major California city has a bureau there.

Most of all, it will require the involvement of taxpaying citizens, who must bear responsibility for choices that have yielded harmful, if unintended, political consequences.

“We need a citizen-induced fix,” as Wunderman puts it. “California government is not only broken, it has become destructive to our future.”

Phil Trounstine and Jerry Roberts are the former political editors of the San Jose Mercury News and the San Francisco Chronicle. They write regularly for www.calbuzz.com, a nonpartisan website about California politics.

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Most of them seem to know how to handle it.

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OUR TEENAGE boys are gathered around a chessboard in a local cafe having a civilized conversation about pornography. As he mulls his next move, Chris*, a straight-talking 18-year-old with a goatish beard tufting from his chin, recalls some of his earliest dabbling.

“In junior high, I started printing out porn and bringing it to school.

I don’t even know why,” he says. “We’d go, ‘Ooh, aah,’ and I’d put it away. It wasn’t really sexual stimulation, it was, ‘We’re doing something we’re not supposed to at school.’”

Never was that so clear to him as when he was dragged into the principal’s office on an unrelated charge with a half-inch-thick stack of smut in his bag. Terrified he would be searched, he ended up “dumping it in the vice principal’s trash can,” he says.

“Then she came in and decided to eat an apple. She was peeling it into the trash.”

Preteen Chris was terrified, but the vice-principal never looked down into the trash. And he didn’t exactly learn his lesson.

Today he trades porn parables with his 17- and 18-year-old friends with the utmost candor. “I think our social group has overused the access,” he says. “It is certainly past the point of being new to us.”

“I have 140 gigs of porn on my computer,” one of his buddies says.

“I was going to put it all on an external hard drive and pass it to all my friends. And I said this in front of my friend’s parents.”

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This is interesting for a couple of reasons.

First, his frankness is astounding. Second, this very nice boy with the 140 gigs of pornography gives his first and last name to include in this article. I’m not going to print it here.

The truth is, even though he seems to be a very mature 17-year-old, I’m not entirely sure he’s thought about the fact that the day this story hits the web, any prospective employer, dean or girlfriend who Googles his name will find the words “140 gigs of pornography” in the same sentence. That intuitive mistrust of teenage instincts is at the crux of this entire story.

It is easier than ever to watch, create and share pornographic images and text, and as the first generation of web-savvy teenagers who have always had the instant gratification of DSL, who get cell phones as soon as they’re old enough to talk and who’ve never used air quotes with the word “blog,” porn has always been right at their fingertips. Which leads to the question, can this be bad for them? If cigarettes stunt your growth, does porn stunt your soul?

Naturally, adults are freaking out. In 1997, Philippe Kahn sent the first pointclick-and-send cell phone photo from a hospital in Santa Cruz minutes after the birth of his daughter. In 2009, district

attorneys are prosecuting teenagers as sex offenders for sending nude photos of one another using that same technology.

Somewhere between innovation and titillation, technology is moving faster than adults can keep tabs on it, and the debate over how much access is really good for teenagers is raising parents’ blood pressure.

As the girl in that first-ever cell phone photo is about to enter her teens, we set out to ask adolescents and the doctors who study them what it’s like living in a porno paradise.

Porn Pups On the second floor of a nearby teen center, Jane*, a 16-year-old high school student, considers the concept of “sexting,” or sending naked photos via cell phone.

Behind her is a row of computers with signs posted nearby that read NO PORNOGRAPHY. “In my high school, technology isn’t necessarily openly used as much for sexually explicit stuff but more for cheating on tests,” she says. “Or during a fight—there’s no effort to be protective of your fellow peer, it’s ‘Who can bust their 18

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That said, Jane, along with a small sample of extremely gracious local teenagers ranging in age from 14 to 18, conceded that they had sought out or at least seen Internet pornography. Most were given access to a personal or family computer between the ages of 9 and 14, and it took a year or two after logging on for the first time to find sexually explicit material. One boy says he started seeking it out as early as 11 years old. Recent surveys show somewhere in the neighborhood of 70 percent of adolescents report they’ve seen pornography while surfing the Internet.

Somewhere between innovation and titillation, technology is moving faster than adults can keep tabs on it, and the debate over how much access is really good for teenagers is raising parents’ blood pressure Furthermore, they think it’s no big deal.

A 2008 study found that two-thirds of college-age men and one-half of women think viewing pornography is acceptable.

“Most people I know are decently open about it. They aren’t quite as open as [I am], but they’re certainly not closed,” says a 17-year-old named Will.

If there was a common thread in each interview, it was nonchalance and acceptance. “I think this is happening basically every day for students in high school,” says Matt, a 15-year-old student.

“It doesn’t bother me. I don’t particularly have negative thoughts against that type of thing.”

Another 18-year-old girl confesses that she wasn’t shocked when her 15-year-old brother told her he looks up pornography on classroom computers when the teacher’s back is turned. “I’m used to it

now that I’ve finished high school,” she says. “That’s old.”

Perhaps unsurprisingly, none of the more active young connoisseurs felt their porn proclivities were inflicting psychological damage.

“More access is not a bad thing,” says 17year-old Matthew, a home-school student.

“I’m not exactly sure if it could be a thing that influences you to be a bad person. It depends on your nature.”

His friend Kendall agrees. “There are people who will see it as an opportunity to be themselves, and there are people who will see it as a tool to exploit people,” he says. “It really depends on the person.”

Evidence Inconclusive Dr. Neil Malamuth, a professor of communication and psychology at UCLA, knows firsthand why studying sex, teenagers and technology is so fraught with peril. You have to apply your findings to your own kids.

“At one time, my son was about 15, 14, and I went with him to San Francisco, and we checked into a hotel, into two different rooms,” he says. “The bellhop said, ‘Oh, should I disallow the sexually explicit movies in this room?’ and I said, ‘Yeah, yeah, you should.’ My son got very upset, saying, ‘What right do you have?’”

Malamuth also insisted that his son attend a panel discussion he was participating in the next day. “So then he comes to my talk, and the first speaker was a radical feminist who was talking about very extreme porn. She showed samples of it.”

He laughs. “My son’s sitting in the audience, and he’s smiling,” he says. “When you try to apply this to your own children, you have to consider real world situations.”

Despite the failure of his personal policies, Malamuth soldiered on and has studied one possible consequence of heavy porn usage: sexually aggressive behavior.

After 37 years’ worth of research, he has found that Matt and Kendall’s intuitive assumptions may be true.

“First of all, it’s inaccurate to try to make a simple generalization across the board— porn is good, porn is bad,” he says. “When it comes to effects that we can label as undesirable and antisocial, then it seems to depend on the content of the pornography and very much [on] the profile of the person.”

Malamuth says a constellation of factors can result in a sexually maladjusted person, and seem to rely more heavily on the predisposition due to negative factors like a narcissistic personality, hostile feelings toward women, violence in the home or aggression between one’s parents.

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is high on multiple-risk factors, heavy consumption of pornography does add fuel to the fire,” he says. “People who are not at a particular risk of committing sexually aggressive acts, whether or not they are heavy pornography users doesn’t make much of a difference.”

Neither does risky sexual behavior in teenagers seem to correlate with the rise in technology, according to Dr. Douglas Kirby, a senior research scientist at ETR Associates in Scotts Valley who has studied adolescent sexual risk behavior for more than 30 years. “It is not the case that all the changes that have taken place in society, including much greater access to pornography, have led to an increase in sexual behavior,” he says. “Between the ’90s and the early 2000s, the percent of young people who’ve ever had sex did not increase.”

A study by the Centers for Disease Control shows that from 1991 to 2007, the number of adolescents in grades 9 through 12 who have had sex at least once dipped

16 percent, from 54.1 percent to 47.8 percent. Along with it went the incidence of teen pregnancy among 15- to 19-year-olds, which dropped 38 percent from 1990 to 2004 (in California in particular pregnancy rates dropped dramatically). Though it’s too simple to say this absolves technology of any influence it’s had on the sex lives of teenagers, a long-term study that explicitly asks how porn affects child and adolescent development hasn’t yet been done.

Similarly, development professionals are not exactly suggesting that these materials have no effect on teenagers. “I don’t think that they’re going to become more deviant, perverted people because of this,” says Dr. Neville Golden, chief of adolescent medicine in the pediatrics department at the Stanford School of Medicine. “Still, I think life is much more complicated for young people. They’re bombarded with much more topics much 20

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Many of the teenagers who I interviewed saw the Internet most importantly as a tool for learning about themselves sexually rather than just a fast track to hot naked babes.

“It can be a tool for anyone, anywhere to find out who you are if you don’t fit in very well,” says Jane. “I think the Internet is a great way to learn about that and do some self-realization.”

But, Golden warns, that’s no reason to unlock the Internet filter and throw away the password. “The Internet has a lot of information. Much of it is good, but there is also information that is potentially dangerous,” he says. He points to bad medical information or fringe websites that encourage unhealthy behavior like eating disorders, though he stops short of writing off pornography as a wholly destructive use of one’s time online. “The studies are in the infant stage,” he says, “We’re not there yet.”

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Lala and Nessa, both 18, come to this discussion from a very different perspective.

The two best friends are chatting in the weedy backyard of Lala’s house while she cradles her squirming 3-month-old baby boy. “He’s like a fish,” she says, looking down at him pulling mightily at a baby bottle with his toothless gums. As she struggles to keep her grip on his tiny wiggling body, she admits, albeit guiltily, that this isn’t the life she’d hoped for.

“I didn’t want to have a baby; I wanted to finish school. I guess it didn’t work out like that,” she says. “It’s hard, it’s really hard.

You can’t go to school. I can’t even take a shower anymore.”

Nessa keeps checking her phone. Texts from her overzealous boyfriend keep coming in. Though Nessa is taking classes and working at a junior college, she remembers with a tinge of regret the boycrazy high school days that resulted in half her friends becoming mothers. “If we were less experimental at a young age, we’d have had more time to focus on our futures,” she says.

“In school, it’s all about sex and boobs and asses,” says Lala. “Everybody’s comparing themselves to things they see on technology.

All my friends were having sex.”

Though both girls acknowledge that their classmates watched pornography and posted risqué pictures of themselves on MySpace, Lala has a pretty old-school theory on why she ended up a stay-athome mom at 18 years old. She gestures to Nessa.

“She’s the way she is because of her dad, because he would call her and call her,” says Lala. “My parents would never call me. They would just let me do whatever I want. That’s why she’s in school and

doesn’t have a baby.”

Nessa considers this. “The positive way is talking to your kids, the negative way is using aggression and raising your voice,” she says.

Lala nods. “I did whatever I wanted all the time,” she says again.

The Parent Factor Though Lala’s situation has plenty of other issues couched in socioeconomic and cultural differences, her perspective on her own pregnancy seems to be one of the few things that both development professionals and teenagers can agree on: Parental involvement has not become obsolete.

An 18-year-old girl confesses that she wasn’t shocked when her 15-yearold brother told her he looks up pornography on classroom computers when the teacher’s back is turned

“The reality is, they still want parents in their lives,” says Dr. Claire Brindis, a researcher in adolescent health at UC– San Francisco. “Even with these new devices, teenagers that I’ve come across in my research still have this unmet need for comprehensive sex education. We as a society must recognize this period of adolescence is one of the most challenging and young people need guidance. These are universals that have not gone away.”

For Dr. Marty Klein, a licensed marriage and family therapist in Palo Alto and author of America’s War on Sex, the more alarming behavior has come from adults overreacting to teenager’s technological expressions of sexuality, like the recent media hysteria over “sexting” (a term

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none of the teens I met used or could use without making a face).

“A lot of the public policy conversation that’s taking place about kids’ sexuality is more about adult anxiety,” he says. “When I hear district attorneys criminalizing sexting, what I hear them saying is, in order to prevent kids from ruining their lives, we’re going to ruin their lives.”

Another thing that both teens and their doctors seem to agree on is that no matter what the consequences may be, kids will find a way—through any Internet filter, past any padlock, through any key code— to get at the things that fascinate them. “I think if a young person is going out for it, they’re going to find it one way or another, if it’s really hard or really easy,” says 16-yearold Tanya*.

“It’s not changing the interest you have in sex, it’s just another source of information.”

Given that assumption, Klein stresses that parental involvement is crucial.

“The answer is to teach them how to talk about sex to one another, how to value their bodies,” he says. “Teach them how males and females can talk to each other rather than separate them in sex education classes. The thing we need is more education, not fear.”

Easier said than done. Many of our interviewees reported that their parents had, at one time or another, attempted to have “the Talk.” One of them was 15-yearold Matt. “I kind of shot my dad down because I thought he was being sort of cheesy,” he says. “I learned my thoughts and opinions on that stuff on my own.”

