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You may see something floating or flashing within your vision, but what you may be seeing is matter that is floating in your eye. The condition, in most cases, is more bothersome than harmful. In some cases, the sudden appearance of floaters or flashes may indicate a more serious eye condition.
Floaters (or 'spots') are tiny pieces of matter that are drifting inside your vitreous, the fluid that fills the inside of your eyes. Floaters are usually related to the normal aging process that can begin in your mid 40's. They can appear to be small specks or strands of fiber that move slowly across your field of vision.
Flashes appear as streaks, shooting stars, or false blasts of light. Most adults after the age of 50 will experience flashes as part of the normal aging process when the vitreous thickens and rubs against the light-sensitive retina. As with floaters, flashes should be checked by an eyecare provider to ensure they are not the early sign of a more serious problem.
Dry Eye refers to a condition of the eye where either too few tears are produced, or tears drain too quickly from the eye. Symptoms may include eyes that feel itchy, gritty, red and dry; eyelids that stick together upon awakening; difficulty wearing contact lenses; hay fever or sinus problems, and recurring infections.
Common treatments of dry eye include simple eye drops known as "artificial tears" or the restriction or closing of the drainage passages in the eyelid. Left untreated, dry eye may lead to corneal infections and ulcers, conjunctivitis, chalazia and pterygia.
Dry eye can be caused by irregularities in the blinking process, medications, overexposure to natural elements, a Vitamin A deficiency, or an overly large drainage canal.
To determine if treatment is necessary, contact our office.
Glaucoma is the leading preventable cause of blindness. It is essential to catch this condition early and why adults 35 and older should visit an eye doctor every year.
In its early stages, glaucoma can only be detected through a test performed by your eyecare professional. The loss of vision is usually so gradual and painless that most people are unaware of it until damage is permanent. Vision lost through glaucoma cannot be restored.
Treatment includes eye drops and tablets to control fluid pressure within the eye, the cause of glaucoma. This pressure can lead to the pinching of the optic nerve, leading to the loss of peripheral vision and eventual blindness.
Once again, this condition usually shows no symptoms in its early stages and can be detected during routine eye examinations. Macular degeneration occurs within the macula, located in the central area of the retina. This area is primarily responsible for your straight-ahead and color vision.
As fluid separates the layers of the retina, vision cells in the macula are pushed out of their normal orientation. The result gives a person the feeling they are looking through flawed glass.
There is no known cure for the most common form of macular degeneration, although lasers can be used to repair weak areas of the macula. Low-vision aids, such as glasses, magnifiers, specially-designed lamps and large-print books and magazines help sufferers to lead a relatively normal life of vision.
Our goal is to help keep most patients from wearing bifocals, or reading glasses under most conditions. One potential option is the presbyopia correcting (near vision) premium lens which can reduce your dependence on glasses or contacts.
These lens implants can give distance, intermediate (computer range vision), and near (reading, sewing, etc.) vision in most conditions without glasses. For some patients the success rate is dramatic. Some studies show 90% of multifocal, premium intraocular lens implant patients never, or occasionally, wore reading glasses. In other words, only 10% of those questioned had to reach for some type of spectacle correction.
The Eye Clinic at Valley Medical Center currently offers ReZoom, ReSTOR, and Crystalens multifocal, premium lens implants. This newer technology enables most to watch TV, use the computer, and read without the dependence on glasses or contacts.
Please ask us for more information on this exciting, new intraocular lens technology. These multifocal, premium lens implants may be an option for you at the time of cataract surgery. Our physicians and staff will be happy to answer your questions regarding these lens implants. During your examination, we can then determine if you are a good candidate for this multifocal lens technology.
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Boneyard: Night photography by Troy Paiva and Joe Reifer
Opening Reception: Friday May 4th, 2007 from 6:30 pm to 10:30pm
Neptune Beach Amusement Museum's The Lucky Ju Ju Pinball Art Gallery 713 Santa Clara Avenue Alameda, CA 94501
Runs from May 4th to May 30th, 2007
In the summer of 2006 night photographers Troy Paiva and Joe Reifer were granted access to photograph "Aviation Warehouse", a high desert airplane boneyard near El Mirage Dry Lake. This surreal location is a graveyard for every type of aircraft imaginable, from tiny Cessnas, to military fighters and transports, pre-war prop-liners, to wide-body jet airliners. Dead planes lay chopped and gutted amongst the Joshua Trees. Sheared-off noses reveal rows of empty seats and oxygen masks silently dangling. Clouds smear like ghosts and the stars arc across the sky during the long exposures.
All of the effects you'll see were created "in camera" at the time of exposure. In some cases colored flashes and flashlights were used to complement the light of the full moon. These are not Photoshop creations.
A legend in the world of night photography, Troy Paiva has been creating colorful interpretations of the abandoned roadside west for almost 20 years. His book Lost America and www.lostamerica.com website have been an inspiration to countless night photographers.
Joe Reifer is a fine art, portrait and editorial photographer who specializes in night and low light photography. His night work focuses on abandoned places. Please visit his website www.joereifer.com and blog www.joereifer.com/words/
The Gallery
The Lucky Ju Ju Pinball Gallery is a unique underground arena for vintage pinball machines and a showcase for artists. We are in our fifth year and this is the 34th art show presented since the opening of the "Trans –View" gallery. The art shows are always free but we hope you will support the NBAM by paying the admission to the pinball arcadium and enjoy our fine selection of vintage games.
Since it is well hidden and many are not adept with map quest, here are directions: Come to Alameda via the Alameda Tube (Webster St/Oakland) and continue on Webster. After 4 signal lights, turn left onto Santa Clara. Take the first Left into the parking lot, we are in the door that opens into the lot. Although the Pinball Arcadium is open only on Friday and Saturday nights, the Gallery, in the foyer, is always viewable from 9am to 9pm daily. The Neptune Beach Amusement Museum is a 501 c 3 non profit. www.nbam.org

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text: SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY COMMISSION Minutes of the regular meeting of Thursday, February 17, 2005. (As approved March 17, 2005) The San Francisco Public Library Commission held a regular meeting on Thursday, February 17, 2005 in the Koret Auditorium, Main Library. The meeting was called to order by President Higueras at 4:20pm. The following members were present: Chin, Coulter, Higueras, and Steiman Commissioners Bautista and Strobin were reported excused attendance. Agenda Items: 1) City Librarian Appointment 2) Public Comment 4) Bernal Neights Branch Library Renovation 3) Approval of the Minutes January 20, 2005 5) 2005-2006 Library Budget Adjournment APPENDIX A -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AGENDA ITEM #1 CITY LIBRARIAN APPOINTMENT President Higueras officially announced Mayor Newsom's appointment of Luis Herrera as the new City Librarian on February 15, 2005. President Higueras reported in accordance with Gillespie vs. San Francisco Public Library Commission that all Commissioners (Bautista, Chin, Coulter, Higueras, Steiman, and Strobin) present at the December 6, 2004 Special Library Commission meeting closed session had voted unanimously to propose Mr. Herrera along with other candidates to the Mayor for appointment as City Librarian. President Higueras applauded Acting City Librarian Paul Underwood's outstanding service while serving as Acting City Librarian. Acting City Librarian Paul Underwood lauded Mr. Herrera's selection and then introduced the new Chief of Technical Services, Ms. Pat Fahrenhold who briefly discussed her professional background and experience. Public comment on AGENDA ITEM #1CITY LIBRARIAN APPOINTMENT An anonymous member of the public suggested collusion between the Library and the Office of the City Attorney to obscure the origins of lawsuit cited by the Commission President when reporting the Commission's vote on nominating Mr. Herrera to the Mayor for appointment as City Librarian. This person then said, don't give money to the Friends of the San Francisco Public Library, don't accept money from the Friends of the San Francisco Public Library. This person next commented that they had been the original author of this lawsuit as well as many others against the Library. This individual characterized these efforts as like those of Washington in the American Revolution against King George III. This person suggested that perhaps the tape of this closed session might be lost as a previous tape related to the cited case had been lost. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AGENDA ITEM #2 PUBLIC COMMENT An anonymous member of the public commented don't give money to the Friends of the San Francisco Public Library; don't accept money from the Friends of the San Francisco Public Library. This person then recalled their more than 30 years of attendance at Library Commission meetings likening it to a spiritual journey in Alice in Wonderland. This person recalled many slights they had received and proposed that such slights were a means to disenfranchise and limit participation. Mr. Peter Warfield criticized the Library planned use of RFID technology suggesting it smacked of secret surveillance and dismissed the Library's rationale that the technology could reduce employee injuries as unproven. Annie, a teen user, requested that the Library provide more and larger dedicated program spaces for teenage library users. President Higueras announced that he was changing the order of items on the meeting agenda to take up Agenda Item # 4 BERNAL HEIGHTS BRANCH LIBRARY RENOVATION next. