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At his most recent press conference (on June 2nd), Census Bureau Director Robert M. Groves stated that the Census Bureau had completed its 2010 Census advertising campaign. Yet, yesterday, it was reported that the advertising campaign is ongoing in Mississippi:
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Census Bureau director Robert M. Groves said Tuesday the agency is committed to a complete and accurate count of area's population.
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Friday, December 30, 2011
Throughout this year's master planning process for the new Biscuit Run State Park, local officials repeatedly pushed for the inclusion of athletic fields. It was also the No. 1 request from the public.
However, the state's Department of Conservation and Recreation said such facilities were the responsibility of local governments and not something to be included in a state park. DCR staff emphasized at one meeting that they were not "changing their paradigm."
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Transcription, the fundamental cellular process by which DNA is copied to RNA, is tightly regulated in healthy human development but frequently dysregulated in disease. During or shortly after transcription, regions known as introns are spliced out of the RNA to produce mature messenger RNA. Massively parallel sequencing of RNA (RNA-seq) has become a ubiquitous technology in... More >
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In my talk, I argue that the field of computational design is essential for the next revolution in manufacturing. To build increasingly functional, complex and integrated products, we need to create design tools that allow their users to efficiently explore high-dimensional design spaces by optimizing over a set of performance objectives that can be measured only by expensive computations.
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Monica Vazirani, UC Davis
Categorification attempts to replace sets or algebraic and geometric structures with more general categories. It has enjoyed amazing successes, such as Khovanov homology categorifying the Jones polynomial knot invariant, KLR algebras categorifying quantum groups, or Soergel bimodules categorifying Hecke algebras. Many of the algebras we see in categorification can be described diagrammatically,... More >
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Danny Yagan, Professor of Economics, UC Berkeley
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As the US economy improves, the unemployment rate continues to fall. But job loss has far-reaching and long-lasting consequences, and many Americans are still dealing with the economic, social, and psychological effects of layoffs. Professor Brand will explore the complex ways that the shock of job loss impacts workers career achievement, economic outcomes, and wellbeing, and how these effects... More >
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William J. Bauer, Jr., Professor, Department of History,, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Center for Native American Issues Research on, American Indian Graduate Student Association, American Indian Graduate Program, Native American Student Development, Department of Ethnic Studies
In 1935, Concow Austin McLaine, of northern Californias Round Valley Reservation, told an oral tradition about Lizard, who saw smoke wafting up from West Mountain, now known as Lassen Peak. The people in Lizards town planned to steal fire from Eagle, who selfishly kept the fire under his wings. The people teamed up, stole the fire, and raced with it back to town. Before they reached their... More >
Robert Louis Stevenson in Samoa
Lecture | March 1 | 4-6:30 p.m. | 306 Wheeler Hall
Joseph Farrell
Department of English, C. 19 & Beyond British Cultural Studies Working Group
The C.19 & Beyond British Cultural Studies Working Group is pleased to invite you all to hear our guest speaker Joe Farrell present work from his forthcoming book, "Robert Louis Stevenson in Samoa," which analyzes the author's final years in Samoa and his relationship to British Colonialism.
Mosse-Lecture: Can Architecture Be Democratic?: 2nd Annual Mosse-Lecture
Lecture | March 1 | 4:30 p.m. | 370 Dwinelle Hall
Jan-Werner Mueller, Professor, Political Science, Princeton University
Martin Jay, Professor, History, UC Berkeley
Department of German, The Mosse Foundation
Many people have an intuitive sense that the built environment is bound up with politics. The lecture poses the question how we might think more systematically (and normatively) about the relationship between democracy and architecture as well as public spaces as a particular form of the built environment.
Buddhism and Social Discrimination in Japan
Colloquium | March 1 | 5-7 p.m. | 180 Doe Library
Hank Glassman, Associate Professor, Haverford College; Jessica Main, Associate Professor, University of British Columbia; Jessica Starling, Assistant Professor, Lewis & Clark College
Center for Japanese Studies (CJS), Center for Buddhist Studies
"Kegawarashii: Discrimination against Funeral Workers in Japan, Medieval and Modern". Hank Glassman, Associate Professor, Haverford College
"Public Health and Propaganda: Shin Buddhism and the Campaign to Eradicate Leprosy in the 1930s". Jessica Main, Associate Professor, University of British Columbia
"Practicing Ethics in Contemporary Shin Buddhism: Deconstructing Stigma at a Former... More >
San Joaquin County: Cal vs Arizona State Viewing Party
Social Event | March 1 | 5-8 p.m. | Valley Brew
157 W Adams Street, Stockton, CA 95204
Cal Alumni Association, Cal Club of San Joaquin County
We hope you join us to watch the Cal Bears play the Arizona State Sun Devils. We will provide appetizers and drinks for those wearing blue and gold.
Leaving Religion and Losing Culture: Secular Conversion among Hispanic Freethinkers, Black Atheists, and Ex-Muslims: Joseph Blankholm
Lecture | March 1 | 5 p.m. | Stephens Hall, Geballe Room, 220 Stephens
Townsend Center for the Humanities, Berkeley Center for the Study of Religion
Relying on years of ethnographic research among avowedly secular people, Blankholm argues that becoming secular is a transformative process akin to conversion, and that secular Americans who are not white or who convert from non-Christian religions face unique challenges that lead to new forms of secularism.
Amita Shastri | Political Parties in Sri Lanka: Change and Continuity
Reading - Nonfiction | March 1 | 5-7 p.m. | Stephens Hall, 10 (ISAS Conf. Room)
Amita Shastri, Professor of the Department of Political Science, San Francisco State University
Sanchita B. Saxena, Executive Director, Institute for South Asia Studies; Director, Subir and Malini Chowdhury Center for Bangladesh Studies
Institute for South Asia Studies, Sarah Kailath Chair of India Studies
A lecture by Dr. Amita Shastri on her latest publication, Political Parties in Sri Lanka: Change and Continuity (Oxford University Press-India, 2018).
HTNM: "The Software Arts" with Warren Sacks
Lecture | March 1 | 5-6:30 p.m. | 470 Stephens Hall
Warren Sacks, UCSC
Sacks argues computing grew out of the arts. This argument will be a provocation for some, especially for those who see a bright line dividing the two cultures of the arts and the sciences. For others, the argument will not seem provocative at all.
