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Steve Jobs / Apple:
To all iPhone customers: — I have received hundreds of emails from iPhone customers who are upset about Apple dropping the price of iPhone by $200 two months after it went on sale. After reading every one of these emails, I have some observations and conclusions.
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Terrence Russell / Epicenter:
Four Mistakes Apple Made With The IPhone Price Drop — Don't get us wrong—price cuts are a good thing. But yesterday's $200 iPhone price drop has left many current iPhone owners seething. Based on a lot of what we saw at the Moscone Center yesterday, it's clear that Apple made the following four mistakes:
I, Cringely . The Pulpit | PBS:
The Puppet Master — I have never before quoted myself at length in a column, but this week's Apple iPhone pricing fiasco calls for it, so here is the beginning of a column I wrote back in January 2002: — In 1999, I was commissioned by Vanity Fair magazine to write a story about the relationship between Bill Gates and Steve Jobs.
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Robert Scoble / Scobleizer:
Dear Steve Jobs — Dave Winer wants a T-shirt. — Me, I'd like to let you keep the $100 per iPhone you so generously are going to give me and other early adopters who bought the iPhone. — Here's what I'd like for my $300. — I'd like an iPhone where software developers can go to town and play.
New York Times:
IPhone Owners Crying Foul Over Price Cut — In June, they were calling it the God Phone. Yesterday, it was the Chump Phone. — People who had rushed to buy the Apple iPhone over the last two months suddenly and embarrassingly found that they had overpaid by $200 for the year's most coveted gadget.
Apple giving $100 credit to early iPhone buyers — After the price of an 8 GB iPhone was reduced to $399 from $599, CEO Jobs agrees to give store credit to those who paid the original price. — NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — After receiving hundreds of emailed complaints from existing Apple …
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Scott McNulty / The Unofficial Apple Weblog:
Apple giving early iPhone buyers $100 credit
Apple giving early iPhone buyers $100 credit
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Associated Press:
Feds OK Fee for Priority Web Traffic — WASHINGTON — The Justice Department on Thursday said Internet service providers should be allowed to charge a fee for priority Web traffic. — The agency told the Federal Communications Commission, which is reviewing high-speed Internet practices …
US Department of Justice:
Department of Justice Comments on "Network Neutrality" …
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Exclusive: Screen Shots And Feature Overview of Delicious 2.0 Preview — Social bookmarking site Delicious launched a limited, invite-only preview of version 2.0 of the service this afternoon. The new site can be accessed at preview.delicious.com, although only invited users can actually get in.
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Duncan Riley / TechCrunch:
Netscape Digg Clone Is Kaput — We've known about it for weeks, but now it's confirmed: AOL has announced the end of Netscape as a social news portal. — In a statement, Tom Drapeau spun the decision as being AOL listening to its customers and as part of their "desire to better serve our community."
Tom Drapeau / The Netscape Blog:
Upcoming Netscape changes — › tags: Community, Netscape, Portal, Social News, SocialNews — To the Netscape Community... There are some upcoming changes to the Netscape.com site that we hope will improve your experience. We'll be providing two different news options for you based …
Eric Eldon / VentureBeat:
Multiply, social networking for 30-somethings, raises $16.6M — Multiply, a social network aimed at 30-somethings, has just announced additional venture funding of $16.6 million — The Boca Raton, Florida-based Multiply struggled after launching in late 2003.
Phil Windley / Between the Lines:
Why Vista? — I'm working on a head-to-head review of Parallels and Fusion, two competing virtualization packages on OS X, for InfoWorld. As part of that review, I'm doing a Vista install in both to check the experience, resource usage, and so on. — One of the cool features of Parallels is something they call "Smart Select."
Ryan Block / Engadget:
Apple Hi-Fi, RIP: 2006 - 2007 — Who can forget the Apple Hi-Fi's, shall we say, inauspicious introduction? A product Steve, an audiophile himself, proclaimed Apple developed so he could throw out his system, was introduced along side the infamous $100 leather iPod case to deafening silence amidst …
Jnack / John Nack on Adobe:
"Photoshop Express" RIA sneak-peeked today — Today the crowd at Photoshop World got a quick preview of Photoshop Express, a new application currently in development at Adobe. First hinted at by Adobe CEO Bruce Chizen some six months ago, Photoshop Express isn't meant to duplicate/replace Photoshop CS3 or Photoshop Elements.


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I thought I'd post some screens of stuff we did.
Pic of lich we fought in Scholomance which is a lvl 60 instance:
Throwing spells at a Risen Construct in Scholomance:
The end of closed beta on beta2 in Ironforge:
And my warlock riding her felsteed:
I hope you liked them! Tuesday can't come soon enough!

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Model building codes require all exterior walls of a non-engineered or conventionally constructed wood-framed structure to be braced against lateral loads from wind or earthquakes. Depending on the configuration of the structure, wall bracing might also be required for some interior walls.
The degree to which a structure's walls must be braced– and the type of bracing that is required– is dictated by the 2009 International Residential Code (IRC) and by local building codes, and is influenced by the location of the home relative to hurricane- and earthquake-prone regions.
Determining the wall-bracing requirements for a structure is a complex process. In an effort to simplify it, Simpson Strong-Tie has developed a Wall-Bracing-Length Calculator—a quick and easy tool that helps calculate the required length of wall bracing in accordance with the 2009 IRC. The tool provides printed output of the bracing requirements along with a summary of input information and factors used in the calculations.