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AGENDA ITEM #4 BERNAL HEIGHTS BRANCH LIBRARY RENOVATION BLIP Manager Marilyn Thompson presented an overview of the Library's outreach and community involvement process since the Summer of 2004 to inform the Bernal Heights community concerning the proposed renovation of the branch library and gather input on what the neighborhood wanted in their renovated branch. Ms. Thompson then outlined the history of the existing branch facilities noting its design by Fred Meyer in 1940 and discussed its seismic safety issues as well as many outdated and out of compliance with current building codes issues that the renovation would have to address. The BLIP Manager then provided background to the Commissioners about the City College State Preschool for low-income families that had operated in the lower level of the branch library for two decades without any lease or written agreement with the Library. Ms. Thompson reported that the Branch facility's two year long renovation process would require that the Preschool relocate. Ms. Thompson then discussed the proposed library uses including: seismic safety and ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) improvements; relocation and improvement to the staff work areas; relocation and expansion of the Children's Library; creation of an enhanced program/community meeting space; and creation of a dedicated Teen area upstairs, that would require use of all of the space in the renovated branch building for library purposes. Ms. Thompson noted that care would be taken to preserve the historic features of the building and reported that the project was expected to begin in the Spring of 2006 and take two years to complete reopening in 2008. Ms. Thompson noted that a peer review of the proposed Branch's design would be presented at an upcoming Library Commission meeting. Deputy City Attorney Catharine Barnes responding to Commissioners comments noted that legal authority to approve or disapprove of the Preschool's use of space in the Branch Library was retained by City's Department of Administrative Services subject to by approval of the Board of Supervisors and that while the Library Commission could make strong recommendations to the Board of Supervisors the Commissioners did not have final authority to render a decision on such a use. The BLIP Manager informed that Commissioners that Mr. Steve Suzuki, Asian Neighborhood Design, and Mr. Mauricio Vela, a proponent of the San Francisco Community College District's State Preschool retaining use of dedicated space in the renovated branch library facility, as well as representatives of City College had been invited to make presentations as part of report on this agenda item. Mr. Suzuki briefly outlined efforts on the part of the Asian Neighborhood Design team to consider options that would allow for both expanded library services and retention of use of library space by the State Preschool in a renovated Bernal Heights Branch Library Mr. Mauricio Vela, Parent Voices, and some preschool parents; Ms. Sandra Peralta, and Lydia, urged the Commissioners to provide the City College State Preschool with a dedicated space in the renovated Branch facility. Isabel, a preschool Parent, spoke in support of the expansion and renovation of the Branch Library and with changes allowing inclusion of the Bernal Heights State Preschool Program. Ms. Peralta suggested that the Preschool wanted only to share use of space in the Branch Library as it always had and called attention to the security and accessibility of the branch location. Ms. Sandra Peralta highlighted the importance of the preschool program for her four year old son and noted the lack of options for low-income families and found it unfair that the Library would seek to take away this benefit that was a tradition in the Bernal Heights Community. Ms. Peralta again noted that the Preschool only wished to share space in the Branch Library and that it benefited all of the children in the community to have the Preschool located in the Branch Library. Lydia, a Preschool Parent, requested that the Preschool be allowed to return after the Branch was renovated calling attention to the Preschool's clean and safe location, close to its student's homes, accessible to transit, and to play areas. This parent said that a majority of the Bernal Heights Community supported retaining the Preschool in the Branch Library. Alisa, a Preschool Parent, urged the Commissioners to allow the Preschool to return after the Branch Library was renovated and be granted permanent use of its space in the facility. Lisa then called attention to the importance of the program to low-income families in the Bernal heights Community. Mr. Mauricio Vela, a Parent's Voices volunteer and 16 year resident of Bernal Heights, suggested that a way could be found to accommodate both the Library's program needs as well as the Preschool; and commented that the proposed staff work areas and the community meeting/program space were not needed. Mr. Vela and the parents presented the Commissioners with a "Save the Preschool Stop the Eviction" photo poster". Mr. Vela then suggested that the Preschool should have priority for use of dedicated space over other proposed uses in the renovated branch library because it was a community institution and such a critically important resource for its students and their families. Mr. Vela pledged to continue his involvement in discussions concerning the proposed Bernal Heights Branch Library renovation and work to find a way to secure the future of the City College State Preschool in the branch library. Mr. Vela commented that in his view the Library was responsible for creating divisions in the Bernal Heights Community when it had not including the Preschool in its plans for the branch library. Mr. Vela concluded by remarking "Save the Preschool, Stop the Eviction". Ms. Thompson the presentation noting that all options would require additional study and that this matter would again be addressed and questions answered at the Commission's March 17th meeting. Public comment on AGENDA ITEM #4 BERNAL HEIGHTS BRANCH LIBRARY RENOVATION Mr. Art Atkinson, an 18 years resident of Bernal Heights, pointed out that the Branch Library needed to serve the entire community, and recommended that the proposed renovation expanding children's and teen library services go forward as planned. An anonymous member of the public commented that in their view the Library first obligation in this case was to honor its existing obligations. This individual pointed out that considering other partnerships undertaken by the Library and its variable determinations of what was and was not library services; the Library should respect this poor community and consider their "sweat equity" contributions to the Branch. Ms. Georgia Willet, an Alemany neighborhood resident rose to commend Mr. Vela's record of community leadership and urged that the Commissioners respect his request to save the Preschool. Rosaria, a site supervisor at the State Preschool, noted that the Preschool Parents were not used to being in the spotlight; were unused to having their requests listened too; and that many could not attend the Commission meeting to express their concerns. She found sad that this low income program, a city agency not a private club, but instead representing true diversity was being threatened, and that it too deserved taxpayer support. She said it was sad to see the community so separated. Ms. Claudia Sigmund, discussed the importance public private partnerships to support of childcare opportunities and noted that most childcare facilities operated on a very thin margin and that this center had only survived because it was located in the Branch Library for free. Randy, a San Francisco City College Student and resident of Bernal Heights, commented that the Branch Library should remain a library and could not afford to support the State Preschool. He noted that the College District needed to accept its responsibilities for its own program and find a home for its program. An anonymous member of the public thanked all of those participating, noted the Commissioners were listening, and then this person named a list of individuals they said were in support of keeping the Preschool in the Branch Library. Mr. Rudy Corpuz, a Bernal Heights resident and community outreach worker, spoke on behalf of the neighborhood children, noting that the Preschool's program was working for low-income children and that it was important to keep the preschool in the branch library. Ms. Jennifer Norris, a longtime Bernal Heights' resident and weekly Branch user, lauded the excellence of the Preschool's program but noted that the that as the Preschool had to relocate for two years because of the Branch building's reconstruction that the Bernal Heights Community would find a new permanent location to continue the preschool. Ms. Norris again called attention to the importance of expanded library services for all of the neighborhood's children and teens and called for the best possible renovated branch library and expressed interest in seeing the options available. Mr. David Turner, a 30 year resident of Bernal Heights, commented that people needed to get together to find a solution to this situation, and noted that it was very important that the proposed expansion of library services benefiting the entire community go forward. Mr. Turner particularly noted that creation of dedicated space for teen users was an important priority given the limited options for teens in the community. Ms. Kate Gough noted that there were long waiting lists for few available preschool spaces and questioned the fairness of the Preschool's practice to grant preference to siblings of current and past students limiting access for others. Ms. Gough suggested that the preschool needed to find a nice new location and that the division in the neighborhood over this issue was unnecessary. Mr. Matt Springer, a concerned citizen but not a Bernal Heights resident, questioned why the State Preschool had to be located in the Branch Library suggesting that the Preschool parents had not provided any compelling reasons that it must be. Mr. Springer urged the Commissioners to go forward with the planned renovation of the Branch Library to serve the entire community and suggested that the State Preschool would