Ferdinand de Saussure and the Phonic Harmony of Archaic Latin Poetry: Sather Lecture #4
Lecture | March 1 | 5:30 p.m. | Alumni House | Note change in time and location
Maurizio Bettini, Università degli Studi di Siena
The Uncondemned: Screening and panel Q&A
Film - Documentary | March 1 | 5:30-7 p.m. | 140 The Law Building
Kim Thuy Seelinger, Sexual Violence Program Director, Human Rights Center at Berkeley Law; Eric Stover, Faculty Director, Human Rights Center at Berkeley Law
Human Rights Center, Boalt Hall Committee for Human Rights
The Uncondemned tells the gripping story of the young international lawyers, activists, and survivors who did at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda what had never been done before: prosecute rape as an international war crime. A Q&A will follow the film with Kim Thuy Seelinger and Eric Stover of the Human Rights Center at Berkeley Law.
Camp and Campus
Conference/Symposium | March 1 | 5:30-7 p.m. | 554 Barrows Hall
Joyce Nao Takahashi
Center for Japanese Studies (CJS), Asian American & Asian Diaspora Studies 122, UC Berkeley Japanese American Studies Advisory Committee, Japanese American Women Alumnae of UC Berkeley
Cal alumna, Joyce Nao Takahashi (55) was born in Berkeley, California, the second daughter of alumni, Henry (26) and Barbara (30) Takahashi. She grew up in Berkeley, with the exception of the war years, which she spent in Tanforan, California, Topaz, Utah and Chicago, Illinois. She graduated from Berkeley High School, and the University of California, Berkeley and received a Ph. D.... More >
Why Africa Matters to U.S. National Security
Special Event | March 1 | 5:30-7 p.m. | International House, Chevron Auditorium
Grant Harris, CEO, Harris Africa Partners LLC
Center for African Studies, Institute of International Studies, Department of Political Science, Institute of Governmental Studies
Grant Harris is CEO of Harris Africa Partners LLC and advises companies on doing business in Africa. From 2011 to 2015, Harris served as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for African Affairs at the White House. Harris previously worked at the White House under President Bill Clinton and served twice at the U.S. Mission to the United Nations. Harris holds a J.D. from Yale Law... More >
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SOLD OUT - The Science of Cannabis: Cannabis as Medicine
Lecture | March 1 | 6-7:30 p.m. | UC Botanical Garden
What are the potential therapeutic benefits of Cannabis to ameliorate physical and psychological illnesses? Because of the constraints on conducting medical research on Cannabis and related products, much available information is empirical and has not been subjected to the rigors of the scientific method.
$30 / $25 UCBG Members / $15 Current students
Annual Chinese New Year Banquet
Special Event | March 1 | 6-9 p.m. | China Village
1335 Solano Avenue, Albany, CA 94706
Center for Chinese Studies (CCS)
[RSVP LIST IS CLOSED] 祝大家春節快樂! Please join the Center for Chinese Studies for our annual celebration of Chinese Lunar New Year. Let us welcome the Year of the Dog with good food, prizes, and interesting conversations with old and new friends.
Pre-payment is REQUIRED. $30 faculty & community; $15 students and UC staff; $8 for children.
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Lyft Tech Talk and Info-Session
Information Session | March 1 | 6:15-7:30 p.m. | The House
2560 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, CA
Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (EECS)
Come hear about Lyft's autonomous self-driving efforts! Free food, resume drop, and meet the team!
Pioneering Tech Journalist and Author Kara Swisher: Can Silicon Valley Be Tamed?
Lecture | March 1 | 6:15-7:45 p.m. | Sibley Auditorium, Bechtel Engineering Center
Graduate School of Journalism, Taube Philanthropies
Seating is first come, first served. Advance registration does not guarantee seating.
About Kara Swisher
Kara Swisher is one of the country's most influential journalists covering Silicon Valley, the focus of her reporting for over two decades. She is the executive editor of Recode, host of the Recode Decode podcast and co-executive producer of the high-profile Code Conference. Swisher... More >
RSVP online by February 26.
Can Silicon Valley Be Tamed?: Pioneer Tech Reporter Kara Swisher on Tech Industry and Social Responsibility
Presentation | March 1 | 6:15-7:45 p.m. | Sibley Auditorium, Bechtel Engineering Center
Kara Swisher, Recode
The first Annual Esther Wojcicki '61 Lectureship in Journalism will feature Kara Swisher, one of the country's most influential journalists covering Silicon Valley for over two decades.
RSVP by emailing Maura Smith at email@example.com by February 28.
Film: The Seventh Seal
Film - Feature | March 1 | 7 p.m. | Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
A medieval knight challenges Death to a game of chess in Bergmans iconic work of cinematic philosophy. A magically powerful film (Pauline Kael).
Oh My Sweet Land: A Play and Conversation on the Syrian Conflict
Performing Arts - Theater | March 1 | 7-9 p.m. | Anthony Hall
Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Golden Thread Productions
Join the Center for Middle Eastern Studies and Golden Thread Productions for a performance of the play Oh My Sweet Land, followed by food sharing and community conversation. Called extraordinary by The Guardian, this tour-de-force solo show, based on interviews with Syrian refugees in Jordan, takes an unflinching and personal look at the Syrian refugee crisis, and the brutal war that led up to it.
RSVP required. As seating is very limited at this free event. priority will be given to UC Berkeley students, faculty, and staff. More information: https://ohmysweetland.eventbrite.com
RSVP online by February 26.
Full: Daktari
Performing Arts - Music | March 1 | 7 p.m. | Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Daktari Dance Medicine Collective explores the mediums of drum, movement, meditation, and ritual, illuminating the African spirit.
Friday, March 2, 2018
Workshop on Tannishō Commentarial Materials
Conference/Symposium | March 2 – 4, 2018 every day | Jodo Shinshu Center
2140 Durant Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94704
Center for Japanese Studies (CJS), Center for Buddhist Studies, Otani University, Ryukoku University, BCA Center for Buddhist Education, Institute of Buddhist Studies
The Centers for Japanese Studies and Buddhist Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, together with Ōtani University and Ryūkoku University in Kyoto announce a workshop under the supervision of Mark Blum that will focus on critically examining premodern and modern hermeneutics of the Tannishō, a core text of the Shin sect of Buddhism, and arguably the most well-read... More >
Qigong with Director Eric Siegel
Workshop | March 2 | 10-11 a.m. | UC Botanical Garden
Join UCBG Director, Eric Siegel, for a morning practice in Qigong (pronounced cheegong), a form of meditative exercise with repeated movements, gently stretching the core and limbs and building body awareness.
Free with Garden Admission
Espalier and Pollarding Techniques
Lecture | March 2 | 10-11:30 a.m. | UC Botanical Garden
Join UCBG's landscape horticulturist, Mathew McMillan for a talk on the history, advantages, and techniques to espalier and pollard trees.
