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How California Nearly Joined the Confederacy
California, with all of its Gold Rush riches, came very close to joining the South.
Each month, three or four steamships set sail from San Francisco loaded with millions of dollars' worth of gold, wealth that fueled the Union's eco nomic engine during the Civil War. Even Gen. Ulysses S. Grant was grateful for California's contribution to the war effort. "I do not know what we would do in this great national emergency were it not for the gold sent from California," Grant once wrote. But all that cash could just as easily have gone to the other side. Though most history books glide over the role the West Coast played in the War Between the States, California came very close to being part of the South, a defection that could easily have altered the outcome of the conflict.
Before 1848, California was just the sleepy northern frontier of Mexico. The population consisted of at least 300,000 native Indians and only 700 foreigners, most of whom were American. The discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill on Jan. 24, 1848, quickly changed that. As word of the discovery trickled out-news could take months to reach the East Coast by way of a 14,000-mile sail around South Ameri ca or stagecoach-prospectors and merchants from around the world flocked to the gold fields by boat and covered wagon. In the decade before the Civil War began, more gold came out of those California mines than the amount the whole world had produced in the previous 150 years.
Competition. To Southern slaveholders, the gold mines sounded like the perfect place to bring their system of forced labor. No less an eminence than Jefferson Davis-who would become president of the Confederacy a decade later-argued to make California a slaveholding territory. "The European races now engaged in working the mines of California sink under the burning heat...to which the African race is altogether better adapted," Davis argued in 1850. "The production of rice, sugar, and cotton is no better adapted to slave labor than the digging, washing, and quarrying of the gold mines."
But the miners had other ideas. "They don't want to compete with slave labor, peon labor, or corporate labor," says Leonard Richards, author of the recently released book The California Gold Rush and the Coming of the Civil War and a historian at the University of Massachusetts. "They just want to be left alone." So at a constitutional convention in 1849, California politicians declared that the soon-to-be state would not accept slavery. Keeping slavery out of Cali fornia was about the economics of labor competition, not idealism, Richards says. At that very same convention, a proposal to ban even free blacks from entering the state was just narrowly defeated.
For the next decade, politicians in both Washington, D.C., and California schemed to make the Golden State part of the South. Many Californians had been born in slave states and were sympathetic to the Southern cause. Only 32 percent voted for Abraham Lincoln in 1860.
When war broke out in 1861, there was a move to establish the "Pacific Republic" with Oregon and join the Confederacy. The situation was tense: Albert Johnston, the general responsible for protecting California-just recently acquired from Mexico and vulnerable to raids from Indian tribes-was a Texan with a deep hatred for Lincoln.
But in a move that may have changed history, Johnston surprised the Pacific Republic conspirators. Upholding his officer's oath of loyalty, he refused to join their plan. Instead, he handed over his command and headed to Texas, where he joined the Confederate Army. Johnston was killed at the Battle of Shiloh in 1862. Thousands of Californians followed his example, moved east, picked their side, and fought in dozens of battles. But many more stayed home-and kept a close eye on those gold fields.


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Reviews by haz77:
4.45/5 rDev +11%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.5
2011 vintage
A - Pours a clear, bright copper with three fingers of firm off-white head. This very slowly falls to a rocky cap. Half a dozen small streamers are visible. Good start.
S - Fruity esters, plasticky phenols, clove, orange peel, coriander, light whiff of banana, some floral notes, a slight vinous presence in the background. Nice balance.
T - The start is candied orange along with a refined citric edge. Fruity esters transition into caramel flavours which round out and mellow the middle of the beer. This moves into a vinous note and a soft spike of spicy phenols. A perfumed floral character lingers in the aftertaste along with light hop bitterness. The alcohol is barely perceptible. As with the aroma, great balance.
M - Medium body with delicate, persistent carbonation that allows some creaminess to come through, before finally dispersing it towards the finish. A common theme I've found with De Struise is the consistently excellent mouthfeel.
D - Yet another fine beer from this brewery. Looks good, the smells and taste are well balanced, integrated and transition sublimely, with the mouthfeel perfectly offsetting it all. What more can you ask for?
Serving type: bottle
01-28-2012 20:16:30 | More by haz77
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07-19-2014 08:16:26 | More by zestar
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look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
A - Pours a murky muddy brown colour with frothy head that retains fairly well
S - Sweet candy, toffee, musk like with a hint of dark fruit
T - Sweet malts, some spice, get some dark fruit, figs, prunes, , lots going on but fairly sweet
M - Medium bodied with medium carbonation
O - Very enjoyable and highly recommend, a little too sweet but ok
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07-12-2014 12:10:23 | More by PolarBear3
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06-19-2014 01:47:19 | More by davidwhatshisnam
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From a microbrewery. Oak-aged. It has a funny label of a drunk looking guy wearing a Santa hat with stars. I wonder what it means. It pours into a chalice with a nice creamy head. It looks dark brown, blurry. It smells like plums, licorice, brown sugar, some liquid bread, dark cherries. Medium body, medium to low carbonation, fruity in the middle and an explosion of flavors that hides the alcohol. This is pretty amazing.
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look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Poured from 330mL bottle into a tulip.
Appearance: medium amber hue with lots of haze, crowned by a thick finger of creamy tan foam with great head retention. Not particularly pale, but definitely not dark; whatever it is, it's attractive.
Smell: very sweet and malty with a pretty decent dark-fruit character; there is plenty of date character in the mix. It really does straddle the line between a pear & apple Belgian pale and a raisin & date Belgian dark; frankly, I like it.
Taste: sweet malt with a little dankness and more of that middle-of-the-road fruitiness; there's pear, date and maybe even a little tobacco. It's a little on the sweet side for my taste, but that can be overlooked.
Mouthfeel: medium body with a big carbonation and concomitant creaminess. Ba-dow!
Overall: what a lovely beer. It is a bit too sweet for me, on balance, but there are too many good elements here to outweigh that factor. I think this is a great stab at a Christmas beer; big ABV and plenty of character, but not a big spice bomb. Dig it!
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look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Pours a slightly cloudy amber with a tan colored head. Nice head retention that leaves thick gobs of lacing.
Lovely candied fruit scent. Notes of prunes, cinnamon, orange peel, candy, brown sugar, fruity yeast, and shortbread. Absolutely fantastic scent reminiscent of Christmas and all it's cookies and cakes.
Flavor is nearly as complex with a slight sweetness of fruit and candy. Definite notes of orange peel and cinnamon and allspice. Finishes warm and slightly sweet. Mouthfeel is full and lively, but not too spritzy. Very good beer and recommended.
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look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Pours orangey amber with a large head.
Nose shows spicy phenols and noble hops along with a doughy yeast note and some apple esters. Also a fair whack of malt with caramel and confectionery notes.
Sweet malty flavours, again with a big confectionery character. Some noble hops remain along with a hit of booze. A little cloying.