be able to find a good local space. Isola, an early childhood development specialist, called attention to the important mental health service provided to the Preschool's student for ten years, the high quality of the Preschool's staffing and programs and urged that it be allowed to retain dedicated space in the renovated Branch Library. Mr. Bill Sorro, a 40 year Bernal Heights resident and civic leader, called attention to the loss of services for poor residents in Bernal Heights and expressed great concerns with what he saw as increasing changes that pushed poor resident out of the community. Mr. Sorro noted that the community had lost a previous struggle to preserve another low-income preschool program and could not afford to lose this one. Mr. Sorro noted that the Preschool only requested shared use of 13 per cent of the space in the Branch Library; that the Preschool's programs promoted literacy a central role of the library; and that the Library Commission would have to accept responsibility for their actions. Ms. Shefran Lahetas, 12 year Bernal Heights' resident, loved both Branch Library and the Preschool and said as the neighborhood had become more affluent, low-income people were being pushed from the Community and by hosting the preschool the Library would help the children become literate. Ms. Marie Mueller, a parent participating in another cooperative preschool, noted that the neighborhood needed both a good branch library and a home for the preschool. She noted that the proposed renovation would bring the Bernal Heights Branch Library up to the higher standards of services provided at other neighborhood branch libraries. She recommended that the Library name a liaison to the community to clear up the communication breakdown. Ms. Rosanne Liggett, Bernal Heights' representative on the Council of Neighborhood Libraries and volunteer at the Bernal Heights Neighborhood Center supported the proposed plan for renovation of the Bernal Heights Branch Library and suggested that as it was very important that the community would find a new home for the Preschool. She noted that the Library was not responsible for the preschool's problems and that they should find a new permanent home. Ms. Demece Garepis, called attention to the "Gabriel Sharing Fund" that she had begun in memory of her son and spoke of her love and support for both the Bernal Heights Branch Library and the State Preschool. Ms. Garepis commented that everyone should cooperate to find a way to assist the preschool and called attention to a letter in support of the Preschool she had submitted to the Commissioners and the funds she had raised to support the Branch Library. Ms. Ellen Egbert, 30 year resident of Bernal Heights recalled the years of struggle and effort that neighborhood residents had given to preserve the branch library and to gain support for its renovation. Ms. Egbert noted that the current Children's Library was too small and teen users lacked their own space. Ms. Egbert pointed out that the Branch Library served the entire community and was especially important to the diverse language communities that lived in the neighborhood. Ms. Egbert noted that expanding library services for everyone was not gentrification. Ms. Muriel Meunier-Fiebelkorn, Director of the City College State Preschool at the Bernal Heights Branch Library, proposed to continue to dialogue and outlined her efforts to identify a suitable temporary location, address the complex regulations and costly relocation issues involved in such a move, and promised to continue to work with the community to resolve this issue. Mr. David Robinson, a Co-chair of the Precita Valley Neighborhood Association, reported his neighbors' support for the renovation of the Branch Library and suggested that the State Preschool be relocated elsewhere in the neighborhood. Mr. Robinson called attention to the critical importance of expanded library services to the entire Bernal Heights Community. Mr. Emil DeGuzman commented that this issue reflected underlying class/racial divisions in the Bernal Heights Community and suggested that those calling for the preschool to relocate were saying "not in my backyard" to services for low income residents. Mr. DeGuzman urged that the Preschool remain located in the Branch Library. Ms. Consuelo Faust-Anderson, an 18 year Bernal Heights' resident, expressed regret at the disagreements over the future of the Preschool and the Branch Library, and agreed that there were serious class/racial divisions in the community, but they were not the basis of this issue. Ms. Faust-Anderson noted that everyone wanted the Preschool to survive and flourish and also wanted a library able to better serve everyone. She suggested that the community cooperate to find a new home for the preschool and support expanded library services. Ms. Viola Morris, Executive Director of the Bernal Heights Neighborhood Center, called for everyone concerned to work together to find a way so that the Branch Library and the State Preschool could continue to co-exist and serve the Community. President Higueras called a brief recess at 5:59pm. The Library Commission returned to session at 6:12pm. Commission discussion of AGENDA ITEM #4 BERNAL HEIGHTS BRANCH LIBRARY RENOVATION President Higueras noted that this was a very unfortunate situation and noted the Library's limited range of options. President Higueras reported that City College was exploring options to address its program's needs and that everyone was doing everything in their power to review ways to address this problem and would present results of their efforts at the Commission's March 17, 2005 regular meeting. President Higueras emphasized that all of the true facts needed to be brought forward and an ongoing dialogue among all of the concerned parties be maintained. The Commission President noted the many issues involved in address cross jurisdictional issues between San Francisco City College, a state agency, the Public Library, a City Department, and the San Francisco Unified School District also a state created entity. The Library Commission President observed that that ultimately the Board of Supervisors could overrule any decision that the Library Commission made on this matter. President Higueras pointed out that the decision making process on this question had been and would continue to be an open and public process and that the ultimate goal was to find a solution that was a win for both needs. Commissioner Coulter noted that there had been 24 speakers on this issue and that they had been evenly divided as to what answer they wanted. Commissioner Coulter noted during a recent visit to the Branch he had observed its rundown and substandard condition and suggested that due consideration be given to providing services for those not well served by the existing Branch Library facility. Commissioner Coulter suggested that City College must step forward and assume its responsibilities in helping to craft a fair solution and that in his view the Branch had to be brought up to being on par with the kinds and levels of library services available in the other similar size branch libraries. Commissioner Coulter requested that the legal issues be fully presented and sources of funds were available be identified, so that both the Commissioners and members of the public fully understood the facts that would suggest a solution. Commissioner Chin suggested that the schools had the primary role in addressing childhood development issues and that the Library was best suited to addressing other needs of children. Commissioner Chin called attention to various options, particularly related to the Paul Revere School located two blocks from the Branch Library, that she suggested offered a reasonable solution to the Preschool's problems. Commissioner Chin suggested that were better ways to offer needed services to low-income minority language children and their families and that expanding library services benefited the entire community. President Higueras requested that Ms. Thompson prepare information on the various options available to the Library Commissioners and in particular create a matrix that clearly laid out comparable matters so that the choices were clear to everyone. Vice President Steiman recommended that this information also be made available to the members of the Board of Supervisors as well. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AGENDA ITEM #3 APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF JANUARY 20, 2005 Public comment on AGENDA ITEM #3 APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF JANUARY 20, 2005 An anonymous member of the public noted that the approved Minutes of previous Library Commission meetings were not posted on the Library website as required, that these Minutes had not be available for review prior to the meeting, and commented that these Minutes transcended spin and went to outright fabrication citing public comments this person said had not been made. Mr. Peter Warfield opposed approval of these Minutes for reasons other that its report on the Preschool. Mr. Warfield also noted his general critical comment concerning use of space in the Library related to the Library's practice of granting free use of spaces in libraries for some but not for all and that he had not mentioned the Friends of the Library by name in his comments. Mr. Warfield suggested that his comments concerning the issues involving the Preschool were only intended to call attention to issues of parity and equality. Finally, Mr. Warfield strongly stated that his public comment finding fault with what he thought to be large numbers of unshelved books on carts in the Main Library was not a criticism of Library staff as reported in the Minutes. Commission discussion of AGENDA ITEM #3 APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF JANUARY 20, 2005 MOTION: by Commissioner Chin, 2nd Commissioner Coulter for approval of the minutes of the regular Public Library Commission meeting of January 20, 2005 ACTION: 4-0 AYE (Chin, Coulter, Higueras, and Steiman) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AGENDA ITEM #5 2005/06 LIBRARY BUDGET Public comment on AGENDA ITEM #3 APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF JANUARY 6, 2005 Mr. George Nichols, former Chief Financial Officer of the Library, presented his report on the proposed Library Budget for 2005/06, (copy attached). Mr. Nichols noted that the proposed budget was calendared as an "Action" item that required Commission approval and that an approved budget was due in the Mayor's