$20 / $15 UCBG Member
Determinants and Consequences of the Need for Explanation
Colloquium | March 2 | 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. | 5101 Tolman Hall
Emily Liquin, UC Berkeley
30 minute research talk by graduate student
WEBINAR: Planning Ahead: F-1 Employment Authorization for Off-Campus Internships
Workshop | March 2 | 11 a.m.-12 p.m. | Online Webinar
Berkeley International Office(BIO))
Understand how F-1 students can apply for off-campus work authorization for internships and employment related to their major field of study.
Attendees are expected to have watched the F-1 Guide to CPT Video here before attending the webinar: http://internationaloffice.berkeley.edu/students/current/f-1/curricular_practical_training
Please come prepared with your questions.
Symplectic Geometry and Mirror Symmetry Seminar: Wall-crossing formulae for LG potentials
Seminar | March 2 | 11 a.m.-12 p.m. | 748 Evans Hall
Dmitry Tonkonog, UC Berkeley
I will discuss an "umbrella" wall-crossing theorem for Landau-Ginzburg potentials of monotone Lagrangian submanifolds. I will try to cover two proof methods (using the relative Fukaya category and the Borman-Sheridan class) and/or some applications. Most of the material is joint work with James Pascaleff.
Consequences of Groundwater Sustainability in California: Environmental Engineering Seminar
Seminar | March 2 | 12-1 p.m. | 534 Davis Hall
Jeff Mount, Senior Fellow, Public Policy Institute of California
The Killing Season: A History of the Indonesian Massacres, 1965-66
Lecture | March 2 | 12-1:30 p.m. | 180 Doe Library
Geoffrey Robinson, Professor of History, UCLA
Center for Southeast Asia Studies
Prof. Robinson will discuss his new book, which examines the shocking anti-leftist purge that gripped Indonesia in 196566, leaving some 500,000 people dead and more than one million others in detention. The book will be available for sale at the end of the lecture.
Labor Lunch Seminar: Measuring the Impacts of Teacher and School Quality on Crime
Seminar | March 2 | 12-1 p.m. | 648 Evans Hall
Jon Schellenberg, UCB
Jacobs Design Conversations: Allison Arieff
Lecture | March 2 | 12-1 p.m. | 310 Jacobs Hall
Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation
Allison Arieff, editorial director of SPUR and contributing opinion writer for the New York Times, will speak on Solving All the Wrong Problems as part of the Jacobs Design Conversations series.
On-Campus MEng Info Session
Information Session | March 2 | 12-1 p.m. | 203 McLaughlin Hall
Fung Institute for Engineering Leadership
The Berkeley MEng is a one-year accelerated program that strives to develop engineering leaders who are able to draw equally on their managerial and technical strengths, as they tackle major technological challenges and create innovative solutions in real-world settings. Fung Institute for Engineering Leadership staff will lead the session and current MEng students will share their first-hand... More >
Engineering Biology to Make Novel Medicines
Seminar | March 2 | 12-1 p.m. | Sibley Auditorium, Bechtel Engineering Center
César de la Fuente-Nunez, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Proteins perform the cellular tasks required for life. The great variety of their biological activity is due in part to their vast combinatorial space: 20n, n being the number of amino acids present in any given peptide chain and 20 being the number of natural amino acid monomer building blocks. Yet we do not have the tools to properly engineer these diverse molecules. One approach is to start... More >
Beyond Insiders and Outsiders: Rethinking Nationalism and the Politics of Othering in the Modern Balkans
Lecture | March 2 | 12-1:30 p.m. | 270 Stephens Hall
Edin Hajdarpasic, Associate Professor of History, Loyola University
Institute of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (ISEEES)
During the nineteenth century, Serbian and Croatian national movements defined themselves against the specter of the Turk. Yet even as they explicitly named the Turks as sworn enemies, many Serbian-Croatian nationalists simultaneously described Bosnian Turks or Muslims as their brothers, pointing to their shared language, traditions, and ancestry. As one leading South Slavic nationalist... More >
Talking About Combinatorial Objects Student Seminar: The geometry of Coxeter groups
Seminar | March 2 | 1-2 p.m. | 748 Evans Hall
Nic Brody, UC Berkeley
There are many exciting areas of research in the combinatorial properties of Coxeter groups, but that's not what this talk is about. I will review some fundamental concepts of geometric group theory, and sketch the proofs that Coxeter groups are CAT(0) and cubulated. I will describe "alternative" that the class of Coxeter groups satisfy: a Coxeter group either contains a surface subgroup or has a... More >
Solid State Technology and Devices Seminar: Emerging Cell Architectures in Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaics
Seminar | March 2 | 1-2 p.m. | Cory Hall, 521 Hogan Room
James Bullock, University of California, Berkeley
Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (EECS)
In the last 5 years the crystalline silicon photovoltaic research community has produced a number of significant breakthroughs, including a string of new efficiency records and a broadening in device architectural diversity. This talk focuses on recent innovations from the Javey group which have contributed towards this trend, including the development of Dopant-free Asymmetric Heterocontact... More >
Archaeology Agencies Panel Workshop: Archaeological careers with government agencies and utilities
Workshop | March 2 | 1:30-4 p.m. | 101 2251 College (Archaeological Research Facility)
Archaeological Research Facility
A public round table discussion of how governmental and agency
businesses engage with archaeology and archaeologists.
Docent-led tour
Tour/Open House | January 6, 2017 – December 30, 2018 every Sunday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday with exceptions | 1:30-2:45 p.m. | UC Botanical Garden
Join us for a free, docent-led tour of the Garden as we explore interesting plant species, learn about the vast collection, and see what is currently in bloom. Meet at the Entry Plaza.
Free with Garden admission
Advanced registration not required
Tours may be cancelled without notice.
For day-of inquiries, please call 510-643-2755
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Currents and Phases in Quantum Rings: Nano Seminar Series
Seminar | March 2 | 2-3 p.m. | 60 Evans Hall
Prof. Kathryn Moler, Stanford University, Physics & Applied Physics
Berkeley Nanosciences and Nanoengineering Institute
Emergent phenomena in quantum systems often exhibit magnetic signatures. In this talk, I will describe how to use the current in a ring to access fundamental and topological properties of quantum states of charge-carrying particles.