Serving type: on-tap
04-04-2014 03:45:41 | More by CrazyDavros
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According to Fatboy Slim, who's spreading himself awfully slim these days (can'tÖcontrolÖfingers), our boys Blur are starting work on, what is always, an eagerly-awaited new album, and looking to possibly do some collaboratin' with the aforementioned DJ. "Blur approached me about working on their new album," Fatboy said. "I agreed on the condition that if it doesn't work out, we don't use it. So we're going to give it a try and see what happens. No ties." And in case any Blurphiles are a wee bit worried by this possible combo, he clarifies, "no, they're not going to go dance!" What? You mean like "Girls and Boys" wasn't dance? Oh, nevermind.
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By Emily Church, MarketWatch
LONDON (MarketWatch) - U.S. stock futures were holding the flat line early Monday, failing to take courage from Verizon's about $6.7 billion stock-cash deal to buy MCI.
Dealers, noting that the terms value MCI at a nil-premium $20.75 and that the two carriers see a year before regulatory approval, expect light trading in the speculative pre-open session. Shares of MCI dropped over 4 percent at $19.76 as pre-open volumes picked up post-8 a.m. Eastern.
Verizon, a Dow industrials component, looks to have pipped Qwest Communications /quotes/zigman/15511473/delayed/quotes/nls/q Q +1.17% despite a lower price. The agreement marks the third large telecoms deal in two months. See story
European and U.K. stocks were coming off minor opening gains. Against the grain, Continental chipmaker stocks were holding higher after Taiwan Semi /quotes/zigman/189771/delayed/quotes/nls/tsm TSM +1.10% , the largest contract chipmaker, posted a 4.6 percent rise in monthly sales. See Europe Markets
Financial stocks are an expected focus after insurer giant AIG /quotes/zigman/557836/delayed/quotes/nls/aig AIG -0.02% announced subpoenas from the New York Attorney General Eliot Spizter and the Securities and Exchange Commission.
AIG, a Dow component, said the regulators queries relate to "investigations of non-traditional insurance products and certain assumed reinsurance transactions and AIG's accounting for such transactions."
In Internet stocks, Google Inc. /quotes/zigman/30194416/delayed/quotes/nls/goog GOOG -0.54% saw a volatile pre-open. An broker upgrade overnight lifted the bid on the stock to $188 in London, indicating a tentative gain of some 30 cents from Friday.
In New York action, the stock was marked down 0.2 percent at $187.10.
CIBC World Markets overnight raised the Internet search stock to "sector outperform" from "sector perform," telling clients it's now less concerned with the competitive threat posed by MSN. The broker told clients it sees potential upside to $245 in the shares.
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OfficeMax said its chief executive officer has resigned. The retailer said six employees were fired amid an internal probe into accounting problems and a potential net overstatement in a range of $4 million to $6 million through the end of the third quarter 2004.
General Motors' /quotes/zigman/1466682/delayed/quotes/nls/gm GM -0.34% agreement to pay Fiat SpA $2 billion to avert the forced buyout of Fiat's auto unit is at the "high end" of expectations, but not far out of line, analysts say. FIA rallied 4 percent in Italy. See story
Computer Sciences Corp. /quotes/zigman/222918/delayed/quotes/nls/csc CSC +0.21% said it'll reduce its term debt by $1 billion on March 11, in a move that will lower its fiscal 2006 net pre-tax interest expense by approximately $30 million.
New York Stock Exchange specialist firm Van Der Moolen eased 2.8 percent in its home Amsterdam market as it said it is closing its stock loans business, following a New York Stock Exchange inquiry into broker-dealer stock lending practices, focusing on transactions involving finders.
Shares of Germany's large online broker Comdirect /quotes/zigman/259527/delayed DE:COM -0.70% , which is controlled by Commerzbank, dropped 5 percent after it said customer orders remained flat in 2004 at 5.95 million, and that it expects to spend 50 million euros over the next three years on technology and marketing.
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UBS overnight raised its 2005 second quarter earnings per share projection for Apple Computer /quotes/zigman/68270/delayed/quotes/nls/aapl AAPL +0.08% to 45 cents from a prior estimate of 41 cents on expectations for a 67 percent jump in revenue to $3.19 billion. "Our checks indicate that the new Mac Mini & iPod Shuffle are being well received & that current shortages will likely be alleviated next month," analysts said. UBS further sees software revenue for Apple rising to $1 billion this fiscal year. Shares rose 1 percent to $82.10 on the Archipelago exchange with 18,000 shares traded.
CIBC World Markets upgraded Redback Networks, Inc. to "sector outperform" from "sector perform," saying it continues to believe that the BellSouth contract is a major win that "should spark acceptance at other carriers."
Deutsche Bank overnight upgraded ConocoPhillips /quotes/zigman/294662/delayed/quotes/nls/cop COP -1.67% to "buy" from "hold," citing the company's successful resolution to its Venezuelan issues and a good meeting between Chief Executive Mulva and President Chavez. In addition, the broker told clients that like other refiners, "ConocoPhillips continues to over-discount the volatility of refining earnings."
Gateway Inc. was upped to "buy" at First Albany.
Network Appliance /quotes/zigman/109935/delayed/quotes/nls/ntap NTAP -1.36% was upgraded to "outperform" from "market perform" at Friedman Billings Ramsey due to evidence that demand for the company's products is likely to increase over the next 3 quarters. The broker also said it believes Hewlett-Packard's /quotes/zigman/229301/delayed/quotes/nls/hpq HPQ -1.55% competitive storage market position should weaken through the July quarter.
UBS dropped its rating on financial services firm Wachovia Corp. /quotes/zigman/32065522/delayed/quotes/nls/wb WB -1.18% to "neutral" from "buy," citing a 30-percent surge in the shares since mid Aug. The broker told clients that while it still sees upside to 2005 earnings per share, it is cutting its rating given the move in the stock, a less likely share buyback and its cautious view on the sector.
Goldman Sachs upgraded BT Group /quotes/zigman/293804/delayed/quotes/nls/bt BT -1.39% to "in line" from "underperform" following last week's third-quarter results and citing strong broadband growth. The broker told clients that BT's underlying revenue performance was "enjoying a mini renaissance driven by strong demand for broadband and market share gains in Information and Communications Technology (ICT)."


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Open interest and trading volumes in commodity futures markets have shown some resilience at the start of 2009 despite the dramatic price slides triggered by the economic downturn.
In the fourth quarter of 2008, open interest in U.S. crude oil futures fell to levels not seen since mid-2006 as the global economic crisis hit fuel demand and sent prices tumbling, before rebounding.
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this graph raises a question the number of contracts depends on the level of oil prices or on the level of economic activity ?
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Polonnaruwa meteorite shows life in outer space
A meteorite that Landed recently, close to the ancient city of Polonnaruwa in Sri Lanka has been described as the most important scientific discovery in the last 500 years as it carried "compelling evidence of life" from outer space.
The scientists who discovered the contents of the meteorite said, "we report here the first compelling evidence for life existing outside the earth.'