Fourteen-year-old student Zack* balked when his mom tried to talk to him about sexting after a neighbor girl got caught sending nude photos to her boyfriend.

“My mom was like, ‘Don’t do that, don’t send pictures of yourself,’ and I was like, ‘OK,’” he says. “It was weird. I was like 13 or 12 then, so I didn’t even know about it yet.”

Many kids reported that by the time their parents worked up the nerve, they could only tell them, “I already know this from the Internet.”

Text Question, Please Luckily, there are other options developing that actually use the same technology parents are so worried about.

In her spare moments trying to help the Santa Cruz County Health Services Agency cope with the swine flu emergency, health educator Sarah Harmon tries to answer the text messages that come to her cell phone with a little “ding-dong” sound. “Oh, there’s one now,” she says.

As coordinator for the teen pregnancy prevention program, Harmon gives presentations throughout the county to hundreds of students on birth control and family planning. Two years ago, she started

offering a work cell phone number to her students as a way for them to contact her with any concerns. “I was not a texter. I was totally foreign to the whole thing. I gave it out thinking they would call me,” she says. “But this is the way teenagers communicate.”

Harmon says the number of texts she receives has doubled in the last school year alone, and though the majority of the questions are just to find out Planned Parenthood clinic hours, she is also asked how certain birth control methods work or about extremely personal situations her students might not feel comfortable asking verbally.

“A lot of them are wanting pregnancy tests, or just wondering if something that’s going on with them is normal,” she says. “Our society in general doesn’t talk about sex much. Teens realize they can ask questions of me that they can’t ask their parent or teachers because they’re afraid.”

Programs like Harmon’s are springing up throughout the country, and Californians, who have always rejected abstinence-only education, are at the forefront. San Francisco teenagers can text a number to get a menu of frequently asked sexual questions and automated responses, and a service called The Hookup that texts weekly health tips and can locate the nearest health clinic by zip code is available statewide.

Sonoma County is interested in developing an student-to-educator texting service like Harmon’s, even as state budget cuts are cutting teen pregnancy prevention programs to the bone.

There are also less tangible things at stake. Judging from Kendall’s assertion that his girlfriend of a year and a half is someone who helped him see “who I wanted to be more into the future,” or the way that Jane lightly kisses her girlfriend Tanya’s wrist as she talks, or Nessa’s feigned exasperation as her phone buzzes with her boyfriend’s umpteenth text, puppy love still thrives in the digital age. Several of the teenagers I spoke with had been in the same committed relationship for a year or longer. But is one’s capacity for intimacy adversely affected by hours and hours of online bonkfests?

Again, while little research is currently available, Malamuth points to a 2008 study done in Croatia which showed that a small but statistically significant amount of young men age 18 to 25 reported lower feelings of intimacy with their partners, though the correlation was found only in those watching extreme or more socially unacceptable pornography. “There was no effect in mainstream sexually explicit material,” he says. “[Again,] it depends on the type of person and the type of pornography.”

Brindis is quick to dismiss the notion

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Santa Clara Valley Water District

Public hearing

Flood Control Benefit Assessment Rates

Topic: T o opic:

Flood Control C Benefit Assessment Assessmen nt Rates for Fiscal Y e ear 2009-10 Year

Who:

Santa Clara C Valley Va alley Water Water District (water (w water district)

When: T uesday, June 9, 2009 2009 at 9:40 a.m..

Tuesday, Where: Santa Clara C Valley Va alley Water Water District Headquarters He eadquarters – Board Room Room 5700 Almaden A Expresswayy, San Jose Josse Expressway, What:

This public pu ublic hearing will cover the “F “Flood Flood Control Benefit Assessm ments Report, Report, 2009-10 through through 2029-30, dated May 2009.”

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Assessments The written written report incorporates, by reference, a description of ea each ach sessment under the assessment parcel and the expected amount of as approved approv ved formula for each parcel within w the flood control zoness of watter district. At the hearing, hearing, the th he Board of Directors will hear hea ar the water conclusion hearing,, the Board any and and all protests. At the conclusi ion of the hearing d may ad dopt or revise any asse ssmen nt and will make its adopt assessment determination determ mination on each each assessment assessment referred to in the report.

A copy of the report may be inspect ted at the Office of the Clerk k of inspected ard at the above address at any a time during business hou urs. the Boa Board hours.

Copies of the report have also been n placed, and may be inspected, locations: inspect ted, at the following locations s:

Campbell City Hall Ha all 70 North First Street Stre eet Campbell, CA

Milpitas City Hall Boulevard evard 455 East Calaveras Boule Milpitas, CA

San Jose City Hall eet 200 East Santa Clara Stre Street San Jose, CA

Hall Cupertino City H all 10300 T Torre o orre A Avenue ven v ue Cupertino, CA

Library Milpitas Community Lib brary Boulevard 40 North Milpitas Boulev ard Milpitas, CA

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Mountain View Public Library L 585 F Franklin ranklin Street Mountain View, View, CA

Los Gatos T Town own Hall H 110 East Main Stre Street eet Los Gatos, CA

Palo P alo Alto City Hall 250 Hamilton A venue v Avenue Palo P alo Alto, CA

y Hillview Branch Library 1600 Hopkins Drive San Jose, CA Santa Clara City Hall arburton b t A vvenue 1500 W Warburton Avenue Santa Clara, CA arrk Santa Clara Central P Park Library oad 2635 Homestead R Road Santa Clara, CA Saratoga City Hall ruitvale A venue 13777 F Fruitvale Avenue Saratoga, CA Sunnyvale City Hall Annex Building ay South South 603 All America W Way Sunnyvale, CA

T o secure inform mation on an iindividual ndividual parce el assessment, you must know w To information parcel Number. it, call the Assessor at your Assessor Assessor Parcel Parcel a Numberr. If you do not know k (408) 299-5570 0 and ask k for it, giving your name n and street address. parcel number, your Using that parce el number r, you can learn you ur proposed assessment by calling the Santa a Clara Valley Va alley Water Water District Tax Ta ax Assessment Hotline at ext.

(408) 265-2607, 265-2607 7, e xt. 2810.

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And, she says, with so many more ways to keep in touch, teenager may actually becoming more intimate and in touch. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I always say, high tech, high touch,â&#x20AC;? she says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You may be on the phone more often, you may be texting or twittering more.â&#x20AC;?

Jane* agrees. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Between couples, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s plenty of that. Why not? Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stopping you? You donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to set a time or a date or wait until your parents are going out of town.â&#x20AC;?

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Science Not Emotion Neither Chris nor Lala nor Will nor Matt nor Nessa nor any of the rest can really say that their early exposure to pornography and other early sexual experience was too early, or that their lives will be adversely affected long into the future. And neither can the development professionals. But everyone is trying their best. â&#x20AC;&#x153;At the end of the day, what needs to drive public policy around sexuality is science rather than emotion,â&#x20AC;? says Klein, the Palo Alto therapist. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The science says that kids from the beginning of time have looked at sexual pictures and it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t seem to harm them very much.

As young people have more access to technology they need more and more sex information, they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t need more repression.â&#x20AC;?

The teenagers I spoke to did not wish that pornography be wiped from the face of the earthâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;no surprise thereâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;or that cell phones be conďŹ scated on a wide scale.

They all feel pretty relaxed about the availability of X-rated material in their lives, particularly Will Canant. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When I was younger, I was deďŹ nitely more shy, more shut in, I rarely would leave the house,â&#x20AC;? he says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In my current being, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m a lot more open to new experiences, and I think at least a small part of that could be contributed to the Internet and pornography. I think I turned out just ďŹ ne.â&#x20AC;?

Back in the cafe, as Chrisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; chances of winning the chess game slowly slip away, he considers whether or not his habits have any downside. He thinks hard. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think the overease of access that makes everything blasĂŠ,â&#x20AC;? he says. Does that boredom make him nostalgic for the days of diving underneath mattresses for your older brotherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Playboys?

He shakes his head vigorously. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ease of access is nice. It deďŹ nitely is nice.â&#x20AC;? M

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WE MAY have landed on the moon, but since when do the police side with BMX riders? You don’t have to ride BMX to know that law enforcement and BMX are like oil and water. But now they are going to prove everyone wrong. X-Games Dirt-Jumping Gold Medalist Ryan Nyquist along with Bryan Jarvis of the San Jose Police Activities League have been brainstorming since early December to find a way to create an event to keep kids busy and off the streets.

The result is the “Warriors of Wood Contest,” which will be held Friday–Saturday (May 29– 30) at the PAL Stadium. PAL is a youth crime prevention program that offers recreational activities to create a bond between youth and police. They offer anything from Mixed Martial Arts to football. And Warriors of Wood is a launch pad for several future projects, among them an expansion of the PAL facilities to include BMX dirt jumping. Obviously, these are very big dreams, but if you come by Friday and Saturday and see how big Nyquist and 30 other pros go on gaps that span over 20 feet, you’ll see that anything is possible.

Felipe Buitrago WARRIORS OF WOOD CONTEST takes plays Friday–Saturday (May 29–30) at PAL Stadium, 680 S. 34th St., San Jose. (Call 408.272.9725 or see www.sjpdpal.com for details.)

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OMEN’S FASHION has been flirting with the sharp lines of men’s suiting for decades, but men’s couture has always shied away from the revealing cuts of feminine styles. Things have been slowly changing, though. Enter the deep V-neck men’s T-shirt trend.

Perhaps with the rise of the metrosexual in the earlier part of this decade, male fashion consumers have moved beyond the idea that a pinstripe suit and tie are the only expression of a confident, well-dressed man. The new trend toward torso bearing continues to blur the lines between women’s and men’s wear.

The popularity of the deep V-neck line has been building slowly since 2007, originally kicked off by the American Apparel–clad hipster set. The sternum-exposing style really gained mainstream momentum this season when Calvin Klein, Salvatore Ferragamo and Burberry featured the cut heavily in their spring 2009 menswear lines.

The style looks bests on young, slender men with waspy chests, serving as a way to show off their fit frames, jutting clavicles and—considering the rising popularity of chest tattoos—a little body art too. Men should definitely consider how much chest hair they are willing to expose.

To successfully pull off this look, the wearer must choose one of two directions: rock & roll sex god or European vibe. For the rock & roll route, British comedian Russell Brand (the eyeliner and teased hair is optional) offers a hint by pairing the T with a tight blazer, thin-legged trousers and layers of pendant necklaces. For the European look, it’s best to wear the deep-V-neck underneath a dark, tailored suit for a casual but put-together appearance.

Fashion-conscious males can ease into the trend simply by wearing a crew-neck undershirt under a deep V-neck T-shirt.

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NVIRONMENTALLY speaking, the world would be a better place if everyone ate less meat.

A lot of the grain that goes to feed livestock could go to feed hungry people. It takes two to ďŹ ve times more grain to produce the same amount of calories through livestock than simply eating the grain directly. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s food for thought given that an estimated 800 million people around the world suffer from starvation and malnutrition.

Saving water that is used to irrigate grain crops would be another huge beneďŹ t. According to the United Nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), livestock production accounts for more than 8 percent of global human water use. Evidence suggests that it is also the largest source of water pollution thanks to animal wastes, antibiotics, hormones, fertilizers and pesticides used for feed crops, and sediments from eroded pastures.

Instead of clear cutting and deforesting land for cattle range, wild spaces could be left in their natural state. An estimated 30 percent of the Earthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ice-free land is involved in livestock production. Approximately

70 percent of previously forested land in the Amazon is used as pasture, and feed crops cover a large part of whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s left. The FAO says that livestock production generates nearly a ďŹ fth of the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s greenhouse gases, more than transportation.

But Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not here to bum you out.

I eat meat. I simply want to suggest that going without meat a few days a week would do the Earth a world of good. But what about protein, you may ask? And who wants to eat salads and tofu all the time? Giving up meat now and then wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t turn you into an anemic weakling, and it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mean eating boring and bland food. Far from it.

Hindu traditions make southern India one of the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s showcases of vegetarian food, and no one would ever call the often ďŹ ery cuisine tame or boring. Silicon Valley happens to be tops in the Bay Area for southern Indian food.

Southern Indian restaurants offer a compelling example of how millions of people do without meat.

In addition to protein-rich dal or lentils, they eat a lot of bread, but not just any bread.

Unlike northern India, where wheat (think naan) is king, southern India is the land of rice, lentils and

beans and an entirely separate category of bread. In America, mothers warn their children not to ďŹ ll up on bread lest they spoil their appetite. I imagine that moms in Madras and Kerala say the opposite: stop snacking or you wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have any room for your bread. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s because southern Indian ďŹ&#x201A;at breads and fried breads are packed with protein and form the center of the meal. Many of the bread batters are fermented, which gives them additional nutritional powers.

Sunnyvaleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Saravanaa Bhavan is an India-based chain of southern Indianâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;style vegetarian restaurants that offers the widest array of Indian breads Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve found around here. The restaurant looks like it might have been a Cocoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s or Carrowâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s long ago, with its lightgreen booths and coffee-shop aesthetics, but now only the memories of bad coffee, waffles and club sandwiches remain.

At lunch and dinner, Saravanaa Bhavan is packed with a mainly South Asian crowd, who know that this is the place to go for southern Indian food. The PDA-wielding servers are brisk, but brusque is OK by me as long as the food is good. And most of it is. Answers to some of my questions about the

food were sometimes unintelligible because of language barriers, but I was satisďŹ ed with most of what I got anyway.

Dosa and utthapam form the heart of the menu. They are crepes and pancakes, respectively, made from fermented lentil and rice batter. Dosa ($6.50 and up) come plain or griddled with a choice of vegetables. They arrive rolled up like a big swatch of carpet. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re big enough to put your arms inside.

But donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do that. Rip off a piece and scoop up the various chutneys, curries and sauces served with dosa.

The two accompaniments that are almost always served are the sambar, a kind of spicy, vegetable soup, and coconut curry. The sambar lights a ďŹ re in your mouth, and the curry extinguishes it.

For a great combo, order a dosa and idly. The soft and squishy idly ($4.95, two pieces) is made from steamed rice and lentil ďŹ&#x201A;our and is kind of like a donut. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s perfect for dunking in the sambar, the spicy soup thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s essential to a southern Indian meal.

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chile pepper utthapam ($7.50). Saravanaa caters to South Indian diners, so theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not shy about making the food plenty spicy; the onion and chile utthapam is the one to get if you like it hot.

Dosa and utthapam are common in Silicon Valley South Indian restaurants, but Saravanaa Bhavan goes deeper with more esoteric breads like parrota and adai avial. Unlike the other breads made with various pulses (beans and legumes), the parotta ($6.95) is made bits of buttery, layered bread made from maida ďŹ&#x201A;our, a superďŹ ne wheat ďŹ&#x201A;our. The dish is the Indian equivalent of chilaquiles, the Mexican specialty made with stale tortillas chips and a rich, spicy sauce. On its own, the dish is rather one-dimensional, but with the array of condimentsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;sambar, rasam (a spicy tamarind-lentil soup), mango pickles and rice puddingâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the center of a satisfying meal.

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OODSIDEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S I=DB6H ;D<6GIN L>C:GN will host an unusual food and wine event on June 23. As part of the American Liver Foundationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s annual ;A6KDGH 8JA>C6GN <6A6, 10 local chefs will each prepare unique, ďŹ ve-course meals for a table of 10 diners. What makes the event special is that the chefs will prepare their meals tableside and alfresco at the winery without the beneďŹ t of kitchens or even refrigerators. All the food will be paired with Fogarty wines. Event proceeds will beneďŹ t the American Liver Foundationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Northern California and Nevada divisions.

The culinary talent for the event is top-notch. The participating chefs are John Bentley, John Bentleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s; Emmanuel Billaud, Hotel SoďŹ tel; Edwin Caba, Creola; Salvatore Calisi, Dio Deka; Bruno Chemel, Chez TJ; Maurice Dissels, Birkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s; Cosimo Luca dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Oria, Bella Saratoga; Tony Flier, KingďŹ sh; Alicia Petrakis, Astaria; and Miriam Russell-Wadleigh, Piacere.

The evening begins at 6pm with an alfresco reception featuring appetizers presented by all of the participating chefs, a silent auction and wine reception set high above Silicon Valley at Fogartyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Skyline Boulevard winery and vineyards. During the reception, guests and chefs will be paired through a random selection process just prior to being seated.

The lineup of chefs is impressive. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d be especially interested to see what chef Chemel can do in the outdoor setting. His style of Asian-inspired French cooking is technical, and the premise and the outdoor venue should provide diners at his table with a real show. If I were going, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d be willing to slip the host $20 for a seat at Calisiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s table. His big and bold Greek cooking should be a perfect match for the great outdoors.

Isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t it a little odd that a winery is hosting a fundraiser for an organization that ďŹ ghts liver disease? Not at all, says Linden Young, the American Liver Foundationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s division vice president. NASH (nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, a form of fatty-liver disease), not cirrhosis, is the No. 1 liver disease, she says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Moderate drinking isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t going to cause liver disease,â&#x20AC;? she says. The mission of the American Liver Foundation (ALF) is liver-health promotion and liver-disease prevention. Thirty million Americans are affected by liver disease. In fact, liver disease is now estimated to affect more people than those living with diabetes (type 1 and type 2) and all cancers combined.

Stett Holbrook (Sholbrook@metronews.com) FLAVORS CULINARY GALA happens June 23 at 6pm at Thomas Fogarty Winery, 19501 Skyline Blvd., Woodside. Individual tickets are $300/tables of 10 are $5,000. Contact Michelle Flatley, mďŹ&#x201A;atley@liverfoundation.org 415.248.1060 or visit www.liverfoundation.org/ďŹ&#x201A;avors.

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For purposes of the event, downtown is deďŹ ned as 280 to the south, near HP Pavilion to the west, near City Hall to the east and Julian Street to the north. I wish the event included a few more restaurants that highlight a broader range of ďŹ&#x201A;avors and price points, even though some are slightly out of downtownâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s boundaries, places like Vung Tau, Nha Toi, Mexico Bakery No. 2, La PeĂąita and Nazca, restaurants that offer a more nuanced taste of downtown San Jose. But Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not going to fault the downtown association for failing to pull in every restaurant.

H8DII @C>:H, executive director of the Downtown Association, acknowledges that limiting the event to mid- and upper-level restaurants cuts out a lot of bargain-priced places, but he says the event is structured around restaurants that offer three-course meals, and taco trucks and hot dogs carts donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t qualify. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s quick to point out that lower-priced restaurants can still participate via the 8>IN 7>I:H event June 3, noonâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;2pm, in which restaurants of all kinds are invited to offer samples and small bites of their food for free or nominal costs. Unlike the Dine Downtown promotion, the City Bites event is more informal, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not known what restaurants will participate. It will be interesting to see how many of the little guys will join in.

Maybe the challenge with an event like Dine Downtown is the that area hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t developed to the point where it could be called a â&#x20AC;&#x153;sceneâ&#x20AC;? yet, so this makes highlighting a work in progress more difficult. Downtown is off to a good start, but it still has a ways to go to become a real dining destination.

Stett Holbrook (Sholbrook@metronews.com)

For more information about Dine Downtown, go to sjdowntown.com/dinedowntown.html or call 408.279.1775

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Getting A Rise Another classic from Pixar, ‘Up’ is both a wild ride and a serious tragedy

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HE FEATURE-LENGTH cartoon Up begins during the last Depression. A reject kid named Carl becomes fascinated with that darling of the newsreels, the intrepid dirigible pilot Charles Muntz. Muntz’s latest escapade took him to the waterfalls and tablelands of South America— the area Conan-Doyle supposed was the last home of dinosaurs in his novel The Lost World. There, Muntz discovered the bones of an immense bird. Declared a fraud (just like Conan-Doyle’s Professor Challenger), Muntz returns to the plateaus and vanishes.

As Carl and Charles are the same name in different languages, it’s no surprise to see that the lives of explorer and fanboy continue to run parallel. Carl never became an aerialist, but he did spend his life working with balloons—he peddled them at the local zoo.

Happily, Carl was involved with Ellie, a woman who shared his fascination with the jungles of South America. Up follows the courtship without dialogue, from beginning to bitter end. Finally Carl (now voiced by Ed Asner) is a square-headed, Spencer Tracy look-alike of 78, leaning on a walker and confined to his house and his square of lawn.

A figure much like Death himself starts to come around. He’s a real estate developer with an inscrutable, light-bulb-shaped face. When matters worsen, and it looks like Carl will be

sent away to the old-folks home, he escapes. Carl goes in the only direction open to him—straight up, with his battered house as the gondola to thousands of balloons. Unfortunately, a pesky 7-year-old scout, Russell (Jordan Nagai), is clinging to the front porch as they all head up to a comfortable cruising altitude of 30,000 feet.

Learning to deal with his gabby stowaway, Carl lands in South America, where the boy discovers the 13-foot-tall creature Muntz sought: a beguiling, iridescent goonie bird that Russell names “Kevin.” Later, Carl and Russell stumble across Muntz himself (voiced by Christopher Plummer), who has been living in the wild with an army of dogs.

As much Dr. Moreau as Captain Ahab, the madman Muntz has created speech collars so he can communicate with his pack (“Epsilon is an excellent chef,” Muntz says silkily). Alpha the Doberman is the sinister leader, and the friendly mutt Dug the dog (Bob Peterson) is so low in rank he doesn’t rate a Greek letter.

When things look bleak, the pack of misfits—elder, boy, mutt and bird— have to run for their lives.

Well, Pixar spoils us. The news that Up is one of the year’s best films isn’t really news. Up in Emeryville, they preserve the forgotten hopes of film as a medium for everyone, rather than something to please one specific demographic. Pixar has faith in an audience’s ability to feel without being

manipulated—that’s what makes them more than just a studio with an unusually dazzling command of the vocabulary of animation. (It would probably be impossible for this film to look as difficult as it was to make; it is claimed that there are 10,000 some balloons animated here, hoisting Carl’s house.)

Oddly, Pixar uses the highly advanced technology mostly for retrofuture or nostalgia stories, as if Pixar’s wizards had picked up Walt Disney’s own yearnings for the idealized past.

Such nostalgia has never been as explicit as it is here. What goes on in Up is the story of a man trying to realize childhood dreams, only to encounter a troubling version of himself. Carl Frederickson tries to cling to his memories; Charles Muntz has a similar fury to possess his prehistoric bird.

As always, Pixar begins with something friendly and cartoony— something like the polychrome dodo in Bob Clampett’s 1938 Porky in Wackyland or the dopey, drawling pooch in some of the Bugs Bunny cartoons. Then it combines these cartoon influences with the high art that co-director Pete Docter has mentioned in interviews. Kurosawa’s Ikiru is one movie title dropped. At times, Up is like an animated version of De Sica’s Umberto D. At a crucial point, Carl is in danger of shutting everyone out. As the balloons start leaking helium, his house is floating some 10 feet off the

ground. The old man leads the place with a garden hose leash; it looks like a float in some Macy’s parade of despair. It’s a burden of memories the old man can neither carry nor leave behind.

And Up would be a sweet nothing, if it weren’t for all this grounding.

Certainly, most people will care about the sense of buoyancy. But while loving Up’s ingenuity and humor, one also respects Docter’s refusal to stint the other side of adventure: pain, disappointment and even a tiny amount of blood. The movie keeps its serious mood even as it changes gears into high adventure, with chases, ascensions and a literal aerial dogfight.

Up is playing in Real 3-D (Camera 7 in Campbell will be playing the film on its newly installed system).

This is certainly the best version of stereoscopic 3-D, a technology tried out since the late 1920s and apparently even earlier. Coraline’s use of it was more startling, but the sharp 3-D work here gives Up more realism, as when the house is sailing over a sea of thick clouds or the landscapes of a beckoning 10,000-foot waterfall—a triple-size version of Venezuela’s Angel Falls. Sweetly, the story ends not in some terrestrial paradise but on Oakland’s Piedmont Avenue. This winning 10th film by Pixar takes you away and brings you home again.

UP (PG; 96 min.), an animated film by Pete Docter and Bob Peterson, with the voices of Ed Asner, Christopher Plummer and Jordan Nagai, opens May 29.

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Camera 7 Celebration With the installation of a Real 3-D projection system (debuting with the terrific new Pixar film Up) the locally owned, independently run Camera Cinemas hold a weekend-long festival of outdoor performances, prizes, balloons and face painting. Also on tap: a demonstration of the big-screen Sony Playstation 3 system, a South Bay exclusive for the Cameras. (AR) Drag Me to Hell (PG-13; 99 min.) Banker Alison Lohman gets more than she bargained for after she seizes the home of an Eastern European crone who is behind on her mortgage. Sam and Ivan Raimi return to the happy days of the Evil Dead series with this crazed horror film; read a review on Metroactive.com.

(RvB) Easy Virtue (PG-13; 93 min.) See review on page 42.

The Girlfriend Experience (Unrated; 77 min.) See review on page 43.