Applying a magnetic flux through a ring creates a phase gradient, in response to which a current flows, creating magnetic fields that we measure with a scanning... More >
Publishing chemistry and materials research in Nature: an editors perspective
Seminar | March 2 | 2-3 p.m. | Hildebrand Hall, Library room 100D
Claire Hansell, Nature
The time between manuscript submission and the binary outcomes of acceptance or rejection can often seem like a black box of intrigue, witchcraft, denial, confusion and much more. However, that is not the intended external face of peer review, and editors make judgements on what is best for any given manuscript every day based on just a few rational principles. Claire Hansell is a senior editor... More >
Clark Kerr Garden Open Hours
Tour/Open House | February 2 – May 11, 2018 every Friday | 2:30-4:30 p.m. | Clark Kerr Campus
The Clark Kerr Garden is managed by Gardener Susanne Weisman along with the Cal Dining Sustainability Team Garden Coordinators and committed volunteers. Clark Kerr contains a culinary garden, an orchard, and continually growing edible landscaping.
Our goal is to be a space where anyone can hang out, pass through, learn something, collaborate, and enjoy food together. We hold skills training... More >
MENA Salon: Press "Freedom" as Diplomacy: Turkish-German Relations
Workshop | March 2 | 3-4 p.m. | 340 Stephens Hall
Center for Middle Eastern Studies
On February 16, a court in Istanbul ordered the release of German-Turkish journalist Deniz Yücel after 366 days of pre-trial detention. Yücels release, following months of lobbying by the German government, marks rare good news for jailed journalists in Turkey, which is now ranked the worlds worst jailer of journalists, with around 160 held in detention according to the Turkish Journalists... More >
Composition Colloquium: Du Yun
Colloquium | March 2 | 3 p.m. | 250 Morrison Hall
Du Yun (traditional Chinese: 杜韻, simplified Chinese: 杜韵, born June 18, 1977) is a Chinese born international composer, multi-instrumentalist, vocalist and performance artist. She won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Music for her opera Angel's Bone.
Du Yun was born in Shanghai, China. She began studying piano at the age of four, attending the primary school Shanghai... More >
Three Progress Reports
Seminar | March 2 | 3:10-5 p.m. | 107 South Hall
Anushah Hossain, Ankeet Shankar, and Michael Buckland
Progress reports on three projects, presented by Anushah Hossein, Ankeet Shankar, and Michael Buckland.
Who are the humans kept out by CAPTCHAs?
Anushah Hossain
Are web services provided by global companies equally accessible to internet users across the world? Anecdotal evidence suggests that there are significant barriers to viewing and using websites in developing regions.... More >
Managing Transportation in a New Era of Innovation
Lecture | March 2 | 4 p.m. | 502 Davis Hall
Jeff Morales, ITS Senior Fellow
Institute of Transportation Studies
Abstract: A combination of forces is affecting the development and delivery of infrastructure and transportation services and presenting the industry with new challenges. Forces such as politics, budgetary constraints, organizational and workforce issues, and technology continue to change and require innovative approaches and solutions. With a new and different level of engagement by the private... More >
BASF Seminar in the Chemical Sciences: Carbon Based Nanosciences
Seminar | March 2 | 4-5 p.m. | 120 Latimer Hall
Hongjie Dai, Department of Chemistry, Stanford University
This talk will review our work on nanosciences based on carbon. I will first briefly review our earlier work of carbon nanomaterials including carbon nanotubes and graphene nanoribbons, and then focus on fluorescence imaging in the previously unexplored 1000-1700 nm NIR-II window to benefit from greatly suppressed photon scattering at long wavelengths. We show that NIR-II imaging is novel with up... More >
Student / postdoc PDE seminar: Monotonicity formulas for elliptic and parabolic PDE 2
Seminar | March 2 | 4:10-5 p.m. | 740 Evans Hall
Tim Laux, UC Berkeley
QB3 Postdoc Seminar
Seminar | March 2 | 4:30-5:30 p.m. | 177 Stanley Hall
QB3 - California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences
Speaker: Shion An Lim (Susan Marqusee lab)
Investigating the evolution of protein biophysical properties by ancestral sequence reconstruction
How do properties of proteins evolve over time? The biophysical properties of proteins affect a protein's biological function and fitness and are encoded by their amino acid sequence. Therefore, we can imagine that these properties will... More >
Berta Didn't Die, She Multiplied: Film Screening and Discussion
Film - Documentary | March 2 | 5 p.m. | 160 Kroeber Hall
Silvio Carrillo, a filmmaker, producer, and the nephew of Berta Cáceres; Roxanna Altholz, an international human rights lawyer, and author of the recent Dam Violence: The Plan That Killed Berta Cáceres
Center for Latin American Studies
Join CLAS for a screening of the documentary on the legacy of Berta Cáceres, the indigenous Honduran environmental activist. After the screening, there will be a discussion featuring Silvio Carrillo, a filmmaker, producer, and the nephew of Berta Cáceres, and Roxanna Altholz, an international human rights lawyer, and co-author of the recent Dam Violence: The Plan That Killed Berta Cáceres.
Film Screening and Discussion: "Act and Punishment," a film by Evgeny Mitta
Film - Documentary | March 2 | 6-8 p.m. | 188 Dwinelle Hall
Evgeny Mitta
Institute of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (ISEEES)
Act and Punishment is a documentary that historically and culturally grounds the protest actions of the Russian feminist punk group Pussy Riot. The film, which the Russian government has banned, juxtaposes interviews with members of Pussy Riot who tell their own stories alongside commentary by Russian art historians, curators, and artists who contextualize their work.
Film Screening: Act and Punishment
Film - Documentary | March 2 | 6-8 p.m. | 188 Dwinelle Hall
Evgeny Mitta, Visual Artist, Documentary Filmmaker, Scenographer, and Actor
Institute of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (ISEEES), Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, Townsend Center for the Humanities, Film & Media Studies
Act and Punishment is a documentary that historically and culturally grounds the protest actions of Pussy Riot. The film, which the Russian government has banned, juxtaposes interviews with members of Pussy Riot who tell their own stories alongside commentary by Russian art historians, curators, and artists who contextualize their work. The film makes extensive use of raw footage depicting Pussy... More >
Film:Interviews with My Lai Veterans
Film - Documentary | March 2 | 7 p.m. | Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Stricks documentary spotlights five veterans who took part in the US militarys infamous My Lai massacre, the incident that opened the publics eyes to the atrocities of the Vietnam War. With Frederick Wisemans Basic Training and Appalshops Whitesburg Epic.
NPRs From the Top with Host Christopher ORiley
Performing Arts - Other | March 2 | 8-10 p.m. | Zellerbach Hall
Cal Performances hosts NPRs From the Top with Host Christopher ORiley for a live recording of the popular radio show in Zellerbach Hall. Broadcast on more than 200 stations nationwide to an audience of nearly half a million listeners, From the Top shares the stories and performances of pre-college classical musicians through a live-recorded concert presented in communities across the country.... More >
Recommended for children age seven and older.