Following extensive lab work in the United Kingdom and Sri Lanka four scientists in a paper said , "We report the discovery for the first time of fossilized diatoms in a carbonaceous meteorite that fell on 29 December 2012". Diatoms are a variety of algae.
They very firmly said contamination, a hazard scientists face when examining things fallen from the sky on the ground is excluded in the meteorite they have named Polonnaruwa.
The four scientists, Chandra Wickramasinghe, J. Wallis, D.H.Wallis, and Anil Samaranayaka said, there are also structures in the meteorite similar to the red rain cells that fell within days in the area.
The team in a paper to be published in the Journal of Cosmology added, "The new data on fossil diatom provide strong evidence to support the theory of Cometary Panspermia" -a theory that says life came to our planet earth and other worlds hitchhiking on comets from far corners of the universe.
The leader of the team, Professor Chandra Wickramasinghe from the Buckingham Center for Astrobiology in UK told this correspondent, ""I think the discovery of an unequivocal microbial structure such as a diatom deeply trapped in the rock matrix proves beyond doubt that this life existed in the parent comet from which the meteorite was derived. The highly intricate and woven patterns on the outer shells of diatoms are impossible to generate by any other process than biology. This could ultimately turn out to be the most important scientific discovery in 500 years. The cosmic ancestry of humans becomes ever more securely established."
"People might try to say that what we found were terrestrial contaminants. Contamination after landing on Earth is ruled out absolutely because of the way the diatoms are woven between the rock matrix. In any case we found many diatom types that are not known to be present on the soil where the meteorite landed."
The scientists said minutes after a large fire ball seen by a large number of people in Sri Lanka on 29 December 2012 a large meteorite disintegrated and fell in the village of Araganwila located few miles away from the historic city of Polonnaruwa.
At the time of entry into the earth's atmosphere on 29 December 2012 the parent body of the Polonnaruwa meteorite would have had most of its interior porous volume filled with water , volatile organics and possibly viable living cells. The scientists said a remarkable coincidence was the red rain.
They said the red rain analyzed at the Medical Research Insitute in Colombo contained red biological cells that show spontaneous movement and the ability of reproducing. Abnormally high in arsenic and silver they are connected to a non territorial habitat , possibly connected with a cometary asteroidal body. The four scientists said the Polonnaruwa meteorite was a result of a fragmentation of such a body.
The electron microscopic studies of the Polonnaruwa meteorite had been done at the School of Earth Sciences of the Cardiff University, in the United Kingdom.
The scientists said in the meteorite microfossils rather than living cells were seen . The scientists said in the meteorite the donut shaped structure seen has a striking similarity to Kerala red rain cells and the cells contained in the red rain that followed the meteorite fall in the Polonnaruwa area.
The scientists said contamination is decisively ruled out in the meteorite since the structure is deemed to be fossilized and fossil diatoms were not present on the surface of the ground where it fell.The scientists said , contamination is excluded by the circumstance that the elemental abundances within the structures match closely with those of the surrounding matrix. There is also evidence of structures morphologically similar to red rain cells that may have contributed to the episode of red rain that followed within days of the meteorite fall. They said , "We conclude therefore identification of the fossilized diatom of the Polonnaruwa meteorite is firmly established and unimpeachable."
They also said," Since this meteorite is considered to be an extinct cometary fragment, the idea of microbial life carried within comets and the theory of cometary panspermia is vindicated."
The paper said , "The universe , not humans must have the final say to declare what the world is really like."
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Potentially Habitable Exoplanet Found Orbiting Red Dwarf Gliese 163
European astronomers using ESO's HARPS planet finder have discovered a new super-Earth in the habitable zone around the red dwarf star Gliese 163.
Dubbed Gliese 163c, the planet – with a mass of 6.9 times that of Earth and an orbital period of 26 days – orbits a red dwarf star 49 light years away in the Dorado constellation.
The team has also detected a larger planet, Gliese 163b, orbiting the star much closer with 9 day period. An additional third, but unconfirmed planet, might be orbiting the star much farther away.
The new exoplanets are described in a paper submitted to the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics.
Gliese 163c could have a size between 1.8 to 2.4 Earth radii, depending if it is composed mostly of rock or water, respectively. It receives on average 40 % more light from its parent star than Earth from the Sun, making it hotter.
"We don't know the properties of the atmosphere of Gliese 163c but, if we assume that it is a scaled up version of Earth's atmosphere, then its surface temperature might be around 60°C," the researchers said.
The potential for habitability of planets around red dwarf stars has been an issue of much debate. Tidal effects on planets around these stars might cause extra surface heating or even tidal locking. Also, these stars are more active and their stellar wind might erode planetary atmospheres much faster. These factors might preclude the potential for life on smaller planets but not for planets with thicker atmospheres, something expected for superterran planets.
"NASA's Kepler Mission has detected about 27 potential habitable exoplanets candidates out of their over 2,300 exoplanets that are waiting to be confirmed. Some of these bodies seem very Earth-like. Unfortunately, they are much farther away from us than Gliese 163 and it will be nearly impossible to determine if they are really habitable worlds by future observations."
"However, the statistical analysis of Kepler data suggests that these planets are very common in the galaxy. Therefore, many more Earth-like worlds are waiting to be discovered in our solar neighborhood too, such as Gliese 163c."


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No Rondo? No problem for CeltsBy HOWARD ULMAN
THe Associated Press | February 09,2013AP PHOTO
Boston Celtics forward Paul Pierce (34) dumps off the ball to center Jason Collins (98) as he is pressured by Los Angeles Lakers center Dwight Howard (12) during the Celtics runaway victory in Boston on Thursday night.BOSTON The outlook was bleak.
Rajon Rondos season-ending knee injury was certain to hurt the Celtics hopes for a playoff berth. How could Boston possibly survive without its offensive catalyst, the NBA leader in assists and triple-doubles and one of the best rebounding guards in the league?
But not only have the Celtics survived, theyve thrived.
Theyre 6-0 since Rondo tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee, including wins over LeBron James and the Miami Heat and Blake Griffin and the Los Angeles Clippers. Theyve adjusted quickly to coach Doc Rivers new approach now that Rondo isnt controlling the ball, waiting to make a pass or drive to the basket:
Shoot it if youre open, pass it quickly if youre not and spread the court to get more unchallenged looks at the basket.
And theyre 4-0 since losing another key player for the season when rookie Jared Sullinger, an outstanding rebounder, underwent back surgery.
Our guys just think theyre good, Rivers said after the most lopsided win in the stretch, 116-95 over the Los Angeles Lakers on Thursday night. They didnt ever doubt themselves. Others did, and they should have, really. When you lose guys like Rondo and Sully, I get that. But the guys in the locker room, they like what they are.
After Rondos last game, the Celtics held the eighth and final playoff spot in the East, just 2 games ahead of Philadelphia. Thursdays win left them in seventh place with a 26-23 record, 4½ games ahead of the 76ers and 1½ behind the sixth-place Atlanta Hawks.