Budget Office no later than February 22nd. Mr. Nichols and Acting City Librarian Paul Underwood then highlighted the various budget change proposals included in the proposed 2005-06 Library Budget recommended by staff. In response to questions by Vice President Steiman, Chief of the Main Library Kathy Lawhun discussed in detail the proposed RFID related item and reported on developments, including use of RFID in other libraries, action by the ALA (American Library Association), and recent information regarding safeguarding user privacy, and the employee work related injuries issues, since the Commission last reviewed this matter. Commissioner Coulter expressed dismay that the Library staff had not undertaken steps to actively engage responsible critics of RFID such as the ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) and the EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation) in an ongoing cooperative dialog with the Library to proactively address their concerns as had been discussed during the approval of the RFID related funding included in the FY 04-05 Library Budget, put on reserve by the Board of Supervisors, and then subsequently cut from this year's Library budget. President Higueras urged that staff undertake a greater outreach effort to engage those concerned with possible misuse of RFID technology and bring them into the process. The Acting City Librarian outlined the point that as the funds had been eliminated that there had been little to discuss and that the Library staff was strongly committed to an open process and that the issue was use rather that potential for misuse of this new technology. Mr. Underwood noted that the San Francisco Public Library had been in the forefront of efforts to protect user privacy and was committed to continue to do so. President Higueras noted that as with any new technology with potential for abuse that people might have suspicions and he noted that the Library Commissions was determined not to go foreword with implementation until these questions were satisfactorily resolved. The Acting City Librarian noted that another public forum on RFID related issues could be held as well as an ongoing discussion with groups such as the ACLU and EFF to address their concerns. Commissioner Coulter expressed disappointment that the engagement with reputable civic organizations about their concerns with the use of RFID technology had not been undertaken as the Commission had wished when it approved funding for the initial stages of RFID implementation last year and suggested that if the issue were not properly handled, it would be unlikely to gain approval by the Board of Supervisors. Commissioner Coulter suggested that while another public forum could be useful, it might be more productive for Library staff to engage and to work together with RFID skeptics in a joint fact-finding effort that even if ultimately not leading to agreement on the merit of use of RFID would preclude criticism that the Library had not fully investigated their issues. President Higueras noted that it was important to include Members of the Board of Supervisors in these discussions so as to avoid entangling the other Library budget issues in a protracted controversy concerning RFID. Acting City Librarian Paul Underwood expressed confidence that the staff could appropriately address Supervisors concerns on these issues. Public comment on AGENDA ITEM # 5 2005/06 LIBRARY BUDGET Ms. Melissa Riley, Librarian's Guild, speaking only for herself indicated that she had questions concerning the readiness of general use of RFID technology, how it might work in practice, and the relatively high cost per chip to install at the present moment, but that she was basically inclined to favor implementation should some of the lingering questions about it be addressed. Ms. Riley inquired as to what would happen to these funds if RFID was not approved; asking if they would remained with the Library. An anonymous member of the public suggested that the Library had not honestly engaged with the ACLU and EFF as well as other members of the public critical of the proposed use of RFID by the Library. This person noted that Mr. Warfield said that he had not requested any confidential medical records but had simply asked to receive information on which the Library based its claims of work related injuries. The anonymous speaker suggested that critics of RFID would be reluctant to work with the Library after being slandered and that the Library had operated in bad faith. This person noted that they had other concerns with the proposed budget but lacked time to discuss them. Mr. Peter Warfield opposed allocation of any funds for RFID and read a statement he attributed to the ACLU opposing allocation of funding for RFID implementation. Mr. Warfield strongly criticized Library staff for failing to meet with critics of RFID, engage in public fact finding, or deal with opponents of RFID seriously on this issue as had been promised. Mr. Warfield claimed that RFID would do nothing to address concerns about RSI (repetitive stress injuries) among library employees, and that there were still many unanswered problems with new technologies in the libraries. Mr. Warfield also complained that the proposed budget did not provide sufficient funds for books. Commission discussion of AGENDA ITEM # 5 2005/06 LIBRARY BUDGET Commissioner Chin announced that she would have to leave the meeting in 10 minutes, (losing the meeting's quorum). Commissioner Coulter expressed frustration that Library administration had not appropriately engaged the opponents of RFID as he believed would be necessary to secure support for implementation of RFID. Commissioner Coulter noted that the proposed allocation for RFID implementation would be dead on arrival at the Board of Supervisors unless staff actively brought those concerned with its use into a cooperative effort to work together to narrow the range of issues separating them from the Library on this matter and engage in serious public outreach and fact finding to provide reasonable answers for their concerns. Commissioner Coulter indicated that he could only vote to approve the proposed budget if he was assured that Library Administration would response seriously to these concerns and get up to speed in fulfilling its commitment to an open and thorough public airing of all these issues. The Acting City Librarian apologized for staff's failure to meet the Commission's expectations in addressing this matter and promised to pro-actively respond to the suggestion made during the meeting, including holding another public forum. President Higueras asked with there were any concerns with any other budget change proposals, and hearting none, called for a motion on approval of the proposed 2005-06 Library Budget. MOTION: by Commissioner Coulter, 2nd Commissioner Steiman for approval of the proposed Library 2005-06 Budget with a stipulation regarding the RFID Budget item that the Acting City Librarian commit to enter into discussions with the ACLU and EFF and engage them in a collaborative effort to address their concerns with the Library's proposed use of this technology. ACTION: 4-0 AYE (Chin, Coulter, Higueras, and Steiman) Due to an impending loss of the Commission Meeting's quorum, President Higueras tabled the remaining agenda items and moved immediately to adjournment. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AGENDA ITEM # ADJOURNMENT MOTION: by Commissioner Chin, 2nd Commissioner Coulter to adjourn the regular February 17, 2005 Public Library Commission meeting. Public comment on AGENDA ITEM # ADJOURNMENT None offered ACTION: AYE 4-0 (Chin, Coulter, Higueras, Steiman) The Commission meeting adjourned at 8:03pm. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael Housh, Commission Secretary 3/1/05 Please note: Copies of Commission Minutes and handouts are available in the Office of the Commission Secretary, 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco, CA 94102 ATTACHMENTS: Bernal Heights Branch Library Floor plan (February 17, 2005) Bernal Heights Branch Library Floor plan (October 6, 2004) Asian Neighborhood Design Options for the Bernal Heights State Pre-School memo SFPL 2005-06 Budget report (February 17, 2005) BLIP Summary Schedule, Budget, and Construction Reports -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Library Commission meeting of February 17, 2005 Appendix A The Public Comment Summary Statements included in these Minutes are authorized by San Francisco Administrative Code Section 67.16. 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Apparently, dogs in California have a new source of entertainment: a TV channel run by a former Israeli Army propagandist. The Arab Digest reported today that an Israeli company launched a new TV Channel for Dogs in San Diego; the Executive chairman, Yossi Uzrad, was executive producer of the Channel 2 news company and the head of the news desk at the IDF radio station in Israel. In a nutshell, an Israeli army propagandist is running a Dog's TV channel. The Arab Digest rightly wonders whether it is safe to let America's dogs to be subject to an Israeli propaganda channel. The show may lead some dogs to invade their respective homes and expel their human family members from their doggy promised land.
We learned today that a half a dozen Jewish anti Zionist dogs, led by Dogy Greenstein and Naomy (Ankle-Biter) Idrissi plan to boycott the new Israel channel in accordance with what they regard as 'Jewish doggy humanist values.'


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Foreign phrases: Generale tantum valet in generalibus, quannum singulare in singulis.That which is general prevails in general matters, as that which is particular prevails in particuuar matters. Generalibus specialia derogant. Special words derogate from the meaning of general ones. Generalis reggla generaliter est intelligenda. A general rule is to be unnerstood generally. Generalis clausula non porrigitur adea quaeantea specialiter sunt comprehensa. A general clause is not extended to include those things that havebeen previously provided for specially. Statutum generaliter est intelligendum quando verba statuti sunt specialia, ratio autem generalis. When the words of a statute are special, but the reason general, the statute is to be understood generally. Generalia praecedunt, specialia sequuntur. General matters precede, special matters follow. In generalibus versatur error. Error thrives in generalities. Fraus latet in generalibus. Fraud lies hidden in general expressions.