$25-$52 prices subject to change
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Dan Joseph, Dulcimer Flight
Performing Arts - Music | March 2 | 8-10 p.m. | CNMAT (1750 Arch St.)
Center for New Music and Audio Technologies (CNMAT)
In his solo works for electroacoustic hammer dulcimer, for which he uses the title Dulcimer Flight, Dan constructs contemplative soundscapes that slowly unfold over the course of 30-minutes to one-hour.
$10 General, $5 Students and seniors
CNMAT Users Group presents: Dan Joseph, Dulcimer Flight
Performing Arts - Music | March 2 | 8 p.m. | CNMAT (1750 Arch St.)
CNMAT (Center for New Music and Technology)
In his solo works for electroacoustic hammer dulcimer, for which he uses the title Dulcimer Flight, Dan constructs contemplative soundscapes that slowly unfold over the course of 30-minutes to one-hour. With roots in early minimalism, ambient music and acoustic ecology, these long-form journeys combine composed elements, often in the form of a fixed melodic pattern, with extensive improvisation... More >
$10 G.A., $5 seniors and students
Saturday, March 3, 2018
Workshop on Tannishō Commentarial Materials
Conference/Symposium | March 2 – 4, 2018 every day | Jodo Shinshu Center
2140 Durant Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94704
Center for Japanese Studies (CJS), Center for Buddhist Studies, Otani University, Ryukoku University, BCA Center for Buddhist Education, Institute of Buddhist Studies
The Centers for Japanese Studies and Buddhist Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, together with Ōtani University and Ryūkoku University in Kyoto announce a workshop under the supervision of Mark Blum that will focus on critically examining premodern and modern hermeneutics of the Tannishō, a core text of the Shin sect of Buddhism, and arguably the most well-read... More >
Lichen BioBlitz-FULL
Workshop | March 3 | 9 a.m.-12 p.m. | UC Botanical Garden | Note change in date
We invite you to join lichen experts, UCBG faculty, Garden staff and citizen scientists for a lichen treasure hunt. During this one day event, participants will work in teams to document the lichen diversity at the Garden. Even if you have no specific lichen expertise, your participation is welcome. A keen eye and willingness to work collaboratively will help insure a thorough survey.
Free with advance registration
Santa Clara County: H-SS Framework Workshops
Workshop | March 3 | 9 a.m. | Santa Clara County Office of Education
1290 Ridder Park Drive, San Jose, CA 95131
Professional Development for Educators
Join other Bay Area teachers in a series of three workshops sponsored by the Santa Clara COE in partnership with UCBHSSP. The sessions will help teachers explore and start implementing the new California History-Social Science Framework with an emphasis on the Framework's encouragement of student civic engagement.
Attendance in the entire series is highly recommended but not required.
Sick Plant Clinic
Special Event | February 4, 2017 – December 7, 2019 the first Saturday of the month every month with exceptions | 9 a.m.-12 p.m. | UC Botanical Garden
Join the Garden for our monthly Sick Plant Clinic and find out which diseases ail your plants. Entomologists are also available to identify the pests that are living in your plants too! Please cover plants and disease samples in containers or bags before entering the Garden.
Lauren Reed-Guy, Chronicle Staff Writer
San Francisco Chronicle June... More >
BJCL Bluebooking Party
Meeting | March 3 | 10 a.m.-2 p.m. | The Law Building
Berkeley Journal of Criminal Law
Members convene to work on editing the citations for legal scholarships.
Docent-led tour
Tour/Open House | January 6, 2017 – December 30, 2018 every Sunday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday with exceptions | 1:30-2:45 p.m. | UC Botanical Garden
Join us for a free, docent-led tour of the Garden as we explore interesting plant species, learn about the vast collection, and see what is currently in bloom. Meet at the Entry Plaza.
Free with Garden admission
Advanced registration not required
Tours may be cancelled without notice.
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Alex Zwerdling Memorial
Memorial | March 3 | 3 p.m. | Wheeler Hall, 315, Maude Fife
The Department will hold a memorial in honor of the life and work of Alex Zwerdling, on March 3, 2018, at 3 p.m. in the Maude Fife Room (315 Wheeler Hall). A reception will follow in 330 Wheeler Hall. All of Alex's friends, colleagues, students, and others are invited to join us.
Panel Discussion: Kronos Quartet, My Lai
Panel Discussion | March 3 | 4 p.m. | Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Kronos Quartets collaboration with composer Jonathan Berger and novelist Harriet Scott Chessman, My Lai revisits the horrors of the massacre and its aftermath. The works creators and performers visit BAMPFA for this conversation.
Film:Winter Soldier
Film - Feature | March 3 | 5:30 p.m. | Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
This record of testimony about American war crimes may be the most important account we have of Americas tragic encounter with Vietnam. . . . Remains essential viewing (Chicago Reader). With Peter Gessners short Time of the Locust.
Gamelan Çudamani's 20th Anniversary Tour
Performing Arts - Music | March 3 | 7 p.m. | Hertz Concert Hall
On Saturday, March 3, 2018 the company performs at UC Berkeley's Hertz Hall at 7pm, in cooperation with the U.C Berkeley Department of Music. As Mt. Agung Volcano rumbles beneath their feet, Çudamani is preparing a special concert for Berkeley audiences. The Hertz Hall performance differs from any other program on this USA tour. The UC Berkeley program features world premieres by renowned... More >
$30 General Admission, $20 Students
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Film: Through a Glass Darkly
Film - Series | March 3 | 8 p.m. | Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Bergmans still-provocative portrait of a young woman sinking into insanity while both family and God fail to save her.


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Parador de Ronda was formerly the town hall of Ronda, a mountainous Spanish village 2,460 feet above sea level. The hotel sits on the edge of a gorge carved by the Guadalevín River, which cuts the city in two; from the pool, gardens, and guest rooms, you get a panoramic view of the city and the Rajo Canyon 360 feet below.
Spend a night on top of a ficus tree surrounded by 30 acres of South India's Wayanad rainforest. A water-powered cane and rope lift carries guests from the rainforest floor to their rooms 60 to 115 feet above ground. Constructed from local bamboo and coir (coconut fiber), Green Magic Nature Resort's three tree houses are connected by rope walkways and hanging bridges. Guests could even have a hand in the construction of future tree houses: To support the resort's conservation program, all visitors are asked to plant a sapling.
Hotel Caesar Augustus is tucked in the cliffs of Capri alongside 1,000 Phoenician steps. Visitors once rested here on their journey up the steep stone stairs. In the early 1900s, a Russian prince converted the property to a luxurious mansion; his enhancements included the still-standing Caesar Augustus statue that gave the hotel its name. Today, you can get the same eyeful of the Bay of Naples and have easy access to Mount Solaro, the island's highest peak.