Were not going to make excuses, whos out there, whos not out there, Paul Pierce said after scoring 24 points against the Lakers. Weve got a lot of talent in this (locker) room. The rest of the teams are going to take it how theyre going to take it. Were fine with flying under the radar (with) no expectations and everybody doesnt expect anything of us, but were going to keep moving along like were moving and trying to get better.
In their six games since losing Rondo, the Celtics have outscored opponents by an average of 102.8-92.8 and hit 49.1 percent of their shots.
Before his injury, they were outscored 96.4-95.0 and made only 45.7 percent of their shots.
But as well as the Celtics have played, other factors have contributed to their success.
Of the six wins, five came at home and four were against teams with records of 23-27 or worse. Pau Gasol of the Lakers and Chris Paul of the Clippers missed the games against the Celtics with injuries. On Sunday, the Denver Nuggets bring an eight-game winning streak into TD Garden.
The Celtics did, of course, beat a healthy Heat team in double overtime, 100-98, to start the streak. And the loss of Rondo has given other players opportunities.
Rondo does so many different great things for this team, you can kind of get lackadaisical, Kevin Garnett said. Its very similar to if you have someone cooking for you and youre expecting it every day.
And, all of the sudden, that someone is not there, obviously, to do that, and its up to you to feed yourself. And, all of the sudden, you start making these gourmet dishes and then you have some more people over to the house, more people eating. You never know you possessed that, unless you lost that person who was cooking. Its kind of like that.
Without Rondo, the Celtics have tossed in an extra dash of guards Courtney Lee, Jason Terry and Leandro Barbosa, forward Jeff Green and center Chris Wilcox. And another, Avery Bradley, has been one of the NBAs top defensive guards after missing the first 30 games while recovering from surgery on both shoulders.
Everybodys relaxed out there and were just having fun moving the ball around, Bradley said. Everybodys relaxed out there and were just having fun moving the ball around. Its simple basketball. We almost feel like were playing summer ball. Everybodys just passing it. If you dont have anything, pass it. Thats just how we play and its hard to beat a team like that.
Rivers didnt have much choice. He knew he had to pick up the offensive pace.
I like our vibe and our spirit and were playing selfless and free, he said. Were not, honestly, good enough ballhandlers to play halfcourt. We just cant. We cant get stuck in that because we dont have one guy that is good enough with the ball to be able to orchestrate our offense.
The defense also has been outstanding.
You make (the opponent) use 20 seconds every time down defensively and, even if your offense goes stale, you can still win the game, Rivers said.
Even without Rondo.
Everybodys touching the ball and playing with a lot of confidence, said Garnett, who became the 16th player in NBA history to score 25,000 points on Thursday. We are playing together on both ends and thats important right now.
There was a temporary slipup in Wednesday nights 99-95 win at Toronto when the Celtics slowed the pace and trailed by 10 points in the fourth quarter.
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Kansas quarterback Dayne Crist made an impact for the National team, coached by Dick Vermeil, in the NFLPA Collegiate Bowl in Carson, Calif. on Saturday.
Crist scored the first touchdown of the game early in the second quarter after taking the ball to the end zone himself on a one-yard run. Soon after his rushing touchdown, Crist connected with Rice tight end Luke Wilson on a seven-yard pass to give the National team a 14-0 lead in the second quarter. He was named the NFLPA Collegiate Bowl MVP.
Crist concluded his night with seven-of-10 passes for 61 yards, one passing touchdown and one rushing touchdown. Crist impressed scouts earlier this month in the Casino Del Sol All-Star game when he completed six-of-12 passes for 62 yards and one touchdown.
Kansas offensive linemen Duane Zlatnik and Trevor Marrongelli participated in the NFLPA Collegiate Bowl game as well. Kansas defensive ends Toben Opurum and Josh Williams also received playing time in Saturday's college all-star game. Williams came away with some pressure for the American team and also sacked Crist in the game.
Outside of the NFLPA Collegiate Bowl game, offensive tackle Tanner Hawkinson and safety Bradley McDougald played in the Shrine Bowl Saturday afternoon. Hawkinson saw plenty of action and helped block for Kansas State quarterback Collin Klein in the second quarter while McDougald saw some action on special teams and a little bit on defense.


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William A. (Chip) Mann II
President / Co-Owner
Chip is a third generation pretzel bender - and second generation with Pretzels, Inc. He is the youngest of four children and the only son of Bill and Betty Mann, who co-founded Pretzels, Inc.
Chip joined the company after graduating in 1987 from Western Michigan University, which he attended on a golf scholarship. He majored in Business Administration and joined the company after a brief stint in the golf management business.
Chip's primary function at Pretzels, Inc. has been focused on sales development and customer relations. He continues to call on key accounts and is instrumental in product development. Chip is deeply involved in the Snack Food Association, sitting on many management workshop committees. He is also a member of the SFA Excom Committee and Board of Directors and will soon become SFA Chairman (a position held in 1993 by his father).
Chip and his wife, Kim, are the parents of three children who keep them busy with band, swimming, baseball, basketball, cheerleading, golf and family trips.
Steve Huggins
Steve Huggins has been with Pretzels, Inc. for 24 years. He is currently CEO. Steve has served on the board for most of his tenure.
He has served in many capacities throughout the company's history, including Production Supervisor, Purchasing and Production Control Manager, Vice President of Purchasing, Vice President and CEO.
Steve also served as a Chairman for the Snack Food Association Pretzel Committee and as Area Committee Chairman for Ducks Unlimited. He has been on the Hope Missionary Church board and was selected to judge the 2011 Fort Wayne Innovation Awards. He now serves on boards for Forgotten Children Worldwide Ministries and Wells County Revitalization and is a member of Vistage, The World's Leading CEO Organization.
Steve earned his BS in Management from Indiana University's Kelly Business School and graduated from the Business Leadership School associated with Strategic Christian Services in Santa Rosa, CA.
Scott Green
Vice President Sales and Marketing
Raised in a family rooted in the food and grocery industries since 1917, Scott Green's place in the food business seemed inevitable.
After graduating from Ball State University in marketing and economics, Scott began his food career with Beatrice/ Hunt Wesson. Then he transitioned from retail to marketing and product development for the food service distribution industry.
Later he would find himself in the food manufacturing world developing products for both retail and foodservice. Scott founded Direct Source Brands, a marketing and importing company catering to the food service industry. The company is still active today and managed by family members.
He began his career at Pretzels in 2010 as the Director of Sales and Marketing. "Working at Pretzels is a good fit for me. The company's culture and wholesome business approach is very refreshing and fosters long lasting customer relationships," said Scott.
Josh Boone
Chief Financial Officer
Josh is from Kentucky, where he attended Eastern Kentucky University and obtained a Bachelor's degree in Finance. After graduating from Eastern Kentucky, he attended the University of Houston and obtained a Masters of Business Administration. From there he moved to Knoxville, TN to begin his career with Brunswick, Corp, which is where he was prior to joining Pretzels, Inc.