To determine the wall bracing amount a series of calculations must be completed using variables obtained from tables in the IRC. The variables are based on how the home will be constructed, and on its potential exposure to damage. A home that is located in a hurricane-prone or seismically-unstable region, for example, will require longer wall-bracing lengths than a home in an area less prone to natural disaster. Moreover, the taller the structure, the greater its exposure to wind forces and the more bracing it will need.
Please note that while the calculator does simplify the process of determining the required bracing, it is intended for use by an individual who has a firm understanding of the braced wall design provisions of the IRC. The tutorial that follows will guide you through each step of the calculator.
Tutorial to use calculator: http://www.strongtie.com/produ...bracing/tutorial.asp


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As a heat sink, the water provided stability of temperature that would have been difficult to achieve without it.
heat sink
A reservoir for excess heat, especially in a mechanical or electrical device.
Note: One obstacle to the loading of circuits onto microprocessors is the heat generated by electrical circuits. Effective heat sinks, such as metal fins on top of a microprocessor, can provide part of the solution to this problem.
/heet sink/ (from "sink", electronics jargon for something which takes in current) A piece of thermally conductive metal attached to a semiconductor or other electronic device and designed to prevent it from overheating by conducting heat away from it and radiating it to the environment. Heat sinks often have fins to increase their surface area. They occasionally have fans attached. Heat sink compound can be smeared between the device and the heat sink to improve thermal conduction.


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by Nancy Caivano
April showers bring May flowers, or so the saying goes. In our case, I think the April showers brought May vegetables! We are almost at the end of our "Tour of Courses" and it has been a wonderful ride so far. I timed this series of articles much better than I thought, because the month of May is a perfect month to discuss vegetable dishes. Spring produce is beginning to show up in all its splendor and will make your salads beautiful as well as delicious.
There are two schools of thought on the salad course. The European tradition is to have the salad at the end of the meal, which is the practice that my family has always followed. My grandmother once told me that salad helped you digest the entrée that came before it. I'm not sure if that is a medical fact, but we always believed it. Also, and I'm not sure if this was particular to our family or not, we always had the bread with the salad course, instead of with the entrée.
There are many different kinds of salads available to us. Some salads are terrific for a multi-coursed meal; but some are not. For example, you wouldn't want to use a Grilled Chicken Caesar Salad for the salad course of a meal, because it is a main course on its own. There are different types of salads that are great for using during a meal. The composed salad or salade composee, is a salad in which the ingredients are arranged, rather than tossed together. The dressing for a composed salad is usually drizzled over the top of the ingredients. A regular tossed salad doesn't have to be a bowl of iceberg lettuce with a couple of tomatoes on top. Be creative in your use of greens and vegetables. You might not want to use greens at all—my older brother's usual salad consists of tomatoes, cucumbers, red onions, and olives in a balsamic vinaigrette. You can also try using combinations of fruits and vegetables. Spinach happens to pair perfectly with oranges, while pears and apples do well with peppery greens like arugula.
This is the only course on our tour of courses that does not contain any pasta or risotto. There are hundreds of pasta salad recipes out there. I have given you my recipes for Pesto Pasta Salad and Risotto Salad in past editions of this column, and you can find them in the archives. But you normally wouldn't have a starchy salad like these after having so many other courses. Dishes like pasta and risotto actually benefit from having a vegetable or fruit salad in the meal, as it provides balance and can cut the richness of some of the previous courses. For example, after having a creamy Potato Soup as a first course, and then having a rich Roast Beef entrée accompanied by a Potato Gratin and Braised Leeks, a cold, crisp, vinegar based salad would be an excellent contrast of flavor and texture, especially if your next course is rich as well.
I have three marvelous salads for you to try. All three contain fruit as well as vegetables, but that is where the similarities stop. One has a creamy dressing, one has butter toasted nuts, and the last has cheese as an ingredient. The first, Asparagus, Fennel and Red Onion and Orange Salad is a wonderful, green-less salad. Tender spears of asparagus are combined with crunchy, fragrant fennel, red onions and sweet oranges, and combined into creamy buttermilk dressing. I like making this salad ahead of time, so that the flavors have time to combine.
Spinach and Apple Salad with Butter Toasted Almonds is a very simple, but rather special salad. Fresh spinach and tart Granny Smith apples are combined into an apple cider and white vinegar vinaigrette, giving the entire salad a fresh, sweet/tart taste. The addition of slivered almonds, toasted in butter and sugar provides great crunch as well as a sweet, nutty note.
Our last salad, Endive, Roasted Pear and Stilton Salad is a magnificent, regal salad—and a composed salad. It contains a combination of baby greens or mesclun, Bosc pears, Belgian endive and Stilton cheese in an interesting orange vinaigrette flavored with shallots, star anise and port wine. The combination of flavors in this salad is absolutely amazing.
Well my friends, that is the end of our salad course. The last course coming up in June, is of course, the dessert course. You will be amazed to see desserts that contain pasta and risotto—but they are there, and they are fabulous. I will see you again in June when we can discuss them, and the entire dessert course school of thought.
Happy Easter and Passover to you and your family!