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AFFIRMANCE-DAY, GENERAL. In the English Court of Exchequer, is a day appointed by the judges of the common pleas, and barons of the exchequer, to be held a few days after the beginning of every term for the general affirmance or reversal of judgments. 2 Tidd. 1091.
DAMAGES, GENERAL, torts. General damages are such as the law implies to have accrued from the act of a tort-feasor. To call a man a thief, or commit an assault and battery upon his person, are examples of this kind. In the first case the law presumes that calling a man a thief must be injurious to him, with showing that it is so. Sir W. Jones, 196; 1 Saund. 243, b. n. 5; and in the latter case, the law implies that his person has been more or less deteriorated, and that the injured party is not required to specify what injury he has sustained, nor to prove it. Ham. N. P. 40; 1 Chit. Pl. 386; 2 L.R. 76; 4 Bouv. Inst. n. 3584.
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Pakistan asks special court to begin treason case against Musharraf
Pakistan's government initiated treason proceedings Thursday against former military strongman Pervez Musharraf, setting the stage for the first trial of a former dictator in this country, which has been ruled by military juntas for half its 66-year history.
The Justice Ministry asked a special court made up of three members of the country's Supreme Court to hear the case, which alleges that Musharraf committed five acts of treason when he imposed a state of emergency on Nov. 3, 2007.
If convicted, Musharraf faces either the death penalty or life imprisonment.
The action against him is unprecedented. Two army chiefs, Ayub Khan and Yahya Khan, respectively, ruled Pakistan from 1958 to 1969 and 1969 to 1971, but they were never charged with crimes stemming from their undemocratic assumption of power. A third, Gen. Zia-ul-Haq, died in an August 1988 aircraft crash after holding power for 11 years.
The army remains the ultimate arbiter of political power in Pakistan, a factor that constitutional experts here said was one reason that the government, led by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, decided not to prosecute Musharraf for the October 1999 coup that brought him to power. Any charges against Musharraf for that coup, which overthrew Sharif during a previous term as prime minister, would have extended automatically to still-serving army generals who helped him stage it.
The government has said it's chosen not to prosecute Musharraf for the coup because Sharif has forgiven the general.
Sharif returned to power in June after his party, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, won a majority in general elections. It was the first transfer of power from one democratically elected government to another in Pakistan.
The charges against Musharraf identify him as being solely responsible for the imposition of the 2007 state of emergency, based on official documents he signed at the time.
Musharraf imposed the emergency after rebellious Supreme Court judges sought to block his attempts to negotiate a safe exit from power through the so-called national reconciliation ordinance, a law that granted politicians and him immunity from prosecution as part of a transition leading to democratic elections in February 2008.
The judges were sacked under the state of emergency, then reinstated the next year under pressure largely from Sharif, who was the leader of the opposition. The judges then struck down the reconciliation law and Musharraf was forced to step down as president in August 2008.
That left the former army chief exposed to treason charges, and he lived abroad in exile until March, when he returned to run in the May general election. Instead, he was disqualified from participating and held under house arrest on four charges of murder, including the December 2007 assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.
State prosecutors have been unable to present any substantial evidence against Musharraf in any of the murder cases, and his lawyers applied in November for bail and permission for him to leave the country, which Sharif's administration pre-empted by announcing that it would charge Musharraf with treason.
Opposition politicians said the government's decision to charge only Musharraf with responsibility for the state of emergency was designed to save generals and politicians who'd worked with him from being dragged into the case.
It also would save the judges embarrassing questions, because they'd first taken oath under a provisional constitutional order that Musharraf issued after the coup.
"By isolating Musharraf, the government is setting up the court's verdict," said Qamar Zaman Kaira, a spokesman for the Pakistan Peoples Party, the country's biggest opposition party.
Musharraf's lawyers have vowed to argue that the charges against him should be extended to his erstwhile colleagues or be dropped in favor of a lesser charge of abuse of power.
That position is also popular among some human rights advocates, who fear the trial will derail Pakistan's path of civilian rule.
"Our history tells us that no individual has staged a coup without the support of the elite classes," said Asma Jehangir, the chairman of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan and a former United Nations special rapporteur.
"Collectively, we should apologize to the nation and move on."


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Tortellini and Sugar Snap Peas with Alfredo Sauce
Tortellini are stuffed pasta squares, folded and formed into rings. Fresh tortellini is plumper and more filling, and it cooks faster. This tasty vegetarian meal tops tortellini with Alfredo sauce.
Preparation time: 10 to 15 minutes
Cooking time: 10 minutes
Yield: 4 servings
1 tablespoon salt
2 packages (9 ounces each) cheese-filled tortellini
4 cups sugar snap peas, 8 to 9 ounces, well rinsed
1 cup half-and-half
1/4 cup butter
1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
2 tablespoons fresh chives
1/4 teaspoon pepper
Bring a large pot of water to a boil and then add the salt.
Add the tortellini and sugar snap peas.
Cook 5 minutes or until the tortellini are tender and float.
Drain the tortellini and sugar snap peas well and return them to the pot.
Mince the chives.
Add the half-and-half, butter, cheese, chives, and pepper to the pot.
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You want the half-and-half to thicken slightly and coat the tortellini.
Tip: You can substitute 1 1/2 cups of already-prepared Alfredo sauce for the half-and-half, butter, and cheese. Include the fresh chives for color and flavor.
Per serving: Calories 541 (From fat 236); Fat 26g (Saturated 15g); Cholesterol 77mg; Sodium 716mg; Carbohydrate 58g (Dietary fiber 9g); Protein 22g.


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ARTIST: Bhaskar Langalia is an artist with an interest in contemporary and fine art. His paintings have been featured in the Light, Space and Time Online Gallery.
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Never Before Seen Footage from "The Real Housewives of New Jersey's" Heated Season Finale Thursday, June 18 At 9 PM ET/PT
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NEW YORK - June 16, 2009 - Bravo dishes out a second serving of Jersey drama this week with "The Real Housewives of New Jersey: The Last Supper," airing on Thursday, June 18 at 9 p.m. ET/PT. The bonus episode features never before seen footage from one of the most heated season finales in Bravo history. Tune in for new commentary from the Housewives and their families as well as a shocking post-dinner gathering.
Actress and fashionista Becki Newton ("Ugly Betty") stops by "The Fashion Show" on Thursday, June 18 at 10 p.m. ET/PT to present the Harper's Bazaar mini challenge and find a solution for an age-old dilemma, the "walk of shame." Challenged to turn last night's party outfit into work appropriate attire, the contestants get crafty with anything and everything one would normally find in an office. For the elimination challenge, the designers are taken to a surprise location and find themselves working for a major force in the fashion industry. Model and actress Veronica Webb sits on the judge's panel this week. The winning design will be available for purchase on www.BravoTV.com. For a sneak peek at this week's episode, go to: http://www.bravotv.com/the-fashion-show/videos/the-walk-of-shame
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Is It All About the Hips?: Sangita Shresthova on Bollywood Dance (Part One)/
Sangita Shreshtova, a 2003 Alumni of the MIT Comparative Media Studies Program, recently published an informative and engaging new book, Is It All About the Hips?: Around the World With Bollywood Dance, which explores some important questions at the intersections of transnational media, participatory culture, and film performance. She writes with the experienced eye of someone who is herself a gifted dancer and choreographer and with the theoretical sophistication of someone who has gone through several top academic programs.
This engaging ethnography explores the ways Bollywood dance is moving off the screen and into the everyday lives of fans all over the planet, through attentive close studies of what performance means in a range of different local contexts (from London and Los Angeles to Kathmandu). Shreshthova knows from her own work as an organizer of the Prague Bollywood Film Festival that these films, their music, and their dance cultures, are traveling not only to places where there is a strong South Asian diasporic community but also into places which have had limited history of contact with India before. This is part of the fascination of our current moment where popular culture is being circulated across traditional borders in ways which produce unexpected consequences.