He came to Pretzels, Inc. in 2012 to fill the role as CFO. His strong finance background and thorough understanding of business and operations has allowed him to become a strategic partner and business leader to the organization.
He is married with two young daughters and resides in Fort Wayne, IN. When he isn't busy at work, he enjoys golf, reading and spending time with his family.


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Los Angeles Federal Credit (LAFCU) is a not-for-profit, member-owned, financial institution that is run by a voluntary Board of Directors elected by its members. Each board member is a LAFCU member who works very hard on behalf of all members. They attend monthly meetings and provide general direction and control of your credit union. As a LAFCU member, you have an equal say with all other members to vote for our directors and also attend our Annual Meeting to give your input.
Board of Directors
The Board of Directors is elected by the members and each director serves for a three year term. The Board is responsible for setting the direction for and controlling the credit union.
Board nominations are made either by a nominating committee that is appointed by the board chairperson, or by petition. LAFCU members interested in being considered for nomination can send a resume of qualifications to our nominating committee c/o LAFCU's President/CEO. Individuals not nominated who wish to run for a position may call the office of LAFCU's President/CEO (telephone ext. 6309) and ask for a petition. The petitioner will need to secure a minimum of 500 LAFCU member signatures with the petition. Original completed petitions must be returned to LAFCU's President/CEO.
Credit Committee
This committee, appointed by our Board, is responsible for appointing loan officers, setting the limits of delegation, and acting on loans not approved by loan officers. Members interested in serving on this committee must send a letter of application and information concerning any related experience to LAFCU, Attention: President/CEO. Letters of application remain on file for two years for consideration in the event of a vacancy.
Supervisory Committee
This committee, appointed by our Board, is responsible to meet and audit or hire audit professionals to at least annually audit the books and records of the credit union and to verify the accounts of the members. Members interested in serving on this committee must send a letter of application and information concerning any related experience to LAFCU, Attention: President/CEO. Letters of application remain on file for two years for consideration in the event of a vacancy.
Executive Management
The Board of Directors hires a President/CEO to manage the day-to-day affairs of the credit union. The President/CEO then hires the professional staff. LAFCU's executive team are leaders who have been in the credit union industry an average of 20 years each: John T. Dea, President/CEO; Anthony Cuevas,Senior Vice President/COO; Richard Lie,Senior Vice President/CFO
The Annual Meeting of members is held on the fourth Tuesday of March at 5:30pm. All members are welcome to attend and meet the leadership of LAFCU and receive the Annual Report. The meeting is held at our LA Mall Branch at 201 South Los Angeles Street, Space 201, in downtown Los Angeles.
The Board meets monthly, normally on the third Thursday, to evaluate the prior month's results and to consider future programs and policy changes in an ongoing effort to improve the credit union. Members may request to attend these meetings and requests are considered based on space and time constraints. To request attendance, contact us at least 10 days prior to the meeting by calling extension 6309.
Board meeting minutes and financial statements are also available for members to review by contacting us. Financial statements are also posted in every branch.
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The following are restaurant health inspection scores as reported by Gwinnett County:
Dominick's Restaurant, 197 West Crogan Street
Score: 82 B
Inspection Date: December 29
Previous Score: 76 C (7/18/12), 91 A (6/18/12)
Type of inspection: Follow-up
Violations: 2-1B, Violation of Code: [.03(5)(c) ] Employees putting on gloves to prepare food without washing their hands first. Had employees remove gloves and wash hands before donning new gloves. Employees must wash hands prior to donning gloves for food service or preparation. Corrected On-Site. New Violation. 6-1A, Violation of Code: [.04(6)(f) ] Multiple items in salad cooler above 41F. Items only in cooler for 1 hour were put back in cooler to cool back down. All potentially hazardous foods must be cold helkd at 41F or below. Corrected On-Site. New Violation.
Sophia's Italian Cafe, 555 Progress Center Avenue
Score: 90 A
Inspection Date: December 7
Previous Score: 92 A (6/14/12), 94 A (11/29/11)
Type of inspection: Routine
Violations: 4-2B, Violation of Code: [.05(7)(b) ] Table tops being sanitized with the 2 step method,using only one bucket with sanitizer and cloth.CFSM advised to add one step that includes an additional bucket with sanitizer or use the one step method with a spray bottle with sanitizer and paper towels. Corrected On-Site. New Violation. 12D, Violation of Code: [.04(4)(g) ] Sausage being washed in 2 cavity veg sink. Sausage removed and placed in WIC. Sink cavity washed, rinsed and sanitized. CFSM advised to use vegetable sink for vegetables only. Corrected On-Site. New Violation. 18, Violation of Code: [.07(2)(m) ] Rear door sweep with gap.Replace door sweep to prevent the entrance of insects to food service facility. New Violation.
Ted's Montana Grill, 1250 Scenic Highway
Suite 1720
Score: 91 A
Inspection Date: January 3
Previous Score: 88 B (6/11/12), 100 A (12/20/11)
Type of inspection: Routine
Violations: 4-2B, Violation of Code: [.05(7)(a)1 ] Drink nozzles at drink fountain with build-up of mold like substances. Nozzles were replaced with clean set of nozzles. Food contact surfaces should be kept clean to sight/touch at all times to prevent possible contamination. Corrected On-Site. New Violation. 11A, Violation of Code: [.04(6)(e) ] Multiple potentially hazardous foods (sauces/dressings made in house)cooling in deep pans with tight fitting lids. Food products were placed on ice baths/in shallow pans for rapid cooling. Rapid cooling measures include shallow pans, ice baths, ice paddles, using ice as an ingredient and loose coverings during the cooling process. PHF's should be cooled from 135 F to 70 F in two hours and from 70 F to 41 F in an additional four hours for hot products and from 135 F to 41 F in four hours for cold items (products made/processed at ambient air temperatures). Corrected On-Site. Repeat Violation. 14B, Violation of Code: [.05(10)(a) ] Multiple stacks of stainless pans wet stacked. Pans were placed to be air dried. Equipment/utensils must be air dried prior to stacking to prevent bacteria growth. Corrected On-Site. New Violation.
Gary's Bistro, 1250 Scenic Highway Suite 1240
Score: 96 A
Inspection Date: December 20
Previous Score: 91 A (6/11/12), 91 A (12/21/11)
Type of inspection: Routine
Violations: 6-2, Violation of Code: [.04(6)(g) ] Opened containers of sour cream & buttermilk and container of cooked chicken in walk-in cooler held over 24 hours not properly date marked. Items were date marked during inspection. Commercially packaged potentially hazardous foods and cooked foods that are held over 24 hours must be date marked with the date of preparation and/or date commercial package opened plus six days shelf life before the products must be sold and/or discarded. Corrected On-Site. New Violation.