O’Horten (PG-13; 90 min.) Toast-dry and perplexing comedy/drama about an odd-duck Norwegian train conductor; he is named Odd (a common name there; it’s a joke that the many English-speaking citizens of Norway would get). Odd finds himself without aim, occupation or recreation after having retired from 40 years with the railways. The film seems meant to be a Norse version of M. Hulot’s adventures—a Scandinavian Hulot without the more overt humor. Baard Owe (as the deadpan title character) keeps a very straight face, while damming up a reservoir of compassion; the other highlights are the fine Jon Brionish aural soundscapes by the group Kaada. One is struck by the somber opening images of white snow giving way to deep dark tunnels; these are matched by something even more uncanny: the discovery of strangely intact pockets of the year 1955 that seem to spring out all over Oslo. Directed by Bent Hamer (Factotum).

(RvB) Up (PG; 96 min.) See review on page 40.

Revivals The Green Berets (1968) None of the feature films about Vietnam were ever good enough, but this hit film was the worst; an embarrassment in its time and ours. Too much talent was involved for this to be a complete failure.

Cinematographer Winton Hoch brings tiki-bar luridness to the colors of the night bombardments, and there’s a pair of fine humid golden sunrises. John Wayne is both rugged and humane in a typical late-period role as a warrior bringing a younger man up through the ropes. In this case, the younger man is David Janssen, as the surprisingly dumb Beckworth of the Chronicle-Herald, who needs to find a reason for our involvement in the war. It’s full of atrocities—nonstop atrocities and captured commie weapons and an orphan who needs guidance. The Vietnamese are played by character actors, including San Francisco hipster Jack Soo and George Takei, who doesn’t disgrace himself playing a bloodthirsty officer: “He keeps a score on the wall of his hooch.” The 10-ton comedy relief is provided by your typical servicecomedy finesser Jim Hutton. Gazing out a

Portman) after her parents are killed.

Also stars Gary Oldman as a very, very bad cop. Directed with cold efficiency by Luc Besson. (Plays May 29 in Campbell at midnight at Camera 7 and May 30 at midnight in San Jose at Camera 12.) (AR)

A Lady Takes a Chance/Without Reservations (1943/1946) Two little-known parts of the legacy of John Wayne; a pair of movies made by RKO reportedly (according to Jewell and Harbin’s The RKO Story) to capitalize on the formula of It Happened One Night. A Lady Takes a Chance is a screwballer with Jean Arthur trying to tame a rodeo cowboy (Wayne); Phil Silvers and Hans Conried are along for the ride. BILLED WITH Without Reservations, which concerns a lady novelist (Claudette Colbert) riding the gravy train to Hollywood; on her way across country she meets a military pilot (Wayne) who likes her personally, but despises her work.

Don DeFore of TV’s Hazel co-stars; Mervyn LeRoy directs and there are some very famous Hollywood star cameos. (Plays May 30-31 in Palo Alto at the Stanford Theatre.)

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The Professional (1994) Jean Reno stars as a hired assassin who hooks up with a young girl (Natalie

Angels and Demons (PG; 138 min.) Tom Hanks, renegade Harvard symbologist, is called in on a plot to vaporize the Vatican. Meanwhile, a killer from the Illuminati offs one highranking cardinal an hour. The money is onscreen, as Hanks zips around Rome and scuttles through old churches. Cowriter and frequent offender Akiva Goldsman adds his aroma to the script; a speech reconciling science and faith is of particular shininess. As the film’s girl, Ayelet Zurer plays a European physicist, dressed down like a Sunday school teacher in Ogden, Utah. A handy helicopter with the keys left in the ignition brings up a burst of bad-movie audacity at the end; this, sadly, proceeds a twist ending so weakly integrated into the show that it looks like the cast sat down together and watched the alternate finale on DVD extras. (RvB)

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Blooms in Love Rian Johnson tours the Balkans in postmod tale of con artists, ‘The Brothers Bloom’

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What I mean to say is that Johnson does the Balkans (and the other global locations) proud. The humongous Soviet relics, tragic coasts, moldedplaster swank and crazy backward alphabets of the Balkans really bring out the Orson in a director. The final shootout takes place in an abandoned seaside pavilion that would have made Greene keen and Welles kvell. The postmod intentions are clear right off in naming this pair of grifting brothers Stephen (Mark Ruffalo) and Bloom (Adrien Brody). The patient Penelope, to round up the Ulysses cross-references, is Rachel Weisz. Too many directors have been shoving this lovely actress toward maternal seriousness. Darren Arnofsky just about entombed her in a crystal coffin in The Fountain. Johnson finds a ’60s kook in Weisz’s plaintive straight face, making her a screwball heiress, formerly a bubble-girl because of her allergies. Weisz’s kidlike brio is irresistible. She has a drunk scene on a train that certainly beats the toylike choo-choos in Wes Anderson’s far less enjoyable The Darjeeling Limited.

Moonlit and plastered, Weisz crows with pleasure over a thunderstorm outside the train’s window; the scene is fit make you run for the nearest Amtrak station with a fifth of something and a national weather report.

The Brothers Bloom is a combo of 1930s comedy and Richard Lester–style Swinging London editing. Surprising how easy a sandwich made of these elements goes down. The brothers’ cohorts seems to have dropped in from an especially Ian-drunk spy movie. Their regular partner is the chic Asian demolition expert Bang Bang (Rinko Kikuchi ). Pursuing the brothers, probably, is an eye-patch-wearing Maximilian Schell. He has the juiciest line: “Are you afraid of an old man without depth perception?” The muzzy Ruffalo is just right; he has a con man’s too-honest face. Brody does soulful, and that’s what he always does, a little relentlessly. Maybe someone a little more warmblooded could have shown both necessary remorse for a life of swindling, as well as the lingering appetite for it. As it stands, this cinematic taffy starts to get pulled a little too far by the endgame. Interesting to note that Johnson again likes to see a hardboiled hero in tears at his finale, as in Brick. I think he worries about the sensitivity of the characters in his entertainments, which he shouldn’t. While this will be way too coy for the straightlaced, for me it was love at first grift.

Richard von Busack THE BROTHERS BLOOM (PG-13; 113 min.), directed and written by Rian Johnson, photographed by Steve Yedlin, and starring Rachel Weisz, Adrien Brody and Mark Ruffalo, opens May 29 at Camera 7 in Campbell and CinéArts Santana Row.

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Dance Flick (PG-13) A comedy about an odd couple entering a dance competition. Stars Shoshana Bush and Damon Wayans Jr. Earth (G; 136 min.) It’s Disney’s Earth, we just live here. James Earl Jones rumbles on the soundtrack as the sunrise is viewed from outer space. Holding the series of critter encounters together is the plight of a polar bear family—“Dad,” “Mom” and two cubs, an heir and a spare—during the course of a year. The stunning small effects make more of an impression. Remarkable timelapse photography pans gently across a valley while observing the yearly change of a forest of deciduous trees from bare branches to scarlet leaves. Otherwise, it’s the usual: shark vs. seal, polar bear vs. walrus, lions vs. elephant, and cheetah vs. gazelle. To the organization’s credit,

Disney bites the bullet: “The planet is warming,” Jones says, leaving no room for backpedaling. Very, very cute, and the ending is somehow happy and comforting, just like the critter shows one drowses through at the end of a beery Sunday.

(RvB) Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (PG-13; 115 min.) A romantic comedy about, well, about the ghosts of past girlfriends. Stars Matthew McConaughey and Jennifer Garner.

Monsters vs. Aliens (PG; 94 min.) The antithesis of Pixar’s obsessed pop-culture cartoon symphonies, this OK but forgettable spoof of ’50s sci-fi has a few interesting scenes. Modesto girl Susan (voiced by Reese Witherspoon) is hit by a meteorite and spontaneously mutates into a 50-foot woman. Taken away by the Army, she is locked up in a steel dungeon with several other monsters: a gelatinous

Coward’s Way Out Stephan Elliott’s version of ‘Easy Virtue’ does no good for Noel’s reputation

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Circa 1928: Larita, an outré American female race-car driver (Biel), arrives at the English country mansion of her new husband, John Whittaker (Ben Barnes).

Still in possession of the place is his dragon of a mother, Mrs. Whittaker (Kristen Scott Thomas), and his two mostly evil sisters. Preserved, like so many of the taxidermed animals hanging about, is John’s formerly wayward stepfather, Mr. Whittaker. The older man becomes Larita’s only ally as the round of parties, functions and social hypocrisies nearly drive her insane. Finally, an old scandal is disinterred, threatening to crush the marriage between the innocent Britisher and the experienced American lady.

To her credit, Biel has a goofy streak to go with her glamour: put racing goggles on her, and she looks a little like Deputy Barney Fife. And Colin Firth has been on a terrible tailspin lately; the role of Mr. Whittaker shows the beginning of a pullout. His Whittaker presents the ruins of a World War I vet.

The character is but one representative of a popular figure from 1920s plays: what was then called “the man with the twisted smile,” the bitter character bemusedly enjoying the gaiety of the Jazz Age while knowing that it was all a disgusting charade. You probably want to underplay such a part—that’s where the fun would be. But Firth plays the “quietly sardonic” Whittaker as if he were auditioning for Jimmy Porter in Look Back in Anger.

Elliott’s timing isn’t bad, and Easy Virtue isn’t a complete monstrosity, like the 2002 revamped-for-today’s-audiences Importance of Being Earnest by Oliver Parker (there, Firth played Jack). But Elliott does go inadvisedly modern just as Parker did, adding a butt shot, a crunched Chihuahua and a bit about an English fox hunt I’d swear was pinched from Auntie Mame. There are cars in the film, so it’s not a complete anachronism to use a jazz band’s version of Rose Royce’s “Car Wash” in the film—not an anachronism, yes, just an inexplicable peculiarity.

Hitchcock told Truffaut that he had written the worst silent-movie title card of his career for his own 1928 film version of Easy Virtue. After the disgraced Larita is surrounded by paparazzi, she declaims, “Shoot! There’s nothing left to kill.”

Noel Coward probably could have said the same about this script.

Richard von Busack EASY VIRTUE (PG-13; 93 min.), directed by Stephan Elliott), written by Elliott and Sheridan Jobbins, based on the play by Noel Coward, photographed by Martin Kenzie and starring Jessica Biel and Colin Firth, opens May 29 at Camera 7 in San Jose and CinéArts Santana Row in San Jose.

blob called B.O.B. (Seth Rogan); a Creature From the Black Lagoon–style amphibian the Missing Link (Will Arnett) and the genetically spliced mutant Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (Hugh Laurie). At first, Susan just wants to get back to her life. Then, when Earth is threatened by an alien conqueror called Gallaxhar (Rainn Wilson), Susan reluctantly accepts her country’s call to battle the intruder, under her code name Ginormica. The monsters never seem to evince real personalities—they’re too busy being cute. (RvB) Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (PG; 105 min.) Will Amy Adams’ pants be in the Smithsonian someday? They ought to be, since they work wonders for Shawn Levy’s otherwise only-forthe-kids movie. Ben Stiller’s security guard hero is still disinterested. Hank Azaria’s talents as a vocal actor are on display in his accent for the pharaoh Kahmunrah; in a world domination scheme, this animated Egyptian statue recruits a militia of historical villains, including Ivan the Terrible (Christopher Guest) and Al Capone (Jon Bernthal).

Director Levy oversees some very sweet and technically tricky effects—a ride on the Wright brothers’ plane, the colossal statue of Lincoln escaping his monument and a purple-pink giant octopus attack.

At the imaginary “National Art Museum” (actually the National Gallery), the paintings and sculptures come to life; a Roy Lichtenstein girl turns her head and frets. Admittedly, the living paintings are stuff we get at Hogwarts, but the more modern art makes the effect new. As the snugly clad Amelia Earhart, Adams gives this film some class and some adult appeal.

(RvB) Obsessed (PG-13) A successful guy (Idris Elba) becomes the target of a female stalker (Ali Larter), much to the chagrin of his wife (Beyoncé). It’s a Fatal Attraction–type thriller by director Steve Shill, who is moving up from a variety of prestigious TV shows (Dexter, Rome, The Sopranos) to the big screen.

Rudo y Cursi (R; 110 min.) A reunion of Diego Luna and Gael García Bernal from Y tu mamá también; great to have them back even in a lesser movie. The narrator is Batuta, “Baton” (Guillermo Francella), who is full of charming fatalistic proverbs about the relation between soccer and life. Baton is an essentially a trickster figure, with dyed whiskers and a sports car, ruining a pair of rural banana plantation workers by making their dreams come true; thanks to Baton they become futbol stars, but Beto’s gambling and Tato’s hopeless ambition to become a singer ruin them both.

Diverting, and you get a lot of Mexico in the movie, but because of its slight patronization, the film is only almost really funny and only almost really tragic; however, it’s elegantly moraled: “Pity, nowadays, wars are mistaken for games and games are mistaken for wars.” (RvB)

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Star Trek (PG-13; 126 min.) Happily, J.J. Abrams’ version of the 40-year-old story is a loving refurbishing of an old structure, rather than a demolishing. Traditions honored include the green babe (Rachel Nichols) and the red-shirted ensign. As Kirk, Chris Pine himself is the ham this sandwich needs. Zachary Quinto is very poised as Spock, the tragic mulatto of space.