Nancy Caivano
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MEElectronics A151-BK Balanced Armature In-Ear Headphones
" I have a proposition for you. I'll tell you all about the first balanced armature MEElectronics has made if you agree to think about buying them. Deal? Deal. The A151 is MEElectronics' first balanced armature IEM, and I must say, it's a valiant first try indeed in a market saturated with <$100 IEM's, and we all know MEE's specialty is dynamic IEM's right? So are these..." --Ishcabible
MEElectronics CW31 Wooden In-Ear Headphones for iPod, iPhone, MP3/CD/DVD Players (Wood)
" I used to own MEElecs. George Carlin said that he never was fine and dandy in same moment. I was. Now, I am sad to say that I was so careless to lose them in worst possible scenario. They were not in their pouch, in my backpack, but alone. In my pants pocket. With foolish illusion of safety. One moment they were in my jeans, next one they weren't, how- three months later..." --milan425
MEElectronics SP51-BK Sound Preference In-Ear Headphone with Sound Tuning for iPod, iPhone, MP3/CD/DVD Players (Black)
"I had this earphones for 2 years and I must say, that I was really satisfied with it. With the possibility to change bass you can choose what really fits you and I must say, that the bass was really nice, clear and deep (I used the middle one). Only cons which I found are: hard cable - it can easily pull out the phones from your ear... size - the phones are little longer then most..." --Benik3
MOSHI Vortex
" IMPORTANT: this review must be read from the top till you reach the bottom of this thread. the review is made with updates, certain changes due to mental and iem burn in. please bear some time to understand the feelings and the experience WE want to share. may we find happiness to this journey. most of my reviews are all the same... i know you all guys find it kinda..." --pinoyman
Moshi Vortex Pro
"-- The Moshi Vortex Pro: http://www.moshi.com/audio-earbuds-vortex-pro-mic#silver ~ All Photos Taken By Me, No Stock Material From the Manufacture Were Used for this review ~ *Packaging* For a $150 earphone, the box and presentation is decently designed. *Accessories* - 2 Pairs of..." --BloodyPenguin
MEElectronics M 11+
" Introduction First, allow me to thank the great folks at MEElectronics for sending me a sample of the newly released M11P+ IEMs for review. Prior to sometime in early February, I wasn't aware that MEElectronics existed. It wasn't until I came across a review of their M9 IEMs on Head-Fi that I decided to check them out and the rest is history. MEElectronics IEMs have been some..." --TheGame21x
MEElectronics A161 In-Ear Noise-Canceling Headphones with Balanced Armature Technology
" Note: this is more of an impression-style review, since I ultimately did not keep this set. I listened to it intensively, however, and feel confident enough to put together a few thoughts. At the end I mention some things I'd like to see from MEElec's next flagship. Introduction The A161P by MEElectronics (hereafter referred to as MEElec) is the company's second single..." --Argyris
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Uninsured Veterans Left Behind in States Not Embracing Medicaid Expansion
More than a quarter-million veterans who lack health insurance will miss out on Medicaid coverage because they live in states that have declined to expand the program under the Affordable Care Act.
More than a quarter-million veterans who lack health insurance will miss out on Medicaid coverage because they live in states that have declined to expand the program under the Affordable Care Act.
Expanding Medicaid eligibility is a key component of the new federal health law, which aims to provide coverage to the vast majority of uninsured Americans. In January, uninsured adults with incomes at or below 138 percent of the federal poverty level ($15,415 for an individual and $32,527 for a family of four) will become eligible for Medicaid benefits in states that expand their programs.
Many people assume that the nation's 12.5 million non-elderly veterans receive health benefits through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). But only two-thirds of those veterans are eligible for VA health care and only one-third are enrolled.
Nationwide, there are about 1.3 million uninsured veterans.
In a recent report, the Urban Institute estimated that if every state embraced the new Medicaid rules, as many as 535,000 uninsured veterans and 174,000 veterans' spouses would become eligible for Medicaid coverage.
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But last June the U.S. Supreme Court, while upholding the Affordable Care Act as a whole, ruled that states were not required to expand their Medicaid programs. Twenty-three states have declined to do so, and another six have not made a final decision. In the 23 states that have rejected the expansion, there are approximately 258,600 uninsured veterans who would have been eligible for Medicaid, according to the Urban Institute report.
Like most other Americans, the veterans who don't have health insurance will have to get it by January or risk paying a penalty under the Affordable Care Act. However, some of the uninsured veterans who don't qualify for Medicaid coverage might be eligible for federal subsidies that will be available under the law. Uninsured Americans — veterans and non-veterans — will be able to use those subsidies to purchase private insurance on the state health care exchanges that will launch in January.
Some worry that the expanding — and potentially confusing — array of health insurance choices available to veterans will lead to worse care. The federal government created a separate VA health care system in the belief that veterans would get better care from doctors and nurses knowledgeable about the unique health conditions facing them, which include post-traumatic stress as well as other mental illnesses and physical injuries. But the Department of Veterans Affairs expects only 66,000 uninsured veterans to enroll in the VA system to meet the insurance requirement under the new health law.
The income limits for VA benefits are much less stringent than they are for Medicaid. A veteran with no dependents and an annual income of as much as $30,978 (the amount varies based on the cost of living in a particular area) is eligible. But conditions other than income — such as length of time since combat, service medals, and service-related injuries or illnesses — also affect eligibility for VA health benefits.
In addition, "there may be a variety of factors why a veteran would choose (Medicaid) or the (VA), such as proximity to VA facilities or their knowledge of the fact that VA care is available to them," according to Jennifer Haley, who co-authored the Urban Institute report.