At 10,000 feet above sea level, 3100 Kulmhotel Gornergrat is the highest hotel in the Swiss Alps—giving the climbers, skiers, and astronomers who stay here a panoramic view of the surrounding mountains. All guest rooms are named after one of the 29 peaks outside the hotel, and the room number corresponds to that mountain's exact height. From the suites, you'll look out to either the Monte Rose, Switzerland's highest point, or the Matterhorn, a mountain on Swiss-Italian border.
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Getting there: Two- or three-hour hike
You'll have to hoof it to Rifugio Torre di Pisa, a hostel nestled in the Italian Dolomites (and named for a nearby peak said to resemble the Leaning Tower of Pisa). Plan accordingly for the hike: The property is open June through October only, and the barebones accommodations consist of 20 bunk beds split between two dormitories, and one shared bathroom.
Under the watch of the Bernese Alps, guests travel the short journey from reception to their insulated pods by foot, ski, or dogsled. Once there, four miles of private skiing slopes, snowshoeing, and guide-accompanied mountain hiking are at your disposal. Naturally, this snowcapped haven is only open in the winter. Bonus: The eco-friendly resort leaves no trace after dismantling the pods at the end of the season.
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Getting there: Two hour climb or cable car
You could take a cable car to this simple hotel hidden high in the peaks of the Yellow Mountain range, but adventurous souls—like our reader Jamie Winkleman, who journeyed to this hotel after undergoing chemotherapy—opt for the two-hour climb up some 60,000 stairs. The accommodations aren't glamorous, but the scenery is storied: the mountain range's dramatic cliffs, hot springs, and pine trees (one of which is estimated to be 1,500 years old) have been a popular subject for Chinese painters and poets for centuries.
Though Bivacco Gervasutti seems to rest precariously at 9,300 feet above sea level, the capsule is well-secured—it was designed to prevent snow accumulation, resist avalanches, and withstand high-altitude conditions (and it provides sleeping, dining, and living space for 12). The only trick is getting there: The ascent from Val Ferret Valley to Mont Blac's Frebouze Glacier takes about four hours.
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Five signs your teen could be in an unhealthy relationship
Your daughter has a new boyfriend. He seems nice enough, but there's something about the way he talks to her sometimes that makes you worry: is he as nice as he seems?
Teen dating violence is a real problem—and it's not rare. One in five adolescents report some kind of violence (including psychological)—and up to one in eight report physical violence (girls are more likely to experience physical violence than boys). Think about that: in a high school classroom of twenty kids, that would mean four are in an unhealthy relationship—and two of those four are being beaten.
A study just released in the journal Pediatrics gives us more reason to worry; it says that young adults who experienced dating violence as teens were more likely to be heavy drinkers, smoke marijuana, be antisocial, be depressed, and think about suicide.
Not what we want for our children.
What makes it hard is that it's not always easy to pick up on dating violence. Abusers can seem remarkably charming. Victims can be reluctant to admit it's going on—and often are made to feel like the problems are their fault, not the fault of the abuser. Even signs that should seem obvious, like bruises, get explained away ("I fell at school.") So parents need to be very watchful, and ask lots of questions.
Here are five signs your teen might be in an unhealthy relationship (I'm saying daughter here, but it could be son too):
He doesn't always treat her with respect. This sounds obvious, but it's something worth thinking about carefully—because we can sometimes dismiss small things we shouldn't dismiss, both as victims and as onlookers. Does he belittle her? Does he make fun of her in front of others? Does he say unkind things to her about how she looks, what she does or what she says? Does he show up late, or bail on her, or not call when he said he would? Each time it happens it may not seem like a big deal, but if it's frequent, it is a big deal.
He smothers—or otherwise acts obsessed. It can seem sweet at first when he calls all the time or wants to be with her every moment. But when it doesn't let up, and when it starts to get in the way of your daughter seeing friends or doing activities she likes to do, or when he wants to know what she is doing and who she is with all the time, or if he is often jealous, it's a warning sign of problems.
Your daughter changes her habits for him. We all like to please our partners, and a few changes aren't bad—sometimes they can even be welcome (like starting to wear clean clothes regularly). But in a healthy relationship, each person appreciates the other for who they are. It's not good if your daughter suddenly is wearing different clothes (especially if they are sexier), is giving up friends or activities or is otherwise acting in ways that are, well, just not her.
He hurts her physically in any way—or she has an unexplained injury. Ask questions. Make sure the story makes sense. It is never, never okay for someone to physically hurt another person. Sometimes when we are in the thick of it, we lose track of that—but it's a really important message to teach our children.
Your daughter seems more sad, irritable or anxious than before. Healthy relationships make us happier. If we aren't happy, there is a problem.
If you are seeing any of these things, sit your teen down and talk. As upset and even angry as you may be, talk to her in a loving, supportive way. Be patient, and be ready to try again if she says there is nothing wrong. It can take a while for someone to be ready to talk about these things.
To learn more about teen dating violence and what you can do about it, check out the Teen Dating Violence page of the website of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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The Office of Business Affairs provides a full array of financial and administrative services to the campus community in support of departmental objectives and the College mission. We are tasked with a diverse set of responsibilities including Accounting, Purchasing, Travel, Accounts Payable, Budget Planning, and Internal Controls.
Our office oversees the development and deployment of budgets, maintaining financial records and reports, implementation of financial policies and procedures, purchasing of goods and services, and accounting for the Alumni Association, Alumni Commons, and the SUNY Cobleskill Foundation.
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Sara Carbonero gossip, latest news, photos, and video.