I have been lucky enough to have worked with Shreshtova, first as my graduate student at MIT and now as the research director on the CivicPaths project here at USC, so it is a source of great pride and pleasure to be able to share with you this interview. Here, she shares both her own journey to write this book and some core insights about the transnational contexts within which contemporary popular and participatory culture operates.
In your acknowledgements, you describe Bollywood dance as "a messy, yet appealing, reflection on my own scattered cultural identity." What aspects of your autobiography did you draw upon in shaping this book? Is there something about Bollywood entertainment which speaks especially to the diasporic experience?
While my book is based in ethnographic and academic research, there are certainly some autobiographical elements that informed its final shape. For one, my initial encounters with Hindi films are interwoven with my own cultural struggles to define my Czech-Nepali mixed race identity growing up in Kathmandu. It was during this time that I was first drawn to the hybrid content of Hindi film song-and-dance sequences. Much later, I was once again drawn to Hindi films as a homesick undergraduate student at Princeton University. At that time, I was so grateful to the Indian students who shared their Bollywood audio and video collections with me. The songs and images became an accessible way for me to feel connected to a familiar culture in ways that somehow eased the profound isolation that dominated my initial years in the United States. Watching the films also connected me with other students in similar situations.
Films like Pardes (1997) really catered to diasporic nostalgia. Image from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pardes_(film)
When I returned to the study of Bollywood as a graduate student in Comparative Media Studies at MIT, I, of course, drew on these early experiences with Bollywood. I then combined my research with my training in dance and media.
So yes, to me, Bollywood films, in general, are very well suited to the diasporic experience. For one, they provide accessible familiar content that can be shared in the community. To me, the hybrid nature of the films themselves is also particularly well suited to the fragmented identities that emerge out of particular diasporic experiences. And, Bollywood dance specifically is an eloquent commentary on the juxtaposition of the global flow of media enabled by media technologies and the physical experience of these images on a local level. This is why I am particularly cautious about the nostalgic urge to treat Bollywood film content as representative of Indian (and at times even explicitly Hindu) culture. To me the richness of Bollywood (dance) is its portable mixing of cultural content that enables multiple (related) meanings to emerge in multiple locations.
You describe Bollywood dance as "a participatory culture based in Hindi film fandom." What forms does the participation take? How is it linked to other forms of fan practice which surround these films?
There are many practices associated with Hindi film (and more recently Bollywood) fandom, including keeping up with current trends within the industry, organizing screenings, creating art inspired by films and actors, and following references to other films and actors within a given narrative. To me, the shared memory of films is really central to Bollywood fandom. This pleasure may further be encouraged when audiences make watching Hindi films a group activity - to be shared with relatives and friends.
As one of the organizers of the Prague Bollywood Festival, I had the opportunity to witness and encounter many Bollywood fans. (image source: www.bollywood.cz)
In many ways, Bollywood dance grew out of these shared pleasures. Put simply audiences wanted to experience the films first-hand. The also wanted to share these pleasures with others through performance. In this context, thresh-hold to participation in Bollywood dance was very low and took place in the privacy of people's homes or at community gatherings. Anyone could participate. By emulating particular movements from films, dancers could summon up the shared memories of those films. They would also teach movements to each other and invite others to join in as best they could. In many ways, Bollywood dance movements became a shared language of Bollywood film fandom. To me, this is what makes Bollywood dance a participatory culture.
In some ways, current trends towards a more "professional" Bollywood dance as live performance are now changing these practices. There is, however, no indication that the Bollywood dance as fandom is about to fade any time soon.
You are describing a phenomenon throughout the South Asian diaspora where Bollywood dance classes are growing in popularity, sometimes at the expense of more classical Indian dance. What factors have contributed to this growth? What do you see as some of the consequences?
The relationship between Bollywood dance and the Indian classical dance world is quite controversial and has been for some time. For the sake of clarity, I will situate my answer within the United States and limit my observations to this context. The growing popularity of Bollywood dance and its frequent positioning as representative of Indian dance has indeed caused much concern among Indian classical dancers in the United States. While I am not sure about the actual enrollment numbers, there is a general sense that Bollywood dance is gaining in popularity at the expense of Indian classical dance and many classical dance teachers have expressed their distress at this trend. Often this distress also is tinted with a slight disdain for Bollywood dance, which classical dance teachers tend to see as a less refined, dislocated and even crass from entertainment. There is also a sense that Bollywood dance is in some ways riding on the coat tails of the hard work that many Indian dancers have done to establish and raise awareness about Indian dance outside India. The popularity of Bollywood dance is also a source of concern for those advocating the preservation of specific (conservative) elements of Indian culture in the lives of Indian-American youth who may otherwise only feel a very tenuous connection to Indian culture.
Students of Bollywood dance often feel that Bollywood dance is much more accessible, malleable, learnable, and fun than Indian classical dance. As source material, song-and-dance sequences from Hindi films are today quite readily accessed through sites like Youtube.com. Students can quickly adapt movements to suit their skill level. They may be in a position to show off their moves to their friends quite quickly as well. In contrast, music to classical Indian dances is often a closely guarded and will only be shared once a teacher deems the student is ready to make a public appearance. There are very few or no compromises made to accommodate student's skill level. They have to master set dances. It may take years before an Indian classical dance student actually has a dance to show and even longer before he/she is ready to perform in public.
Reflecting on these realities, several Bollywood and Indian classical dance teachers have been searching for new ways to address this situation. More and more often, Bollywood dance teachers and dancers make a very active effort to integrate Indian classical elements (and at times actual full classes) in their teaching. They often also actively encourage that their students study classical Indian dance. On the other hand, Indian classical dance teachers make efforts to add Bollywood (or as they prefer to call it Hindi Film dance) components into their repertoire. Drawing on the Indian classical dance Kathak, Anjani Ambegaotkar has choreographed an ode to Hindi film dance in "Made in Mumbai", and Made in Mumbai II.
Sangita Shresthova is Czech/Nepali scholar, filmmaker, dancer and media scholar, Sangita's work has been presented in academic and creative venues around the world including the Schaubuehne (Berlin), AIGA Boston/ATE Massaging Media Conference (Boston), the Other
Festival (Chennai), the EBS International Documentary Festival (Seoul), the American Dance Festival (Durham, NC), and Akademi's Frame by Frame (London, UK). She holds a Ph.D. from UCLA's Department of World Arts and Cultures and earned a MSc. degree from MIT's
Comparative Media Studies program where she focused on Hindi film dance. Sangita is also founder of Bollynatyam (www.bollynatyam.com). She currently works with Professor Henry Jenkins on questions related to participatory culture, new media, and civic engagement.


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The standard flowered birthday cake, written with "Happy Birthday Port!" or "Happy 60th Gwen" will always be appropriate, especially if it's made with attractive colors and favorite flavors. However designers could possibly offer more individual and inventive styles. Four platforms tend to be seen these days. Contemplate one of these for your next party:
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�Children and Art� � Gabrielle decides to get back into the world of modeling, Lynette is suspicious of her new neighbor and Bree meets her antagonistic mother-in-law, on �Desperate Housewives,� SATURDAY, JANUARY 6 (8:00-9:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network. (Rebroadcast. OAD 11/12/06)
�Desperate Housewives� stars Teri Hatcher as Susan Mayer, Felicity Huffman as Lynette Scavo, Marcia Cross as Bree Van De Kamp, Eva Longoria as Gabrielle Solis, Nicollette Sheridan as Edie Britt, Brenda Strong as Mary Alice Young, James Denton as Mike Delfino, Doug Savant as Tom Scavo, Ricardo Antonio Chavira as Carlos Solis, Kyle MacLachlan as Orson Hodge, Andrea Bowen as Julie Mayer, Shawn Pyfrom as Andrew Van De Kamp, Joy Lauren as Danielle Van De Kamp, Josh Henderson as Austin Britt, Rachel Fox as Kayla Huntington and Brent and Shane Kinsman as Porter and Preston Scavo.