Kenneth W. Kizer, a former Clinton administration official widely credited for enacting substantial improvements to the VA health care system during the 1990s, has warned that there are risks to providing care to veterans in a variety of venues. In an article published last year, he argued that doing so "diminishes continuity and coordination of care, resulting in more emergency department use, hospitalizations, diagnostic interventions and adverse events."
Kizer, who is now director of the Institute for Population Health Improvement at the University of California Davis, pointed to data suggesting that patients who receive care in both VA and non-VA facilities are more likely to be re-hospitalized and to die within a year, compared to those who receive VA-only care.
Some veterans' organizations, including the American Legion, urge all eligible veterans to turn to the VA health care system first.
"The American Legion believes that all veterans should be treated by the VA," said Jacob Gadd, deputy director for health care at the American Legion.


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SYRACUSE, N.Y. � When James Michael McAdoo gave North Carolina an early boost against No. 2 Syracuse, the Tar Heels seemed ready to escape from their recent funk. The Orange defense had other ideas. Deflecting passes and diving for loose balls all over the court, Syracuse beat North Carolina 57-45 on Saturday in an Atlantic Coast Conference marquee matchup as forwards C.J. Fair and Jerami Grant combined for 32 points and 20 rebounds. Remarkably, the Orange shot a season-low 35 percent and won handily, leading by as many as 19 late in the second half.
�This was a defensive-effort game,� Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim said. �We got loose balls. We made a lot of really good hustle plays. We got on the floor. That was the difference.�
Syracuse (16-0, 3-0 ACC) evened its all-time record against the North Carolina (10-6, 0-3) to 4-4. UNC started 0-2 in ACC play three times in the past five years and five times overall, and the loss to Syracuse equaled the worst conference start in school history in 1996-97, Dean Smith's final year as head coach. The last time North Carolina scored fewer than 45 points was in a 56-44 loss to eventual national champion Villanova in the Southeast Regional final of the 1985 NCAA tournament. The Tar Heels also beat North Carolina State 45-44 in February 1997. UNC shot 2 of 12 from behind the arc against the Syracuse zone and 20 of 51 (39.2 percent) overall and was outrebounded 41-35, 17-10 on the offensive glass, netting just two second-chance points.
�They got by and won a game shooting 35 percent,� said UNC coach Roy Williams, who dropped to 1-4 against Syracuse in his Hall of Fame career. "The first six or eight or 10 minutes, I thought we were aggressive. We were involved. I thought after that point they were just so much more aggressive than we were. It ends up a 12-point game, but it really was more than a 12-point game.
�They had so much more intensity than we did.�
North Carolina was coming off a 63-57 home loss to Miami in which the Tar Heels shot just 31 percent (20 for 65) and finished with a season-low scoring output against Miami's zone. This game, which featured teams with a combined 3,990 wins (UNC is third with 2,100 and Syracuse fifth with 1,890) was decided by a dominant first half by the Orange. Tyler Ennis finished with 10 points and seven assists to go with a season-high four turnovers, and Trevor Cooney had five steals and 10 points on 4-of-17 shooting. Rakeem Christmas contributed ight rebounds and had four of the Orange's nine blocks. Marcus Paige led North Carolina with 17 points and McAdoo had 15 points and nine rebounds. Center Joel James, who returned to the North Carolina lineup Wednesday night against Miami after missing four straight games and most of a loss to Texas on Dec. 18 with a right-knee injury, played only 10 minutes and did not score. J.P Tokoto finished with three points on 1-of-6 shooting.
Syracuse led by 12 at halftime and extended the lead to 42-24 on Fair's three-point play with 16:18 to go. Paige answered with a 3, McAdoo converted a wide-open layup and Brice Johnson followed with an open slam dunk to keep the Tar Heels in the game. Any chance at a comeback seemed to disappear when Ennis fed Cooney for a 3 from the left wing at the shot clock buzzer to boost the Syracuse lead to 47-31 midway through the half.
�They are a great team,� McAdoo said. �They're physical. A lot of times the ball just went their way, and that's the sign of a great team. There were times when the ball was on the ground and the better team is going to come up with it.�
North Carolina attacked the middle of the Syracuse zone with great success at the outset, with McAdoo hitting a pair of jumpers and Tokoto another from the foul line as the Tar Heels gained an 8-4 lead in the first 4 minutes. The Orange regrouped after a timeout and went on a 17-5 run keyed by Fair and Grant, who did all the scoring. Fair, who had three early turnovers and was struggling at the start, hit a 3 from the wing and converted three free throws to give Syracuse a 19-15 lead, and two free throws by Grant completed a 10-0 spurt that put the Orange on top to stay, 21-15 at 8:53.
The Tar Heels cooled off in a big way after the solid start, unable to penetrate inside. After Paige converted a three-point play with 13:04 left, UNC got only a fast-break slam dunk by McAdoo, a layup by Nate Britt and a jumper in the lane by Leslie McDonald in the ensuing 11 minutes and went into the locker room at halftime trailing 34-22.
�We started slow, let McAdoo get in the lane,� Boeheim said. �Once we got back in front, our defense was good the whole game.�
North Carolina was 0 for 8 from beyond the arc in the opening half and pounded on the boards 34-22, failing to get any second-chance points, as Grant pulled down eight of his career-high 12 rebounds.