Abrams’ tendency to undervillain the picture is redeemed by his making the villain fast, raging and large. Eric Bana, made up so that his face looks like a spider’s abdomen, plays Nero, a Romulan renegade escaped from the future. The film’s only conventional love interest involves Zoe Saldana’s Uhuru, drawn to Spock, as who wouldn’t be. The film’s real tension arises in the partnership between

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State of Play (PG-13, 118 min.) Good but underpowered journo-thriller remake of the British miniseries, with a likable Russell Crowe as Cal McAffrey, a rumpled slob of a “Washington Globe” investigative reporter.

McAffrey covers the shooting of a petty thief in Georgetown, as well as the clipping of a witness. Somehow involved in it all is a congressman (Ben Affleck), Cal’s college roommate. The sign of the times in this movie is Cal’s partnership with a young blogger (Rachel McAdams) who learns that the whole conspiracy is more than a sex-scandal sideshow. The film is at its most likable when it comes down against the derailment of worthwhile political careers by the morals clause, especially in the face of more genuine menaces to society. (RvB) Summer Hours (Unrated; 103 min.) American movies are usually about people with one problem; French movies are usually about people with a nexus of problems.

In Olivier Assayas’ absorbing and smart new film, the problems of an extended family illuminate the abstract idea of artistic patrimony. (Previously, it was French cinematic patrimony, in Assayas’ best-known film here, Irma Vep). At her 75th birthday party, Hélène (Edith Scob) prepares to divide up her worldly goods among her children. These children are scattered all over the globe and don’t have the wherewithal to keep a luscious summer house going; the place is stuffed with valuable art pieces, too, which will have to be doled out to relatives and museums. Hélène was the longtime companion (perhaps more) of her uncle, a noted post-Impressionist; the slightly awkward legacy is puzzled out during the extended mourning session after Hélène drops dead. It takes a perceptive director to remember the physical similarities between the young girl Scob was (in Eyes Without a Face) and Juliette Binoche, here playing Hélène’s daughter, the one who inherited the family’s artistic gifts.

Mulling over the cultural and financial primacy that’s migrated out of France into China and America, Summer Hours makes no recriminations. Assayas is gentle about the harsh edge of time scraping away things that are traditionally French, leaving behind the pop (mono)culture of superheroes, sneakers and drinking beer from the bottle. At a final house party for the family, he dwells on a trio of charming young modern girls dancing to Les Plastiscines’ terrific punk tune “Loser,” as if they were the Three Graces or something.

(RvB) Sunshine Cleaning (R; 102 min.) In Albuquerque, two sisters get into the lucrative field of cleaning up after dead bodies. Christine Jeff ’s mostly pleasant comedy of death and bloodshed is lit up like a pink lamp shade by the everlovable Amy Adams and given some dark highlights by Emily Blunt as her grimier sibling. The film seems trampled over by a producer’s cold feet, but what’s left has charm and hard-nosed humor. With Alan Arkin as the feckless father of the sisters—looking fit as usual, Arkin; he’ll probably get a shovel and bury us all some day. (RvB) Terminator: Salvation (PG-13; 115 min.) More robots, half the fun. Christian Bale’s John Connor stops, drops and rolls in front of ultraflat green-screen flickering images of chaos.

He’s trying to save his teenage father (Anton Yelchin) long enough to send the guy back in time to impregnate his mother (the viral “Mother Lover” sketch from SNL turns out to be timely, I guess).

Meanwhile, Mad Max’s American cousin, Marcus (Sam Worthington), goes on a mysterious mission to Skynet—a mission

that would be more mysterious if its secret hadn’t been blown in the previews. Moon Bloodgood is a female combatant and as close to love interest as this mess gets .

It’s a ridiculously serious movie, right up to the snicker-inducing Seven Pounds–ish finale. Human feelings elude director McG so much you wonder if he has a little titanium in his skull. (RvB) X-Men Origins: Wolverine (PG-13; 107 min.) The filmed X-Men series has as its antihero a handsome loner of a mutant who learns to care for his fellow creatures. By contrast, the prequel is just a movie about a guy with cool metal claws. Hugh Jackman’s hero is, it turns out, actually more than 150 years old; moreover he has a psycho halfbrother called Victor (Liev Schreiber).

Eventually, Wolvie fled back to Canada to become a lumberjack and live with a vaguely Native American schoolmarm called Kayla Silverfox (Lynn Collins)

in a humble cottage that looks like a cardiologist’s vacation chalet. But “The Man” won’t let him be. The man is Col. Stryker (Danny Huston, looking as guilty as a whipped dog). After the vengeful Victor attacks Kayla, our hero agrees to let the U.S. military electroplate his skeleton with adamantium. Gavin Hood’s semianonymous direction leaves Jackman and Schreiber’s CGI-created avatars running at each other like horny rhinos for most of the picture; it has most of the toxic assets of the summer blockbuster: guy in fat suit, lack of women, plot devices of the utmost dunderheadedness particularly the now infamous “amnesia bullet.” (RvB)

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IRING Sasha Grey to play Chelsea, the lead in The Girlfriend Experience, is certainly more than just stunt casting by the wily Steven Soderbergh. Some critics are baffled as to whether Grey, a celebrated porn star, is an uninflected actress or a bad one. Let’s default for the former.

Unless they possess some particular physical freak—some humungous endowment or frighteningly large breasts—no one can ascend to any position in the adult-film world if they don’t have some sort of believability. Acting is acting. No one as blank as Grey plays it here could have lasted. That Grey harbors ambition is clear; she had plans to use the stage name “Anna Karina” in honor of Godard’s work. And Soderbergh looks out for her, pushing a chair between Grey and the camera in one moment, so Grey can use her voice instead of her face to carry a particularly tricky scene.

But those who expect heat and juice from this experimental film should be warned away. The Girlfriend Experience isn’t about sex. It’s about a more troubling subject: money. Having a chance to hire that most intimate of orifices—an ear—some New York tycoons spend their expensive sessions with Chelsea moaning about their soon to be lost jobs. (“Thanks for listening” become the new “Thank you, ma’am.”) Set in October 2008, the film is suffused with career struggle. Everyone in this affluent world is surprised out of their consumerist torpor by the giant flushing sound of the Lehman Brothers collapse. Chelsea, too, has career worries. A younger escort seems to be scooping her regular clients. In a movie with no serious sex acts, save for one odd orgasm at the finale, it’s hard to tell how far down the line Chelsea’s boyfriend, Chris (Chris Santos), goes. Chris is there for consolation, and he upbraids Chelsea when she breaks an important rule of their otherwise open relationship. What’s clear is that Chris’ body is not really his own. One of the film’s few funny scenes has a gym manager wheedling Chris into wearing a corporate logo T-shirt on the job.

Does it all work? In the real world, even a Chelsea could have held her own against a predatory webmaster (channeling Laird Cregar, film critic Glenn Kenny plays a horny, back-stabbing charlatan—the one definitely amateur performance in this movie). Soderbergh visualizes Chelsea’s world as largely bereft of natural surfaces. Mostly, we’re inside expensive boutiques—a parody of the shopping montages in Pretty Woman. Later, the dutiful record of Chelsea’s clothes, tricking and shoe-shopping are typed into a computer, against a background of McCain talk as the election rolls around. (“If I hear ‘maverick’ one more time, I’m going to throw up.”) A double-bill of this with sex, lies and videotape would reveal much about Soderbergh’s obsession with sex as performance. Loads of prostitutes onscreen, and yet there are so few films that get an authentic sense of the trade, such as might be picked up from blogs or diaries (just like the one Chelsea is writing). But it is acting; the bug-eyed sunglasses, the overmoisturized face and Chelsea’s chilly poise are all stances meant to alienate, not titillate.

Richard von Busack THE GIRLFRIEND EXPERIENCE (Unrated; 77 min.), directed by Steven Soderbergh, written by David Levien and Brian Koppelman, photographed by Soderbergh and starring Sasha Grey, opens May 29 at Camera 3 in San Jose.

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Movie listings are for Friday, May 29, through Thursday, June 4, unless otherwise indicated.

Programs and showtimes are subject to change without notice. Updated showtimes are available online at www.movietimes.com.

Menlo Park Guild

949 El Camino Real (650.266.9260)

Info not available at deadline; call for shows and times.

Milpitas Century 20 Great Mall 1010 Great Mall Dr. (408.942.5550)

Campbell Camera 7

1875 S. Bascom Ave. (408.559.6900) Angels & Demons Fri-Sun 12:30, 3:30, 6:30,

downbeat Norwegian comedy ‘O’Horten,’ opening May 29 at Camera 12 in San Jose.

Glenn Beck’s Common Sense Tour LIVE

Thu (Jun 4) 8

Up in Disney Digital 3-D Fri-Sat 9:25, 11:55,

2:25, 4:55, 7:25, 9:55, 12:25; Sun 9:25, 11:55, 2:25, 4:55, 7:25, 9:55

9:30; Mon-Thu 3:30, 6:30, 9:30

Complete info not available at deadline; call for other shows and times.

Mon-Thu 1:50, 4:25, 7, 9:25 Up Fri 11:15, 1:45, 4:15, 6:45, 9:15, 11:35; Sat-Sun 11:15, 1:45, 4:15, 6:45, 9:15; Mon-Thu 1:45, 4:15, 6:45, 9:15 Easy Virtue Fri 12:15, 2:40, 5, 7:20, 9:35, 11:45; Sat-Sun 12:15, 2:40, 5, 7:20, 9:35; Mon-Thu 2:40, 5, 7:20, 9:35 Star Trek Fri 1, 3:45, 6:40, 9:40, midnight; SatThu 1, 3:45, 6:40, 9:40 The Brothers Bloom Fri 11:25, 2, 4:35, 7:10, 9:45, midnight; Sat-Sun 11:25, 2, 4:35, 7:10, 9:45; Mon-Thu 2, 4:35, 7:10, 9:45 Terminator Salvation Fri 11:35, 2:10, 4:45, 7:25, 9:55, midnight; Sat-Sun 11:35, 2:10, 4:45, 7:25, 9:55; Mon-Thu 2:10, 4:45, 7:25, 9:55 The Professional Fri midnight

Morgan Hill

Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian Fri-Sun 11:20, 1:50, 4:25, 7, 9:25;

TRAIN HE RIDES Baard Owe plays an odd train conductor named ‘Odd’ in the

Drag Me to Hell Fri-Sat 9:30, 12, 2:30, 5, 7:30, 10, 12:30; Sun 9:30, 12, 2:30, 5, 7:30, 10

Cinelux Plaza Theatre 2501 S. Winchester Blvd. (408.378.2425)

Angels & Demons Fri-Thu noon, 2:45, 5:30,

8:30

Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian Fri-Thu 11:10, 1:30, 4, 7, 9:20 Star Trek Fri-Thu noon, 2:40, 5:15, 7:45, 10:10 Terminator Salvation Fri-Thu 11:30, 1:55,

4:30, 7:10, 9:40

Cinelux Tennant Station Stadium Cinemas 750 Tennant Ave. (408.778.650)

Angels & Demons Fri-Thu 2:30, 3:40, 6:45,

9:40

Dance Flick Fri-Thu 11:10, 1:10, 3:15, 5:15, 7:20,

9:15

Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian Thu Fri-Thu 11:15, 11:55, 1, 1:45,

2:30, 3:30, 4:20, 5:10, 6:15, 7, 7:40, 8:45, 9:20, 10 Star Trek Fri-Thu 11:05, 1:50, 4:30, 7:10, 9:50 Terminator Salvation Fri-Thu 11, 11:45, 1:30, 2:15, 3:55, 4:45, 6:45, 7:30, 9:30, 10:15 Drag Me to Hell Fri-Thu 11:30, 2, 4:30, 7:15, 9:40 Up Fri-Thu 11, 11:55, 1:30, 2:30, 3:55, 5, 6:30, 7:25, 9, 9:45

Mountain View Century Cinemas 16

1500 N. Shoreline Blvd. and Fwy 101 (800.FAN.DANG 910#)

Up Fri-Thu 11:15, 1:45,.4:15, 6:45, 9

Drag Me to Hell 12:45, 3:10, 5:35, 8:05, 10:30 Glenn Beck’s Common Sense Tour LIVE

Gilroy

Up in Disney Digital 3-D 11:30, 2, 4:30, 7, 9:30.

Platinum Theatres

Complete info not available at deadline; call for other shows and times.