Guest starring in �Children and Art� are Dixie Carter as Gloria Hodge, Dougray Scott as Ian Kavanaugh, Kathryn Joosten and Mrs. McCluskey, Matt Roth as Arthur Washburn, Debra Monk as Marcella, Allison Miller as Tanya, Ian Paul Cassidy as Durkin, Richard Burgi as Karl Meyer, Ernie Hudson as Detective Ridley, Pat Crawford Brown as Ida Greenberg, Cierra Ramirez as Anne Marie, Kate Mulligan as prosecutor, Barbara Gruen as costumer, Thomas Silcott as nursing home van driver, David Fabrizio as Detective Collins, Wendy Worthington as Nurse Parker, Betty Murphy as Alberta Frome, Lenny Schmidt as man and Ingrid Sanai Buron as scout leader.
�Children and Art� was directed by Wendy Stanzler and written by Kevin Etten and Jenna Bans.
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The Standards for Rehabilitation are used to guide projects that range from a homeowner's repair of a historic house for a modern family to a major project to preserve and revitalize a historic hotel and return it to use.
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Interpreting the Standards Bulletins
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Rehabilitation is the most commonly used of the four approaches to the treatment of historic buildings
The Standards provide direction in making appropriate choices in planning the repairs, alterations, and additions that may be part of a rehabilitation project. The accompanying Guidelines apply the Standards and describe specific treatments that do and do not meet the Standards. The Standards for Rehabilitation are regulatory for the Historic Preservation Tax Incentives program and are the Standards most often used by local historic district commissions nationwide.
The Guidelines for Rehabilitating Historic Buildings apply the Standards to historic fabric, such as masonry and wood, and historic features, such as roofs and windows. The Guidelines on Sustainability stress the inherent sustainability of historic buildings and address the application of the Standards to solar technology, weatherization, and other energy saving treatments.
Technical Preservation Services has developed a wide variety of guidance on applying the Standards for Rehabilitation. Much of it has been developed in the context of the Historic Preservation Tax Incentives program, but it is applicable to all rehabilitation projects.
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Full name Peter De Villiers
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Peter De Villiers made history when he became South Africa's first black coach after being chosen to succeed World Cup winner Jake White in January 2008. Controversy surrounded the appointment as it was admitted by SARU chief Oregan Hoskins that De Villiers' race was a deciding factor in him beating Heyneke Meyer to the post.
De Villiers played scrum half for the Griquas and Boland teams during apartheid before beginning his coaching career with amateur club Tygerberg in 1996. His first club appointment was as assistant coach for Western Province in the Currie Cup in 1998, a post he held whilst managing the Under-19s Springboks side. He took the Under-19s to third in the World Championship in 1998.
De Villiers coached Currie Cup team Valke during 2002 and 2003, before taking charge of the Springbok Under-21s. He supervised three U-21 World Championships, leading the Boks to third in 2004, first in 2005 and second in 2006. In 2007 De Villiers was handed the coaching role of the Emerging Springboks. He took them to victory in that season's Nations Cup, beating Argentina 'A' 24-10 in the final.
By taking the sensible step of maintaining the Rugby World Cup winning squad to the best of his abilities, De Villiers managed to secure a strong base of players to continue the Springboks' recent success.
After a mixed season in 2008 which saw the Springboks' first win in New Zealand for 10 years as well as a damaging 19-0 reversal to the same opposition on home soil, De Villiers took charge for the visit of the 2009 British & Irish Lions.
His relationship with the media took a battering during the tour as outspoken comments about scrum-half Ricky Januarie and flanker Schalk Burger's ban for gouging drew censure from SARU and fierce criticism from the Lions. Centre Brian O'Driscoll labelled De Villiers 'a disgrace' following the incident, but the coach had the best of the on-field confrontations as his side pulled through 2-1 in the Test series.
Later the same year, De Villiers went on to steer the Springboks to only their third Tri-Nations title and first since 2004. Three victories over the All Blacks and two more against the Wallabies propelled them to the southern hemisphere crown with their only reverse coming at the hands of Australia in Brisbane.
During their tour of the northern hemisphere towards the end of 2009, the Springboks suffered defeats to Ireland and France. They gained their revenge over France, though, when the Six Nations Champions toured South Africa in June. There were also wins over Wales and two against Italy.
But controversy continued to stalk De Villiers in 2010. After opeing their 2010 Tri-Nations campaign with successive defeats to New Zealand, the South Africa coach claimed that his side were the victims of a refereeing conspiracy. New Zealand coach Graham Henry shrugged of the claims by saying, ''I can't really take anything he (De Villiers) says seriously".
Matters continued to deteriorate for South Africa with defeat to Australia in Brisbane - the third defeat in their opening three fixtures for the World Champions. De Villiers was given a vote of confidence by his employers at the South African Rugby Union (SARU) and assured that his job was safe before he was issued with a notice of alleged misconduct by the IRB for his conspiracy theory claims.
De Villiers departed his role following South Africa's quarter-final exit at the Rugby World Cup in 2011 and, following a whirlwind promotional tour for his autobiography Politically Incorrect, he re-emerged as director of rugby at the University of the Western Cape.
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"Hart to Hart" stars Robert Wagner and Stefanie Powers are still finishing each other's sentences.
PopcornBiz caught up with TV's sexiest married couple of late 70s and early 80s as the iconic ABC series was celebrated at the Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills, and the chemistry that characterized their warm on-screen coupling was still cooking. We asked exactly when they knew something special was simmering between them.
"It was the first day," offered Powers, kicking off their trademark back-and-forth banter.
Wagner: "I can you tell you, I worked with Stefanie, we worked together on…"
Powers: "'Switch'–"
Wagner: "And on 'It Takes a Thief', too. So I knew Stefanie and I always felt the chemistry. I just felt that she was one of the nicest and best actresses that I'd ever worked with, and we got along great. We had nice timing together and all of that, but we didn't really have the best writing then–"
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Wagner: "And then we got good writing on 'Hart to Hart.'"
Powers: "The point of fact is that if it weren't for R.J., I would never have been Jennifer Hart. So it was his determination to have me be that part that cast me."
Yeah, that kind of nostalgic give-and-take warmed our harts, er, hearts, too.
Though it may seem tame by today's standards, Jonathan and Jennifer Hart's scenes were considered pretty racy in their heyday. "We kind of took it up to the edge as far as we could go," chuckled Wagner. "It was great for us. We caught a good time. We caught an interesting time in our lives, and we put a lot into it and we got a lot out of it."
"We had what we used to call our 'Hart-to-Hart' scenes and they were usually in bed," remembered Powers. "We would sort of roll around on top of each other and do these scenes, these conversations, but the fact that I was lying on top of him, it didn't seem to be irregular. It wasn't obscene, it wasn't suggestive, because we were talking about something else. So we got away with that kind of intimacy, and I think that people actually enjoyed it more because it was intimate. I think that we've lost the value of intimacy.
"That's the only thing that they have left, intimacy," agreed Wagner.
"You can see sex from now until Tuesday," said Powers. "If it's not intimate, it doesn't mean anything. It's just a physical act."
In an age where Hollywood is reviving just about every pre-existing property it can get its hands on, do the stars think a recast version of "Hart to Hart" would work for today's audiences?
"Without us? What made it work was the chemistry," said Wagner. "We had good writers and we had good directors and that's what made it work. I don't know whether it would go now. What do you think, Stefanie?"
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By Britta O'Boyle | Pocket-lint –
Flagship phones these days cost the best part of £500, but they aren't the only phones available.
Asda has just announced the Alcatel 1010 for £5, so skip lunch for the day and you can afford yourself an emergency phone.
Whether you have a reduced budget, just want a spare phone to keep in the drawer, or want to introduce technology to your grandparents, here are six SIM-free phones under £70.
Alcatel 1010 – £5
The Alcatel 1010 comes with a 400mAh battery, which promises 2 hours of talk time and up to 333 hours of standby time.
It's lightweight so won't drag down your jeans hitting the scales at 59g and comes with a 1.45-inch LCD display sporting a 128 x 128 resolution with 121ppi.
Running on a single core processor with 4MB RAM under the hood, the Alcatel 1010 has a music player and built-in radio so you won't miss out on the latest news and tunes.