�We defended the paint, and did not give easy points for them,� said Fair, who had 20 points. �We were quick on our feet. We basically controlled the game.�


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Gov. John Reynolds St. Clair Illinois |
William G. Livingstone, Lt. Commdr., US Navy, of Pasadena, CA, and Palma Scheumack of Pine Arizona both did extensive reseach on the Reynolds line. They also ran across info on my Forgey line. The information regarding Hugh Forgey and his wife Catherine Fisher came from their research. Unfortunately they researched before computers and access to the info they collected is difficult. They have both passed away, and I have no idea where they may have deposited their research?
There are some references to Reynolds genealogies but nothing with her name on them. I would love to see what she collected regarding the Forgeys. Need to track these records down somehow?
Some of William G. Livingstone's research is presented at the Reynolds Family Association website: http://www.reynoldsfamily.org/line30/index.html . Unfortunately he does not list many sources.
Both the Reynolds Family (Hugh Forgey's mother was from this family) and the Fisher Family (Hugh Forgey's in-laws) migrated from Tennessee to southwestern Illinois. Hugh Forgey's cousin John Reynolds became Governor of Illinois in 1830 (see picture above). He was a member of the US House of Representatives from 1834 to 1837 and 1839 to 1843.


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Modeling Term Structure Dynamics in the Nordic Electricity Swap Market
We analyze the daily returns of Nordic electricity swaps and identify significant risk premia in the short end of the market. On average, long positions in this part of the swap market yield negative returns. The daily returns are distinctively non-normal in terms of tail-fatness, but we find little evidence of asymmetry. We investigate if the flexible four-parameter class of normal inverse Gaussian (NIG) distributions can capture the observed stylized facts and find that this class of distributions offers a remarkably improved fit relative to the normal distribution. We also compare the fit with that of the four-parameter class of stable distributions; the NIG law outperforms the stable law in the vast majority of cases. Thus, the NIG family of distributions, which allows for stochastic dynamics in terms of LŽvy processes that are suitable for pricing derivatives and Value-at-Risk measurements, is a serious candidate for modeling term structure dynamics in the Nordic electricity market.
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Great works featured in Fine Art fall season
Ceramic art by Sac State lecturer Tom Decker will be displayed in Kadema Hall's Else Gallery.
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Native American art as history, the influence of a 1960s art movement, and exploring the professions of art – these are just a sampling of the exhibits, events and lectures coming up at Sacramento State this fall.
"Spirit of the Basket"
opens the fall exhibition season at the University's Library Gallery.
Running Sept. 1-Nov. 19, the free exhibit features examples of American Indian basket making from throughout North America. Many of the pieces are from the State Parks Collection and previously resided in the De Young Museum in the 1920s and '30s.
A corollary exhibit, "Object Lessons: The Basket Collections of Joel Sheldon Cotton and Anthony G. Zallio," will be held in the Library Gallery Annex, Sept. 1-30. Curator Terri Castaneda, a Sacramento State anthropology professor and museum director, says the exhibit treats the basket collections as biographical and cultural "texts" about American society during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
A reception for both shows will be held 5-8 p.m. on California's Native American Day, Friday, Sept. 23.
The Library Gallery will host "Three Generations of Sacramento State Poets" at 3 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 5. Sponsored by Friends of the Library group, the free reading will feature Professor Emerita Mary Mackey, Professor Josh McKinney and graduate student Aschala Edwards.
The Library Gallery's winter show is "Afterglow: Rethinking California Light and Space Art." Curated by Melissa Feldman, a writer and correspondent for Art in America, "Afterglow" looks at how California's metaphysical brand of minimalism from the 1960s and 70s lives on in works by West Coast artists. The show features recent work from artists such as Dean Smith, Ruth Laskey and Laurie Reid, as well as work from the 1970s by Lewis Baltz, Helen Lundeberg and others.
The free exhibit runs Dec. 2-Feb. 25 with an opening reception 5-8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 2 in the gallery.
Works by Malaquias Montoya from the University Archives and Special Collections will be featured in the Gallery Annex, Oct. 11-Nov. 19, and serve as a companion piece to the second Friends of the Library event, a presentation by Montoya biographer Terezita Romo, former curator of the Mexican Museum in San Francisco. That will be held in the gallery at 3 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 3.
Gallery hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.
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home of Sac State's Fine Arts program, features two galleries – the Else and the Witt – that spotlight the works of students, faculty and guest artists.
The Else Gallery's fall season opens with "Table of Contents," an exhibition of ceramic sculpture by Tom Decker, an Art Department instructor and former Fulbright Scholar. His exhibit runs Aug. 29-Sept. 16. An opening reception will be held 6-9 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 31.
More ceramic art will be displayed in the Else Nov. 7-17 by guest artist Chuck Owens.
Several Masters' students will display their work in the Else from Sept. 26 through Nov. 4.
Other student works will be featured in the Witt Gallery throughout the semester, from Aug. 29 through Dec. 9. All exhibits are free. The galleries are open Monday through Friday, noon-4:30 p.m. Closed on holidays.
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will present four guest lecturers during the Fall 2011 semester for "Professions of Art: A Lecture Series." Each speaker will discuss his or her life and work on a Thursday of each month.