Shogun Japanese Steakhouse, 860 Duluth Highway Suite 1400
Score: 96 A
Inspection Date: January 31
Previous Score: 42 U (1/30/13), 96 A (11/2/12)
Type of inspection: Follow-up
Violations: 5-2, Violation of Code: [.04(7)(e) ] Sushi paper menus do not meet the consumer advisory requirements. Menus are being reprinted. Owner to supply office with new menus for review to ensure they meet the consumer advisory requirements. Will recheck in 3-10 days. New Violation.
Thai Diner, 5900 Sugarloaf Parkway #435
Score: 82 B
Inspection Date: December 10
Previous Score: 64 U (12/4/12), 82 B (5/24/12)
Type of inspection: Follow-up
Violations: 2-1B, Violation of Code: [.03(5)(c) ] Sushi chef put on gloves to prepare food without washing his hands. Had him stop remove gloves, wash hands and don new gloves. Employees must wash hands prior to donning gloves for food service. Corrected On-Site. New Violation. 6-1A, Violation of Code: [.04(6)(f) ] Egg and chicken stock on cook line above 41F. Food was discarded. All potentially hazardous foods being cold held must be maintained at 41F or below. Corrected On-Site. New Violation. 6-1D, Violation of Code: [.04(6)(i) ] Rice under time as a control not marked with the discard time. Rice was discarded new rice marked with sticker to indicate time. Food shall be marked or otherwise identified with thewith the time that is 4 hours past the time that food was removed from temperature control. Corrected On-Site. New Violation.
Carino's Italian, 1802 North Brown Road
Score: 80 B
Inspection Date: February 7
Previous Score: 81 B (12/14/12), 90 A (10/18/12)
Type of inspection: Routine
Violations: 2-1B, Violation of Code: [.03(5)(c) ] Food employees not cleaning hands immediately before engaging in food prep. Food employees not washing hands at a frequency to prevent contamination of food and/or equipment. After over 3 hours in the facility, did not observe any employees working on the front line wash hands. There were times when handwashing was necessary and was not done; before putting on new pair of gloves once gloves became contaminated; when returning from other areas in the facility and beginning food prep. Employees were advised when to wash hands and did so at that time.
Employees must wash hands immediately before enagaging in food prep and before donning new gloves. Corrected On-Site. New Violation. 6-1A, Violation of Code: [.04(6)(f) ] Cold-held potentially hazardous foods not maintained below 41oF; no time controls/documentation in place. Multiple foods on front prep line were being held above 41 degrees. All foods out of temperature were discarded by the PIC. Ambient temp of one prep cooler was 57.5 degrees. Some coolers were holding air temperature just at 41 degrees. Foods on the top section of the prep cooler were above temperatuere and the foods below were in temperature. The lids of the prep coolers are left open a lot and the temperature on the line is very hot with the burners and ovens on. Spoke to PIC about possible options to correct these problems. Advised PIC that all potentially hazardous foods (PHF's) must be maintained at 41 degrees and below for cold holding. Corrected On-Site. New Violation.14D, Violation of Code: [.04(4)(n) ] Single-use gloves used for multiple tasks that present risk for cross-contamination
Single-use gloves not discarded when damaged or soiled, or when interruptions occurred in the operation. Employees touched items that would contaminate gloves hands and did not change them when they were soiled. Employee touched edge of trash can to put something in the trash without changing gloves. Single use gloves must be discarded when they become soiled or when interruptions occur in the operation. Single use gloves may only be used for one task to ensure that there is not a risk of cross contamination. PIC advised employees on glove changing procedures. Corrected On-Site. New Violation. 15A, Violation of Code: [.05(6)(q) ] Salad prep cooler not maintaining an air temperature of 41 degrees and below. Please repair this cooler. Do not store any potentially hazardous foods in this cooler until repaired. Must maintain all equipment in good repair and calibration. New Violation. 15C, Violation of Code: [.05(7)(a)2,3 ] Nonfood-contact surfaces of equipment not cleaned at a frequency necessary to preclude accumulation of soil residues. The bar soda dispenser was unclean with brown slimey residue.
The bottom of the Coke dispensers (non-food contact portion) were unclean with significant mold build-up. Please clean equipment and ensure that these non-food contact surfaces remain clean. New Violation.


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I just wish to tell you (the lovely lovely people who run this site and make me happy with their comic ) that it is difficult to switch between pages of the comic without using a convoluted route though the archives to find the images. Whilst a little annoying at the moment, this is not too difficult because there aren't many pages. But come the time when there are 20-30 pages, rooting through the archives to find the last but one page will become a rather larger annoyance.
Maybe a previous/next set of buttons for the images, not just the news posts?


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An online journal about visual art, the urban landscape and design. Mary Louise Schumacher, the Journal Sentinel's art and architecture critic, leads the discussion and a community of writers contribute to the dialogue.
Artist Julia Kozerski to be on Rachael Ray
Julia Kozerski is an artist who explored the unease she felt with the way her body looked as she lost weight. She took photographs of her changing form, including things that were hard to talk about, like the excess skin, stretch marks and other imperfections that materialized as she slimmed.
We covered Kozerski's art projects in March, but her story has continued to gain interest.
In recent weeks, her work has been featured on national and international web sites, including People.com, the Daily Mail, BuzzFeed, the New York Daily News, MSN and others. She's done interviews with media outlets in Brazil, Norway, Italy and Australia.
National Public Radio did a feature on Kozerski's art project, which she started while she was still a student at the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design.
Then Good Morning America came calling.
Kozerski and her husband just returned from New York City where they filmed a segment for Rachael Ray and Inside Edition. The Rachael Ray episode airs Tuesday (on Channel 7 at 9 a.m. in Milwaukee). Kozerski can't share details or photos until the air date, but she's hinted that a makeover was involved.
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MORE NEWS!James Dashner, Scott Westerfeld, Marie Lu, A.S. King, Andrew Smith, and Lauren Oliver are our guest speakers for #TTBF14! Joining the lineup is Austin Kleon, Paolo Bacigalupi, Jason Reynolds, Alaya Dawn Johnson, Sarah J. Mass, Joelle Charbonneau, and Garth Nix! Check out the 2014 Authors link under the Festival tab up above for book cover art and panel information. More authors to be announced weekly!
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The Austin Teen Book Festival has grown from a modest teen event held in 2009 at Westlake High School, to one of the largest teen book festivals of its kind. In order to accommodate our increasing number of participants, we have moved from the high school, to the Palmer Events Center, to the Austin Convention Center, and are now glad to call St. Edward's University our home for the 2014 fest!
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Saint Alphonsus Medical Center Nampa will open a new maternity and heart-care center near the freeway in Nampa this weekend. Patients will be accepted to the maternity center starting Sunday, and the heart center is expected to be fully operational next week.
The Birkeland Maternity Center and Heart Center at 4402 E. Flamingo Ave., Nampa, will have birthing rooms, enhanced services, a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and expanded treatment options and heart specialists for cardiac patients.