Angels & Demons Fri-Mon 10:50, 1:30, 4:20,

Palo Alto

6851 Monterey St. (408.84.MOVIE)

7:10, 9:45; Tue-Thu 10:50, 1:30, 4:20, 7:10, 9:45 Stadium Seating Dance Flick 11:10, 1, 2:45, 4:50, 7:30, 9:15

Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian 10:55, 1:10, 4:10, 6:40, 9 Star Trek 11:25, 1:50, 4:15, 7:15, 9:40 Terminator Salvation 11:05, 1:40, 4:05, 6:50,

Thu (Jun 4) 8

Aquarius 430 Emerson St. (650.266.9260)

Info not available at deadline; call for shows and times.

9:10

CineArts @ Palo Alto Square

8:25

Info not available at deadline; call for shows and times.

Hollister

Stanford Theatre

Up 11:30, 2:25, 4:40, 7:20, 9:35 Up in Disney Digital 3-D 11, 1:25, 3:50, 6:10,

Premiere Cinemas Hollistera 581A McCray St (831.638.1800)

Angels & Demons 12:15, 3:20, 6:30, 9:30 Dance Flick 11:15, 1:15, 3:15, 5:20, 7:15, 9:15 Drag Me to Hell 2:50, 5:10, 7:25, 9:55 Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian 10:50, 11:40, 1:10, 2:10, 3:40, 4:40,

6:10, 7:10, 8:45, 9:35 Star Trek 10:45, 1:20, 4:10, 7, 9:50 Terminator Salvation 11, 1:45, 4:20, 7:05, 10 Up 12:20, 2:40, 5, 7:20, 9:45 Up in Disney Digital 3-D 10:20, 12:40, 3, 5:15, 7:30, 9:50 X-Men Origins: Wolverine 12:10, 2:45, 5:05, 7:20, 9:40

Los Gatos Los Gatos CinemaS

41 N. Santa Cruz Ave. (408.395.0203) Angels & Demons Fri 5:15, 8:15; Sat-Sun 2:15,

5:15, 8:15; Mon-Thu 5:15, 8:15 Up Fri 4:15, 6:45, 9:10; Sat 1:45, 4:15, 6:45, 9:10; Sun 1:45, 4:15, 6:45; Mon-Thu 4:15, 6:45

3000 El Camino Real & Page Mill Road Bldg #6, (800.FAN.DANG 914#)

221 University Ave. (650.324.3700) The Green Berets Fri 7:30 A Lady Takes a Chance Sat-Sun 3:50, 7:30 WITH Without Reservations Sat-Sun 5:30,

9:10

San Jose AMC Eastridge 15

2190 Eastridge Loop (888.AMC.4FUN) Glenn Beck’s Common Sense Tour LIVE

Thu (Jun 4) 8

Up Fri-Sun 9:30, 12:15, 3, 5:45, 8:20, 11; Mon-Thu 12,

2:40, 5:15, 7:50, 10:30

Complete info not available at deadline; call for other shows and times.

Cinelux Almaden Cinema 2306 Almaden Road (408.265.7373)

Angels & Demons Fri-Thu 12:45, 3:45, 6:45,

9:45

Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian Fri-Thu 11:45, 2:15, 4:45, 7:10, 9:30 Terminator Salvation Fri-Thu 11:15, 1:45,

4:10, 6:45, 9:15

Star Trek Fri-Thu 11, 1:40, 4:20, 7, 9:40 Up Fri-Thu 11, 1:30, 4, 6:30, 8:45

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201 S. Market St at Park Ave (408.294.8324)

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288 S. Second St. (408.294.3334) The Girlfriend Experience Fri 7:10, 9:20;

Sat-Sun 3, 5:10, 7:10, 9:20; Mon-Thu 7:10, 9:20

Century San Jose 25 2 Westgate Mall and Campbell/Saratoga (800.FAN.DANG 928#)

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CineArts@Santana Row 3088 Olsen Dr. (408.554.7000)

Glenn Beck’s Common Sense Tour LIVE

Thu (Jun 4) 8

Summer Hours Fri 6:50, 9:10; Sat-Sun 2:10,

Complete info not available at deadline; call for other shows and times.

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San Mateo

4:30, 6:50, 9:10; Mon-Thu 6:50, 9:10

201 S. Second St. (408.998.3300) Angels & Demons Fri-Thu 12:40, 3:35, 6:30,

9:30

Dance Flick Fri-Thu 12, 2:20, 5:10, 7:30, 10:0 Drag Me to Hell Fri-Sat 12:25, 2:40, 5, 7:20,

9:50; midnight; Sun-Thu 12:25, 2:40, 5, 7:20, 9:50

O’Horten Fri-Thu 1:30, 4:05, 6:25, 8:40 Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian Fri-Sat 12:10, 2, 2:50, 4:35, 5:35, 7,

8:10, 9:25, 10:40, 11:50; Sun-Thu 12:10, 2, 2:50, 4:35, 5:35, 7, 8:10, 9:25 Rudo y Cursi Fri-Thu 6:10 Up Fri-Sat 12:50, 3:10, 5:35, 8, 10:25; Sun-Thu 12:50, 3:10, 5:35, 8, 10:25 Star Trek Fri-Sat 1:10, 3, 4, 6:50, 8:35, 9:35, 11:20; Sun-Thu 1:10, 3, 4, 6:50, 8:35, 9:35 Terminator Salvation Fri-Sat 12:30, 1:30, 3, 4:25, 5:45, 7:10, 8:20, 9:45, 10:55, midnight; SunMon 12:30, 1:30, 3, 4:25, 5:45, 7:10, 8:20, 9:45 X-Men Origins: Wolverine Fri-Sat 12:35, 10:45; Mon-Thu 12:35 The Professional Sat midnight

Century Berryessa 10

Berryessa Road & Capitol Ave (800.FAN.DANG 929#) Drag Me to Hell 12, 2:30, 5, 7:30, 10 Terminator Salvation Fri-Wed 10:30, 11:30,

1:15, 2:15, 4, 5, 6:45, 7:45, 9:30, 10:30

Complete info not available at deadline; call for other shows and times.

Century Capitol 16 San Jose Capitol Expressway & Snell Avenue (408.972.9276)

Info not available at deadline; call for shows and times.

Century 20 Oakridge

925 Blossom Hill Road (408.225.2200) Glenn Beck’s Common Sense Tour LIVE

Thu (Jun 4) 8

Up in Disney Digital 3-D 10:55, 1:35, 4:15,

7, 9:45.

Complete info not available at deadline; call for other shows and times.

Winchester 21

3161 Olsen Dr (408.984.5610)

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Winchester 22

3162 Olin Ave (408.984.5610)

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Winchester 23

3164 Olsen Dr (408.984.5610)

Info not available at deadline; call for shows & times.

Century San Jose 24 2

741 S. Winchester Blvd (800.FAN.DANG 927#) Angels & Demons Fri-Sat 12:15, 1:45, 3:15, 4:45,

6:15, 7:45, 9:15, 10:45; Sun-Mon 12:15, 1:45, 3:15, 4:45, 6:15, 7:45, 9:15; Tue-Thu 1:45, 3:15, 4:45, 6:15, 7:45

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Century San Mateo 12

320 E. Second Ave. (800.FAN.DANG 968#) Drag Me to Hell Fri-Sun 10:50, 1:30, 4:30, 7:30,

10:25

Glenn Beck’s Common Sense Tour LIVE

Thu (Jun 4) 8

Up Fri 11, 1:50, 4:40, 7:40, 10:20; Sat 11, 1:50, 4:50,

7:40, 10:20; Sun 11, 1:50, 4:50, 7:40, 10:10 Up in Disney Digital 3-D Fri-Sat 10:10, 12:50, 3:50, 7, 9:40. ; Sun 10:10, 12:50, 3:50, 7, 9:30

Santa Clara AMC Mercado 20

101 Fwy and Greaterican Pkwy

Info not available at deadline; call for shows and times.

Saratoga

AMC Saratoga 14

Saratoga Avenue and Campbell Avenue (888.AMC.4FUN) Up Fri-Sun 10, 12:30, 3, 5:30, 8, 10:30; Mon-Thu 12:30, 3, 5:30, 8, 10:30

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JAPANTOWN Saturday & Sunday May 30 & 31, 2009 Miraido Club House 550 6th St., San Jose, CA 95112

9:00AM-5:00PM

ORCHID SALES Presented by the

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OR THE PAST 25 years, Teatro Visión has defined itself in as the leader of Chicano theater in Silicon Valley, mixing nontraditional productions with social justice and providing a forum for community involvement. The company celebrates its quarter-century mark this Saturday with a gala and concert.

Founded in 1984 by members of Women in Teatro, the troupe was established to highlight social and political issues in the Hispanic community in San Jose. The most immediate model was Luis Valdez’s El Teatro Campesino, one of the first modern Latino theater companies in America.

“We formed to use theater as a way to communicate messages that were impacting the Latino community,” says Rose Mendoza, who was one of Teatro’s founders and currently serves as a board member for the company.

“At the time, it was Cesar Chavez’s cause with the Farm Workers union. We moved on to talk about education, immigration and so forth.”

Over the years, Teatro Visión became serious about the art of theater itself. Without any formal training, members of the company

worked to fill the void of Latino theater in San Jose, according to Mendoza. “We provide diversity to artistic programming in the valley,” explains Raul Lozano, who was involved with the theater company for 17 years. “I think it’s important to expose the Chicano theater to the broader community, so they can come in and actually see a show that really reflects who we are.”

In the beginning, Teatro performed original works that touched upon social issues such as the Brown Berets, single mothers raising children in the barrio and soldiers coping with life post-Vietnam. “We went from improvising topics and putting them onstage,” Mendoza recalls, “to performing shows from emerging writers, to where we are today— performing works from playwrights who win awards.”

Teatro Visión achieved nonprofit status in 1991 and made the transition from performing in 100-seat theaters to establishing a residence at the Mexican Heritage Plaza, with a theater that seats 500, in 1999. “That really nailed our position in the community,” Mendoza says.

Teatro Visión continued to establish itself as an innovative

theater company by presenting bilingual productions, staging plays from unknown playwrights and opening the lines of communication between the company and the community.

“They’ve built this incredible audience that supports and loves their work,” says Jorge Huerta, the author of the first book about Chicano theater. “They take risks. They just don’t do typical, easy theater. They do theater that challenges the audience, which is extremely important.”

The Latino theater community is small, with about 25 theater organizations in the United States dedicated to performing topics about Hispanics. “We don’t have a long history of theater in the MexicanAmerican community,” Lozano explains. “It started in the ’60s with Luis Valdez, but we don’t have a large canon of works to draw from by Latino playwrights.”

The goal of Teatro Visión isn’t to select plays that are popular, but instead to pick works that are well written and have a strong statement, Mendoza explains. “Our focus, and one of the reasons why we stay so successful today, is that we were very true to our mission, and we never

wavered form it. All of our work reflects our mission to demonstrate smart theater that reflects issues in the Latino community throughout California.”

For an arts organization to survive 25 years is a feat in itself, according to Lozano. “It’s so hard to grow an arts organization. In terms of multiethnic arts, it makes it even harder because we just don’t have the same access as mainstream theater.”

Even though Teatro Visión is pausing to celebrate its 25th birthday, the theater company already has ambitions for the future. One of its biggest goals is to develop original productions to take on the road.

“I think what is exciting about the organization is that it kind of feels like they just started,” Rose says. “We’ve been here 25 years, but we’re just getting going.”

TEATRO VISIÓN celebrates its 25th birthday on Saturday (May 30), 4–8pm, with a gala featuring musician Flaco Jiménez, activist Dolores Huerta and playwright Jorge Huerta. It takes place at the Mexican Heritage Plaza Theater, 1700 Alum Rock Ave., San Jose. Tickets are $25 for concert/$75 for concert and gala. (408.272.9926)

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OR ITS 2009 season, Saratoga Drama Group decided to make a play for the big time. Changing the groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s name to South Bay Musical Theatre, its members took a chance on the notion that if they had the moxie to grab audiencesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; attention in a bold new way, it would pay off in fame and ďŹ nancial success. Their plan is not all that different from the plot of Chicago, if you really think about it. Unlike the musicalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cutthroat leads, Roxie Hart and Velma Kelly, SBMT didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t cheat, lie or backstab to get where they are, and as far as we know there arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t any bodies buried behind the Saratoga Civic Theatre. Still, the Bob Fosseâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;designed musical is a smart pick for the groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s next-level debut. Sophisticated, sexy and cynical, Chicagoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Prohibition-bondage chic setting belies the fact that its satire is directed not at the amoral criminals in its cast of characters but at the modern audiences that go to see it.