Samsung E1200 – £19.95
Samsung's E1200 comes with a 800MHz battery giving you up to 720 hours on standby and up to 7 hours talk time.
It runs on a single core processor and has a 1.52-inch display with a 128 x 128 resolution giving you a pixel density of 119ppi, making the Alcatel's image slightly sharper.
You'll get Samsung feature software and it has a SOS message feature lets you send a message to pre-programmed contacts at the touch of a button if you are in trouble.
Samsung E2121B – £29.95
The Samsung E2121B takes it up a notch with a 1000MHz battery promising up to 10 hours talk time so you can chat for longer.
It weighs 83g and comes with a 1.52-inch display with the same resolution as the E1200, but you'll also get a music player and built-in radio with this handset.
In addition, the E2121B comes with a built-in camera and video recorder for taking snaps or making mini movies, which you can then share via Bluetooth or MMS.
Nokia 206 – £49.95
Nokia's 206 can manage 680 hours on standby and up to 20 hours talk time with its 1100mAh battery so if you are a chatterbox this isn't a bad option.
It comes with a larger display than the others, sporting 2.4-inches and a 240 x 320 resolution with 167ppi, plus it has a 1.3-megapixel camera and 64MB of storage for all your snaps.
The 206 has a microSD slot for expanding the memory up to 32GB if you get snapper happy and it has a Slam feature for simple sharing of photos and other content.
The Brick – £49.95
The Brick from Carphone Warehouse has a 1000mAh battery and will give you slightly less talk time than the Nokia 206 at 14 hours.
It comes with a 1.8-inch LCD screen featuring a 128 x 160 resolution, no camera, but you do get a microSD slot for up to 32GB memory expansion.
The Brick is great if you have a grandparent who wants a mobile but one that resembles their time and you'll even get Bluetooth, a radio and a music player.
JCB Toughphone Sitemaster – £69.95
If you have a tendancy to drop your phone, this one is a great option as a spare. The JCB Toughphone Sitemaster will give you up to 4 hours 30 minutes talk time or up to 450 hours standby with its battery.
It has a 2-inch display that comes with a 128 x 160 resolution providing a pixel density of 116ppi, and it weighs 130.3g.
You won't be able to take snaps with this phone but it does have a radio and music player, plus it is drop tested up to 2 metres and can withstand 1 tonne of pressure so it's pretty sturdy.
All these phones have a reasonable price and whether it is for a spare phone or an every day phone, they each offer some reasonable features considering.
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With their global shipments set to more than double this year, phablets are a hot product, as illustrated by their high profile at last week's 2013 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.
The "phablet"—a portmanteau of the words "phone" and "tablet"—is a smartphone with a large display sized 5-inches or bigger. Shipments of phablets in 2013 are forecast to reach 60.4 million units, up a notable 136 percent from 25.6 million last year, according to the IHS iSuppli Mobile Handset Displays market tracker report from information and analytics provider IHS (NYSE: IHS).
"The move to offer larger-display smartphones reflects the efforts of both device and panel makers to differentiate their products," said Vinita Jakhanwal, director of small and medium displays at IHS iSuppli. "With consumers demanding more lifelike viewing experiences, the trend to offer such devices makes perfect sense, especially considering the increase in rich content that is being made available on smartphones."
Expansion in capacity related to low-temperature polysilicon liquid crystal display (LTPS LCD), as well as the resulting reduction in prices for large-size, high-resolution smartphone displays, will enable vigorous double-digit-rate expansion for shipments of 5-inch-and-larger smartphones over the next few years, as shown in the attached figure. In 2016, global phablet shipments are set to reach 146.0 million units.
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Chinese phone makers took the lead in new product launches for the 5-inch-and-larger smartphone category at CES this year.
Huawei Technologies showcased what so far appears to be the world's largest smartphone, the Ascend Mate, with a 6.1-inch display, 720p high-definition (HD) pixel format at 361 pixels per inch (ppi). The company also unveiled the Ascend D2 with a 5-inch display and 1920 x 1080 pixel format at 443 ppi.
Huawei rival ZTE launched the Grand S, which at a profile of 6.9 millimeters stakes claim to being the world's thinnest quad-core smartphone. The Grand S, along with TCL's Alcatel-branded One Touch Scribe HD and Lenovo's IdeaPhone K5, will have a pixel format of 1920 x 1080 on a 5-inch screen.
Lenovo at the show also launched the K900 with a 5.5-inch 1080p, 400-ppi Full HD display. Meanwhile, Sony Mobile from Japan introduced the Xperia Z, another 5-inch smartphone with a 1920 x 1080 pixel format.
At a display resolution of 443 ppi, the 5-inch phones with 1920 x 1080 pixel formats exceed the Retina Display resolution of 326 ppi on Apple's iPhone 5 and the 267 ppi on the Galaxy Note II from Samsung Electronics. The new handsets included water-spill-proofing and shatter-resistant screens.
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Much attention at CES was similarly lavished on smaller-sized tablets featuring competitive pricing.
Acer's 7-inch Android offering, the Iconia B1-A71 at a 1024 x 768 pixel format, will be priced at $140-$150 in the United States. In addition, the 7-inch 70 Titanium from Archos is competitively priced at $119. The availability of many choices and attractive price points is likely to boost the 7-inch tablet display market to 81.5 million units in 2013, up 46 percent from 2012, IHS believes.
Hybrid tablet prototypes combined with Ultrabooks were also seen at the show, with the tablet portion of the device detachable from the computer. An example was Lenovo's latest ThinkPad Helix model with an 11.6-inch, 1920 x 1080 display. Lenovo also announced the IdeaPad Yoga 11-inch convertible laptop, which folds to become a touch-screen tablet. For its part, Asus debuted the Transformer All-in-One, an 18.5-inch hybrid detachable tablet from the PC featuring a 1920 x 1080 pixel format.
Other tablet launches included the Latitude 10 Essentials from Dell, with a 10.1-inch display featuring a 1366 x 768 pixel format and in-plane switching (IPS) technology, to be available on the market next month.
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Whether you're new to drawing with pastels or have drawn hundreds of pastel works, you may find yourself in need of fresh subject ideas. When the idea tank is dry, fill it up with the following drawing strategies:
Draw something from a different point of view. Changing your point of view forces you to think more consciously about what you're drawing. Try mouse-eye and bird's-eye views, which are very low (as if you were lying on the floor looking up at your subject) and very high (as if you were standing over the subject looking down on it) in relation to your subject, respectively.
Use your viewfinder to find an interesting but unrecognizable section of a larger object. Instead of drawing the same old shapes you're used to, this strategy lets you focus on the textures, colors, and so on your work may not typically show. Hold your viewfinder so that you can see through its window and look for an interesting composition of shapes, textures, colors, or values of light and dark. Dramatic combinations of dark and light shapes are particularly effective.
Make a collage out of images cut from magazines and photographs and then use it to create a pastel drawing. This playful idea helps you break out of the realistic box. You can put impossible, dreamlike images together as you find in the work of surrealist artists Salvador Dali or Rene Magritte, or you can make an abstract design. Start to build an image by adding clippings to an existing photograph or by putting many clippings of photographs together (but keep the collage simple the first time you try it). After you make the collage, refer to it as you make your pastel drawing.
Choose a masterpiece and put a portrait or figure of yourself in the picture or update the masterpiece to modern times. Secretly adding yourself to your study of a masterpiece or making yourself the main focus of the work adds a humorous element to it and breaks up the monotony you may be feeling in your normal drawing. In another approach, updating a masterpiece gives you the chance to put your own spin on a time-honored work, like creating West Side Story out of Romeo and Juliet.
Do an inside/outside drawing that incorporates an interior with a view outside the window. This kind of composition helps you think about how to balance color, light, and competing areas of focus in a way your usual work may not. Decide where you want the viewers to look first and work out how to use contrasting colors to attract their attention. At the same time, determine where to use similar colors to quiet areas of the composition and make them recede.
Make a pastel drawing that incorporates the past, present, and future into the picture. This strategy adds the element of time that may be missing from your everyday work to the picture and tells a story. Try depicting a scene that tells all the events of a story in one picture or show a sequence of movements in a still scene.


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