Iker, Sara, and Martin's winning weekend
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Real Madrid won the UEFA Champions League yesterday. It was already a legendary career for Iker Casillas. And now…one more. But this was his first win as a father. With Sara Carbonero watching in the stands, Iker had baby Martin with him on the pitch during celebrations. He wept. Of course he did. Full Story
Baby Casillas Carbonero
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As reported last week – click here for a refresher – Iker Casillas and Sara Carbonero became parents to a baby boy called Martin. And now they're presenting him to the world. Is it just me or are these shots a little like Prince George? Well, they're crazy about the football-soccer in Spain so, you could say, their players are like royalty…even though they already have their own royal family. Full Story
Sara & Iker have a baby
Sara Carbonero and Iker Casillas are parents. According to Spanish reports, it's a baby boy called Martin. There appears to be an official confirmation on his fan page too. Click here to see. This is what I slacked on in 2013. Full Story
An update on two couples
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Remember when it was reported that Tom Hardy and Charlotte Riley weren't engaged anymore and he was getting really close with Noomi Rapace? (Click here for a refresher.) They worked on back to back movies together and then when that was done, Charlotte was back. Full Story
Sara and Iker's baby
Sara Carbonero and Iker Casillas are expecting a baby. Today Sara attended a promotional event in Madrid for ELLE. From the photos I've seen so far and attached here, there is no belly cupping. God help me if I see a photo of Sara belly cupping. I don't see her as a belly cupper at a photo wall. Full Story
Iker in transition
I have been waiting and waiting for access to new pictures of Sara Carbonero and Iker Casillas for weeks. As you, I love them so much. And it was confirmed a few weeks ago that they're expecting a baby. Here they are out for dinner in Madrid earlier this week. So it's transition time for Iker, both personally and professionally. Full Story
Iker & Sara in Anguilla
EXCLUSIVE Iker Casillas and Sara Carbonero spent the weekend in Anguilla. Am told the two are still deliriously in love, all over each other at the pool and the beach. Interestingly enough, at one point, according to other hotel guests, they were looking at a "big ring" on her finger and laughing. Full Story
Iker, Sara, and the Spanish children
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Sergio Ramos. I just love saying that name. SERGIO RAMOS! It's a fun name to say, isn't it? I wonder if it's totally ordinary for Spanish speakers though. Like, is Sergio Ramos the equivalent of, I dunno, Scott Johnson? Scott Johnson is definitely not fun to say. Sometimes Fernando Torres looks like he wears makeup. Full Story
Iker & Sara Euro 2012 Week 1
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The tournament is a week old. How could I have waited so long to post photos of my favourites? Sara Carbonero gets to work at Euro 2012 (as a sports reporter) AND support her man, Iker Casillas who totally saved Spain's ass against Italy last Sunday. Am attaching a few shots of the two this week. Full Story
Feliz Dia de Accion de Gracias!
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Did I get that right? Pretty sure there's no Thanksgiving in Spain but we can still give thanks for Iker Casillas, seen at an appliance launch today. Something's off with him here. Maybe he needs a tan. Or it's that old man jacket. I can't say this is my favourite look. Then again, I always prefer him with Sara Carbonero anyway. Full Story
More Spanish PDA
In yesterday's post about Shaki – click here if you missed – I noted that I never mind when the Spaniards go full PDA, although it's gross and offensive when people try it over here in North America. That reminded me of a video I've been meaning to post featuring another Spanish couple, and my favourite, Iker Casillas and Sara Carbonero. Full Story


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Welcome to the Rhode Island Bankruptcy Court Opinions Page.
You may access court opinions in three different ways:
1. Via our on-line database of opinions covering the years 1996 to present, listed by year and judge. For a more detailed search, enter the keyword or case number in the search box at the top of this page.
2. You may also access Rhode Island Bankruptcy Opinions dating back to 2002 via the United States Courts Opinions Collection, a project between the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) and the Administrative Office of the United States Courts (AOUSC) to provide public access to opinions from selected United States appellate, district, and bankruptcy courts. Once an opinion is located, all associated opinions within the same case can be accessed from the Opinions > More Information page.
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Laurence and Pauline Schwarm, Greensburg High School sweethearts, celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary on May 21 with family and friends.
Laurence and Pauline Schwarm, Greensburg High School sweethearts, celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary on May 21 with family and friends. Him The only boy in a family of five girls, Laurence was a farmer's son from rural Kiowa County. His grandfather, Fritz Schwarm, and his grandmother, Marie, the daughter of a Navajo reservation teacher, were the first of the family to move to Kiowa County. In 1913 Laurence's father John and his mother Alice (Gierhart) Schwarm moved to a small farm northeast of Greensburg. Marie had three girls while the family lived in a small farmhouse on the west side of the property. "Well I guess the story was, my mom told my dad she wouldn't have any more kids until he built a new house," laughed Laurence. "She said she about froze to death in that old house." In 1917 a local builder name Van Fossen began construction on the Schwarm's new home but he didn't complete it until 1919 when he returned from serving in World War I. Van Fossen built a number of houses across Kiowa County and was, at the time, considered one of the top builders in the county. Laurence was born on Feb. 24, 1924 and Marie had two more children, Maurine (Schwarm) Carr and Darlene (Schwarm) Erickson. Laurence and Pauline still live in the house built by Van Fossen in 1919. Their three children, Larry, Rodney and David were raised in the house. Laurence has lived there his entire life and he and his wife have lived their entire married life in the two-story colonial. "I know exactly which room I was born in because I'm still sleeping in it," chuckled Laurence. Her "I was born little," said Pauline. "They kept me in a shoebox on the oven door to keep me warm. Of course, I don't remember that." Pauline (Cory) Schwarm was a city girl. Her family sold their wheat farm on the outskirts of Greensburg and moved to a house in town when she was young. "The first real vivid memory I have is seeing a wheat field burn, because a combine had backfired or something," recalled Pauline. "My mother was crying and I thought 'how silly, it's just a wheat crop.' But of course that was their livelihood." The youngest of four girls, she was a self-declared "tomboy." Her mother Jessie (Tuttle) Cory was a homemaker and her father Emmit Cory worked for the Kiowa County Road Department. She remembers walking more than a mile through a field to get to the Greensburg south grade school. "In town we had a grocery store, a shoe store, a meat shop and two drug stores," said Pauline. "My family lived a simple life. We always had chickens in the yard. We didn't have anything and we thought we had a lot." Them In 1938 Laurence's school, formerly the Hopkins School, was consolidated with the Greensburg School Distric. "I was a country boy, I didn't know anything about what was in town," said Laurence. "I knew two people in my class and those were two kids from my rural school. I was just scared to death. I didn't know anybody, didn't know where to go, the school was so big. It was terribly big to me." Pauline and Laurence were in the class, both planning to graduate the same year. Pauline loved her math classes and Laurence played some basketball, "I don't think I was very good." The couple barely noticed each other until their senior year. "I think I met him them, but he didn't impress me," laughed Pauline. Laurence says his old yearbook, which he still has, tells a different story. "I don't particularly remember first seeing her, but she was there," he laughed. "I know she says I didn't impress her, but in my old yearbook, it was the only year I was able to buy one, her name runs across two pages." But the couple began to date their senior year and traveled together