Who fulďŹ lls the corrupt dreams of the Roxies and Velmas of the world? the musical asks. We do, of course. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not merely for convenienceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sake that the fourth wall is broken down when the pairâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ďŹ ctional stage act is performed. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s essential to the thematic concerns underlying Chicago, and South Bay Musical Theatre brings these out in a sublime production that goes all out to entertain while it nails the musicalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s clever indictment of celebrity crime. The message is even more relevant now than when it debuted in 1975, or when the true-crime play it was based on was published in 1926.

Following in Fosseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s footsteps, the choreography by Andrea Heaberlin is brilliant. One of the keys to making this deceptively simple musical work is arranging the multitasking scenes, which sometimes shift focus several times within a single musical number. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a danger of losing the audienceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s attention, or robbing the main characters of important moments in the spotlight, but SBMTâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s staging makes it look easy. The impeccable execution of the ventriloquist routine that features in â&#x20AC;&#x153;We Both Reach for the Gunâ&#x20AC;? would have impressed Fosse himself.

Nor could a successful production of Chicago come off without musical talent that beďŹ ts classic songs like â&#x20AC;&#x153;All That Jazz,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cell Block Tangoâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Razzle Dazzle.â&#x20AC;? The orchestra led by Dan Singletary is nothing short of superb. The acting varies, but overall it delivers.

The leads play to their strengths. Longtime Saratoga Drama Group ďŹ xture Karen DeHart plays a great, seriously complicated Roxie, even if her voice isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t always powerful enough to match her co-stars. Rebecca Lipon, meanwhile, has an incredible voice and dancing talent to match, but she canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t quite bring the complexity of Velma out in the same way.

Together, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re a great pair, and Tim Reynolds delivers the coup de grâce in an all-around performance as the slimy lawyer Billy Flynn. If this is what it has in mind for its new life as a regional theatre company, SBMT is on the right track. Chicago is a blast.

Steve Palopoli

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CHICAGO, a South Bay Musical Theatre production, plays Thursday (June 4) at 8pm, Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Saturday (at 8pm) and Sunday (May 31) at 2:30pm through June 6 at Saratoga Civic Theater, 13777 Fruitvale Ave., Saratoga. Tickets are $20â&#x20AC;&#x201C;$27. (408.266.4SDG)

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Present this coupon at any open ticket window at California’s Great America and save $10.00 off each general admission ticket (ages 3 & up, 48" or taller) up to six (6) people. Valid for general admission only which includes use of all rides, shows, and attractions in operation on day of use except pay events/concerts and pay-per-play attractions. Coupon is valid 3/29/09– 11/1/09 during 2009 public operating days only. Not valid on Park company rentals or special events, including but not limited to Halloween Haunt. Not valid with any other offer, discount, coupon or promotion. Call (408) 9881776 or visit www.cagreatamerica.com to confirm public operating dates and hours as they are subject to change. ™, ® & © 2009 Cedar Fair, L. P. All Rights Reserved. PLU 390650

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E RARELY think about the obvious, unless we have a window seat on a long trans-PaciďŹ c ďŹ&#x201A;ight: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Four-ďŹ fths of all life on earth is found below the waves,â&#x20AC;? write Paul Rose and Anne Laking, co-authors of D8:6CH/ :MEADG>C< I=: =>99:C 9:EI=H D; I=: JC9:GL6I:G LDGA9. That large fraction beckoned a crew of underwater explorers to undertake eight expeditions. The book, which was prepared along with a BBC nature series, covers the results of their labors in the Mediterranean, the Atlantic Ocean, the Sea of Cortez, the Indian Ocean, the Red Sea, the Southern Ocean (around the South Pole) and the Arctic Ocean. Each chapter begins with some historical and environmental background, but the real meat comes when the intrepid divers penetrate depths never before surveyed or come in close contact with predators like the rarely seen sixgill shark.

Some of the most thrilling moments occur when the divers go deep into sea caves, overcoming two primal fears: drowning and entombment. Ascending from Danâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cave on the Bahamian island of Abaco requires hanging 6 meters below the surface in zero visibility to avoid nitrogen build-up. Perhaps the most amazing stop on this global journey is the Black Hole near Cubaâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;a sinkhole that drops straight through some sedimentary limestone, forming an isolated deep pool. The dive required plunging through a dense layer of microbes almost â&#x20AC;&#x153;psychedelic red-purpleâ&#x20AC;? in color.

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Discoveries abound on every page. Who knew about the round-maned raccoon dog of the deciduous woodlands of Europe? A route map shows the amazing lengths to which birds will go to forage and mateâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the blue-and-orange-hooded Hurndo rustica swallow, all of 13 inches long, migrates some 5,600 miles. The maned wolf of South Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Gran Chaco region has stiltlike legs that allow it to maneuver through tall grass; sadly, only 1,500 still exist in the wild due to habitat loss. Probably only another solenodon could love the rat-size Cuban rodent with a long bristle-covered snout; it is reported to be one of the few mammals with a poisonous bite.

A detailed taxonomy section provides speciďŹ c information on thousands of species.

This is the kind of coffee-table reference book that elicits hours of informative browsing. One puts it down both exhilarated by the profusion that evolution has produced and sobered by the knowledge that so much of it is in danger of extinction.

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ATHY FOSTER remembers when she first noticed Hutch Harris. They were both part of the Sunnyvale Music Club, a mid-’90s collective of scenesters from Sunnyvale and Cupertino. Foster was going to De Anza at the time, and her band was called Pistil. Harris was in Bunch of Losers, which got a gig at the Cupertino library, playing songs in-between the other bands’ sets.

“His band was playing in the closet where they store the chairs,” remembers Foster. “They were playing on their knees.”

This was years before Harris and Foster would settle in Portland, Ore., and be discovered by Ben Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie. It was years before Sub Pop would show interest in their project the Thermals, which didn’t even really exist at that point.

In 2002, it was basically a handful of four-track demos they were experimenting with. But not for long.

“Hutch and I were like, ‘Oh my God, Sub Pop! We’ve got to make a band!” says Foster. “Sub Pop signed us after three shows.”

Now the Thermals, who just released their fourth album, Now We Can See, are returning to the South Bay a bona fide success story. Their

debut album, 2003’s More Parts Per Million, was a fast and furious lo-fi masterpiece, clocking in at under 30 minutes and giving a first sampling of Harris’ lyrical ability. Their 2004 follow-up, Fuckin A, was almost as breathless and far more thoughtful.

Guitarist-vocalist Harris and bassist Foster (who have played with a succession of drummers) continued to develop on 2006’s The Body, the Blood and the Machine, which pushed their previous flirtation with political subject matter to a level that can only be described as uncompromising on songs like “Here’s Your Future” and “I Might Need You to Kill.”

Now We Can See is even more mature, and while in some ways it seems to veer off from the direction of the last two records, Foster feels that it simply picks up where the last one left off. In a way, that’s true, since “I Hold the Sound,” the last song on The Body, the Blood and the Machine, is more or less about the apocalypse.

“The world is over,” Harris sings, and yet by the end of the song the protagonist still lives. What was left but for him to die?

And boy does he on Now We Can See—over and over again. The album features endless ways to kill and disintegrate the first-person-singular-

and-plural protagonists, on songs like “When I Died,” “We Were Sick,” “At the Bottom of the Sea,” “How We Fade” and “You Dissolve.” It is also very likely the most morbidly upbeat album ever.

Some critics who loved the band’s early records aren’t pleased with the cleaner production on Now We Can See. Foster says they made a conscious sound to try to capture a sound more like ’50s and ’60s pop on their many demos for the record, but then ended it up taking it back around toward the dirtier, more frantic sound they are known for by the time they actually recorded. “It’s funny, the record isn’t that hi-fi,” she says. “Only if you compare it to our other records.”

But it’s catchy as hell, and may take the South Bay expats to yet another level. For Foster, it’s been a bit of a whirlwind. As part of Portland’s onagain-off-again All Girl Summer Fun Band, she records for Calvin Johnson’s K Records. With the Thermals, she’s been on Sub Pop and now Kill Rock Stars. “Those were the three main labels I grew up listening to,” she says.

“You can’t believe it’s happening.”

She also finds it funny that she and Harris spent endless amounts of time promoting and sending out demos for their previous collaborative efforts

like their bands Urban Legends and Hutch and Kathy, which was more of a folk duo. It took her a while, even, to get into the new sound Harris was toying with when he played her the demos that would lead to the Thermals.

“We had been listening to the first Strokes album, and it reminded me of that. The songs were faster and noisier,” she says.

Their efforts to raise the profiles of their earlier bands had been completely fruitless. But Ben Barnett of Kind of Like Spitting—who would also serve briefly as the Thermals’ guitarist—was friends with Death Cab for Cutie’s Gibbard, who liked the four-track recordings and began talking them up. Within a couple of months, their nonband was signed to one of the many labels that previously responded to their inquiries with deafening silence.

“The one band that people liked was the one we put the least energy into,” says Foster. “The point is: don’t put in any effort, and you’ll get somewhere.”

THE THERMALS perform Friday (May 29) at 9pm at the Blank Club, 44 S. Almaden Ave., San Jose. Tickets are $14. (408.292.5265)

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Technology frees up a lot of people— some of them, far too much. Nobody marches over to a stranger in the drugstore and remarks “I guess the central concern is: Do you look more like a flounder or a moose? Or a Chihuahua? Or one of those midget ponies? Or some sort of unholy incarnation of all four?” But, under the virtual ski mask of online anonymity, blog commenter “WTB” had no problem dashing that off about a TV star. And just as the Internet provides a level of disconnect where some people (especially celebrities) are no longer people, simply attractive targets, cheating by text message makes it easy to short-circuit accountability. The hands all over you are only yours, and there are no sweaty sheets or motel keys to manage; it’s the affair you

can snap shut and drop in your purse.

Although you sent similar messages to both guys, at least you didn’t resort to time- and thumb-saving measures like typing out the elevator scenario once and clicking “multiple recipients.”

Your boyfriend apparently feels you’re worth the risk, and is trying to move on, which is a bit difficult with you hanging off his ankle, wailing about how sorry you are. You might instead turn this into an opportunity to strengthen your relationship by taking a step too few couples do: Come up with a policy for monogamy instead of taking for granted that you won’t two-time (or two-text) each other. Decide what your boundaries will be, and how you’re supposed to answer if opportunity knocks (or vibrates). Oh yeah, and assuming honesty will be an important part of your future together, start by cutting the lame protestations about how disgusted you were—every time—as in, “Oh, this is so disgusting . . . here, just let me write back once more . . . oh, I’m so grossed out. SEND!”

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As one of my blog commenters observed, dating customs vary from culture to culture.

In some cultures, a girl shows she’s available by putting a flower behind her ear. Like a lot of girls in this culture, you just put your ankles behind yours. That’s fine if all you want is a hookup, but very often, sex on the first or second date is sex on the last date.

This doesn’t necessarily mean you won’t see the guy again, just that you won’t see him clothed and seated across a restaurant

table from you. Don’t ask this guy how he feels (ick!). Ask him to a museum at 10 a.m., and invite him to join you and your friends some evening, and you’ll soon discover whether he’s interested in activities that are a little more boyfriend than boytoy. If he keeps turning you down, you’ll have your answer about his feelings—that they’re something along the lines of “How cool . . . these days, you can get almost anything delivered, free of charge.”

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Engineering Callidus Software, Inc. has the following job opportunities available in San Jose, CA: Staff Software Engineer (STSSE) Integration Consultant (KVIC) Send resume to: Staffing Coordinator at Callidus Software, Inc., 160 W. Santa Clara St., Ste. 1500, San Jose, CA 95113. Must reference title and code to be considered.

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6g^Zh (March 21–April 19): While reading a

crime report in the online version of Northern California’s Arcata Eye newspaper, I came across this entry: “A dreadlocked man attacked a lamp post on the Plaza with his mighty fists, punching it while yelling and, in the memorable description of a witness, ‘fighting amongst himself.’” I immediately thought of you, Aries. According to my analysis of the omens, you’ve been fighting amongst yourself with—how shall I say this?—crafty ferocity. I’d be ecstatic if I could convince you to call a truce, begin peace talks, and maybe even begin practicing some crafty tenderness toward yourself.

IVjgjh (April 20–May 20): When you Tauruses are at your best, you get into a groove but not into a rut—humming along with creative efficiency, not just going through the motions or repeating the same old tired shticks. When you’re at the top of your game, it’s because you’ve surrounded yourself with stimuli that make you feel peaceful and comfortable. Other people may work well under pressure and accomplish most when they’re driven by stress, but you usually need to be at ease in order to access your deep brilliance. From what I can tell, everything I just said is a description of what will be happening in the coming weeks. <Zb^c^ (May 21–June 20): Research shows that if a stranger gazes at you for at least 8.2 seconds, he or she is definitely interested in you. If, on the other hand, the look lasts 4.5 seconds or less, there’s no attraction. I’m guessing that the percentage of long scrutinies you receive in the coming weeks will be higher than usual. Your raw charisma levels will be up, as will your ability to make strong first impressions. How do you plan to exploit the advantages this will give you, Gemini? According to my projections, it’ll be a good time to meet some allies of the future.