Renny Pritikin is up first on Sept. 8. Now the director of the Nelson Gallery and Fine Arts Collection at UC Davis, he is a former chief curator at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco and known for bringing popular culture work into the museum context, including exhibits by auto customizer Ed "Big Daddy" Roth and magician and historian Ricky Jay.
The other lectures are Oct. 13 with Shelly Willis, director of the Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission's Art in Public Places program; Nov. 10 with James Housefield, UC Davis professor of design and architecture; and Dec. 8 with Stacey Shelnut-Hendrick, director of education at Sacramento's Crocker Art Museum.
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(ARA) - For many Americans, remodeling their kitchens tops the list of home improvement projects -- and for several good reasons. Not only is the kitchen the heart of many homes -- the center of family activity and home entertaining -- but remodeling your kitchen is typically one of the smartest investments, often generating a payback of 80 to 90 percent on the cost of remodel at the time of resale.
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Include popular features in your kitchen remodeling project to help at resale time, and to give your kitchen a more contemporary look and feel. Second sinks, custom cabinetry, a second oven or microwave, an island, decorative glass and stone tile, more storage space, better lighting and extra-wide wall tiles are among the most popular features in today's homes.
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Posted: Saturday, Jul 6th, 2013
The long prairie grass swayed in the hot summer sun.
The young American Indian man, fasting and praying as he watched the grass dance in the wind, soon saw himself dancing in a similar manner. But how could this be, since he had been born without the full use of his legs?
The Medicine Man in his village interpreted his vision. The boy asked his mother to make an outfit in which to dance using the prairie grass. He was covered from shoulder to ankle with long, thick, bright multicolored fringes made of yarn or ribbon. He showed his father how he would dance, using much shoulder, arm and head movements. His footwork would appear like he was stumbling. A song was composed for him. He showed the village his style of dance.
This is how the grass dance originated, according to American Indians in the Northern Plains.
The grass dance is one of the dance styles common at a modern powwow.
While a powwow is defined as a gathering of American Indians and can take place for many reasons, it is often associated with dance.
Each session of a wacipi (the Lakota word for powwow, pronounced �wah chee pea�) begins with the grand entry. The eagle staff and various flags lead the way into the dance arena. The flags represent nations, families and communities. When the eagle staff is brought into the area, powwow etiquette requires spectators to stand and remove their hats in respect. Wacipi are open to visitors, but everyone attending should follow proper etiquette.
�Veterans have an integral part in powwows as they are honored by leading the dancers into the arena,� said Francis Whitebird of Saint Francis, an Indian educator and former director of the South Dakota Office of Tribal Relations.
Once all the dancers are in the dance arena and while the spectators are still standing, the flags are raised and the flag song is sung. This is followed by a veterans honoring song.
The master of ceremonies is the voice of the wacipi. This person keeps the singers, dancers and the general public informed as to what is happening.
The oldest form of dancing is the traditional dance. The men danced in the middle of the dance arena and the women stood on the side, according to Whitebird.
�In the mid to late 1950s, the shawl dance for women and the fancy dance for the men made their appearance in Lakota country. The women joined the men and danced in the middle of the dance area,� he said.
The men�s northern traditional style of dance was a form of storytelling in which each warrior acted out deeds committed during a battle or hunt.
Men�s fancy dance is the most contemporary style of dance. It is the most strenuous and athletic of the dances. The dance is fast and features jumps and twirling. The regalia is said to represent the rainbow spirits with its bright colors and flying feathers and ribbon.
The women�s traditional dance requires enormous stamina, concentration and grace. Dancers stand on the outer edge of the dance arena. They barely move their feet and gently bend their knees as they move up and down in rhythm with the drum.
Originating with the Ojibwe, the women�s jingle dress dance is a healing dance. According to one legend about the jingle dress, a medicine man was given a vision in which he saw his daughter and three of her friends dancing in dresses adorned with �jingles.� The jingle dress is made of a cloth, velvet or leather base adorned with jingles made out of a shiny metal, usually chewing tobacco lids. The dance is in a �side-step� fashion designed to incorporate the sound of the jingles by allowing them to move.
The fancy shawl dance is the most modern of the women�s dance styles. It began when women started wearing their shawls instead of draping them over their arms when dressed in their regalia. Fancy does not refer to the shawl, but to the foot work which involves kicks, twirls and fast movement.
The music in a wacipi comes primarily from the drum groups who circle the arena and play large, specially designed drums and sing traditional songs.
The clothing worn by dancers is referred to as regalia, never costumes. Good guests at a wacipi do not touch the dancers� regalia. The master of ceremonies will make announcements about etiquette and the types of dances being performed.
�Indian dancing almost faded out until contest dancing appeared in the mid-1960s. The interest in money and dancing caught like wildfire and a resurgence in dancing occurred,� Whitebird said.
What one sees at a powwow are dancing feet, colorful regalia and smiling faces.
Information about powwows in South Dakota can be found at the Website, www.travelsd.com/Events.
This moment in South Dakota history is provided by the South Dakota Historical Society Foundation, the nonprofit fundraising partner of the South Dakota State Historical Society. Find us on the web at www.sdhsf.org. Contact us at email@example.com to submit a story idea.
For the complete article see the 07-05-2013 issue.
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Thursday, March 30, 2006
What's the price tag for amending the constitution? The answer varies from place to place. In Valenzuela City, it's sacks of rice. In Davao City, it's porridge. And in our very own Dumaguete City, it's free snacks and door prizes. That's what they were offering for people to come to the Barangay Assembly.