The centers will open with a ribbon-cutting ceremony Saturday at 4 p.m., with tours, door prizes, free health screenings, activities for children and refreshments.


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This series, based on a novel, lasted a whole three weeks before CBS yanked it off the air. It starred Tom Cavanaugh ('Ed') as a record exec who gets fired from his cushy big label A&R job after making a speech about his passion for "real music." He lands at a small, start up label where he can work on the music he really loves. Meanwhile, he's always seeking "The One" and spends a lot of time hanging out with his buddies. The show wasn't bad, but it wasn't a stand out either. Cavanaugh, on whom this show rested, mugges it up for the camera a bit much for my taste. That worked on 'Ed', which was a naturally quirky show, but not as well here. The show might gotten better given the chance, but that rarely happens on TV anymore.


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IDW Ghostbusters Monthly Comic #14, Ghostbusters 100-Pack Spooktacular, The Real Ghostbusters Omnibus Solicitations
By Paul Rudoff on Jul. 13, 2012 at 9:21 AM , Categories: Books
IDW just sent along the following solicitation for their Ghostbusters comics. You can order/pre-order any of the regular issues at Ghostbusters Fans (though not all covers are available). You can order/pre-order the following trade paperbacks at Amazon: Volume 1, Volume 2, Ghostbusters Omnibus, and The Real Ghostbusters Omnibus.
Finally, one of the most unexpected things to come down the pike in a long time. IDW will be republishing Now Comic's The Real Ghostbusters from the 1980s; collecting them into trade paperbacks. They have one planned so far, but I'm positive that if it sells well, they'll put out more volumes.
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Harry Styles might be leading One Direction in the right direction with his latest romantic conquest—he's rumored to be getting over Caroline Flack with Mick Jagger's daughter Georgia May Jagger.
Harry might want to be careful, however—with his large mouth, slim figure, and shaggy mane, he looks a lot like the rock star's illegitimate child. And Harry's mom was just the type of beauty that Mick would have been attracted to (but there's no word on if she ever enjoyed the wild lifestyle of a groupie).
Harry must not be too worried about his paternity, because he was reportedly sneaking around with the offspring of the Rolling Stones frontman at London Fashion Week. According to the Daily Star, Harry Styles and Georgia May Jagger tried to get into Stella McCartney's fashion week party together but arrived too late. They then took separate taxis to Stella's after-party before heading to yet another bash at Kate Moss' house.
The One Direction singer is certainly getting around! He was just linked to Alexa Chung, and now he reportedly has the daughter of rock royalty following him around "like a lovesick puppy." It's not hard to see why Harry would enjoy the company of Georgia—she kind of resembles his ex Caroline Flack, but she's younger and has fuller lips.
It also certainly wouldn't hurt Harry to befriend the progeny of a living rock legend. Maybe Mick Jagger could write a song for One Direction or give the band a shout out. The guys of 1D are currently trying to stage another British invasion in the States, so a good word from a fellow Brit that made it big in America would certainly help.
A relationship with Georgia May Jagger would probably also last a bit longer than Harry's relationship with Caroline Flack did—Caroline was probably a bit too mature for Harry at 32, while Georgia is just 20. So she's only two years older than Harry as opposed to 14.
So what do you think—do Harry Styles and Mick Jagger's daughter make the perfect couple, or do they look too much like they could be siblings?
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Wednesday night the Brentwood neighborhood gathered for a walk to promote strength and protection on their streets.
They're coming together, after a shooting on Brentwood Street a few weeks ago, left police searching for persons of interest and a community shaking in fear.
Madison mayor and police joined the walk today in support of the community.
The walk that was organized by the Brentwood Neighborhood Association and stretched around the area where shots took place was the first of its kind in the neighborhood.
"People get very emotional about what happened that night and there was a lot of gun fire that went on, we just felt like we need it to come together,"said President of Brentwood Veighborhood Association, Dolly O'laughlin.


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Ableton Live Effect Rack Creates Super Huge 80′s Drum Sounds
The 1980s brought us some pretty cool production techniques. I often try to emulate them in Ableton. One of the more timestamped effects is gated reverb. Producers wanted huge drum sounds, but didn't want the drums washed out in reverb. The solution was found by placing a gate after the reverb. This will suddenly silence the reverb once it drops to a certain level. Think Phil Collins' "Coming in the Air Tonight." If you have ever wanted your drums to sound like they were being played by Godzilla in the Grand Canyon, this is the technique for you.
I found myself looking for those 80s drum sounds and created an Ableton Live effect rack called the AfroDJMac Gated Reverb Rack. It's a pretty simple but very useful effect rack. It gives you control over various reverb parameters and various gate parameters. Together you should be able to dial in the exact gated reverb sound you are going for. Check out the video below as I explain how it works and download the rack for your own productions.
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The Remai Art Gallery of Saskatchewan
The Art Gallery of Saskatchewan gained momentum in 2009, when Saskatoon's City Council announced with the Federal and Provincial governments the intention to build a purpose-built gallery that would also serve as a destination centre in the city's south downtown at River Landing.
The $76-million Art Gallery of Saskatchewan, designed by KPMB architects of Toronto, was approved May 30, 2011. The project will also be served by a $19.5-million underground parkade owned and operated by the City.
Under the Building Canada infrastructure program, the three levels of government have committed a total of $51 million for construction of the new gallery. The remainder was raised by the Board of Trustees through a $20.5-million private sector fundraising campaign, under the volunteer leadership of Doug Hodson.
On June 3, 2011, Saskatoon philanthropist Ellen Remai announced a donation of $30 million to the project, on behalf of the Frank and Ellen Remai Foundation. The gift provides for $15 million toward the construction costs of the 11,582-square-meter, four-storey gallery, and $500,000 annually for 30 years, to enhance the new gallery's exhibition program.
In gratitude for this gift, which is unprecedented in Saskatchewan history, City Council unanimously voted to name the new gallery the Remai Art Gallery of Saskatchewan.
The project will more than triple the space available for temporary and collection-related exhibitions, and will include a community gallery, studio classrooms, a film and lecture theatre, meeting rooms, and spaces for receptions and other public events. As well, there will be ample storage space for the growing permanent collection, now numbering 7,500 works. The building will meet rigorous modern gallery standards, making it possible to host national and international touring exhibitions previously unavailable to the city. This will be an energy-efficient, sustainable building; the architects will be seeking LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Silver certification. Additional information is posted on the River Landing website: www.riverlanding.ca
On December 15, 2011, Canadian Architect magazine announced that the design for the Remai Art Gallery of Saskatchewan had been awarded a 2011 Award of Excellence. This was one of eight awards selected from 163 submissions. The Remai gallery design was featured on the cover of the magazine's December, 2011 issue.