with classmates and teachers on a senior trip to Wichita. "It was my first trip to Wichita, to the big city," said Laurence. "We watched the airplanes take off and that was a big deal for us country people." With gas rationing and a senior class of nearly 40 students, Laurence and Pauline were squeezed into the same car for the long and dusty trip. "I think at that point you would have had a hard time getting him in one car and me in another one," said Pauline. The couple had dinners and went to see movies at The Twilight Theatre. They were both partial to romance movies and wartime newsreels. On May 21, 1943, graduation day, the couple attended afternoon ceremonies, then hopped in their car and drove to Pratt to get married. They didn't pick up their diplomas until the next day. "Someone asked me the other day, 'Aren't you sorry you got married that young?' I think ignorance is bliss, we just didn't know the difference back then," said Pauline. "But I've never been sorry I got married that young. At that time it wasn't terribly unusual for young people to get married that young. Not common, but it wasn't unusual." They said Laurence's father had given his consent for the marriage, but Pauline's mother didn't know about it. "I don't think they disliked Laurence," she added. "I think they had bigger dreams for me. I was going to be the daughter that went to college." After graduation they lived on the farm and Laurence helped his father in the wheat fields. It was wartime and although he had received one deferment, he was called to take a physical in spring 1945. "I remember it was three degrees below zero," said Laurence. "We rode an old train that stopped at every town between here and there. It stopped at Brenham, then Haviland, Wellsford, Cullison and so on. When I took my physical they asked me if I was still on the farm and gave me a 4F." A 4F classification was one of the lower classifications during WWII and the least likely to be called into active duty. "They said if it had been two months earlier, I probably would have gone," he remembered. "The war had turned by that time. It was getting closer to the end for Germany. They were making good headway." In April 1945 the Allied Forces captured the Reichstag just after German troops surrendered in Italy, signaling the end of the war in Europe. Family "It was pretty tough going in those first few years," Laurence said. "But it was a lot worse when we were growing up. We both grew up in the Depression so we knew how to accept what we had. If we couldn't pay for it, we couldn't get it." With three boys, which Pauline said "was enough," the Schwarm's continued to work the farm and Laurence took it over in 1961. In 1966 he put in his first flood irrigation system and in the early 1970s his father passed away. In 1974 Pauline was elected to the probate court, which eventually became the district court. She served on the local bench for 18 years. In 1983 the couple celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary with an open house. "I remember a friend said 'Oh that is such a big deal, you have to have one,' and she was right, it was very lovely," said Pauline. They don't remember how they celebrated their 50th anniversary in 1993, but they took an Alaskan cruise and train tour on their 60th anniversary. "It was wonderful," she said. "But we came home so tired I didn't know if I was standing up or sitting down." Their oldest son Larry has reserved the Kiowa County Senior Center for a celebration on May 21st this year for family and friends to join the two high school sweethearts in celebrating a historic and increasingly rare milestone. "I see a lot more divorces than there used to be, nobody hardly ever makes that anymore," she said. "There was a stigma against getting a divorce back in those days. You make your bed and you have to lay in it kind of a thing. I think people stayed together because people felt like they had to. When I was a judge I saw more and more divorces through the '70s and '80s." The rarity of such an anniversary can be a shock they say, with people asking the inevitable question 'How have you made it work?' "He's had to take a lot, because he's had to deal with a woman for 70 years," laughed Pauline. "There's a lot of give and take. I guess you have to roll with the punches. That's the only way it can work." As for their 80th wedding anniversary plans? "I hope we make it," said Pauline, "but if we don't, we made it quite a ways."


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Is "flyjin" a Japanese word?
If so, does it have an antonym?
And what is the correct way to write it in Japanese? Is it フライジン or フライ人{じん}?
For those who might be unfamiliar with the term, "flyjin" is a word derived from "gaijin" to describe foreigners who "flew away" from Japan after the earthquke, tsunami, and nuclear incident on March 11, 2011.


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CityPASS, the company that packages — at tremendous savings — the top attractions in 11 North American destinations, has promoted Annie Allen to the position of director of tourism sales and marketing. In addition, the company has relocated its tourism sales and marketing office to San Francisco, where the CityPASS concept was first launched in 1997.
In her new role, Allen will oversee CityPASS's tourism marketing efforts and continue to serve as the face of CityPASS at countless international trade shows, including the International Tourism Bourse – ITB (Germany), World Travel Market (U.K.), Rendezvous (Canada), and more. The primary contact for tour operators who wish to sell CityPASS to their clients, Allen is also CityPASS's point person for the U.S. Travel Association's International Pow Wow, the travel industry's premier international marketplace.
Allen also participates in sales missions with several CityPASS partner destination marketing offices (NYC & Company, Visit California, the Greater Houston Convention & Visitors Bureau, Tourism Toronto and the Atlanta Convention and Visitors Bureau) to Europe, Australia, India, Mexico, South America and other countries. Her relocation to San Francisco enhances CityPASS's presence in California, where three CityPASS destinations (San Francisco, Hollywood and Southern California) are located. The move also allows her to participate more easily and actively in industry events.
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Microsoft has released to manufacturing of the .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 (SP1) and Visual Studio 2008 SP1. These releases come just nine months after the release of the .NET Framework 3.5 and Visual Studio 2008, and include a number of updates. Included in the SP1 updates are:
- The .NET Framework Client Profile which makes it easier for developers to deploy client applications thanks to an 86.5 percent reduction (197MB to 26.5MB) in .NET Framework size.
- Improvements to the common language runtime (CLR), such as the ability to generate managed code that improves application startup time by 20-45 percent.
- ADO.NET Data Services and ADO.NET Entity Framework, which raise the level of abstraction for database programming and supply both a new model-based paradigm and a rich, standards-based framework for creating data-oriented Web services. Support for SQL Server 2008 is also now available with SP1.
- Enhancements to the REST services functionality within Windows Communication Foundation provide a more flexible programming model for building services to support both Web 2.0 and Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) applications.
"The beauty of the .NET Framework has always been that it makes it easier for developers to build applications that are visually stunning, well connected and highly secure," says Scott Guthrie, corporate vice president of the .NET Developer Division at Microsoft. "However, we want to make sure we are keeping the end-user experience in mind as well, which is why we created the .NET Framework Client Profile. The .NET Framework Client Profile significantly speeds up the installation of Windows and enables a much more consumer-friendly experience. This is a huge step forward for the more than 4 million .NET developers worldwide."
Enhancements in Visual Studio 2008 SP1 build on the functionality in the .NET Framework 3.5 SP1. Improvements include better-performing designers for building WPF applications, improved tools for developing AJAX applications, improved designers for working with the ADO.NET Entity Framework, a richer JavaScript development environment, and a streamlined website deployment experience. Visual Studio 2008 SP1 also extends the developer-focused innovations in SQL Server 2008, making the development of occasionally connected applications and spatial applications easier and offering developers additional controls for incorporating business intelligence into applications.