While you can accuse me of resorting to hearsay when I mention Valenzuela and Davao, you cannot accuse me of the same when I talk about Dumaguete City. I was there.
I made it a point to attend the Barangay General Assembly (or Barang-Ass, as Arnie Kapilitan termed it) last Saturday because I thought it was something important. The day before, the news headlines and the blogosphere was abuzz with this new tactic. Since neither Constitutional Assembly or Constitutional Convention were likely to make any headway anytime soon, they -- that nebulous coalition of local government heads and congressmen, presumably following the wishes of the administration -- are resorting to what they call a People's Initiative.
Now this begs the question: can you rightly call it a People's Initiative if it is government that is initiating the move? And spending tax money in the process? Oh, right, maybe it was money from the fertilizer fund instead.
Be that as it may, the aim was to collect enough signatures to warrant a change in the Constitution. At the heart of it all is a shift from our present presidential system to a parliamentary system. Apparently, this matter is of utmost importance such that governors and mayors throughout the country had hastily to call for Barang-Asses last week.
And hastily called it was. Before the assembly, I chatted up the barangay secretary. She said that they were caught unaware by the People's Initiative, and that the whole week had been busy for them, with the governor holding meetings with the barangay captains. What could they have been meeting about, I wondered. I was to find out soon enough.
Amending the Constitution is not a task to be taken lightly. The constitution is the framework for the law of the land. It defines what how we as a people want ourselves to be, and what rights and responsibilities we ascribe to ourselves. As such, any moves at amendment require deliberation, careful thought, and even debate. Was this what I found at the Barang-Ass?
If the Barang-Ass had taken due care to outline to the pros and cons of the parliamentary system vis-a-vis the presidential system, with due care to establish the reasons for the shift, my faith in government might have been restored somewhat. That would have been an indication of sincerity and good faith.
Instead I found a mish-mash of innuendo and half-truths sugar-coated with promises so as to make the parliamentary shift easy to swallow without much thought. Perhaps I might have ascribed this to the overzealousness of our barangay captain (who is, after all, a family friend), were it not for the fact that he was reading from a mimeographed pop sheet.
According to the pop sheet, the parliamentary form of government is supposed to be the modern form of government in place in all progressive countries today. With that came a long litany of nations from Europe and Southeast Asia. What the pop sheet glosses over is the fact that the United States, arguably the most powerful and most modern nation on earth, still follows a presidential system. It also glossed over the fact that for a time have a parliamentary system courtesy of the late unlamented Ferdinand Marcos.
Furthermore, the parliamentary form of government is supposed to provide us with the stability of government by advocating a stronger party system. Presidents would no longer be removed by impeachment nor by popular revolt but rather by a vote of no-confidence. What the pop sheet conveniently ignored was the situation in Thailand which follows a parliamentary system but has nonetheless been rocked by demonstrations against Prime Minister Thaksin.
I found it sadly ironic the way our barangay captain explained to us how we would have better leaders under the parliamentary system. No longer would we select our leader based on popularity, he said, and therefore we would no longer have actors and newscasters sitting in office. And this to the very people who would elect actors and newscasters to the highest position in the land. In essence: you are not good enough or smart enough to choose your own leaders.
And finally, there was thinly-veiled contempt for the Senate, which seems to be the ultimate target of the parliamentary shift. The senate, the pop sheet said, was costing the Filipino people P200-M per senator in pork barrel funds, and by doing away with the body we would be saving money.
If I had to go with gist of the explanation, it could be summed up in this: a parliamentary system is heaven whereas a presidential system is hell. How much simpler can you get?
Except that it's not that simple. Yes, the unicameral-parliamentary system does have its merits but it has its own pitfalls; similarly, the bicameral-presidential system is not without its faults, but neither is it without its benefits (like checks and balances, for example). These are complex issues, and throwing the question for deliberation to Barang-Ass is, well, just asinine.
What did I just witness in last Saturday's barangay assembly? If someone offers you heaven but wants you to make a decision in a hurry, lest you lose the one-time offer, what do you call that? If someone offers you benefits but says nothing about your own commitment and responsibilities in return, what do you call that? See title above.
Let me go back to my original question: what is the price tag of amending the constitution? Rice, porridge, and door prizes, as I've said. You, dear sophisticated reader of the Dumaguete Metro Post, will most likely grin at the gullibility of poor folk. Very cheap, no? But there is something even cheaper than rice, porridge, and door prizes. It is so cheap that it cost the perpetrators nothing to move one step closer to their goal.
Your apathy.
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It is a con job isn't it. Unfortunately, the people don't know any better.
If we were serious about actual charter change, let this be discussed everywhere, not just in BA's. Let it be discussed in schools, from elementary onward. At work, at the family dinner table.
People need to be educated about this by themselves and not just going by what the government tells them.
"People shouldn't be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people." -- VDom, Sad thing of course is that it all happened already before...in 1973. Today is the 33rd anniversary btw of Javellana vs. Executive Secretary, which legitimized the Chacha of that day: Marcos New Society Constitution which was "ratified" by the original barang-asses.
It is called the "doctrine of acquiescence" by many abogados now.
But this wasn't "apathy" -- this was something else.