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LAS VEGAS, NV -- (Marketwire) -- 01/07/13 -- CES 2013 -- Today in a press conference at CES 2013, Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) will unveil Videoscape Unity, its new and expanded Videoscape video services delivery platform. This new platform empowers service providers and media companies to deliver new intuitive and synchronized multiscreen video experiences. These include a multiscreen cloud digital video recorder (DVR), which enables consumers to restart shows, catch up on past programs, and play back DVR-captured content from anywhere, on any screen.
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They are one of several major groups to agree to the gig on a "virtual island", reports the BBC. The 3D digital gaming world, which is created and owned by the residents, is currently inhabited by more than 640,000 users, called Avatars.
Keyboardist Nick Rhodes told the BBC, "When I started looking at the figures running around, chatting and interacting, I thought this is somewhere between a bizarre virtual reality TV show, a surreal real-life experience and a video game." He believes it offers" endless possibilities for artists" and envisions the online community as a "fully functional, futuristic utopia."
Details of their first performance have yet to be announced but the band has already commissioned their own custom-designed avatars.
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As a petition encouraging Macy's to "Dump Donald Trump" continues to gain steam, with nearly 558,000 signatures, the retailer shows no sign of dropping the outspoken tycoon.
Macy's has long featured Mr. Trump in its TV advertising and carries an exclusive line of Trump branded men's apparel, home goods and a fragrance collection called "Success." But the retailer is coming under fire for its partnership with Mr. Trump, who has raised the ire of consumers, especially throughout the recent election cycle.
The petition at SignOn.org accuses Mr. Trump of participating in "especially unpleasant, nasty and despicable behavior." The petition goes on to state that Mr. Trump is sexist, denies climate change and has "perpetuated the racially charged birther conspiracy."
The retailer says its marketing and merchandise offerings are not representative of any political position. "Many of the individuals associated with products sold at Macy's -- or at any retailer, for that matter -- express personal opinions that are not related to the merchandise we sell or to the philosophies of our company," said Holly Thomas, a Macy's spokeswoman.
Macy's new holiday campaign features Mr. Trump in a TV spot dubbed "Another Miracle on 34th Street." In the spot he tugs on the beard of Kris Kringle to see for himself whether it really is Santa Claus. At the end of the spot, Mr. Trump is shown addressing a letter to Santa Claus, to which Mr. Kringle says, "If I can win you over, there's still hope."


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In a statement posted on the school's website, on Monday announced the death of teacher and coach Janet Esrock, from injuries sustained in a serious car accident in Chesterfield last month.
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Boy sounds pissed -- tired of being ignored, tired of begging, tired of being broke. Might be nice to just go home and rest, quit panhandling for a change. But God has given some orders, and it never pays to ignore God.
Captured on videotape, Go Boy glides up out of the darkness in his motorized wheelchair, haranguing a captive audience waiting in line outside another high-society San Francisco event.
"God told you to gimme 50 cents!" the Dolby-quality voice booms into the night. "Everybody wants what I have! Don't gimme no damn dollar! God said gimme 50 cents!"
Bystanders flinch at Go Boy's dark, skeletal appearance, unnerving in daylight and worse now, after dark, and the misshapen arm constantly moving up and down.
"Gimme 50 cents!" goes the voice.
Go Boy is a 2-year-old robot.
Built on an electric wheelchair chassis and controlled with a model-airplane transmitter, Go Boy boasts a molded epoxy-clay skeleton and a skull that seems more air than substance. A long arm juts from his torso, moving up and down on pistons. The chassis sports a flanged front end made from a hayrack. Completing the picture is the recorded, insistent, deranged -- and very African-American -- voice of a panhandler. It's attention-getting by design.
Go Boy is just one in a robotic series made by Natoma Street's Theatre Concrete. Founded by 43-year-old Frank Garvey, this group of artists works in several media -- paint, sculpture, voice, video. Its mission: to percolate ideas of dramatic social change through art.
Thus their growing line of exploited electromechanicals -- which besides Go Boy includes Plow Girl, a junkie; God Fellow, a preacher; Humper, a hooker; and Wrong Fellow, a cigar-smoking beatnik poet complete with hacking cough, among others -- is in the works.
What Theatre Concrete -- and Garvey in particular -- wants is to fake people out, to make their unconscious minds think "capitalist exploitation" when they see the robot beggar, to drive the "slave class" into awareness of its exploitation, and thence to action. Garvey says that if these truths were realized, the masses would then demand and get the 20-hour work week that somehow has never arisen from increased technological efficiency and productivity. (He declines, however, to volunteer much information about the robots' innards and construction history, considering that information beside the point.)
There certainly are pop-cultural precedents for involving robots in social change. Who could forget Gort, Klaatu's monolithic robot in The Day the Earth Stood Still, come here from the stars to tell Earthlings to make peace with one another -- or else. And way back in 1927, Fritz Lang's movie Metropolis featured an evil capitalist creating a robot duplicate of the industrial workers' leader, Maria, and using it to incite the masses to premature -- and disastrous -- rebellion.
So now Theatre Concrete is mechanizing the Marxist critique of society; Go Boy, in a word, is meant to be a laborer-saving device.
For a couple of years now, Theatre Concrete members have accompanied Go Boy to the openings of the ballet and the opera, and the Christmas-tree lighting ceremony -- upper-crust, well-coiffed happenings. They have turned Go Boy loose near those waiting outside and caught the fun on film, resulting in an excellent 25-minute documentary, Go Boy: His Continuing Adventures.
Controlled by Garvey, the digital panhandler circles bystanders whose visceral antipathy will probably cause them to sell off their high-tech stocks. "I think it's disgusting, and I'd like to see the first wheelchair get arrested," one unnatural blonde at the tree-lighting foams. "I think it's rude. I think it's terrible."
The bystander next to her decides to play good cop. "You can't go wrong with man's inhumanity to man ...," he mugs, "and the ... transmogrification of mendicants for coal and steel, taking the heart out of Christmas. She's obviously misplaced her Prozac."
"Gimme 50 cents!" says Go Boy, wheeling somewhere nearby.
"I just don't like to see this kind of bullshit," smolders another citizen, filmed after his encounter with Go Boy. Asked why not, he recites his mantra several times, sounding robotic himself. "I don't like that kind of bullshit in a public building. That's all I'm going to say."
The video's highlight is a visit to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) in early 1994, which at one point featured 80 canvases of painter Robert Ryman's work. They were white, just white, with an occasional hint of texture. Ryman is famous for this blanca art.
A hidden camera captures a docent leading a tour group past the Rymans. "He has gone from being very heavy and textural to getting as light as possible, and then at the end it starts to get into heavy texture," she fugues.
Meanwhile, another camera captures Garvey and Go Boy taking an elevator up to the exhibit. Go Boy and his handler pour past a startled security guard, the robot heading one way as the camera records Garvey blithely fiddling with the controls while perusing Robert Ryman's sugar-in-a-snowbank paintings.
"Don't run away! God said gimme 50 cents! You look real good! You got all the money!" hollers Go Boy.
After a few minutes of confusion, the security guard finally succeeds in herding the pranksters into an elevator, silencing them but not the robot.


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