8VcXZg ( June 21–July 22): One of the tastiest frogs in the world is at risk of dying out as a species. The “mountain chicken” frog, once a fixture on the chain of Caribbean islands known as Montserrat, has become endangered through loss of habitat, disease, and over-hunting by humans. In response to the crisis, conservationists have airlifted a number of survivors to new homes, attempting to save their kind from extinction. I think it’s time for you to arrange a comparable intervention of your own, Cancerian. A sweet and delicious part of you or your world is not exactly thriving, and needs some strenuous help and care.

AZd ( July 23–Aug. 22): A Florida woman, upset

that her local McDonald’s had run out of Chicken McNuggets, phoned the 911 emergency service line for help. In an unrelated incident, a Florida man took the same action when Burger King told him it had no lemonade to sell him. I recommend that you not indulge in similar overreactions in the coming week, Leo. The Drama Queen or Drama King archetype is threatening to possess you, and I suspect you’ll have to act forcefully to keep it away.

If you’re successful, you’ll be visited by a far more congenial archetype—the Social Butterfly. And that would prove to be amusing and productive.

K^g\d (Aug. 23–Sept. 22): Most of you Virgos have built-in safeguards that ensure you won’t abuse power. That’s why I feel uninhibited about advising you to grab all the new authority and influence you can get in the next few weeks. It’s one of those phases in your astrological cycle when you’re more likely to be in line for promotions, new privileges and increased clout. I hope you won’t be shy. You may have to be uncharacteristically aggressive as you claim your rightful potency and rewards.

A^WgV (Sept. 23–Oct. 22): In the coming days, the

surprise and delight quotient will be way up. I bet you’ll be more prone than usual to uttering exclamations. There may also be a confounding “aha!” and a mind-wobbling “What the frack?!” mixed in there, although I think the emphasis will be on developments that educate and entertain you. Since you will probably be ushered in the direction of the frontier, I think you should find new ways to express your amazement. Instead of cliches like “Jesus H. Christ!” or “Holy crap!”, why not try something fresh, like the following: “Great Odin’s raven!” . . . “Radical lymphocytes!” . . . “Cackling whacks of jibber-jabber!” . . . “Frosty heat waves!” . . . “Panoramic serpentine.” Any other ideas?

HXdge^d (Oct. 23–Nov. 21): As I was driving out

in the country, I spied a curious statement written in large crooked letters on a homemade sign: “I have seen the truth and it doesn’t make sense.” I’m guessing you might feel that way yourself right now, Scorpio. You have summoned the courage to see the deeper reality beneath the official story, but that has made you more confused than you were when you only possessed a smattering of iffy facts.

So you’re smarter and better informed, but are nonetheless feeling less secure. My advice: Don’t flee back into the fake comfort of comfy delusions.

If you can maintain your poise in the face of the raging ambiguity, you will ultimately be rewarded with a big dose of cathartic clarity.

HV\^iiVg^jh (Nov. 22–Dec. 21): “Wisdom is

knowing I am nothing,” said Indian philosopher Nisargadatta Maharaj. “Love is knowing I am everything. And between the two my life moves.”

According to my calculations, Sagittarius, you’ll be more on the “knowing you are everything” side of the polarity for the next few weeks. That’s because a flood is imminent. I expect you’ll be on the receiving end of a massive outreach from the universe—an influx of invitations, inquiries, and offers to make connection. You should also be prepared for the dizzying pleasure that comes from seeing how profoundly interlinked and interdependent you are.

8Veg^Xdgc (Dec. 22–Jan. 19): This is my pledge

to you, Capricorn: I promise to use all my otherworldly connections to get your karmic debt reduced in the next few weeks. In return, I ask that you make these pledges to me: You promise not to be a self-pitying martyr or a cranky beast of burden or a willing victim of rank manipulation. You agree not to just follow sloppy orders or passively capitulate as some bad guy with a nice smile tries to lower your standards. And finally, you swear to feed a really healthy desire that will ultimately help give your other desires more integrity and nobility.

6fjVg^jh ( Jan. 20–Feb. 18): “We all have a blind

spot in love,” says astrologer Jessica Shepherd at moonkissed.com. “Never simple to figure out and even harder to see head on, our blind spot is as unique and complexly layered as we are.” But it’s not a hopeless cause, I would add. In fact, you may ultimately be able to discern the contours of your special ignorance about romance; you may find a way to fix the unconscious glitch that has undermined your quest for meaningful intimacy.

How should you proceed? Well, you will need skillful ingenuity, a willingness to gaze upon a flustering truth about yourself and maybe a little miraculous grace. And now here’s the very good news, Aquarius: It so happens that all these things are available to you right now.

E^hXZh (Feb. 19–March 20): It’s a ripe time to revise and rework your past, Pisces. I’ll trust you to make the ultimate determination about how best to do that, but here are some possibilities. 1. Revisit a memory that has haunted you, and do a ritual that resolves it and brings you peace. 2. Return to the scene of an awkward anomaly that remains unsettled, and finally do a duty you neglected.

3. Make your way back to a dream you wandered away from prematurely, and either recommit yourself to it, or put it to rest for good. 4. Dig up and contemplate a secret that has been festering, and come to a decision about what you can do to heal it.

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Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on . /s/Reah Abad This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 5/15/2009. (pub Metro 5/27, 6/03, 6/10, 6/17/2009)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #524423 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Shear Sharpness, 720 Chapman St., San Jose, CA, 95126, Lynn Kelly.

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This business is conducted by a individual. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on. /s/Manola Vongchanh This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 5/18/2009. (pub Metro 5/27, 6/03, 6/10, 6/17/2009)

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #524290 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Liquid Therapy Entertainment, 30 Boston Avenue, Unit A, San Jose, CA, 95128, Can Rustu Bright, Raj Vij, 999 Commercial Street, Unit 108, Palo Alto, CA, 94303. This business is conducted by a general partnership. The state of Corporation: Delaware.

Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on. /s/Can Rustu Bright This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 5/14/2009. (pub Metro 5/20, 5/27, 6/03, 6/10/2009)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #524286 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: M&M Fencing, 55 S. 21st Street, San Jose, CA, 95116, Manny Freitas.

This business is conducted by a individual.

Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 5/14/09. /s/Manny Freitas This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 5/14/2009. (pub Metro 5/20, 5/27, 6/03, 6/10/2009)

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Alviso Towing, 1315 Moffat, Alviso, CA, 95002, John Temores. This business is conducted by a individual.

Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 10/20/1999. /s/John Temores This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 5/12/2009. (pub Metro 5/20, 5/27, 6/03, 6/10/2009)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS #523232 The following person(s) is (are) NAME STATEMENT NAME STATEMENT doing business as: New Age #523954 #523509 Property Management, 3549 Agate Dr., Santa Clara, 95051, Edwin Hein, 183 Noyo Dr., San Jose, CA, 95123. This business is conducted by a individual.

Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 3/12/03. /s/Edwin Hein This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 4/20/20. (pub Metro 5/20, 5/27, 6/03, 6/10/2009)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #524088 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: VietnameseAmerican Academy, 1850 S. 10th Street, San Jose, CA, 95112, Daniel Thang Van Hoang, 2063 Teola Way, San Jose, CA, 95121.

This business is conducted by a individual. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on. /s/Daniel Thang Van Hoang This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 5/11/2009. (pub Metro 5/20, 5/27, 6/03, 6/10/2009)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #523435 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: A.C House Cleaning, 4573 Bolero Dr., San Jose, CA, 95111, Adela Cisneros.

This business is conducted by a individual. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on. /s/Adela Cisneros This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 4/24/2009. (pub Metro 5/13, 5/20, 5/27, 6/03/09)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS #524223 NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: #523530 Forever Medical Center, 1630 Old Oakland Rd., #A202, San Joe, Ca, 95131, Li Qung Tu, 1792 Donna Ln., #1, San Jose, CA, 95124. This business is conducted by a individual Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 5/01/09. /s/Li Qung Tu This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 5/13/2009. (pub Metro 5/20, 5/27, 6/03, 6/10/2009)

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The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Emerald May Flowers, 2645 S. King Rd., San Jose, CA, 95122, Joyce Bobinson.

This business is conducted by a individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on May 2, 2009. /s/Joyce Robinson This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 4/27/2009. (pub Metro 5/13, 5/20, 5/27, 6/03/2009)

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Always Smog Test Only, 1611 Monterey Road, #B, San Jose, CA, 95112, Hiep Le, 1167 Formosa Ridge Rd., San Jose, CA, 95127.

This business is conducted by a individual. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on. /s/Hiep Le This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 5/06/2009. (pub Metro 5/13, 5/20, 5/27, 6/03/2009)

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Donna Beauty Salon, 3208 Lyter Way, San Jose, CA, 95135, Don Hue Do. This business is conducted by a individual.

Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 5/15/2009. /s/Don Hue Do This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 4/27/2009. (pub Metro 5/06, 5/13, 5/20, 5/27/2009.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NAME STATEMENT #523841 #523276 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Alladdin Bail Bonds, Andy’s Bail Bonds, 900 N. First Street, Suite A, San Jose, CA, 95112, Two Jinn Inc., 1959 Palomar Oaks Way, Suite 200, Carlsbad, CA, 92011.

This business is conducted by a Corporation. The state of Corporation: California.

Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 6/01/2004. /s/Robert H. Hayes CEO #A0611012 This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 5/04/2009. (pub Metro 5/13, 5/20, 5/27, 6/03/2009)

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This business is conducted by a individual.

Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 4/2/09. /s/Be Lu This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 4/17/2009. (pub Metro 5/06, 5/13, 5/20, 5/27/2009)

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The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Sam’s Chowder House, 4210 N. Cabrillo Highway, Half Moon Bay, CA, 94019, San Mateo, Paul Shenkman, 273 Eagle Trace, Half Moon Bay, CA, 94019.

This business is conducted by a limited partnership.

The above entity was formed in the state of California Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 10/06/2009. /s/Paul Shenkman General/Managing Partner #200517500014 This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 4/21/2009. (pub Metro 5/06, 5/13, 5/20, 5/27/2009.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #522771 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: ABC Window and Carpet Cleaning., 15935 Polona Dr., Sehi, CA, 95313, Massoud Ghassemi.

This business is conducted by a individual.

Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Massoud Ghassemi This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 4/13/2009. (pub Metro 5/06, 5/13, 5/20, 5/27/2009)

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The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Cedar Mortgage, 3190 S. Bascom Avenue #100, San Jose, CA, 95124, Cedar Financial Network, Inc. This business is conducted by a Corporation.

The state of Corporation: California.

Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on. /s/John A. Nogosek President #C3096566 This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 5/18/2009. (pub Metro 5/27, 6/03, 6/10, 6/17/2009)

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(In geek terms, your power factor is corrected to more closely approach 1.0, the optimal value.)

However, chances are you’re not a big industrial energy user—you’re an ordinary civilian, and the biggest motor you’ve got runs the air conditioner or fridge. If your power factor isn’t 1.0, what do you care? The electric meter records only the juice you really use. If the house’s wiring is heavier than it needs to be, big deal, it’s already there. You lose some energy as waste heat, but experts say with correction devices you might save 2 percent on your electric bill. Every little bit helps, I guess, but you’d do better just shutting off lights you’re not using, installing compact fluorescent bulbs and energy-efficient appliances, etc.

Unplugging appliances. Here’s a more interesting question. The idea that plugged-in appliances leak phantom electricity is of course nuts. However, plenty of household devices do use energy in standby mode. The bestknown example is a computer, but TVs also eat

electricity while plugged in. (Generally it’s just a couple watts, but some high-def models use more than 40 watts.) Then you’ve got those electronic gadgets drawing power from a plugin transformer, the familiar black box known as a wall wart or brick. The box stays warm even when you’re not using the gadget. That’s waste heat, and it costs.

The question is how much. Some claim these energy vampires account for 4 percent of your home electricity usage, with total waste as high as 5 percent to 10 percent. However, here at the Straight Dope we don’t put much stock in mere claims. We want the facts. I assigned my assistant Una, a licensed professional engineer, to do a survey of her house with a Kill A Watt P4400 meter to see how much power was being wasted by wall warts and standby appliances.

The total for her entire house was 12 watts, with half of that going to one old and rarely used VCR. While she did have a lot of wall warts plugged in, most of them drew so little power the meter wouldn’t display it. However, over a year that idling VCR projects to use more than 52 kilowatt-hours, costing about $5.17 at her electric rate. We’ll guess Una wastes maybe $10 annually for the whole house.

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