Luckily there hasn't yet been held a "plebiscite". Hope you attend that one too! So we can get another great front row seat to our continuing descent...Hi, Dean, thanks for the history lesson. I should have incorporated that piece from your blog in my article for the local paper, but I was on a deadline and had no Net connection :-(
Sigh, I was too young to remember it the first time around; and I'm hoping I won't have to live through it again.Hi Dom,
This is Raul Herrera, your batchmate at USC :-)
I am a regular reader of your blog.
I am really glad that you are doing this post because most of our kababayans walay paki especially the ones in the middle class..murag wala lang. But come to think of it, it is us who could educate our lowly kababayans about this "con job". Dali ra na sila madala sa bugas, noodles then they will sign anything just to get those balato if we dont warn them about it :-(


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Bulls Star Joakim Noah Joins Film About Fallen Basketball Phenom Lenny Cooke (Exclusive)
The Hollywood Reporter -- Joakim Noah is teaming up with Lenny Cooke once again, albeit in very different circumstances.
The Bulls' All-Star center has boarded the documentary about the former basketball phenom as a producer, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. The film, simply titled Lenny Cooke, charts the rise and fall of a high school athlete once thought to be the next Magic Johnson, only to fall victim to the easy lure of money and hangers-on that often seize like vultures on promising prospects. The film will make its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival.
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Noah, still new to the United States after emigrating from France, played with Cooke -- two years his senior -- for the AAU team The Panthers in 1999.
"Lenny has always been one of my biggest inspirations as a basketball player," Noah says. "His story always reminds me to keep my eyes on the prize and to keep distractions away."
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Cooke declared for the NBA draft in 2002, despite high profile college opportunities, and his decline in play, and the distractions around him, led him to go undrafted. After making an effort in the NBA's Developmental League and the USBL, he blew out both of his knees, and now works as a cook in his native New Jersey.
"I hope Lenny will push his story out to the next generation of kids who aspire to one day play competitive basketball at any level," Noah added. "If his story can make an impact on just one or two kids who have the opportunity to see the film, I believe we'll be making a difference."
Noah, who was just 5'9 when he played with Cooke, grew to 6'11. He won two national championships while at the University of Florida, and was named an NBA All-Star this past season.
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Coxed the varsity eight six times and the second varsity twice … Helped the 2V to a fourth-place finish at the Ivy League Women's Rowing Championships … Coxed the second varsity to seventh place in the petite final at the NCAA Championships.
Junior • 2013
Coxed the first varsity and second varsity, including three wins, and a fourth place finish at the NCAA Women's Rowing Championships Petite Final.
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Helped Radcliffe finish fourth in the second varsity eight third-level final at the NCAA Championships in West Windsor, N.J., May 27 ... Led the second varsity eight which finished fourth in the grand final, helping Radcliffe claim the first ever Ivy League Championship Regatta May 13 … Assisted the second varsity eight from the coxswain spot, as it took down Yale for Radcliffe's lone win in the Case Cup April 21 … Contributed in the second varsity eight to Radcliffe's sweep of No. 20 Dartmouth and Syracuse to claim the O'Leary Cup April 14 … Was the coxswain of the second varsity eight for Radcliffe's second-place finish (7:20.4) at the Class of 1975 Cup April 7 … Coxed the second varsity eight as Radcliffe topped Brown by 5.9 seconds March 31 … Helped the second varsity eight to win the Beanpot over rivals Boston College, Boston University, MIT and Northeastern.
Freshman • 2011
Rowed for the varsity four five times and the third varsity eight twice … Aided in runner-up finish for the varsity four in the third-level final at the NCAA Championships … Rowed with the varsity four A to a 7:43.5 victory over Boston College, Boston University and Northeastern at the Beanpot on April 30.
Before Harvard
Coxswain of high school varsity crew … Southwest Regional champion … Coxed the U.S. National champion eight in 2008…Recognized as a USRowing scholar athlete.
Served as a therapy dog handler … Father Michael Rosenbaum, sister Erin Rosenbaum and grandfather F.F. Rosenbaum Jr. were all athletes at Princeton University.


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"The best love is the kind that awakens the soul and makes us reach for more,
that plants a fire in our hearts and brings peace to our minds.
And that's what you've given me. That's what I'd hoped to give you forever"
~Nicholas Sparks~
The buttons were done, the shoes were tied and everything was ready for her arrival. Both excitement and nervousness was in the air. With his back against the entrance of the park and a smile on his face, his beautiful bride came walking up behind him. He turned around and an even bigger smile appeared. During the whole day they would be surrounded with friends and family, but for this single moment, time stood still for just the two of them.
A couple of week ago I had the privilege of capturing the wedding of Gert & Therese. While the sun beamed from the skies, this beautiful couple gave each other their yes, surrounded by friends and family.
Gert & Therese, THANK YOU for allowing me to celebrate alongside of you and capture your day!
I must say, I absolutely love these wedding shoes! They deserver their own little blogpost…


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In this type of system it is often advantageous to use a closed-loop heating/cooling system. The temperature ranges you suggest indicate that a water or water/glycol system could work very effectively. The system requires a circulating loop and temperature controls as well as two heat exchangers for heating/cooling the closed loop system. Since steam is not available, there are electrical resistance heaters that could be used and either chilled water or a refrigeration system could be used to provide the cooling. Heat load is calculated based on the desired heating/cooling times, which are transient calculations that will have a peak at the beginning of each cycle. The system would need to be designed for that peak duty.
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